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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01
Watering Flowers in Pots.

Many who have the care of window
plants seem to think that the operation
of watering is one of the simplest items
incident to their care, and will hardly
thank us for advice on this point, and
yet we may safely hazard the assertion
that more plants are injured and more
fail to reach their greatest perfection
frcm an improper mode of watering
than from all other cases combined.
To water the various varieties that
their different wants shall all be sup
piled am no more, is an art acquired by
but few, and the credit which some re-
ceive for fine collections is often due to
the proper observance Of this one item
1t should be kept in mind that the
duty of the water is 10 dissolve and con
vey to the roots of the plants the food
which they need; some plants must have
a season of comparative rest, and if such
are watered literally during this time
tLey will keep on growing, and the nee
essary rest is not obtained. When any
of my lady friends tell me that they
succeed very we'll with certain classes
of plants, such as the fuschia, Gala, To-
belias, and ivies, and fail with others, /
Mt once set them down as being profuse
waterers, who by too much water injure
or destroy such plants as will not bear
it, On the other hand, there are those
who fail with this class of plants and
succeed well with others, because their
mode of watering does not supply
enough for the wants of one class, but
is about the proper amount for another.
Many plants are permanently injured
by water remaining In the saucer; others
often suffer from bad selection of the
soil.
Some of our amateur florists fail
with certain class of plants, of which
the begonia may be taken as a type.
because they shower the leaves with
cold water, but for this very reason are
eninently successful with another
class, of which the eamellia will serve
as a type.
As a general rule, from which there
are few variations, the texture of the
leaf may be taken as an index of their
power to resist the application of water
Plants having porous, open, or tieshy
leaves covered with soft down. should
be seldom, If ever, moistened, while
those having glossy or hard leaves will
do all the better If washed frequently.
Our ivies, hoyas. and cobpas seem
to laugh at us after a good dashjng,
: hut the begonias, coleus, and plants of
the same class, do not appear to appre-
ciate IT.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

moving land, and cut from twenty five
to thirty tons of nice English hay. My
farm is on hill, soil deep, strong, and
productive: first crop cut early. L cut
several tons of second crop clover in
August. We scald our milk, or heat it
vice day, from the middle of October
to June l, In a tin pail over a kettle of
boiling water. The pail will hold what
put into four pans, about four quarts
to pan. Mill stands thirty-six hours
then skim. In winter, keep it in room
warmed by soapstone stove, SO that
the temperature is about the same. day
and night-from 80 to 65 degrees. The
milk it set on two racks, made in this
way:
An upright square post, eight feet
long, six inches square, pivot In each
end, Stats across, seven inches, will set
thirtv-two pans on each; skim twice a
day, and churn three times a week.
Cream is kept III as cool place as pos
sible without freezing. When ready to
churn it is warmed by pouring sweet
skim milk into the mass in the churn to
the temperature of 81 degrees. The
butter is washed in three waters, having
the chill taken off, then weighed, allow
ing One-half ounce OF salt to the pound
In winter We lump the butter the same
day 1t Is churned. We work it over the
same day it is churned. We work it
over with butter worker, weigh it into
one-pound masses, lump it square with
butter spatters, then stamp and send to
market.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01
Npftpr Waking

\ party who has taken a prize several
times for making the best butter in his
county, gives the following as his
method: | keep sixteen cOws-am
milking ten this winter, SIX new mich
! make sixty-three pounds of butter a
week. The COWS are a mixture Of native
WITH Jersey, but I-should prefer that
they be half of each, for the reason
that the milk Is Just as good, more in
quantity, and the COWS more hardy than
all Jersey. OF course the native cows
should be the very best. HAY is given
three times dav, and one quart each
Of cob meal and shorts a day. | add
to this meal two quarts of sweet skim
milk. The COWS are supplied with all
the salt they will eat Water Is given
twice a day. Immediately after eating
hay. Bed the cows twice a dav thor
oughly with fine shavings and sawdust,
TO keep them dry and clean. In win
ter card them regularly once a day. |
treat my cows with great kindness, be
ing very gentle with them. as
such treatment has great deal to
do with = generous flow of milk
During the milking season my son
tavors them with the best whistline: not
because he ever heard that cows are par
tlal to such music, though he thinks
our COWS relish 1t much. and expect it
morning and night. Doubtless it has a
soothing effect upon them. Nv pastures
are newly cleared, one hillv and rocky,
with western slope, and pretty good;
the other older and more level. but pro.
ductlve. | have about twenty acres of
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01
Slavery in Virginia

An incident of general interest was
noted by one of the special treasury
agents during the recent capture of
counterfeiters in Virginia. He saws
some OF the heavy landowners sull keep
negroes az slaves. One special instance
is cited, chat has just been brought into
the local courts at Abbeyville, Va.
Albert Bethel, before the war was the
property of Geo. W. Palmer, one of the
wealthiest salt men at Saltville. Bethel
was a skilled blacksmith, and was sold,
during the early days of the war, for
81, 900, to party In Aiken, S. G.. He
had a wife and two children. the proper
ty also of Palmer When be was sold,
he was forced to leave his wife and
children behind him. After the war,
when Bethel became free, he tried to
get his children to come to him in
Aiken, S. c., where he worked as a
free man. He has never been success
full in getting any word from his chill
dren. Some 20 days ago he came up
to Saltville, where be discovered that
Palmer had kept his children as his
property; and, as they were yet young,
he had no difficulty in this. When the
Gather came for the children they were
spirited away. The father has been
obliged to 90 into the courts for address,
aud the strange specticle IS presented
of father, a colored man, being obEg-
ed to sue for writ of habeas corpus to
recover his own childlen from a wealthy
man who holds them as his property.
The most eminent organists of Paris
and London, as well as Warren, Nor
gan, Zundel, of Trinity, Grace, aud
other principal churches IN New York,
have given to the Mason & Hamlin Or
gan Co. written testimonials to the supe-
riority of their cabinet organs, which they
declare to have excellencies not found
in others.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01
The QUEEN OF ALL SEWING MACHINE.

The QUEEN OF ALL SEWING MACHINES.
in speaking of the merits of the Wilson
shuttle sewing machine, it is sufficient for us
to say that we think the invention of this ma
chine marks one of the most important eras in
the history of this country; and when we con
slider the influence it has upon the social we'll
being of the masses. 1t Is difficult to conceive
of invention of more Importance. 1t has a
beautiful. noiseless movement: 1t makes the
genuine 'lock-stitch = alike on both sides. and
does to perfection all kinds of plain and fine
sewing it needs no commentator: its rapid
sales. the increasing demand, and the many
f1attering testimonials from those who have
[ used it, is sufficient proof of its merits. The
want of a sewing machine If deeply felt in
every household. and as the Wilson shuttle
sewing machine. OF account of Its extreme
simplicity and less cost of manufacture, is sold
at mnch lowe. price than ali other first-ciass
machines it is meeting with the extensive
patronage that it So justly deserves. Machines
will be deliver ed at any railroad station III this
county, free Of transportation charges If or
dered through o. ". Robertson & Co, 412
Milwaukee street Milwaukee. Wis. They send
an elegant catalogue and chrome circular free
on application. This company want few
more good agents.-Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

DAVIS PAIN KILLER.-This article
needs no comments from US. but the real
worth of so valuable a compound compels us
TO give publicity to it. The Pain Killer we
keep constantly at hand. and have done so for
number of years. and have administered it
for allie of all descriptions, both external and
internal. ana have ever found it TO be the best
remedy extant. We well recolect it's first in
PRODUCTION for public patronage: it then
sold IN few shops III the city; look at it now
the world are its patrons
Sold everywhere
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01
The Dairy Maid.

My dairy maiden. trim and tight,
Young Polly with the merry eyes,
/ think that | caa well surmise
The meaning of their light.
For while YOU skim the dainty cream.
Thro' the wide window, like dream
You see the hay fork bold and blithe,
And ons who leads, with sweeping scythe
See now, the soythes have ceased to fash.
The sultry toll brings sudden THIRST,
He drains his tankard who was first,
Beneath the aerial ash,
Those etalwsrt shoulders look like work.
That bare, brown arm will never shirk,
Those honest eyes look straight at you;
Az, ~. my lass, the lad viii do.
-Bldckr00d's MAGAZINE.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01
Z hoIcr REGIMES

RICE PUDDING WITHOUT EGGS.-Put
into a well huttered dish half pound
of best Carolina rice, simply washed
pour on 1t three pints of cold milk
sweeten and flavor TO taste; put little
butter and nutmeg on the top TO brown
bake two and one half hours IN a slow
oven. on which much of the success OF
the pudding depends.
INDIAN PUDDING.-FOur tablespoon
fuls of Indian meal, l quart of milk,
cup of molasses; salt. Boil l pint of
the milk; sift the meal into it gradually:
take from the fire, and add the molosses
and salt: stir. add the remaining pint of
milk (coldl, and do not stir the mixture
after ii it is put in. Bake in a deep
dish. with slow oven, for two hours
and half.
ALMOND CAKE.-One pound OF sugar,
quarter pound butter, six eggs, half
pound of planched almonds, half table
spoonful of rose water, half pound flour
Beat the white and yolks of eggs sep
arately. To blanch the almonds, drop
them for moment In boiling water.
then remove the skin with a napkin.
Put the nuts IN mortar, add the rose
water, and pound until the almonds are
very fine. Rub the sugar and butter to
a cream. Add the eggs, almonds, and
-four.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01
Foster on Texas Immi3ratioH,

One OF the best posted men in Texas,
upon the subject of immigration, is Capt j.
Z. Foster, of this city. In correction with his
real estate business and distribution of Texas
lands, he also has a regular Immigration
Bureau. His correspondence upon this sub.
Ject alone Is growing TO be enormous. He has
advertised Texas and her resources better and
10 larger amounts than has the State itself, or
any other of her citizens. Capt. Foster is a
1--we man, and his value to Houston and Texas
Is beyond computation financially. He is
bound 10 win in all he undertakes - Houston
Terds) iqe.- Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

WE have heard recently of severa,
severe cases of spinal disease cured BY John
sons 4n0dyne LiHiDttnt; one case of maj
| forty-fve years old. who had not done day,
ork for four years. The back should first be
washed, then rubbed With coarse towel
Apply the Liniment cold, and rub IN well will
the hand---Cnm
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

ELECTRICITY Is LlFE-All nervous
disorders, chronic diseases of the chest head
liver, stomach, kidneys and blood, aches snc
pains, nervous and general debility, etc.
quickly cured after drugs fail by wearing Volts
by Volta Belt Co, Cincinnati, Ohio.-Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01
Washington County.

1t costs $3.50 for license to sci
whisky in Oshkosh.
Washington County.
The skeleton of an Indian was uncov
cred by the workmen on the railroad
near West Bend a few days ago.-The
streams of the county are swarmine
with pickerel, which are being taken
by sportsme1 in great numbers.
General.
Carroll COLLEGE opens for the spring
term with eighty students.
A HAIR DRAINED individual named
Phillo Ellen has been lecturing against
masonry at West Bend
The Common Council of Oconto has
raised the saloon license from $40 to
800.
DURING the recent storm fish were
driven ashore by scores in the lakes at
Madison.
THE Governor has appointed Hon A.
Z. Elmore member of the Board of
Charities and Reform.
IT is said the recent cold snap has set
farmers spring work back ten days 1t
is thought that the fruit buds have sus-
tanned serious injury.
MISS CARLoTTA A. FERRY, of Water
town, has been appointed to read the
poem before the next annual meeting of
the Wisconsin Editors and Publishers
Association, to be held in June.
THREE million feet of pine was cut on
the Menominee r. servation and hauled
into the Oconto river this winter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

CARLYLE is not fit man for a census
taker. He says England is populated
by 10000, 900 souls-mostly FOOLS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

GET the best. The best Elastic Truss
is Pomeroy's, 744 Broadway, \. Y. Write for
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

The Academy states that Tennyson' s
'Idylls of the King" have just been
translated into Swedish under the title
of 'Konung Arthar och hans Riddare''
King Arthur and his Knights
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01
A Royal japanese Gift.

The Emperor of Japan has recently
sent to a Boston firm of business men q
curious and beautiful gift of four large
vases. with a creamy ground and rich,
soft ornament Of flowers, and a game
that Is played only III the imperial pal
ace. This game requires a great number
Of small boxes, censers, and saucers,
paints, ivory sticks, and little tools of
gold, and each Of these things is speci-
men of the most exquisite workmanship
that even Japan can produce. The
whole surface of the trays and boxes is
beautiful lacquer or enamel of gold,
dull or shining, and In various tints,
wrought into landscapes and ornamen-
tai devices. Gorgeous as this is, the
effect is wonderfully soft and beautiful.
The game is not fully understood here
1t is played by ten persons, and involves
perfumes, flowers, and a combination of
the aesthetic ap instructive that would
make 1t poplar. But it is never offered
for sale; its implements are only made
for royalty.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

~ ~' w tAhN' y ma lit-
cgar BitterS are 4 purely Vcgetame
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges o.
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Caiiior-
MIA, the medicinal proper ties of which
are extracted ,hcrefrom without the use
Of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked. "What IS the cause OF The
unparalleled success Of VINEGAR Bur
TEES?' Oar answer IS. that they remove
the cause Of disease. and the patient re-
corers his health. They ae The gccat
blood purifier and lie giving principle,
perfect Renoyator and iHyigoyatCs
Of the system. Never before in tia
history of the world has medicine beoA
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BIrTEBa in healing the
sick Of every disease mar is heir to. They
are gentle Purgatyc Is Well as a Tonic
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
the Liver and Niscvral Organs in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties Of DR.. WALKERS
NINEe;AP RITIERS are aperieut. piaphoretic,
Carmlnative, Nutritious, Laxative, pluret2,
Sedative, CounteC lrr ,ant. SUdonhc, Altera
i've and Anti Bilious.
=. g.. a:s p.ssNF.D - co.
druggists .tt. isr. -r~ San FTr-e}a.' Cs,ifn~uln
nb coy ol WaSaiug. uu aua taa-lIua Sis. y. y.
S"'t ts nil itt rss % - % ma y. alcr-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

BURNRTT's COGoAINE Is the best ahC
cheana hair dressing in the world.-Con.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

PATENT MEDICINES That there are
some good patentmedicines no intelligent
man dare for a moment deny; and pre-
eminent is the great California hero
medicine, VINEGAR BITTERs, discovered
by DR.. j. WALKER, prominent physi-
clan of san Francisco. This medicine,
although called Bitters, is not to be
classed among the vile clancy drinks"
recommended and sold over the bar by
rum -venders, but is a combination of
pure herbalistic extracts, known to
possess sterling medicinal qualities, and
is compounded without the use in any
shape of spirits. It's action upon the
internal system is not stimulating to the
extent that alcoholic poison l., but it at
once attacks blood-impurities, and by
removing the original cause destroys the
germs of disease and invites returning
health. It's action upon the stomach
and liver render it an almost certain
specific In the most stubborn cases of
dyspepsia, and in truth imparts new
life and vigor to the whole system. 1t
is one of the best medicines ever invent
ed.-COm.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

"HoRsE- MEN" and others who pre-
tend to know. say that the following directions
had better be observed III using Sheridan
Cdudr-y Condition Fotcders: Give horse a
Tablespoonful every night for week the
same every other night for or nights the
same fer a mich COW. and twice Is much for
an OK. The addition Of a little fine salt viii be
an adyaatage.-Cam.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

escaped by the giving way of boom at
/ Winneconne during Thursdays gale.
1t costs $3.50 for license to sell
whisky in Oshkosh
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

II Germany 1t is a personal insult to
dun q debtor my means of postal
cards, and the law affords remedy.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01
DR. P1ERce,s Golden Medical Discov:

DR.. PIERCE : NTOIden NedlCaI DlScOV-
erv viii cure a Cough in one-haif the time
necessary TO cure it with any other medicine.
and II does IT, not BY drying Il up, but by re-
Jnouinq The eause-s,ibdutng The irritation and
healing the affected parts. For all cases OF
Larvngitls. Ho ,rseness. Suppression or Loss of
Voice Bronchitis Severe Chronic or Lingering
Coughs, II viii be found to eurpass any medi-
cine that has ever before been offered to the
public 1t II sold by all dealers Ii medicines.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01
THE MARKETS

How TO GET A HOME. See advt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01
Milwaukee County.
Monroe County.

On the night of the 4th the large
brewery of j. n Wagner, at Sparta,
was discovered to be on fire. The build
ing, being of wood, burned very rapid
ly. Although the fire department we're
promptly on hand, and did everything
III their power, yet III less than one
hour from the time of the alarm the
building was q smouldering mass of
ruins. 1t was insured for $35, 900 ia
the Hartford and S25, 900 in the Ftna,
which will probably cover the loss. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01
Ninnebago County.

The four year old daughter of Mrs
Wooden. of Oshkosh, drank quantity
of oxalic acid recently, but prompt
medical aid saved her life.-A brake
man fell into the river from the railroad
bridge at Oshkosh few days ago, and
came very near drowning. during
the late storm at Oshkosh, fences were
blown down, and other damage done
Five fishermen we're ont on Lake Win
nebago III small boat, were carried by
the wind two miles from shore, and but
Tor the timely arrival OF a tug would
have perisned. The rescue was peril
Gus one-Four million feet Of logs
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

WhNTEnfThe Peoples dollar paper, THE Con
UnN wi TRIBUToR, enlarged TO 9 A columns, re-
5000 NEWT gious and secular. To kes euer utOh ere
scEN7S MAGNIFICENT premiums Sample,
HGEN - terms, etc, free j. II. EARLE, Bos ton.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

The manufacturing establishment of
Croker, Bliss & Co, at Sheboygan, was
destroyed by fire recently. Loss S30,-
600, with but 81, 600 insurance. This is a
severe loss to Sheboygan, as it was one
OF the most prominent establishments In
the northern part of the State.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01
"alworth County.

ELKHoRN has a new mineral spring,
which is becoming very popular 1t is
called the Gihon mineral spring. The
residence of Captain Holmes, al W hite-
water, was destroyed by fire recently.
Loss So, 500; partly insured. -TheWis-
consin State Sunday School Association
will hold its annual convention at
Whitewater, May 18th, 18th, and 18th,
1915. Besides pastor and superintend-
ent, each school is entitled to one
delegate for each 80 scholars. Names of
delegates who will probably attend
should be sent to r. c. Blacknlan. ESQ,
Whitewater, on or before May 1st. The
committee are seeking 10 obtain a re-
ductiou IL fare on railroads.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-01

THE recent rise in the Eau Claire has
carried large portion of the logs out
upon the fiat, and as the water is now
going down, it is probable that great
number will remain there this summer.
making light drive on the tributaries.
Free Press.-Eau Claire was en-
tirely surrounded by brush fires on the
10th.