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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
Household Hints.

EVERY one knows how difficult it is to
induce a patient to take cod liver oil.
and how the taste is abhorred by most
people. A perfectly simple way to pre-
pare it is to drop the desired dose in a
little glass of cold water; the oil will
form a globule that is easily swallowed.
TBke a swallow of cold water; then drink
rapidly from the glass, keep the mouth
closed tightly for minute, snd when
ycu open it you viii be surprised to find
that no unpleasant taste is left in the
mouth.
Tue old question frequently comes up
at this season of the year in regard TO
the glazed or unglazed flower pot for
the sitting room. The best authorities
say that in the dry air of our rooms
plant that requires good deal of water
for health and beauty does better in
glazed pot, as the water will not evap-
crate SO rapidly, and if the plant is for
gotten for day is not likely to suffer
and to become entirely dry; aud the re-
verse Is true as to the unglazed pot,
though for general use the glazed is pre-
f.rahla
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
Hiring Out Costly Diamonds.

IRON the Boston Globe.
That was an expensive set of Jew
elry, remarked a reporter to the pro
prietor of a large Washington Sire, t
store, abiding to set of diamonds a
young lady had just taken away with
her.
&c 1t is the most expensive set we have
the store, was the reply; "but she
has only hired Them
els that common thing in Boston t? >"
asked the newspaper man.
Most certainly. Many of my best
customers hire set of jeweIry for the
evening, and for a comparatively small
price excite the envy and jealousy of
their friends. | wonder you have never
heard of 1t before. We take our costli.
est gems and reset them to please our
customers and then rent them. OF peo.
pie whom we know we never require any
security, but a stranger would, of course.
have to deposit the full value of the
gems. There are two of orr finest sets
at Swampscott now, where, l under
stand, they have been much praised
and their temporary owners cOngratu-
lated.
GA funny thing happened in connec-
ton with this branch of our business.
There was to be large german, and a
young lady well known IN this city came
to make arrangements about set of dia-
monds. L was not in the store at the
time, and knew nothing of the matter,
so when | came in let the same set to
another young belle. In the afternoon
No. ! came IN and asked significantly if
her diamonds had been cleaned. While
she was talking No. 2put thesame ques
ton to me. The situation was very
awkward, butt explained the matter,
and all was finally settled in favor of No.
}, the young ladies pledging themselves
and me to eternal secrecy.
"' L wouldn't have it get out for the
world, you know, explain they.
Another branch of our business is
to rent silver services. These are very
well paid for Most of our designs are
antique, and some Of them have figured
in many Boston homes as highly treas
ured heirlooms. At weddings we fire.
quently furnish large collections of brio
a-brac and other articles to swell the
number of gifts and make fine dis
play. We rarely get much for this, as
the jewelers. name is frequently pub
lished when there is anything partlcu-
larly beautiful given as a present, and
the advertising cOmpensates us.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
Raise Good HOrkeS.

Henry Wallace, IN the Western Farm
Journal, says: cit is time for onr
farmers to understand that the'days of the
small horses are over, except to drive to
town and for light livery work. They
can not afford either to raise them or to
own them. If they will observe careful
ly they will discover that it costs NO
more to keep colt two years than a
calf, aud that during these years on
stock keep, the colt will increase in value
a great deal faster than the calf.
eve do not advise farmers to 90 al
together into horse farming or into any
other speciality. But along with the
calves and pigs. raise a few good,
large colts. 1t is unsafe to devote a
farm to any one kind of stock. The true
wisdom is to raise some of each. but
whatever You do, raise the best. We
have learned from experience that corn
is never so cheap or grass so plenty that
1t will pay to put either into scrub cat
tie, scrub hogs or scrub horses. And
the man who does 1t when he can help il
will soon be rated as Grub farmer"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
Cattle Raising.

Much interest has properly been felt
IN the development of the western cat
tie trade by the purchase of ranches and
large lots Cf cattle by capitalists of the
eastern states and Europe. In connec-
ton with this, and partly in consequence
OF 1T, there Is an important change 90
ing on IN the mode CT management OF
the cattle, a change that will ultimately
be of great benefit. In many parts OF
tue west the day of allowing the herds
OF cattle to Craze on government land is
coming to be thing of the past. Large
tracts are not only purchased, but are
being inc,osed with wire fences, and an
approach is made to the system of graz
ing on the large farms of more thIckly
settled states. The days of great round
ups and OF the half-civilized sc, W.
boy are numbered in extensive Tt
gions III which they were lately dis
tlDchve features. Naturally, the own
efship of the land and the enclosing 1t
will make efforts to improve the charac-
ter of the stock more effective. 1t will
be more common to provide hay for
use II winter, when needed. Improved
bulls can be purchased with more GER
tainty of getting a full return; and, in
many cases, a much better stock of
cows and heifers are bought for these
inclosed ranches than it was counted
wise to place on the open ranges. Large
portions of Kansas, Nebraska and Tex
as, which were open range few years
ago, are now mainly inclosed, and the
process Is being rapidly continued
Breeders Gazette.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
What is Money

Weighted against that health it often fails to buy
Dress indeed. While we can none of us claim o to-
tai exemption from that greatest Of all ills to which
flesh is heir-iil health, may do much to lessen
the chances of mourning it, and this not alone by
the adoption of such sanitary measures are to be
found in daily exercise, regular hours prudence in
eating and drinking, and wholesome diet, but also
oy resortirg to judioious preventive medication
when the system is threatened by unhealthful nhu-
ences. For instance, residents or sojourners in
malar1ous localities should Hostetters Stomach
Btters az defense against chils and fever, and
persons who incur much out-of-door exposure
should employ it a safeguard against rheumatism
Travellers in the tropics find 1t invaluable also
means OF arresng liver complaint and constipation,
and counterscting the facilitating influence Of a
torrid climate
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
Realistic Stage Decoration.

tFrom the FortniShtly Review
Lord Lytton, in his second paper on
1.-The Stage In Relation to Literature"
has raised point about stage decora-
ton which he might with advantage have
pursued further. Not only is stage
decoratlOn-the power of the check
book and the bankers balance-assum-
ing position which was only g1udging-
ly conceded under Macready, and estab-
llshed, not without critical protest. by
Charles Kean, but it has driven the pic
toIlal artist from the stage door to take
secondary position as designer of cos
tunes. There is little need now for
| artists like Stantield and Roberts to act
as scene painters. What used to be ar
tlstlcalIy representation illusion of the
painters brush-is now solid reality,
built up by noisy and perspiring labor
ers during long intervals of orchestral
music. The vulgar realism of real
pumps, real water, real horses. and real
cabs has given place to a realism less Of
fenslve, but quite as Objectionable. The
stage carpenter is now king, probably to
be dethroned by the stage bricklayer. A
street now is seldom painted; it
Is bnllt. At present it is built
OF wood; in short time
| theatrical enterprise may give us
bricks and mortar. Aforest is no longer
landscape painted With rare art on
sheet of csnvas-the perspective is an
alley as real as anything in the "Seven
Dlals, and the front trees are huge
poles manufactured into woodland form
with tons Of virgin cork, and smeared
over 10y the property-mau with a smudge-
| pot. Temples are raised between the
acts at angles, compared with the sky
borders, which are suggestive of past
or impending earthquake, but still they
| they are more or less solid temples, and
everybody Is delighted. Interiors are
dealt with IN the same prosaic fashion,
constructed to last a lifetime, and Orna.
mented by the advertising house decora-
| tor. The floor is loaded with furniture,
| gathered from Wardour Street or Tot
tenhan Court road, according TO the
| character of the scene, the best part of
the stage being often occupied by settees.
Sometimes the manager-actOr adorns the
room with piece of really valuable
| china, and Is liable at any mement to be
| frightened out of his words by anxiety
for his property and the clumsiness of a
scene-shifter. Play-goers of sluggish
imagination may require something more
than background and two chairs, but
they can hardly require the drama to be
half buried under tons Of clumsy solid
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
SnHnaI. TEkCHERa.

Mr.. a. L. SoPER principal Of the High School ut
Poquonock, Conn. says IN relation to q matter which
has given him much anxiety and pain: "My wife and
/ have both used Hunts Remedy, and find it really
. superior article. year ago my kidneys be-
came weak and sluggish owing to a severe strain,
AND nnding relief in Hunts Remedy continued it's
use until had used four bottles when l became
well. Since my cure have suggested its use to =
great number of people. who know have been BEN
ehted by using it." And TO substanate this state
ment, Mr.. II. s. CLARK, assistant superintendent of
the High School, says: AZ certify TO the value of
Hunts Remedy, having received great benefit from
I Its use. My troubles commenced twelve wears ago
when my kidneys became afflicted with Inflammation
1 OF the passages, but the timely use Ct 30 valuable
medicine arrested the disease. can no.. cheerfuy
recommend it to all suffering as l was'
MAY 81, 1888
This most remarkable statement was made by Mr.
Frank b. Lee, clerk in the Office Of n. Y. c. & H. R.
H. K, Little Falls, n. Y, on the sth OF June 1883
MIR. Lee says: my father has been troubled for
over twenty years with severe kidney and bladder
disease, suffering the most scute pain when uruat-
ing. He became SO bad that he WAS obliged to give
urine would drop constantly, and he was obliged 10
use rubber bag, the weakness was so CREST He
Osed many kinds Of medicine without deriving any
benefit, until ne was urged by one of our druggists
in Little Falls (Mr. Skinner) 10 use Hunts Remedy,
as he had known of its being used in many with
great success. purchased one bottle, and he COM
meDoed using ii, and be was improved that he got
along without the rubber bag. He used in twelve
bottles, snd it has entirely cured him Father is six
ty-two years old, and We consider it ! wonder
1ul cur, and cheerfuily recommend Hunts Remedy
10 all cted with kidney liver or urinary troubles
ATBheevoence published in regard TO Hunts REM
.dy can Be relied uPon il is true every particular.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27

being equal to two hogsheads. This
beer Is kept in stock from eighteen
months to two years before it is bottled
The premises are situated within a few
yards of the Midland Railway, along
which line the beer is brought to the
premises in butts and taken away in
bottles, packed, of course, in cases.
Bottllng goes on throughout the year at the
average rate of 80, 900 bottles per week.
The bottllng apparatus is very perfect.
The filling machines fill six bottles at
oRe time, and by an automatic arrange
ment the beer ceases to flow in each bot
tie as soon as it is full. The corking
machines are also both ingenious and
practical. Adjoining the bottling de-
partment is that appropriated to bottle
washing, which is $50 feet long by fifty
feet wide. 1t is lighted from the roof,
the lights being placed so as to COM
mand north aspect. The usual stock
of empty bottles is about 70,0OO dozen,
and these are being continuously drafted
OFT to the bettling department, and as
continuously replaced by fresh supplies.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
GIOyer a Means of Increasing the
wheat Yield.

Alternately clover with the wheat
crop Is another means of increasing pro-
dutclOD. The clover Is esteemed in Eng
land as the best preparation of the land
for wheat, and good clover sod is the
best featilizer. Messrs. Loves and
Gilbert, on portion of unmaDured ex-
perlmental field, tested the value af clo-
Yer as prepatory crop for wheat. Wheat
grown after clover yielded twenty nine
and half bushels per acre, while on an
adjoining lot, where wheat followed
wheat, only fifteen and half bushels
were obtained. A southern farmer had
a large field which yielded only ten bush
els per acre. He seeded it to clover,
moved the clover for hay one year, and
pastured it the second year, then plowed
and sowed wheat IN the autumn. The
result was that he harvested an excel
lent crop of wheat, yielding at the rate
of twenty bushels per acre. DIR. Voelc-
ker, chemist to the Royal Society I.
England, conducted a serios of careful
I Investigations to determine the cause of
the benefit OF clover crop as pre-
paratory crop for wheat. The conclusions
arrived at are that during the growth of
clover a large amount of heterogeneous
mattar sccumulates IN the soil; this ac-
emulation. which is greatest in the
surface soil, is due to the decaying
leaves dropped during the growth of
clover, and to an abundance of roots,
CONTAINING from l to per cent. of nj
trogen; and that the heterogeneous mat
tiers In the clover remain and on their
gradual decay are finally transformed
into Ditrates thus affOrding a cOntin-
uous source of food on which cereal
crops specially delight to grow. By re-
moving the clover roots from a square
DOT of soil. analyzing them, and calcu.
ating the total quantity of an acre from
hat datum. DR.. Voelcker found that in
the soil of an acre of clover land, moved
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
Quick-Growing Frees for fuel.

Many persons located on praine farms
plant hickory, walnut, hard maple and
white oak trees with the expectation of
providing fuel to use III a near future.
Unless they reach very old age, the
prospectof their ever sitting round fires
built of wood obtained from trees of
their own planting is very poor. The
trees spoken of produce excellent wood
for fuel, ard it Is advisable to plant
them If one designs to produce fuel for
another generation. The trees grow
very slowly, however, even when the
soil AMI location are well adapted to
them. Admitting that the wood of these
trees is worth twice as much as that of
trees that make rapid growth, it is ad-
visable after all to plant the latter. Few
people are aware OF the great difference
in the increase of size of the hard and
softwood trees. If they would set q
hard maple and gray willow within a
few rods of each other they would IN a
few years find the latter fully twenty
times larger than the former. No vari-
ETY. of willow furnishes wood of very
good quality, but several of them pro-
duce large amount III very short
time. The trees are propagated from
roots or cuttings and require little care.
Willows commence to grow In the spring
before tbs frost has left the ground, and
they continue to grow long after most
kinds of trees have dropped their leaves.
The wood has a few advantages. 1t Is
easy to cut, seasons quickly and kindles
readily. 1t makes a fair fuel tor cook
ing purposes. 1t also makes good char
coal, which is excellent for light fuel as
well as for many other domestic pur-
poses.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
Culture of CELERY.

Even Tor persons of experience celery
IS one of the most troublesome plants
with which the gardener has to deal,
This Is especially true as we go to the
south. Celery grows in England in
marshes and along bitches. We should
take hint at this and always remember
that the plant needs plenty of moisture
and cool climate. AS the seeds are
small and start slowly, they are sown al
the north IN hotbed; further south il
shady place. They should be covered
very lightly with sitting of leaf-mold
and kept damp; not wet, never dry.
The minute plants when Just up and
| showing a few true leaves should be
drenched with sprinkling pot or hose,
aCd then pricked out and set about two
inches apart either way.
Celery thrlves best in cool, damn
weather, and is generally raised as q
second crop, after such as early cab
bage, onions, peas, lettuce or radishes.
1t will thrive on any nice garden soil if
it is very rich and thoroughly worked.
of course excepting countries which are
too cold or too hot. Heavy soil, or a
rich mucky soil is thought to be the best.
yet fine celery Is raised near Chicago on
sand which lies but few feet above per
p'tual water. Fresh manure put in with
he plants often causes them TO rust.
Manure literally applied to the previous
crop leaves the land in fine condition
for celery. Dwarf celery is now used in
preference to the large sorts.
We have succeeded we'll by planting
the young plants at the LIST of July six
inches apart In rows FIVE feet apart. We
prefer to set plants in the bottom of fur
rows 3 to 6 inches below the surface, q
compromise between level culture and
deep trenches. In this way the growing
plants are less likely to dry out and they
are more easily hilled up as they be.
come larger. After the plants are few
inches high, soil should be drawn up
around them, to keep them from be-
coming dark green and tough. The
tops OF the leaves must stick out some to
help the growth of the plants. They
must not be hoed, handled or disturbed
unless they are free from dew or wet, as
this will cause them to rust or rot.
From the start, remember the Difficult
ties IN raising nice celery are these:
Ino eooue arc enall alu SLOW 10 ger
inmate; the plants will not stand much
sunshine; the soil must be very rich;
manure applied when the celery is put
In often causes it to rust; handling when
wet also induces rust; 1t must be grad
ually hilled to blanch well, and care la
ken to set and make the young plants
live; 1t is expensive to prepare anG mar
ket and likely to rust, to rot, to get too
hot or too cold where it is stored away
for winter; and the demand is light in
many places, as people have not learned
to like it or cannot afford to buy it.
Prot. ". j. Beal, MICHIGAN AgricuI-
tlIT0L COIie0e.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
A Match Found for a Boston Quiz.
[From he Boston Courier.)


Two Boston gentlemen while tramp
ing through the White Mountains the
past summer, came across a lonely hut
among the hills from which the prospect
was particularly fine and extended.
The proprietor of the establishment was
hoeing in his small garden, and the
travellers began to quiz him. Said one:
You have an excellent view from
your house"
Purity fair, replied the farmer.
al suppose" continued the first
speaker, winking to his companion, son
a fair day you can see almost to Europe?"
kin see further'n that" returned
the man.
Chow SOL" was asked in surprise.
ave don't think nothin' of SEEM as
fur as che mune."
The Bostonians had found their match.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
The Engagement Ring.


About the happiest day in the life of a
young lady is the day upon which she
receives an engagement ring. She will
hold her hand up and look at the ring
from all points and admire it, and assure
Adolphus that he is just too awful nice
for anything for giving it to her. And
she always wears it that day, no matter
| what happens. If the ring is toe large
for her, she will ram bits of wood under
it, just as boy puts branches of trees
and other things under his skate straps
to keep his skates on. And, after she
gets it fixed to suit her, she starts out to
call on her friends. They will know be-
fore she arrives that she has received a
ring, and are on the qui vive. They
either tell her it is very pretty or else
pretend not to notice it at all, in either
of which cases the recipient of the ring
is delightful beyond description. Be
cause if they compliment her she thinks
that they are affecting an indifference to
her good luck that they do not feel, and
that they will tear her to pieces after her
departure. And if they don't say word
or notice the ring the young lady knows
that they are wild with envy, and would
give their ears to be in her place. And
she is glad to think that she has de-
stroyed their happiness. And she calls
on every one she knows, and removes
her gloves at every house, even if she
remains therein but two minutes.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
4 Long Walk by Two PIucky Boys.

From the Jamestown n. " Journal
Recently Willis r. Whitney, son of
John j. Whitney, aged IA years, and
Willie Pitts, who is about the same age,
walked entirely around Chautauqua
Lake. They left home about 4 o'clock
in the morning and arrived on
the return about o'clock in the
evening, having covered the forty or
more miles of highway IN thirteen hours.
Willis Whitney said that he thought it
about forty miles up the west side of
the lake and down as far as Bermus
Point, but the remainder of the distance
home he firmly believed to be $50 miles,
each succ- eding mile having more fur
longs, rods and feet than its prede-
cessor. The trip was made for pleasure
and for the purpose of obtaining
material for an eseay to be read In
school, and boys who have the pluck
and endurance to "foot it =" nearly fifty
miles in thirteen hours will be likely to
produce an entertaining composition.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
Worn, Weary, and Wretched.

Gas weak cat expression frequently used by dcbated
sufferers who tell how forlon they feel
PRESTON for cat OF the agile and vigorous animals
1t would be for
that the idea OF utter inability hold ones up The weary per-
who feels thus generally worried
Sometimes overwork and o.
hmen The blood the system person weak as
wehedy thin condition 1t needs
and strength This to be had by taking Browns BIrrERs
only and of
powerful The physician druggist weary
how valuable remedy Browns IRON
everyday
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-27
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
Thoughts.

BY RowENA
At early hour of Winters eve.
| sit me down in mood sedate,
Watching the shadows on the wall
That play from embeGs in the CRATE
see the shadows rise and fall.
Like waters of troubled sea
And in the midst of idle dreams
The thoughts of life come fresh tn mo
hear the sounds of rushing winds.
That spend their force in laughing rnirfb
Bearing the flcecy fakes of snow.
10 5hroud with white, old mother earth
The many storms my soul must meet
Are greater than the one tonight.
THOSE only can the tempest know,
Who battle ever for the right.
There's duty pointing at me new,
She's bidding me to actions high
Every laurel from her given
Is fruit of many a tear and sigh,
For character that must be made
Life is with all material filed,
My deeds and actions every one
VIII be the block with which to build
One little word alone may blight
Inc hopes my heart has ever known,
The simple seed will bear it's fruit
And l must reap as / have sown
The richest, rarest ores of life
Are found IL hearts that feel and love
The gem that's rough to eyes be ow
May shine with added light above.
see the rugged road TO fame
Is paved with weary toll and care:
The only way to win the goal
Is but 70 simply do and dare
There is a ladder to be built
" From lowly earth to vaulted skies ~
My days must make its every round
That l may TO the summit rise
Though long may seem these numbered vears
The barriers high TO keep me down:
Yet bear still with faith the cross
That may win the golden crown
-HSStprn Ps,ruT