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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-31
4 Family Album.

There Is a sort of delirious 10y in looking
over a family album. especially If it Is a
very old album, with 2 sprajned back which
occasionally and Unexpectedly drops
through your fingers, leaving q couple of
cousins in one hand and three aIuts in the
other, and the balance of the family und er
the chair. The first picture IS that of anold
gentleman, with an expression Of wary
cautiousness in his face, as If he was engag-
ed IN lodging a wild bull, and was
doubtful of the result. Opposite him il the
grandmother, a patient-looling lady in a
black dress, with book in one hand and a
pair Of spectacles In the other. There Is a
feeble but well-meaning effort TO look safe
IN her face On the next leaf il a middle
aged man, looking as if be had been sudden
" shot through the roof Of starch factory,
and had landed In the middle Of a strange
country. Opposite is the picture Of his
wife, who, having heard a rumor Of the ca
astrophe, has made up her mind to be pre-
pared for the worst. Then follow the chill.
dren-little girls looking so prim as to make
you squirm, and little boys with their eyes
turned on their noses, and with an express
sion on their faces of unearthly sOlemnity.
Then follow uncles, taken IN their over
coats, with spreading inclination In their
clothes, hair and face, as il they were
bound to get their moneys worth; and
aunts witt warts on their faces, and varnish
in their hair, and preposterous lace collars
about their nscks. Then there Is the bash
full Young man penned opposite an aggres-
sive young lady. whom raven and some
married woman have designed for each
other. There a-e also pictures Of Aleck
and his young wife. who stopped here when
on their tour, and no young man looks at
him without retiring at once and register
ing terrible VOW never 10 get married.
Besides these Is The picture Of the man who
lived next door for eight years. at the end
of which time his wife died, and he moved
to Illinois with his children, and l. now
worth $50, 600. He has been photographed
In his hat, which Is one size too large for
him and which gives HIM an appearance of
having murdered his aunt aud concealed the
body Then there are two or three fiue-
looking corsaires OF no particular identity,
and several broken-spirited women with
babies III their arms-directly or indirectly
related to the owners Of the album-and the
exhibition closes--DaB5Jrg Ae5rs.
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4 GHOST STORY.

The White Lady of the Castle.
The Berlin correspondent of the Lon
don News, under date of December %,
referring to the health of the Emperor,
says it is ominQus for many that the
White Lady has lately been seen at the
Castle. Did you ever hear the legend
of the White Lady of Berlin Castle Z
Many, many years ago there was Ho-
henzollern Princess, a widow with two
children, who fell in love with-'be-
came enamored of is, perhaps, more
courtly phrase-a foreign Prince, rich,
handsome and brave She sent him n
proposition of marriage. But this brave
and handsome Prince declined her
suit, explaining that flour eyes" stood
between him and acceptance. He re-
ferred to his aged parents, whom he
was unwilling to leave, or whose con-
sent he could not obtain-the versions
of the legend vary a little. But the
Princess understood him to refer to
the four eyes of her two children as
his unwillingness, III fact, to become a
stepfather. So, like Richard the
FAINT obstacles, and wrote to her lover
tudt tue way WIS CltdIs Ile NdS
stricken with horror at the cruel deed.
He revealed her fatal mistake to her.
and died curslng her bloodthirsty
rashness. The Princess, in her turn,
was overwhelmed with remorse. After
lingering day or two IL indescriba-
bic anguish, she, toe, died, and was
buried under the old castle at Berlin.
But not to rest quietly IN her grave.
At rare intervals she appears
at midnight, clad in white,
gliding ghost like about the
Castle, and the apparitlon
always forebodes the death of some
member Of the Hohenzollern family
The White Lady has been seen three
times within about a year, once in De-
tober last year, just before the death of
Prince Albrecht; last spring again, to
announce the end of Prince Adelbert;
and the last time, while Queen Eliza
beth lay on her death bed. There Is,
however, some doubt about the mean
ing OF the last visit. The Queen Dow
ager was not a born Hohenzollern, and
tue doctors are not certain that her
death can be regarded as the answer to
the White Lady,l appearance. If not,
there Is yet another victim to be ex-
pected, and the superstitious know
what that means. The professors of
the University are trying to solve this
kn0tty problem, and you shall know
the result ut the earliest moment.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-31
Measuring Hay.

To measure the contents of stack Of
hay, proceed as follows: Ii it Is a
round stack, tapering to a point from
the ground, measure the width halfway
between the ground and the peak of
the stack multiply this width by it
self and divide the same by :, s54 this
will give the average area OF the sur
face covered by the stack
If the hay is timothy, orchard grass,
miilet, or Hungarian, 500 feet Will make
a ton, or a cube eight feet each way
If the stack is very solid, and was cut
when dead ripe, $50 feet VIII make a
ton. or cube seven feet each way.
Ii the hay is mixed with clover,
about 700 feet, or cube of nine feet
each way, viii make ton. Ii this Is
all clover, or light meadow grass, or
red-top, 500 feet Will be required TO
weigh a ton. unless 1t Is pressed very
hard. when some allowance must be
made. These estimates are made from
notes of a great many stacks and mows
Of various kinds, and viii give fair
average, N y Tribune.
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OF this cow in 1904 for 100 guineas, be-
ing the same [ mentioned as being
such a fine dairy animal and he
bought another at Ceilings sale in
1910. For the latter he paid Isl gum
cas-, and styled her Duchess First. and
FROM her all of the present family de-
scended. Bates says he was induced
to select this tribe from having found
that they are great growers and quick
feeders, with fine quality of meat, con-
Stunning little food In proportion to
their growth, and also finding that
they are great mixers.
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The 'Marhinppi Tree.

This poisonous tree is found on the
coast of West India Island ami III Il
low marshy ground near Key West,
Florida. 1t has the general aspect Of
a large pear tree with fruit resembling
small apples, but unfit for eating The
wood is highly esteemed for all cabinet
work, 1t being so hard and shining.
Great caution Is necessary In cutting
these trees to avoid being poisoned by
the milky juice, with which it is so
thoroughly peryaded. Before the chop
pers begin at a tree, they build a fire
around it which dries up the sap so
that it will not fill up the cuts made
by the ak. They also cover their faces
with a gauzo Or nek 10 Keep off ali tire
juice and the chips. This juice is SO
caustic that single drop on the skin
will produce feeling like fire, and as
bad as a blister. The Indians make
use of this fluid to poison THEN arrow
heads, and thus set on fire their enc
mics. Many persons have persisted by
simply sleeping under the shade of
this venomous tree. Each pore seems
to breathe death and desolation into
the atmosphere around.
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A writer IN the Mark Lane Express
gives the following history Of the most
valuable families of Short-horns. He
says: As the Duchess tribe IS so
famous, and sells at such enormous
prices, may here give few particu-
lars regarding It: The first of the
family We hear Of was bought by
Charles ColliGg from the Duke of
Northumberland agent ut StanwiN, a
massive, short-iegged COW, of a yellow
ish-red color, with the breast near the
ground She had a wide back and was
grsat grower. Colhug called her
Duchess, and had often described her
TO Bates as a very superior animal,
particularly in her handling, and
told him he considered her the
best COW he had ever seen, but
that he could never breed so good a
one from her She was descended from
the old stock OF Sir Henry Smlthson,
OF Stanwix. Thomas Bates bought
from Colling one of the descendants
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DETERMINATION of Nock,ng Birds.

The glorious songster Of our south
ern forests, the hooking bird, is In
danger OF extirpation. Thousands are
every year taken from their nests, only
to die in their cages. like the inhabiJ-
ants of some PLACE stricken city. Many
fail beneath the fire OF miscalled
sporusmen, who shoot each featbered
thing, from humming bird to crow.
and this slaughter must be stopped.
In one sense, this noble warbler is the
national bird of the south, the pride
and glory of that land i'll which he is
alone found. 1t would disgrace the
whole of this southern country if so
excellent singer were to perish with
out one arm being put forth for his
preservation.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-31
W heat-Importance OF seed and Tit
In

IL
ia3es
Mr.. f Wheeler, of Danton. Cook
county, Illinois, writes to the Prairie
Farmer:
With YOU permission, ] will give
my experience with the Odessa wheat,
the past season. In one field five bush
els OF wheat was sown on five acres of
corn stubble, which had not been
plOwed, but the seed was we'll put IN
by two herse cultivators; the yield was
one h1srdred and twenty bushels No
wheat
IN another field ten bushels Ct wheat
was sown on ten acres of land that had
been cropped with fax the preceding
year and fall plowed. The Weld in
this field was two hundred and thirty
bushels No. l wheat At the market
price on S1.25 per bushel, the crop
from the ten acres would bring S2S1. 30.
Deducting seed, ten bushels, at 81 50
per bUsneI, So, leaves for use of land
and labor S2T2. 50. Compare this re-
suit with ten acre field of equally
good land or an adjoining farm sown
with common tea wheat.
Twenty bushels Of wheat was sowD,
and the yield WAS one hundred bushels
No wheat At 81 bushel it would
amount TO 500, Deducting seed,
twenty bushels, at 81. Is a bushel. S25,
leaves for use of land and labor but
SO, and showing a balance IN favor OF
the Odessa wheat of 1897. 80.
The average yield per acre for the
more than two million acres of wheat
raised In Illinois, In 1872, was but thir
teen and two tenths bushels.
The three principal causes of this
low average are First, defective till
age, second, unfavorabie season
third, poor seed, which [ maintain Is
the most important of the three. Per
haps tits too much to say that judi
oious selection of wheat would double
toe amount of wheat raised in the state
fIIlinois.
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Will Of an Irish NiSer.

An Irlshman named Dennis Tolam,
who died at Cork possessing wealth. in
the year 1872, left singular will con-
tanning the following testamentary dis
positions leave to my sister-in-law
four old stockings, which Will be found
under my mattrass, to tee right Item
to my nephew Michael Tarles, two
odd socks and green night-cap. Item
TO Lieutenant John Stein, blue
stocking, with a red cloak. Item-To
my cousin Barbara Dolan, my ola boot
with red flannel pocket Item--To
Hannah, my housekeeper, my broken
water-jug." After the death of the
testator, the legatees having been con-
vened by the notary to be present
at the reading of the Will, each,
as he or she was named.
shrugged their shoulders and other
wise expressed contenptuous disap-
pointment. while the parties uriuter-
ested III the succession could not re-
fraIn from laughing ut these ridiculous,
not to say insulting, legacies. All were
leaving the room, after signifying their
intention of renouncing their bequests.
when the last named, Hannah, having
testified her indignation by kicking
away the broken pitcher, number OF
ecins rolled out of it the other indi-
viduals, astonished at the unexpected
incident, began to think better of their
determination, and requested permits
sion to examine the articles devised to
them. 1t Is needless TO say that. on
proceeding III the search, the stockings,
socks, pocket, &C., soon betrayed by
their weight the value of their contents.
and the hoard of the testator, thus
fairly distributed, left on the minds Of
the legatees . very different impression
of his worth.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-31

gar BifteTS are Il purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
live herbs found on the lower ranges 81
the Sierra Nevada mountains of CalifOr-
MA, the medicinal properties of which
ire extracted theretrom without Il u use
If Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked. What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
rERS?" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and Il lite-giving principle,
perfect Renovation and lnvigoruOr
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of NINEGER BITrERS IN healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
the Liver and Yisceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERS are Aperient, Dlaphoretlc,
Carminative Nutritious, Laxative, DIuretio,
Sedative, Counter-Irritaut, Sudorltic, Altera
tive, and Anti Bilious.
r.. II. MCDONALD ~ CO..
Druggists and Gen. AgtS., san EraQclSco California,
md cor. OF Washington and Charlton SIS y. Y.
sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
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MIgnOn'S Song.
From the German of Goethe.

l.
knowest thou the happy land where blooms
the cltroD fair
The golden orange CLEANS through the dark
hued foliage there
Soft winds from Heavens blue heights upon
it ever blow;
Gh ere the gloomy myrtle and the lofty laurel
grow,
That land, o, dost thou know
TLIther, beloved, with thee would go.
Anowest thou the house? Its roof on pillars
strong REGIMES:
through the chambers shimmers light and
bright the great hall shines;
There marble statues, standing, look down
with pity mild
All what have they dore to thee. thou
poor, unhappy chlidt'
That house, U. dost thou know?
Ihlther, protector, with thee would 60
kDowest thou the mount, It's paths ovcrhung
with clouds 50 gray?
There, amidst the fog, the mule pursues his
darksCme way
There, IL cavern-depths, doth lurk tn dragon
with his brood
And down the rock doth topple down rushes
swift the flood.
That mount, o, dOst thou know
1hlther our way hes father. let Us 20.
IHUs. ca. j 3. KELLY.
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THIRTY >EAKs, EXPERIENCE OF An
Old NIRSE.

Nus. WISsLOw's SOOTHING SYRUP Is The PnE
gCGIPTIoN OF of me best Femais Physicians and
n the United States, and has been used for
Eith thirty negeriailng safety aud by
millions of mothers and children. from the feeble in
fapt OF week old TO the adult. Il acdty
of The stomach, relieves wind collie. regulates the
bowels aud gives rest, health and comfort to mother
and child We believe it to be the Best and Surest
Remedy in the World IN all sases OF DYSENTERY
and UIARRHEA IN CHILDREN, whether II
rises from reething from any other cause. Fun
directions for using will accompany each bottle
None Genuine unless the fac smile of CURTIS
PERKINS is on the outside wrapper.
SoLp BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
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MEDICAL ADVERTISING The medical
profession are outspOken in their de
nunciation of the system Of medical
advertising, and declare that any med
icine that is advertised i a fraud. How
thoroughly inconsistent and unfair Is
such an arr ument. The men who are
so loud in their criticisms, are those
who advertise themselves as medical
saUalas by ostentatious display; splen-
did residences with massive door
plates; fast horses and costly ear
riages. DE-. J. WALKER, of California,
an old practitioner, respected alike for
his skill and conscientious independ-
ence, dares to differ; ami having dis
covered in his VINEGAR BtrTERs q
purely herballstic medicine, free from
all spirituous poisons--a wonderful
specific for numerous disorders, adver-
tises the same for the relief OF his fell
low man, and is borne out in his dec
iarations of its many virtues by thou
sands of invalids, who are being cured
e Il kI- :
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD,
Potato Piow.

The Mark Lane Express has the
following On one of the implements
exhibited before the Royal Agriculture
Society
Corbett and Peele's pillow has a sin
gle mold board, and mas a revolving
disc composed Of several teeth or tines,
which by a simple attachment is fixed
to the handles of the plow, and works
Just behind the mold board, catching
the furrow as it is moved by the pillow
and tearing it IL pieces. As 1t is fixed
20 work at an angle to the mold board
and to the furrow, the potatoes are de-
posted on the surface of the pulverized
land, and very few fall into the furrow
sole, where they would be covered by
The next ridge unless gathered imme-
alately after the pillow. By this single
mold board two-thirds, or nearly all
the ridFc, is turned over and broken
up 90 the mold moard side, and the
fBrrow sole left has scarcely a single
potato in it. The revolving disc, act
ing on the whole furrow, at once pro-
duced a fine leyai and broad bed for
potatoes to fall upon.
This pillow was put to work upon
Regent potatoes, the tops of which
were ripe, aud made capital work. A
few potatoes were buried by the mold
thrown up by the disc, but there was
nc scratching at al for the gatherers,
aud they could gather much more
rapidly than after the ordinary pillow
used IN the district.
A great merit of this principle is that
it is adaptable to any ordinary pillow at
the cost of IS. The pillow with a rotary
disc Is here shown as one implement
o1t virtually the invention consists II
an apparatus to be attached 10 a pillow,
and forming part of its fittings or fur
niture, like the share or the coulter,
but only to be used for special pnr-
poses. 1t will, however, pulyerize land
winter-plowed in ridges, or at the time
of blowing. most efficiently.
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BLUE HENS CHICKENS.o
How the Name happened to be Apple
TO Deiaxyareans

How the Name happened TO be Applied
to Deiawareans.
Almost everybody knows that citi
Zens of Delaware are often called in
cant term "Blue Hens Chickens, but
there are few persons perhaps who are
aware of the origin of the phrase. A
certain Captain Caldwell, who was an
officer of the First Delaware Regiment
in the war OF the Revolution, was great
ly distinguished for his daring and M.
daunted spirit. He was exceedingly
popular in the regiment, and its high
state of discipline was generally con
ceded to be due to his exertions. Cald-
well was extremely fond of cock fight
ing, and he kept large number of
game fowls for the purpose. When the
officers of the regiment were sent upon
recruiting service to enlist new men in
order to fill vacancies caused by death
or otherwise, it was saying that they
had gone home for more of Caldweli's
game cocks. Caldwell had theory
that no cock could be truly game unless
the mother was blue hen, and so the
name "Blue Hens Chickens" was at
last given to the regiment, ana finally
to the people of the State of Delaware.
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4 WIGHT occurred at East Walker

4 FIGHT occurred at East Walker
Rive, Nevada, about a fortnight ago,
which Eastern sporting men would
have given something To see. \ dog
only eight months old pursued a Rocky
Mountain lynx into the river. The
lynx was fouI feet long and over two
feet high. They fought under the
water for about fifty yards. Then they
came 10 the surface. They let go their
holds and went down again. When
they came up the dog had killed the
lynx
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THE ElmwoOd and Warwick collars
still hold their own, and are Just as
nice to wear and look as well as they
alWays dill Com
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SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS

Viii md TBOCHEs useful in clearing he voice when
taken before Singing or Speaking and relieving he
throat after Unusual exertion of the vocal organs
Obtain only BRCwS's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs," and
do take any of he worthless limitations that may
n offered. Soil eUsrVrhers
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GREELY, Col, claims TO be the centre
of the buffalo robe business
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BALDWIN Locomotive " grks are now
running on three-quarter tine, instead
of half time, as heretofore,
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FAMILY IISIMENT

Is the best usdy IN the world for the folio = Nc
complaints, viz. Cramps in the Limbs aud Stomach,
Pain in the stomach, Bowels Side. Rheumatism in
al its FERNS ilious Cole, Neuralgia, Cholera, Dys-
eutery, Colds, Flesh Wounds, BURNS Sore Throat.
Spinal Complaints, Sprains aud Bruises. Cblis and
Fever. For Internal and External use.
Its operation is only 20 relieve the patient but
entirely noTes the cause of the complaint. II pen
trl-3s AM psrVtiss the whole system. restoring
healthy action TO all its parts, and quc keuinz the
blood.
THE HOUSEHOLD PASAcEA IS PURELY VEGETABLE
and All Healing.
Prepared by CURTIS 4 BROWN,
No. 2l5 Fulton Street, New YO:k.
For sale by all Druggists
CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE ANn
SICK
from 40 other cause than having worms in the q. ON
ach.
BROWNS VERMIFUGE CONFITS
Will da-troy without injury the child being
perfectly WHITE, aud free from all coloring 9th
n mi lr 1us ingredients usually used in preplr
atoms
CURTIS BROWN, PRoPRHToRs,
Nc 215 Fulton Street, New York
S5f ~ D-g75is's aei C6sniss, md dealers in Meth
-iuss, p, TWENTY-FIVE CENTS 4 Box
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Treating the Wrong Disease.

Many times Women call upon their
family physicians. one With dN spepsII. another
with pa pltation. another with trouble Of the
breast, another with pain here aud there and
IN this way they all present alike to ihem-
selves and their eaSy-golug and Indifferent
Doctors separate and distinct diseases. FIR
which he prescrites his pills aud potions, as
Stunning them to be such, when, IN reality,
they are all symptom caused by some uter1ne
disorder aud while they are thus only able
perhaps TO palllate for a tine, they are igub-
rant Of the cause. and encourage their plac-
tice until large bills are made, when the SUI
fering patients are no better IN the end, but
probably worse for the delay, treatment, and
other complications made, and which proper
medicine directed to the cause would have
entirely removed, thereby institutiug health
and comfort instead Of prolonged misery.
From Miss Lo9INDA E. ST. CLAIR, Shade,
Athens Co Oct. nth, 1872
DIR. r. Z. Pierce, Buffalo, y. Your IA
voiite Prescription IS working almost like
miracle On me. / am oetter already than
nave been for over two wears.
IRON ELLA 4. SCHAFEE, GAINESVILLE, Ind
Ang. 3, 1872:
ID. Pierce-I received the medicine yor
sent HE and began using 1t immediately. As
a result of the treatment feel better than
have for three years
From Mrs. JOHN K. HAMILIS. OdeII, H., Mar
19, 1872:
''Dr. Pierce-Ihe FaveTit5 Prescription ha:
done ME good, which l am very thankful for.
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BRoHY,s BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs

Having direct influence on the parts, gives imme-
date relief For BRONCHITIS ASTHMA, CATARRH.
CONSERVATIVE AND THR0AT DISEASES, TROCHEs
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BROWNS Requires immediate attention, an
BRONCHIAL should be Checked. Ii allowed TO
TRCGHES continue, IRRITATION OF Tbs
FoH LUEGs. PERMANENT THROAT
COUGHS AFFECTION. OR an kCUBABLE
AND LUNG DISEASE is often the re
s,rt