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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

REDUCTION IN THE SALARIES OF THE ENoI-
The Fire Commissioners are beginning TO curtail
expenses as fast as possible. Yesterday they re.
duced the salary OF Assistant Engineer Shea from
$4,000 TO 700 and that Of the district engineers
from 49, 900 to $780, reduction In salaries In the
heads OF the several Dattaions OF $s.eoo They
also reroved eight men from the telegraph Blu.
reau, Including tine superintendent OF Poles, Sam
ueI +. Pease. Bernard Brady, Of the comDustpe
building, was dismissed and Henry Lippincott ~
pointed in his place. Thomas J. Reilly, JacpS
kelster William Y. Tar and Jacob Mang wore
transferred 10 new companies ana s. ~ Peass
made a fireman aud detailed to Chemical Engine
Company No. l. The new buildings just nnlSned
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07
COLUMBIA COLLEGE.

The semi annual examination of the classes In
Columbia College. which began last Monday and
progressed through the week, was concluded yes.
terday BY questioning the Seniors In Latin and
physics and the Juniors In chemistry. ON the 18th
inst. the students seml-annual reunion wiz take
place ut the Academy OF Music, wnen all antci.
Of students at the examination this half year mas
been exceedingly meagre in comparison With ior.
ma
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06
paIabraS CarinOsas.
ny 7. b. AIDRICH.

BY I. B. AIDklCH.
Goodnight! | have TO say goodnight
To such host Of peerless things
Goodnight unto that fragile hand
All queenly with its weight of rings;
Goodnight te fond, uplifted eyes.
Goodnight TO chestnut braids OF hair,
Goodnight unto the perfect mouth,
And all the sweetness nestled there
The snowy hand detains me, then
LII have to say goodnight again
But there will come time, my love,
When, if read our stars Alright,
| shall not linger by this porch
With my adieus. Till then, goodnight
You wish the time were now? And l.
You do not blush to wish it so
You would have bl1shed yourself to death
TO own so much, year ago
What, both these SNOWY hands all, thel
q III have to say goodnight again
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Comparative Fecun1Fty Of DucIs and He

Comparative FecnnaFty Of DucIss and Hens.
Some interesting experiments have
recently been made upon the compare
tive fecundity of ducks and hens, so as
to determine from which of the two
the larger number of eggs can be OBJ
tanned in the same time. For this pur-
pose three hens and three ducks were
selected, and all Matched in February
and nOurished with suitable food. In
the following autumn the ducks laid
225 eggs, while the hens laid none. In
the next February the laying season be-
gan again with the ducks, and continued
uninterruptedly until August. They
showed no inclination to set, but be
came very thin, although they were
afterward fattened up somewhat The
total number of eggs laid by the hens
amounted to 227, or Sc eggs each, and
1913, or 13l each for the ducks. Although
the eggs of the ducks were rather
smaller than those OF the hens, yet they
proved to be decidedly superior in
nutritiye material, SO that the superior.
ity in productiveness appears to be de
cidedly with the ducks.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06
Household Matters.

FROZEN potatoes may be cured by
soaking IN water three days before cook
ing.
legs with warm, strong soap suds and
then with beef brine.
TO REMOVE paint splashed upon win
dow panes, use hot solution of soda
and soft flannel.
A MIXTURE of 35S parts of phosphate
of soda and 124 parts of boracic acid is
mentioned as another good copper weld
ing compoun 1.
NEVER store any article of food or
drink IN old petroleum barrels. They
are poisonous even after they are
cleaned.
COPPER and brass articles may be
coated with zine by dipping them into
boiling concentrated solution of sal
ammoniac containing finely divided zinc
To make artificial veneer, soak the
wood twenty -four hours and boil for an
soda. Then wasfNut the alkah, when
the wood will be elastic, leather like,
ready to absorb The desired color.
After immersion in the color bath, dry
between sheets of paper under sufficient
pressure TO preserve the shape.
SIGNS OF ILLNESS. One is never well
when he feels the following symptoms:
Thirst before breakfast and after tea,
cold feet ana hands, sour taste in the
mouth, dimness of vision, headache.
pains anywhere, sleepinses, feeling of
dirt IN the eyes, heat in the ears, noises
IN the head, loss of appetite, greedy to
eat, nausea :of the stomach, pains in
the bowels; slightly sore throat, numb
taste, dots or specks before the eyes.
On appearance of these things abstain
from eating and drinking, as nearly as
possible, day or two, which will re-
move all the trouble.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06
Notable Men Produced by Livingston

s,s Comfy, n. 4.
Livingston county, N. Y, is made
notable by the number of public men
who were either born or have passed
most of their lives within its limits.
The list includes Gen. w. w. Wads-
worth, an officer of the war 1912, who.
with his brother James Wadswortb.
was great land owner; Gen. James s.
Wadsworth, mai general in the war
of the rebellion, Republican candidate
for Governor III 1862, and killed at the
hattie of the Wilderness; Henry J. Ray
mond, Speaker of the Assembly, Lieut.. :
Governor, and one of the great editors
of New York city; Geo. w. Patterson,
Speaker of the Assembly; John Young,
Governor OF the state III 1917 and 1913:
George Hosmer, eminent among the
pioneers c. western New York, and his
son, w H. G. Hosmer, poet of re-
pute; w. III. Cuyler, Canal Commission
er, chosen in 1916, and Curtis Hawley,
Democratic candidate for that Office In
1S49; Benz. f. Angel, United States
Minister to Sweden; r. f. Hicks,
State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton; and now Angus Cameron, United
States Senator from Wisconsin. All
but two of these were from the four
northern towns of the county-Avon,
Caledonia, Geneseo, and Lima-whose
aggregate population is not more than
fifteen thousand, and has scarcely IN
creased at all in the past forty wears.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06
\ New Breed of Cattle.

\ Brussels (Belgium) correspondent
OF metropolitan journal sends "a long
account of the experiments Of a Hol-
land experimenter. NJ. Won Koppenel
who now thinks, after forty wears ex-
penmentation in various directions, he
is on the right track, having succeeded
IN breeding fertile animals from a cross
between the American bison and a
Brahmin COW. The result is termed
BOs cOnpOSitUs, the bulls when fully
grown weighing l, 500 pounds and the
COWS 1000 pounds. They retain the
fieshy hump of both parents. It is
said to be of the size of two bushel
sack when filled. The cows are report
ed as yielding an average of 1000
pounds of milk each per annum and
nine pounds of milk are said to yield
one pound of butter, thus equalling
the finest strains of Jersey cattle"
According to this formula these Won
tlerful cattle would average over IA
pounds of butter per annum, which not
only equals the finest strains of Jersey
cattle, but throws them so com
pletely in the shade that they may well
cast down there fawn like ewes in de-
SPAR. 1t is wonderful breed indeed.
when cows will average nearly once and
a half their live weight in rich butter,
per year.
NJ. Won Koppen9l admits one Sc
rious defect III this new breed OF cattle.
He says they are every fierce and i'm
patient of confinement" and thinks he
will have to breed it out We should
think SO. Itwould not at all pleas
ant For Il Il 1o,-
to enter yard where these buttery ami
mails ''pawed the ground and looked
ut the visitors with red, savage eyes
y herd of wild Texan bulls would in
deed be pets III comparison.
We are further informed that "the
known deicacy of constitution and
tendency to sterility of the best strains
of Short Horns made NJ. Won koppenal
think of going back 20 the wild blood. ;"
lie tells the correspondent also "that
its remarkable fecundity is one of tn
most valuable traits of the Bos conpos-
itus. Every cow he has bred so far
has fetched hun twin calves
The correspondent thinks 90 it proba-
bile that in n year or two at least NJ. Won
koppenal will transfer portion of his
improved stock to Kentucky
We do not think, however, that the
breeders of kentucky,or any other por-
ton of the fertile west, will give up their
magnificent short-horps for what may
he in store for them III the next ten or
fifteen thousand years, when this won
derful BQS conIpoSituS has come to its
tull developement As fancy sketch,
however, the article is WI written,
aside from the apparent Congregations.
Still COWS that will mako l. 400 TO |. 500
pounds of butter year are not to be
passed over lightly, and by dosing them
with chloroform perhaps they may be
induced to stand still long enough to be
MIXED.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06
4 Few Words to Feeble and Delicate
Women

By r. V. PIERCE, M. d., of the
WORLD S DIsPENsARY. Buffalo. N Y.
Knowing that you are subject to great
amount of suffering, that delicacy on your
part has strong tendancy to prolong, and the
longer it is neglected the more YOU have to
endure and the more difficult of cure your case
becomes, l, as physician who is daily con-
suited by scores Of your SEX desire to say to
you that l am constantly meeting with those
who have been treated for their ailments for
months without being benefited in the least
until they have become perfectly discouraged
and have almost made up their minds never to
take another dose of medicine, nor be tortur-
ed by any further treatment. They had rather
die and have their sufferings ended than to
live and suffer as they have. They say they
are worn out by suffering and only made
worse by treatment. OF ANYTHING more dis
couraglng, we certainly cannot conceive, and
were there no more successful mode of treat
ing such difficulties than that the principles of
which teach the reducing and depicting of the
vital forces of the system, when the indications
dictate treatment directly the reverse of the
one adopted for them, their cases would be
deplorable indeed. But lady sufferers there
is a better and far more successful plan of
treatment for you; one more In harmony with
the laws and requirements of your systems. A
harsh irritating caustic treatment and strong
medicines never will cure you. Ii YOU would
use rational means, such common-sense
should dictate TO every intelligent lady, take
such medicines as embody the very best nyig-
Grating tones and nervines, compounded with
special reference to your delicate system
Such hap " combination you will find in NV
Favorite Prescription which has received the
loudest praise from thousands of your sex
Those languid tiresome sensations CAUSING YOU
to feel scarcely able to be ON your feet or
ascend flight of stairs, that continual drain
that Is sapping from your systems all your
former elasticity and driving the bloom from
your cheeks that continual strain upon your
vital forces that renders you irritable and fret
full, may all be overcome ard subdued bv A
perseverlng use of that marvellous remedy
irregularities and distractions to the proper
workings of your systems are relieved by this
mild aud safe means, while periodical pains
the existence of which Is a sure indication of
serious disease that should net be neglected
readily yield to it, and if its is kept up for
reasonable length of time the special cause
of these pains is permanently removed
Further light on these subjects may be OBJ
tanned from my pamphlet on diseases peculiar
to your SEX sent on receipt of two stamps.
My Faverite Prescription is sold by all drug
gists.-Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06
Mules "a Work Animals.

Mules are not considered handsome
animals ana yet when we examine them
critically We shall be surprised to see
the muscular development from which
all supertiuous flesh has been ehmin-
ated; the bone and sinew and the I'M
doubted powers of endurance for which
this animal has becoEse celebrated. 1t
is true that the mule is generally sup
posed to be vicious. 1t is also rs true
that this misapprehension of one of the
most patient and docile of animals
should be done away with. The vi
clousness is, In almost every case. due to
brutal drivers, and to belief among
those who are not brutal that
work can only be got ont Of
mule by hard knocks; the real
facts are, that mule, Well cared for.
well treated and driven as a humane
man would drive his horse, will not only
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06
Hints on Constructing Walls and Partitions

~.
We apprehend that the great points
to be considered in this country in the
construction of a building, are two in
number, other considerations being
equal, VIZ, to have it, first, warm in
Winter, and, second, cool in summer.
Now, by the simple study of the princi-
pies of conduction and radiation, we
could, IN great measure, secure these
two boons with scarcely any extra ex-
pense; at least, we could render our
buildings fifty per cent. better in these
respects than they are.
1t IS well-known fact that light,
porous substances are much worse con-
ductors of heat than those that
are hard and compact Gro, for instance,
on Winter day, and lay your hand on
piece of iron or steel, and the
chances are that it will be frozen in a
very short time; next lay it on a piece
OF hard wood, beech or maple, for in
stance; the cold is not so great, but still
1t is very uncomfortable; try pine next,
and the feeling IS more tolerable, and
so on down to feathers, if you like,
when you feel no cold whatever. Now,
IN each of these different articles the
intrinsic temperature may have been,
and most probably was, precisely the
same, but the reason you did not feel it
50 was that iron is better conductor
than wood, that is, iron extracted heat
more readily out of your hand than did
wood. In like manner, hard WOOD is a
better conductor than pine, and pine
than feathers.
The first lesson, then, is obvious: build
your walls and partitions if your house
Is to be wooden one) of pine, and if
you desire to carry the principle still
farther, make your walls all double and
I'LL the recesseS or intervals with sawdust
or tan bark. The results will surprise
you.
Another principle is that those arti-
the best radiators, that is, while they
serve to retain what heat is already with
IN, they are very 10th to admit any
more. This is the reason that sawdust
is one of the very best personalities of
ice IN the heat of summer. Confined
AIR has also been found an excellent
thing for purposes of warmth in winter
hence our double window system, and
hence it is that many are now purchas-
ing hollow bricks for building purposes.
Snow Is very bad conductor, and
herein we see one of the wonders of
Creative Wisdom, that the very severity
of cold, by producing those feathery
crystals, spreads covering over the
earth which protects from its own freez-
ing effects the tender heritage buried
beneath its ample shelter Canada
Farmer.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06

Further OF the Recent Celestial yisitor-Irs
Direction and size

Direction and size.
Sufficient data have been received to
derermine tae general direction of the
meteor which recently passed over Iowa.
1t entered just below Burlington at an
attitude of about 100 miles, thence took
course west of north, and vanished
about 30 miles northwest of Iowa CITY.
Here three distinct reports were heard
which resembled he rumbling of cars
on bridge. Further west the reports
were more intense, and shook buildings
like an earthquake. There is no founda-
ton for the report that President
Thatcher. of the Iowa State University.
has IN his possession stone which
dropped from this meteor, although a
meteoric stone weighing seven pounds
has been found % miles west of Iowa
City, supposed to be OF this meteor.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06

do It's work promptly, as efficiently and
cheeEfully as a horse, but as far as re-
CARDS many kinds of farm work, much
better, for the reason that its apprecia-
ton OF surrounding objects is not SO
acute as that of the. horse, and, conse~
qnently they work more steadily and
with less driving. For this reason
mules seldom run away with the nipple
ments to which they are hltched. They
keep the corn row or the furrow much
better than horses, and once they com
prehend what you want, and this they
do quickly, they will thenceforward
proceed with almost no driving.
1t is true mules are not naturally SO
active as horses; still, they ere fully as
much SO as ordinary farm horses, and
the fact that they retain their full actiy-
ity many yearsatter horses are generally
worthless, is one of the strongest points
in their favor. Added to this is the
fact that they will live and keep in con-
dition on coarser feed than horses. and
that they stand the heat of our fervi
western SUNNI ers with comparatively
little inconvenience, at the same time
they do not endure extreme cold wealth
er so well as horses, and for this reason.
the further north we go the less mules
are appreciated.
One of the chief causes that has
served to bring mules into disrepute is
that any kind of mare, no matter how
broken down or diseased, is too often
thought good enough to breed mules
from. 1t is the produce of this class of
animals that has done more to bring
mule stock into disrepute than anything
else.
While mules will stand any amount of
heat, and revel in u sun power that
would quickly cause men and horses to
succumb, they certainly do not like
cold, and for this reason their winter
quarters should be made as warm as
as possible. Give them really
warm stables, and when taken out for
work or driving they Will be found sup
pie and active neglect this and you
may expect prematurely slow and lazy
mules, for they seldom perfectly recov-
er from severe chilling in winter. 1t re-
suits IN rheumatism and other chronic
diseases.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06
FOR
LII

have an lMPROVED RECE for making
Pr re BAKING or YEAST POWDER equal
to the best in the market, with which will send
book giving Al new and EXCELLENT
METHODS for using it in cooking. My Baking
POWDER can be made for i6 cents a pound. Why
pay 10 or 90 cents per pound when you easily
ma ke your own for lb cents? Price eff my receipt
SIN. 1t viii, however, be sent upon receipt of
SteoBY NAIL with directions lin English and Ger
mani for MAKING and USING, IL the NAeE of the
NEWSPAPER is given in which this advertis eme emit
seen. The COST of this BECEIPT SAVED IN
VERY 1HREE POUNDS of the powder made. Ingre-
tents kept by grocers and dru ggists everywhere
Address ID. w. BRIGGS, Practical Druggist,
Chicago, III.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06
MornERs WHO HAVE DELICATE Chill

MOTHERS WHO HAVE DELICATE Chill
DREN, who are subject to Group When youc
child goes to bed wheeling ana coughing you
know not before morning Group may set in.
and before you get physician your child
may be beyond the reach of help. Aliens
Lung Balsam should always be kept III your
houee, and be gwen immediately when the
first symptoms appear which Will remove the
mucus collected i'll the throat and save the life
of your dear child.
For sale by all Medicine Dealers Com
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06

HERE are probably hundred or
more persons in this aud neighboring towns.
who daily suffer from the distressing effects of
kidney troubles, who do not know that John
sons .inodyne Lininent is almost certain
cure. In severe cases, great relief may be OBJ
tanned, if not perfect cure-Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06

How charrningly naive she is, said a
young bear To ernsty old gentleman.
3" knave :" exclaimed the latter, gazing
through his speetales toward the coauet
fish beauty indicated, 81 should say
more of fool.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06
Prince & Co.'s Organs.

Five octaves, two full sets of reeds.
Solid walnut cases. elegant bronze finish.
Puce, with six stops, Sl25; eight stops, $3.50.
Address Reeds Temple of Music, Chicago
Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06
THE American Dreams advar,;s

The American Organs, advertised in
anot her colamn, have the guaranty
which comes from twenty-five years of
successful experiment., and from the
well known high character of the manu-
facturers. They now offer entirely new
styles, unsurpassed in quality and
beauty. ~
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06

We notice that the Agricultural pa
pers all over the country recommend the use
of Sheriddas CdUalry Condition Poacders.-
Exchange.
Farmers and others in this section have long
known and appreciated the advantage of these
powders over all others.-Com
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06

A FORTUNE FOR S1-The Wyoming
Monthly Lottery is conducted on the Square
Stock Journal, See advertisement in an
other column-Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06

ALL axes and buck saws found in the
ruins of Pompeii are of light make, as
If constructed for woman's use. Those
old ancients knew their little business.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06
Prayer and New War Ships.

A marvellous announcement has just
been made, at which the whole nation
is still wondering. Heretofore the
launching of Government ships of war
has been purely secular affair, and
attended with unusual joilifcation
Henceforth, by an order from the Ad-
miralty, the ceremony is to be religi-
GUS one, and the Archbishop of Can
terbury has been taxing his brains in
inventing a special prayer to be used
on such occasions. cannot say much
for the literary merit of this extraor-
binary producrion, or predict its prob
able efficacy, but the innovation is GER
tainly strange one Just at this mo-
ment. Probably in time we shall come
to blessing the bells, and other fan
dangos of the Romish service
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06

The official report TO the Austrian gov
eminent respectinglnusical instruments
at the Vienna Exposition, declares the
Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs to be
:" the most distinguished and praise
worthy Instruments OF their class;
praising in detail their power and reso-
nance of tone, variety of combination
and solo effects; fine power of express
sion; smooth, even and sympathetic
tones, and thorough workmanship
They were awarded the first and high
est medal. Other American organs in
competition were declared to be far less
meritorious, the tones and workman
ship being both inferior. In compar-
ison, it was said: Judged leniently,
they do not rise above respectable
mediocrity." This was undoubtedly
the most extensive, thorough and com
petent comparison of such instruments
ever made.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06

This deducted from $104 40 leaves
S25.0O net The manure remains on the
farm. The above is transaction that
can be duplicated by any farmer if he
likes. There is nothing fancy about it.
The cattle brought just what they were
worth to cut up in country village
One of these heifers gained 90 pounds
III one month
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06

BURNETT's COCAINE Is the best and
cheapest hair dressing in the world-Com.