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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-03-02

THE ranges of townships in Wis
consln are numbered from the Atm
principal Meridian which extends
from the mouth of the Illinois river,
northward to the mouth OF the Mon
treal river, passing between Grant
and Lafayette counties in Wiscon-
sin. The southern boundary of the
state is the parallel from which the
townships are numbered.
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These are some OF the facts in relation tv the agr-
cultural possibilities Of its region and these uped
with the story of the past harvest sufficiently
conrmatory Of the Inducements this portion of the
Great Plains offer:
Under the liberal policy Of the government, and
the Kansas Pacific Railway Company immigrants are
invited to this really superb region with the
rance that its beauty and Inducements cannot DO ex>
aggeratsd by any pen picture For further informa,
ton about Kansas and especially the region sscrk
address Land Commissioner, salna, Kansas
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A FAIR PROPOSITION.
Free to Everybody.

On receipt Of three cent stamp
to pay postage, / will send, prepaid
to any address, a small sample OF
PURE PROLIFIC WHITE FLOUR
SEED Corn. Each stalk of corn
will produce from to IL ears. Cat.
logue circulars and terms accom-
pany each sample of corn, allowing
a large commission to every person
who will accept an agency to intro.
duce this new variety of corn.
Address +. +. OsMET.
Cleveland, Tenn.
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All Trains Daily Except Sunday
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT OCT. l. 1877.

CONNECTIONS.
MILWAUKEE-With G. n. & N. W. R'y
c N. & St. 2. R'y, and all lines diverging
SHEBOYGAN-Wit Sheboygan & du
L R. R., for all points on that road.
TWO RIVERS-With stage for Kewaunee,
Ahnapee, etc, and during navigation with
steamers for above points.
FOREST JUNC.-With Wis. Central
r. r.
APPLETON JUNC.-With c. NJ w.
R'y for Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Neenah, De
Pere, Green Bay, Escanaba, ETC.
NEW LONDON-With G. B. & NJ. R.R
and with stages for Clintonville, Embarrass
and Shawano.
H G. REED, II. WHITCOMR
Genl Supt. Gen'l Pass Agt
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with SO much present and future promise,
then we say 60 there, and God speed you.
The ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTH
ERN RAILWAY COMPANY always furnishes to
Texas immigrants the Lowest Rates of Fare
and the best possible accommodations for the
comfort of themselves and families. That
Company runs no Emigrant Trains. Emil
grants go through from st. Louis to Desti-
nation on First Glass Express Passenger
Trains.
For particular information address E. A.
Ford, General Passenger Agent, St, Lonis,
NO. Jan 49,
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Watches

Waltham Watches
from s12, upwards.
Best quality ?. s.
BARTLETT with chro-
nometor balance in 3
or. case, reduced to S19.
Ladies solid gold
American w a t c b e s
from $50, up.
Gents solid gold
A m erican Watches
from s35, up.
I send these watches
by express to any part
O. the United States to
be fully examined be-
fore you pay any mon
ey; you do not pay the
express charges until
you conclude to keep
the watch. In buying
of first hands you save
from 90 to 80 per cent
from retail prices I
will send FREE my il
Illustrated C a t alogue
with prices Of over 100
Waltham Watches Of
all styles, and qualities
from the plainest to the
finest grades. It also
contains a list of par
ties for referenc who
nave bought watches
from me in every State
and Territory in the
Union. Address,
n. e. WHITE,
AL Broad ST.,
Newark New jersey.
tTAention SUPxRtoa TINS when you
write.
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have to be doubled to accomplish
the work. This, of course, will en-
hance the value of lumber next sea-
son, it being computed that the ex-
ira cost in hauling the logs is about
81 per thousand feet.-St. Peuz
Journal.
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Il. SCHULTZ, Editor and Proprietor Terms
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Federal and State Securities, the Journal
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tenance and operation of Railroads. Send
ten cents for specimen copy.
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FREE TO EVERY READER CT THIS
PAPER.-In order to introduce the
Diamond Spring Wheat in this sec.
ton, | will send a small package oil
sample grains, with special terms to
agents, and my Seed Catalogue for
1873, free of charge to every reader
of this paper on receipt of three
cent stamp to pay postage. The
Diamond wheat is the largest in the
world. 1t grows and natures in
any climate in the United States.
The grains average nearly one-halt
inch in length. One grain produces
from 25 to 35 stalks, with heads
averaging from I to inches, and
each head containing about 40
grains. Address, W. S. TIpTou,
Scotsman, Cleveland, Tennessee.
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OEsIcE OF THR NATIONAL WATCH Co.,
CHICAGO, Jan. II, 1878.
1,6Esbrxs YI1oJe TnleJo Ob;a.

= Of-INAuO1 jan. z, IoIS.
Publishers Blade, Toledo, Ohio:
GENrLEMEE:-Replying to your inquire
concerning the watches ordered of Us, ),
you, permit me to say the same are KEY
winding, manufactured expressly for you, con
tain seven jewels, engraved SUNSHINE reg
ulated before delivery, put up in warranted
silver hunting cases, and each is accom-
panied by one Of our guarantee medals; il
fact, we make no movements which are no
guaranteed. Yours Respectfully,
T. " BAXTER Manager
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The Middletown school will
open again on Monday.
Read the great offer of the To-
ledo Blade and the TIMES.
"A squib of snow came with
Wednesdays storm, but not enough
to help sleighing.
Our New York letter is good
one, and will be perused with in
terest.
Nothing is more precious than
time, and those who misspend it are
the greatest prodigals.
The cultivation of the moral
nature in man is the grand means
for the improvement OF society.
Postmaster Eustache Roussain,
Of Fondulac, cut his knee very
badly with an axe few days ago.
The lumbsrmen are coming
out of the woods, leaving only the
teams, which are trying TO haul on
bare ground.
Never 60 to bed at night till
you know something useful, winch
you did not know in the morning.
A letter from Crookston dated
the 25th OF Feb, says: ''The wealth
er is fine here, and farmers are pre-
pairing to SOW their grain:'
On dit: That the Ashland
Press desires to become the organ
of the ChippewaS with a regular
Nish-a-naw-be editor. Uh!
Mrs. Joseph Mayer of Twin
Lakes, aud her sister Miss Fannie
Clark, OF St. Cloud, are in town Wis
iting friends.
Quite a northeast storm on
Wednesday. The waves rolled
high and broke on the shore with
splendid exhibitions of spray.
There was a pleasant social en-
tertainment at Mr.. Schuster's on
Wednesday evening in honor of the
newly welded pair, Mr.. Herman
Boettcher and wife.
-"Brother Ed" of the Minneso-
tian Herald ,armed.:with his Northern
Pacific lecture, pictures and stere.
opticon advanced eastward on
Wednesday. Success attend him.
Robert B. Halford, one of the
early settlers of Superior and Du-
iuth, but for many years a resident
of St. Paul, died recently at San
Jose, Cal.
-"What's the difference" asked
the teacher in arithmetic, "between
one yard and two yards ?" GA
fence" said johnny Holt. Then
Johnny sat on the ruler fourteen
times.
Our home readers will be
sorry to learn that Mrs. Clemina
Lowell. who resided here seven or
eight years ago with her husband,
Mr.. Jacob Lowell, died recently at
Fargo, ID. T., aged So years.
-Chas. a. Rufee, of Brainerd,
has been appointed Indian Agent
at White Earth in the place of Maj.
Stowe. Mr.. Rufee is an old settler,
well acquainted with the Indians,
and it is thought will make an ex-
cellent agent.
Quite large tract of rich look
ing, semi bottom land on the line of
the St. Paul & Duluth railroad, Just
below Black Hoof, is being pre-
pared for stock farm, to
be operated we understand under
the auspices Of the railroad COM
pany.
Mess. Kemp & Bolton, a couple
of young men tcom Minneapolis,
have erected single mill on the
St. Paul s. Duluth railroad line, be-
tween Black Hoof and Moose Lake
stations, and are tuning out the
shingles at the rate of thirty thou
sand day. They employ sixteen
men IN and about the work.
Mrs. George W. Perry of this
place has two hens eggs which
measure 63 by 8 inches, and Ct by
Z 4 inches in diameter respectively,
the largest weighing just 4 ounces.
Both were laid by the game hen.
We await returns from Louisiana
or any other place that will beat
that.
-Iu the course Of conversation |
yesterday with Isaac Staples, Esq,
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$4,000 FOR S11.95.

~SVsVV = On . 4 1sOOs
One Elgin Silver Watch, worth $1,000
These watches are made by the FL
gin National Watch Co., and each
Watch is guaranteed by the Com
pany's own Medal Certificate
which accompanies the same. The
very superior value and workman
ship of the Elgin Watches are too
well known, and their reputation
| toe firmly established, to need any
praise from US. They are manufac-
tured expressly for this great offer,
contain seven jewls, are regulated
before delivery, put up in warrant
ed silver hunting cases, and are good
reliable tinlekeepers,- no pains be-
ing spared by the Company to make
them trustworthy and durable, (See
Elgin Co. sletter in another column.)
The Toledo Blade, one year,
passage paid 400
The largest, brightest cheapest
and best News and Family Paper in
the country. A National Newspa-
per, circulating largely in every
State and territory. Eight large
pages, sixty-four columns weekly,
fliled with the best in all depart
ments OF literature, embracing the
ever,popular Nasty Letters,
which are written Especially for
the Blade; bright,s spicy and practi-
cal Household Department, the best
Stories, Answers to Corresp ondents,
Young Folks Department, the
Weekly Sunday School Lessons,
Market Reports, the Latest News
and all other admirable features
which have made the Blade such
iavorite all over the United States.
Specimen copies of the Blade sent
free to any address
Tx Superior Times, One
Year, postage paid, 400
This offer in worth $4,000
Sent on Receipt Of Only S11.95
For further particulars call on or address
SUPERIOR TIMES,
SUPERIOR, Wis.
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1heaiS
Connects at ST. Paul with all trains East
aud South; at Minneapolis with all trains
from that city and at st Cloud with trains
from Melrose and the Sank Valley; at Bra-
nerd all trains make close connections to and
FROM Duluth end to aud from the West and
South
Close connections with Lake Steamers
at Duluth; st. Paul trains at \. F. Junction;
st. Paul i Pacific Railroad trains at Glyndon
for Fishers Landing, Fort Garry and the
British Possessions. via steamers of Red
River transportation Co at Moorhead,
Mimi, and Fargo, D. T., with steamers for
Fort Garry, Pembina, and all points on the
Red River; at Bismarck, with steamers to
all points north and south on the Missouri
River, including Standing Rock. Fort Rice,
Berthold, Carol! and Benton, and other
points in Montana also with n. w. Stage
and Express Cos line to Deadwood City aud
all points in the Black Hills
Dated November lst, 1877.
II, n SARGENT
Gen'l Manager, St. Paul.
G. 6. SANBORN, II. A. TOWNE,
GeR'l Frt. q Ticket Agt. Superintendent
St. 0sai. Bainsrd.
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Wouldn't Spoil the Reception.

There is fashionable woman in the
city who aspires to be leader, and en-
tertains frequently and handsomely.
During the lifetime of her husband she
issued invitations for grand blowout.
Her spouse was absent at the time, but
there was nothing unusual in this. He
was mere cipher in his home, and, like
many husbands a la mode, enjoyed him
self in separate and different manner
from the way in which his wife filed up
the days and nights. Such husbands
have most provoking way, living or
dead, of being marplots, always doing
things which interfere with the plans Of
his wife. What could be more inop-
perfume than to be frustrated in giving
a ball when the preparations had pro-
gressed so far as floral decorations, ca
terers and cooks hard at work, and at
the last and most critical moment to re-
ceive telegram announcing the death
of ones husbandp For moment the
giver of the ball seemed to be dashed by
the news, but instantly recovered her
self-possession. She felt that her duty
to society was paramount to any selfish
indulgence of regret that his death should
occur so inopportunely.
She said that her guests would be
grieved if they learned Of the calamity
before they had danced and eaten the
supper prepared. At once she tele-
graphed for the remains not to be for
warded for few days, but the telegram
was not received in time, and while the
revelry was at its height the lady was
notified that the corpse had arrived.
Promptly she ordered the box to be car
ried out in the back yard, where it re-
mained until morning, when the affec-
tionate wife, having slept offthe fatigues
of her entertainment, ordered the box to
be opened and the dead husband to be
laid out in state, and Grape to be tied
on the door. The withered flowers OF
the feast remained to decorate the cof-
fin. All of the proprieties were observ-
ed, and the fashionable woman's friends
found it difficult to decide which was
the most elegant, the soiree dansante OF
the funeral which so quickly followed
This story was told me as fact, and
the lady still shines as the giver OF ele
giant receptions.-Neeo York Letter 4
Louisville COatrier-Journ0l.
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BELLEVUE, LOUISIANA.

which the tradition identified with Ho-
mer's fountain of Arethusa, from which
Eumaus's swine were watered. Iexca-
waited as well in the stables as in front
of them on the side of the rustic habita-
tion; the stable 1 found filled with
stones, but on the side of the house I
struck the rock in depth of one foot,
and found there fragments of very in
teresting, most ancient, unpainted pot
terry; also pottery with red bands, and
masses of broken files. found in my
excavations at the foot of Mount Aetos,
two medals of Ithaca, having on one
side cock with the exergue ''Ioakun,"
and on the other side a Ulysses head
with a conical cap or pillidion; also
two coins of Agathocles of Syracuse.
These latter coins are here frequently
found and abundantly offered for SALE
Also, Corinthian and Roman coins are
very frequent here.
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An intermediate Husband.
Among Moslems divorce is even sin

Among Moslems divorce is even sim
PIE. tiiaa aIn,'nL The Jcw:. Hn g. nhl
CT enforcement > IS necessary, put only
the short verbal formula of "Veil thy
self, take thy marriage portion, and
go" A wife may be thus repudiated
twice and taken back, but if the fatal
formula have been pronounced third
time, she can only be recovered after
fully consummated marriage with and
divorce by another husband. This lat
ter condition sometimes results in awk-
ward eontretempts. The person chosen
to play the part of intermediary hus-
band is generally the Oldest and feeblest
poor man that can be found. For s'con-
ideration," he consents to discharge
the provisional function, and engages to
divorce the lady on the morrow. But
it occasionally happens that the faith
less old sinner, having pocketed and
earned his fee, refuses to surrender a
pretty and wealthy bride, or only does
so after a much longer usufruct than
was bargained for and for further con-
siderable money ransom. Asmay read
lily be supposed, such condition and
its incidents have weight with even
the hastiest- tempered husbands, and CO.
act with other considerations to protect
wives against the risk of talak (repudi
atom except for grave and sufficient
reasons. Certain it is that, barring in
such cases, divorces are now quite as
rare among the Moslem as among the
Christian subject of the Perte, and a
hundred times less common than among
our "more civilized" ;" selves. Before
the Cadi, however, as before Sir James
Hannen, the law in this respect favors
the wife less than the husband. The
latter may brave social feeling and cut
the conjugal knot when he likes, but the
wife can only regain her freedom on
proof of positive ill-treatment or for
one or two other grounds of complaint,
and even then at the cost of abandon
ing her dowry and trousseau to her pee
cant husband.-Frazer's Magazine.
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The Poetry Of Cows.

Blessed is he whose youth was passed
upon the farm, and if it was dairy
farm his memories will be all the more
fragrant. The driving of the COWS to
and from the pasture, every day and
every season for years-how much of
summer and of nature he got into him
on these journeys! What rambles and
excursions did this errand furnish the
excuse for! The birds and birds nests,
the berries, the squirrels, the wood
chucks, the beech woods with their
treasures into which the COWS loved so
to wander and to browse, the fragrant
winter-gree and hundred nameless
adventures all strung upon that brief
journey of half mile to and from the
remote pastures. Sometimes one COW
or two will be missing when the herd is
brought home at night; then to hunt
them up is another adventure. My
grandfather went out one night to look
up an absentee from the yard, when lie
heard something in the brush and out
stepped a bear into the path before
him.
Every Sunday morning the cows must
be salted. The farm-boy takes pail
with three or four quarts of coarse salt
and, followed by the eager herd, goes to
the field and deposits the salt in hand
fuls upon smooth stones and rocks and
upon clean places On the turf. If you
want to know how good salt is, see a
COW eat it. She gives the true saline
smack. How she dwells upon it and
gnaws the sward and licks the stones
wkere it has been deposited The COW
is the most delig htful feeder among an
imals. 1t makes ones mouth water to
see her eat pumpkins. and to see her at
pile of apples is distrscting How she
sweeps off the delectable grass! The
sound of her grazing is appetizing; the
grass betrays all its sweetness and sue
culency in parting under her sickle
John Burroughs, IN Scribner for No
cenlber,
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Work and Pray.

Asa and Ira were two brothers, whose
farms lay side by side in fertile vale.
When the young corn, the oats and the
barley were springing up, the weeds
took advantage of the rich soil, and
came up with them.
"Do you see,'' said Asa, "what
hold the weeds are taking! There is
danger of their choking out the crops
entirely''
"Well, we'll, we must be resigned, !"
said Ira. "Weeds as well as grain were
part of the Creators plan" And he
lay down for a part of his afternoon
doze.
"I can only be resigned to what l
can not help,'' said Asa. So he wsnt
to work, and plowed and hoed until 5he
fields were clear of weeds.
"The army worm is in the neighbor-
hood" said Asa to Ira one day. "It
has eaten its way through the neighbor-
ing meadows, and is fast moving toward
u.s."
"Ah,n exclaimed Ira, '"it will surely
destroy what the weeds have not choked
out. will immediately retire to pray
that its course may be stopped or turn
| ed aside"
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But Asa replied: 81 pray betimes
every morning for strength to do the
work of the day" And he hastened to
dig trench around his land which the
army worm could not pass; while Ira
returned from his prayers only in sea-
son to save portion of his crops from
its ravages.
EDO you see, Ira," said Asa another
morning, "the river is rising, and
there is but a small chance of prevent
ing our farms from being overtlowed. !"
"Alas! it is a Judgment upon us for
our sins; and what can we do?" said Ira,
throwing himself down upon the ground
in despair.
/" There are no judgments so severe
as those which our own sloth brings
upon u.s." said Asa. And he went
quickly and hired workmen with whose
help he raised an embankment which
withstood the flood; while Ira witness
ed with blank look the destruction Of
all his wealth.
"There is one consolation" said he,
"my children are left me-" But while
Asa's sons grew up strong and vigor-
Gus men, among Ira's there was q
drunkard, gambler and a suicide.
'The ways of the Lord are not
equal" said Ira to his brother. ssWhy
have you always prospered while l am
afflicted, and my old age is disgraced?'
~ only know this,'' replied Asa,
"that Heaven always helps me to meet
my children's faults as l meet the weeds,
the caterpillars and the flood; and thai
l never presumed to send petition up
ward without making toll my right-hand
servant, the messenger of my prayer
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SUBMARINE lighting has been effected

SUBMARINE lighting has been effected
by COMPRISING pure oxygen into cy-
lindrical reservoir of plate-iron under a
pressure of about 420 pounds. This
oxygen is supplied to a kind of alcohol
lamp, provided with means for the
escape of the gaseous products of com
bustion. This light is very good and it
lasts for four hours. Another plan con-
sists in attaching to divers helmet a
glass cylinder containing an electric
lamp of polished copper, the carbons OF
which last for four hours without re-
newal. The light is intense and bril-
liant.
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THE late Erastus Smith of Hartford,
Conn, used to be very neglectful of his
personal appearance, and wore soiled
coat very much the worse for wear. One
day, Mr.. Richard d. Hubbard, now
Governor of the State, met Mr.. Smith
wearing beautiful rose in his button
hole. ssIs not this rose beautiful
onep'' said Mr.. Smith. Now, Mr..
Hubbard, can you imagine where | got
it!' SIT might have grown there, !" was
the reply.
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THE Paris Exhibition bestowed FIVE
different grades of premiums, viz :
Grand prize, gold, silver, bronze metals.
honorable mention. Philadelphia grant
ed one uniform bronze medal to all ex-
hibitors. thus leveling their merits to
the same footing.
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ACCORDING to recently published
statistics there are more deaf mutes,
idiots, and lunatics in Switzerland, in
proportion to the population, and fewer
Of the blind, than in any other European
country.
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THE locust makes noise by fiddling
o1 its wing with its leg.