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Two Dollars a Year.


/ For best pound cake, Iced and ornament
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Jackson. Diploma.
7 For best 5 b. butter, Mlsslsslppi made
II premium % Miss Sallie Lambuth. of
Madison station. Special premium hv Capt.
John 1 Buck. of Jackson. Ten dollars in
gold.
2nd rremium TO Mr.. John Handy, Can
I ton. Five dollars.
For best y iars of stick caud- Dfpioura
awarded To q. VI. Martz & Coz Of VicLs-
burg Also special premium BY John Mart,
OF jackson. Sl0
For best jelly cake Premium TO Miss Ida
R4ins. OF Rankin. Five dollars.
For best Il 1ur bread hy girl under Is
years old Premium To Miss Nettie Collins.
oi Rankin -. Special premium by gen-
tieman, silver cup worth ten dollars
For best marble cake. Premium 20 Miss
>allie Collins, of Raukin Five dollars.
For best Mississippi made cheese. Pre-
MUM - Mrs. Ellie Norrell. Of Rankin 90
DLplona and five dollars.
For best b loaf Of homemade flour
bread. Pr, mium To Mrs. ;. Il. Rainey, Of
Byram. lllnds county. Special premium by
Col j. NJ. Wsssnn. Ten dollars.
2ud best. Premium five dollars. Awarded
10 Mrs :. O. Mcl.aurin. OF Madison county.
For best breakfast lght-rols. Premium
70 Miss Bette Norris, OF Jackson. Five
dollars
For best sponge cake. Premium to Mrs.
W. H. II. Green. OF Jackson. Five dol
lars.
For best domestic corn-bread. Premium
to Miss Ella Wishart, ofJackson. Twounda a
nalf dollars.
For best silver cake. Premium 10
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17
5souse1oisS Recipes.

SARATOGA POTATOES. Slice raw pota-
toes and throw into cold water Have
ready lard, boiling hot, season pota-
toes (after draining) with salt and pep
per; fry light brown.
LEMON CAKE.-One cup butter, three
cups sugar, four cups flour, five eggs,
one cup thick milk, one teaspoonful OF
soda, the rind of two lemons. Bake
in bread dishes.
APPLE FLeAT. TO one quart Of APP
Piles partially stewed and well mashed.
put the whites of three eggs well beat
en- and four beaping teaspoonfuls OF
loaf sugar, beat them together for fiji.
teen minutes, and eat with rich milk
and nutmeg.
SUET PUDDING. and chop fine
one large teacup full of raisins chop
one teacup full of suet, having re-
moved all the skin; add a cup full of
sour milk. one teaspoonful of soda, q
very little salt, three eggs, beaten
together, and enough -four to make a
stiff batter. Steam for two hours, and
eat with fairy butter or wine sauce.
Boston RICE CAKEs.-Boil cup OF
rice, and while hot put into it large
tablespoonful of butter. Beat the
whites and yolks of three eggs sepa-
rately, and stir them into the rice
Thicker with four tablespoonfuls of
flour, and bake either in muffin-rines
or upon a delicately-greased griddle.
Salt put in, of course, to the taste.
PoTATo SoUP.-Pare two or three
good sized potatoes and slice thin; put
in a TN dish and cover with hot water
boil until done; turn out the potatoes
and mash fire; salt them and put them
back IN the water with enough butter
to season them we'll, adding enough
water for the required quantity OF
soup.
BUTTER POT PIE. Pour a quart OF
water into the kettle put in half a
pound of butter, little salt and pep
per; make a crust of butter milk lit
tie sour cream, and saleratus enough
to sweeten it; roll out and cut into
biscuit; drop one by one into the boil
ing gravy and do not remove the cover
for half an hour, when it will be done.
Keep boiling but not too hard or ii
will be too heavy.
CALF's FooT JaLBY.-Take two
calves feet and add to them one gal
lon of water, which reduce with boiling
to one quart. Strain it, and when
cold skim the fat entirely off. Add to
this the whites of six eggs we'll beaten,
a pint of wine. half pound of ioai
sugar. add the juice of four lemons and
let them be we'll mixed. Boil the whole
few minutes, stirring constantly. and
then pass it through a fianrel strainer.
This forms very nutritious article
of diet for the sick and convaleseent.
The wine may be omitted or added at
option.-7he Druggist.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17
4 Very Vaiuahin Work.

History of the Grange Movement.
or TIE Farmers Var against MOnop-
Oites. Being q full and authentic
account of the struggles of the Ameri-
cd1, Fdr1'1ers against the eTtoTtiOns of
the Railroad Companies. With q
History OF the Rise and Progress ofthe
Order of Patrons of Husband,y.
Published by the National Publishing
Co., of Chicago
The most remarkable and powerful
movement of the present day is, I'M
questionably, the War which the Far
mers are waging against the MOnopolies
of all kinds that have for so long been
robbipG the people and depressing the
tolllng ,ortiop of our community.
The work begins with the causes
which have aroused the American pec-
pie against the Monopolists, and treats
OF the railroad system of the country,
Its growth, actual condition and pros
poets. It then shows how this noble
system has been perverted to further
The ends of selfish capitalists and rail
road directors, who seek gain at the
expense Of the community; and We are
given terrible aad thilling account OF
VIC ItlHlCo anu II 9atc w tliO Iuiii't
corporations of to- day The author
yields fearless and vigorous pen, and
points out the evils WIN Cd this selfish
greed has entailed upon us. He shows
how the great corporation have been
able to control the whole &C untry; how
they have robbed the nat1o'n and cor
rupted our CONGRESS, Stale Leglsta
tures, and Courts of Justice
Passing from Monopolists aud THEN
outrages, the author takes up the cause
of the wronged and oppressed farm ers,
aud gives us detailed statement =,
the evils from which the farming ely 3
is suffering. He analyses sklllfully tb,
causes of these evils, and shows how
and by whom the farmers are r obbed
A considerable portion OF the, work j,
devoted to history of the Order o.
Patrons Of Husbandry. Il complete
account of the organizatlfJn and Object
of the order Is given; its laws and
mode OF procedure az stated apG
each feature is expialp ed at length.
1t is decidedly the most interesting
aud useful volume of the day. and q:
it comes at time wh en- the whole oonn
try is suffering intensely from the effect.
OF the evils 1t denonEces, cannot fail +,
have a tremendous sale. 1t "a an ablx
written work, and bold apd vigorous
plea in behalf of the far, oers and ali
who are oppressed and robbed bv the
grasping Monopoiies -,hicb are cansino
so much trouble.
The book is Sid by subscription
only, and the Publishers want agents
III every county. See advertisement IN
lanother COLUMN
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17
RUSSIA IN ASIA.
The New Possessions Of the Gar


The New Possessions of the Gar In
s~h1ya.
Col. Wepjukoff, who may be called
the Won Sydow of the Russian stall.
has read an elaborate report to the I'M
perial Geographical Society Of st.
Petersburg on the districts recently an
nexed to the empire, which gives a
rather unhattering picture OF the ad-
vantages gained by the addition. On
the whole eastern shore of the Caspian,
he states, there is not O single point
suited for factory or for CONNIE rclal
enterprise of any sort. such efforts as
have been made for the Establishment
of these having completely miscarried.
Krasnovodsk, which has been spoken
OF as trading post, is in reality moth
ing better than petty military station,
and has to be supplied with drinking
water Imported all the way from the
Caucasus. The normal tribes of the
steppe between this shore aud the
Aral do not as vet acknowledge the
imperial supremacy at all, and
have no Russian officials resident
among them to represent them. The
Importance of Khiva, the geographer
continued, is often much overrated, it
being no more than single large
oasis, dependent for it's cultivation on
an elaborate canal system, and even
with this barely able to supply the
population at present dependent upon
1t. The complete annexation of the
hanate would have been great Gnan-
cial mistake, since to hold it under
Russian administration could only
have been done at a large outlay. On
the other hand, the addition to Rus
sian territory of the land on the right
bank of the Ann was necessary for
the security Of, and free access to, the
ports there. In this river and the
canal navigation connected with it lie
the real means for the development of
the resources of the best part of the
various territories gained. Col. Wen
juko1f's lecture was, on the whole, not
more remarkable for it's interesting de-
tails than for the outspoken manner in
which 1t handled the policy with which
our own Asian interests are felt to be
SO much concerned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17
Useful Hints and Receipss.

| AttCSlpss.
GREASE UPON Floors. An Iowa lady
writes that grease can be readily drawn
from an Imprinted kitchen floor by
putting plenty of soft-soap on the
grease spot, and rubbing a hot fiat.
iron through the sap. One applica-
ton generally sufices; sometimes
another is required, washing thorough
ly afterwards.
10 KEEP ONIONS. The best way of
keeping onions for family use is the
| old-fashioned one of stringing them
Gather them without breaking off the
tops. Take up three or four and
string through the tops. and tie a
string around them to secure them
hrmly. Add more onions, and tie uu-
til you have a string a foot or more in
length. Hang them in a dry place and
they will keep any length Of time.
How TO TAKE A PILu.-Place il un-
per the tip of the tongue, and take a
drink of water. The biggest bolus
will so down almost without your
knowing it. The taste left in the
mouth after taking such bitter medi-
cines as quinine, aloes, nux-vomica,
ETC., is instantly neutralized by
chewing piece of liquorice root.
LIGHT IN THE Room FOR TIE Sick
The late physician to the Emperor
effect of light as a curative agent IN
the hospital of ST. Petersburg. He
discovered chat the number of patients
who were cured IN rooms properly
lighted was four times as large as it
was when they were confined IN dark
rooms.
PREVENTIVE WASH FOR SUNBURS.
Take two drachms of boray, one drachm
of Roman alum, one drachm Of cam
phor, half All ounce OF sugar candy,
one pound of OK gall. Mix these all
together, and stir them well for ten
minutes; repeat the stirring four times
day for a fortnight, at the end of
which time the lotion will appear clear
and transparent. Stra n through blot
ting paper and bottle for use. Wash
your face with this every time you go
into the sunshine
FASTENING THE KIPENING OF PEARS.
One of our Yankee cultivators, rs an
experiment, removed the earth about
an early pear tree eight weeks before
the normal period Of ripeoing, for
space OF Ii to Is feet in diameter, and
to such an extent as to leave q depth of
earth over the roots of only about two
inches or so, which could be thorough
~ warmed by the sun. he was sur
prised not only by the ripening of the
fruit IN the middle of July, but also 10y
its superior juoiness and favor. In
another experiment the removal of the
earth from the north side of tree
alone caused the fruit on that side TO
ripen several days earlier than that on
the south e.-BostOe Journal of
ChenistTu.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17
VINEGAR BIrTEEs.-DR. ]. WALK

VINEGAR BrTERs.-DR. J. WALKER, a
regular practicing physician of Califor-
MIA, has conferred priceless boon up
on mankind, by the introduction OF a
Bitters" compounded from herbs ex-
elusively, which may be truly said TO
be superseding all others, and is be-
coming bitter dose indeed for the
charlataDs and quacks, on account Of
its immense sale and universal popu-
larity. Not only are these VINEGAR
BITTERs, as he calls them, an invalua-
BILE tonic and Alternative, but they are
acknowledged as s standard MEDICINE,
and the astonishing rapidlty with
which they cure diseases hitherto de.
clared lncurable. seems almost incred-
ible. After having been carefully test
ed, they are kept on hand IN thousands
of households. and used for any and
every form of disease, many relying
upon them in preference to the most
celebrated physicians. They have be-
come q recognized Family Remedy,
and properly so.-Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17
EfrcCdEnG swine.

II does not follow that because it is
profitable TO make the greatest weight
of carcass forthe butcher at ten months,
that II IS also profitable to breed from
either sex ut so early an age. We are
aware that some excellent breeders
advise that the SOW should have her
first litter at twelve months; but eight
months is too young Tor the SOW to
have acquired the proper maturity to
be coupled with the boar, and the pigs
in many such cases are weak and puny.
Nothing is really gained by coup Icing
before the SOW Is ten to twelve months
old The pigs will be much more valu-
able uuder the latter plan.
We believe that too early breeding
reduces the number of healthy pigs
reared, more than all the gain in time
Is worth. From several reports we have
received from large breeders, four per
litter is full average raised from this
early breeding, while II the SOW is al
lowed further to mature, six would be
the average in breeding upon a large
scale. There is no doubt that the at
tentiOn given to high feeding and early
maturity during tue last few years has
itttOCktNt t-iE c0N IL ~ EiGth td1
than formerly, but there is danger OF
carrying this too TAR and thus weaken,
ing the constitution.
If SOW shows herself good breed.
er, it is economy to keep her several
years as breeder, for the extra mum
Der of pigs she Will rear will pay fol
the extra feed Great care should be
used not 10 give the SOW, while in pig,
too much concentrated food. The prin
cipal brood IS narrowed in sping, anG
consequently the SOW is kept IN door:
during winter. and she is too often fet
almost Yholiy,o grain, which is apt t,
keep her in q feverish and constipatet
condition. This often causes the pig
to be bat poorly developed and to,
puny to rear, She should be fed, as
part # diet, upon roots-turnips, beets
carrots-or other green and laxativ
food when obtaInable, or, II lieu O
these, upon second crop clover Gu
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17
NORWAY and sly eden.

Never could more dissimilar nations
be united under one government than
Norway and Sweden. Norway clings
with the most absurd tenacity to the old
things and old ways of doing them,
while Sweden is ready to advance with
the rest Of the world. The difference
appears strikingly on the line of rail.
road between Christiania and Stock
holm. The road is about 400 miles
long, of which, say, 100 are in Norway
and 800 in Sweden. The time for ex-
press trains is about twenty hours. OF
this, something like eight hours is
taken for the Norwegian 100 miles,
leaving twelve hours-really only eleven
hours the Swedish 800 miles, or
y miles against Is miles per hour.
But most OF the travel IN Norway is by
the very old fashion of carroles aud
post horses, the principal rOads-under
Government care-bg1ng in good order,
and the speed averaging, with push,
SIX or seven miles per hour The Amerl-
can Consul in Chrlstiani,- which is the
only live part of Norway is trying hard
10 get our Irowers and reapers
into use there, though thus
far with Indifferent success. In Swe.
den these things are being taken hold
OF with something like freedom. The
Swedes are, evidently, a contriving and
mechanical people, and in such things
very much Ill advance OF their neigh
bors. They are Just the kind of people
TO be at home IN America, ana the very
best kind Of people America could have.
In both countries, as we'll as in Great
Britain, [ heard tae loudest kind OF
lamentatlon over the great emigration
to America. Lack Of Iaborers causes
strikes and high p1ices, they say, and
reduces the means of the old countries
and the values at the same time. Land.
generally, seems to have touched its
highest point every where on this side
of the ocean, and 10 be falling with no
little rapidity, and with an even dimin-
ishIng number Of purchasers. OF
course, I speak generally and not par
ticularly. What shall We do about it
seems to be an absorbing question in
each of the countries through which [
have passed. The story of success in
America flows back from every pen;
and those who remain, having friends
who have gone before, are. in nearly
every case. anxious only to get away
Themselves Correspondence of the
Scientific american.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17
EtruScaa Numerals,

At q late meeting of the Pathological
SocIcfy paper on Etruscan numerals
was read by the Rev. Isaac Taylor. He
salo that tie long sought key to the
Etruscah language had been found in
tomb, having their six faces marked
Wild "cros instead of by pips. M.
1aEior examined these six words in
des9b, and showed that they were iden-
aca'. with the first SIX digits belonging
70 the Altaic branch of the Tnranian
Family of speech. Guided by this clue
1t was easy to show that the grammar
and vocabulary of the 5000 Etruscan
inscriptions were also Altaic. The
words denoting kindred, the pl onouns,
the participates, and the declensions
correspondent closely with those of the
Tartar tribes of Siberia. The Etrus-
can mythology proved to be essentially
the same as that of the Kalevula, the
great Tinnic epic
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17
New Application OF SOAP Stone,

Soap stone has recently found a new
application, rs raw material, for but.
tons, dominoes, and other similar OBJ.
jects. Chips and refuse pieces of the
mineral are ground to powder, mixed
with siiicate Of soda--water glass
after a reposs OF some hours drying
on plate, when the mixture is again
pulverized. The powder is then sub
iected to a powerful pressure in
moulds, and afterwards baked in air.
tight tire-clay crucibles. The pressed
objects are second time saturated
with the air. The hardness of the pro
duet depends in great measure upon
the number of times the heating is re-
peaCed. The last stage of the process
OF manufacture consists in washing IN
water IN rotary tub, drying and agi-
Eating In a suitable vessel with soap
stone powder, which imparts a polish
to the surface.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17

green, or upon nicely cured aftermath
OF timothy or other fine grass, with her
grain.
This IS best if cut short and mixed
IN small quantity with the meal and
gram. But if none of these coarse
foods are at hand, then take bran and
very little oil meal, and mix all into
siop with the grain to be fed. This
VIII Keep the bowels of the breeding
SOW IN nearly the same condition as on
grass: This latter diet, continued after
she has narrowed, will cause good
flow of milk, and not too rich. The
same attention should be given to the
SOW, while sucking pigs, as to COW
from which you desire a good flow of
milk--feed her abundantly upon good.
nourishing food. Lire Stock Journal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17
saIt-risinS Gread.

\ correspondent of the Household
gives the following recipe for making
salt-rislng bread, which is superior to
common yeast bread, and is considered
by some as more wholesome:
Put three teacups of water, as warm
as you can bear your finger III, in a
two.quart cup or bowl, and three.
fourths-of a teaspoonful Of salt stir in
flour enough to make quite stiff bat.
ter; this IS for the risings, or empty
lngs, as some call 1t. Set the bowl,
closely covered, In a kettle, ia warm
water, IS warm as you can bear your
finger III, and keep it as near this tenn
peratuIe as possible. Notice the time
when you "set" your rising in three
hours stir in two tablespoonful of
flour. put it back, and in five and one
half hours from the time Of setting, it
viii be within one inch of the top of the
bowl. 1t is then light enough, and will
make up eight quarts of -four make
sponge III the centre of your -four with
one quart of water of the same temper
abure as the rising, stir the rising IN 10
1t cover ever with a little dry flour,
and putt where it will keep very warm,
but not scala IN three-fourths of an
hour mix this into stiff dough If water
is used, be sure is very warm. and do
not work as much as yeast bread make
the lOaveS little larger, and keep 1t
warm for another three quarters of an
hour 1t VII then he ready to bake.
While rising this last time have your
oven beating it needs hotter oven
than yeast bread. If these rules
are followed, you viii have bread as
white as snow, with light-brown
crust, dehciously sweet and tender.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17
Growth of Colorado.

The Worcester Spy furnishes some
statistics in relation TO the Territory of
Colorado. The growth of population
has been something noticeable even in
this country. Until the year 1859
there was not house Or settled family
IN Denver, the present capital. The
Territorial Government was secured III
1861. Last Winter an act was passed
that a population Of 125, 600 should be
necessary for an admission to the
Union. The population is now 104, $50.
The monthly increase since August has
been three thousand. In 1870 the gold
and silver product was IS, 80, 600; in
1873, SIS, 600, 900, and the average daily
product Is now about $4,000. The
coal formation is also valuable the
daily product being now a thousand
tons.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17
FARM AED HOUSEHOLD,
Popcorn as Dessert.


L think | need not tell how to pop
corn, need IL It is the best way to
have corn-popper then you can wait
the progress of the corn, and vary the
degree OF heat az seems necessary,
Many imagine that the popcorn is
more tender or brittle if taken from
the hot fire and shaken about in the
cold air as Quickly as possible. Chill
dren are apt to stuff themselves with
popcorn when they are not in the
least need OF a meal, Pop. corn is
food, and such a crowded condition of
the stomach produces discomfort, and
so popcorn is supposed to be I'M
wholesome. 1t is quite the contrary
If eaten as food with the regular meal,
and properly cnewed. Try it with
milk or apple sauce, or with any other
fruit sauce.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17
iIsping.

\ country fellow who lisped, having
bought some pigs, asked a neighbor
for the use of a pen for few days.
SAID he: IL have nth been purchathin
thome thwine two thowth and pigtb.
| want to put them in Your pen till
can get a place for them
1.-Two Thousand pigs !" exclaimed
the neighbor; why, my pen will
hardly hold a dozen"
"You don't understand me. Mr..
Bent. | don't thav two thothand
pigths, but two thowths and pigth. "
q hear you," said Mr. Bent. "Two
thousand pigs. Why you must be
crazy
81 tell you again." exclaimed the
man, angrlly, Il mean not two thou
thand pigth, but two thowth and two
pigth
''Oh, that is what you mean, eh
Well, the pen is at your service"
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A Wild Rose in September.
BY z. Fl.

BY z. Fl.
q Wild rose, what spell has STAYED
Till now thy summer OF delights?
Where hid the south wind when lie laid
His heart Oh thine, these autumn nights
o wild red rose, two faces glow
At sight Of thee, and two hearts share
AL thou aud tiny soft wind can know
OF sunshine Ia this autumn air.
sweet Wild rose Q strong south wind
he sunny roadside asks no reasons
Why we such secret summer find,
Forgetting calendars and seasons
Alas red rose, thy petals wilt;
Cur loving hands tend hee in vain
Our tnougntleSs touch see ms ike a guilt :.
Al, could we make thee live again
Yet joy, wild rose e glad, south wind
Immortal wind immortal rose
le shall live on, in two hearts shlined,
With secrets which no words disclose.