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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
SCIENTIFIC ITEMS.

OK the Mediterranean two ports of de-
parture have been proposed for the
Euphrates Valley Railroad
the port of Antioch, and Alexandretta,
in the Bay of Scanderoop. The latter
has the preference from military point
of view.
IN the Yorkshire coal mines there
were last year nlnety-tive deaths, so
that one lie was lost to every one of the
total S07 employed The day is gone
by when tri1ing with the lives of men
can be carried on with impunity even IN
coal mining.
FROM mining report of the colony of
Victoria 1t appears that the quantity of
gold raised last year was 864 COZ ounces
as again 1876 ounces raised in
the year next preceding. The
Magdala shaft is the deepest in the
colony. 1t is sunk 2, 4 10 feet, and it is
situated near Slawell.
OK September 25th long trip was
made on an electrical launch. The yes
sci, on board which was distinguished
company, started from Vienna and fol-
lowed the course of the Danube to
Pressburg, a distance of about fifty
mlles, making the journey in four hours,
or at the rate of about twelve and half
miles an hour going with the stream.
PROGRESS on the construction of the
Arlberg Railway is proceeding very
rapidly. Already the tunnel is within
l, 1870 yards of completion. BY the end
OF this month the boring will probably
be finished, and the road will by mex
year, through the tunnel, be opened TO
traffic. The total length of the TUNE
is six and half miles.
RECENT Investigations at HCchst-on-
the-Main, where no fewer than GU per
sons are employed IN the aDiline color
works, go to prove that though anilIne
is admittedly poisonous, none of the
men who became i'll died, and those en-
gagged for eighteen years in the magenta
house, although Redeemed with dye even
to the inside of the mouth, suffered no
serious bad health.
THE best quality of charcoal" says
the Engineer, lis made from oak, ma
pie, beech, and chestnut. Wood Will
furnish, when properly charged, about
20 per cent of coal. A bushel of coal
from pine weighs about 80 pounds. A
bushel of coal from hard wood weighs
80 pounds. About 100 parts of oak
make % Of charcoal: the same quantity
of red pine %. 10, and of white pine %. ;"
The French ministry of commerce
is engaged in drawing up the partic1-
lars of the patents for Inventions granted
in France since the foundation of the re-
public. The work so far Ia completed
up TO the end of 1873. During the
eight years prior to the end of 1876 there
were nearly mean annual average OF
1000 applications for patent rights. In
the succeeding years the number Of ap-
plicalions has considerably increased.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
An AuctiOneer'S Miss.

- NOHA TIC OtlEOlt rec FreSs.
Soon after an auction store on Monroe
Avenue had opened for business the
other morning an old farmer and his wife
dropped IN and began inspecting goods.
The auchoneer therefore mounted his
box and began:
Ladies and gentlemen. desire to
call your attention to this sample pair
OF suspenders. Who starts them at fif
teen cents ?"
Did you hear him call me a lady ?p
whispered the woman to her old man.
=" And he called me gentleman re-
piled the husband as he grinned his de-
light.
Who says fifteen cents to start 'em
gong? Who says? Who says? You
can't buy 'em anywhere else in the
world for half dollar! Don't want 'em,
Ell? Very well; here's hat which was
never made for less than seventy cents.
Who starts 1t at quarter-a quarter
a quarter? Ladies and gentlemen, who
bios 2"
"Called me lady again. cackled the
woman as she nudged her husband.
Yes, but he bore on pretty heavy
when he said gentlemen" replied the
man.
81 guess he knows lady when he
sees herr she tartly remarked.
8 Perhaps he does, and perhaps its all
soft soap. Don't be stuck up"
"Or, perhaps you want watch" con-
tinued the auctioneer. LET me show
you reliable time-keeper which cost IS
by the dozen. Who starts it at 81
Ladies aud gentlemen, let me hear a
bid 2"
"Ihat's three times he's called me a
lady" grinned the woman. "Tve allus
told yer l was Just as much lady as if
/ lived in the city"
He's soft-soaping.
g don't believe it.
"Of course he is, Have you got silks
and jewelry and white hands and a gay
bonnet? You amt no lady, and you
orter know itr'
" Then you amt no gentlemanr'
" Yes, L am! lie bore on when he
said it He sail ladies just because that
begins the sentence"
e." So you don't want a watch ?" quer-
led the man on the box. "Au right
all right. What you don't want don't
buy. Here's a bankrupt stock of table
linen, ana over there is a box of COW
hide boots at your own price. Will the
lady step this way while the man exam
ines the boots ?"
" There, there" gasped the woman.
I" He means me, and he called me
lady"
3 Yes, and bust his pictur' he called
me a mani" growled the husband.
" Susan, come alongH'
4" Where to2"
''Out of this!'
son, no!
You jog! If you don't come along
you'll footlt hOmel When an auctioneer
begins to soft-soap a gentleman's old
woman and insult the gentleman him
self it's time TO go, towels or no towelsr'
" My dear friends-Iadies and gentle
man" called the auctioneer, but he
was too late. The man marched out,
head erect and shoulders up, and the |
wife followed with her finger in her
mouth and coy, pleased look on her
face.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
Why Georgians viii Not Steal.
why VCoI -IdtS VIM NOt Sltdl
bin Cut. IN Atlanta Constitution

MI
have been living in Georgia seven
years and have never had but one visit
from beggar. have never locked my
front door at night. My family some
times go from home on visit to a neigh
Dor aud stay all day and leave the door
unlocked, and nothing has ever been
stolen that we know off. Ny stable and
corn crib are never locked. No hon
ester people ever lived than live around
US. My opinion is that our people are
most too lazy to steal, and wouldn't go
after corn until it was shucked and
shelled and sacked. / believe that if |
was to put bagful of nice corn ont at
my front gate some Teller would take it
and carry it off; but they won't go to the
crib after IT. 1t is 600 much trouble.
Bayard Taylor tells of a canton in Swift.
erland where the merchant marks the
price of his goods aud goes off to his lit
tie farm and leaves the store open, aud
when man wants anything hemeasures
it or weighs it and puts the money in
the drawer. That is a good way and
saves clerk hire, but | would not advise
our merchants to make the experiment
for fear of accidents. The books might
not exactly balance when he took &C
count of stock,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
Saving and Sowing Glover seed.

In securing clover seed it is best to
cut 1t as soon as the heads become
brown, some time in September. If cut
later the heavy dews and reduced heat
Of the sun ill cause dampnass and the
hull to cling very tightly to the heads.
When cut 1t Is recommended to be of
once put under cover to secure dryness:
some put in stacks or covered with straw.
If the ground is dry and the sun hot it
may be hauled in the same dav it is cut.
Some farmers cut it and stir it, and put
1t IN winnows, the same as making hay.
but this is a waste of seed, as the stir
ring rattles off the ripest and best of the
seed. In moving it to the barn it can
be stored ON the barn floor until ready
to thresh. If there is no huller in the
neighborhood enough can be threshed
out for oue's own sowing; and as it will
not be very clean, it should be sown in
February or earlier, so that the bulls
and seeds may settle in the ground and
terminate as soon as the soil is warm,
giving 1t a good start, which is almost
certain to produce good crop.-Ger-
n9ant0l0n Telegraph
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
eHklhztU

MIR. Robert Birch has "A farm in the
vicinity OF Rochester, n. Y, which ia
entirely devoted to raising cabbaoea
A LEGAL paper says the farm consists of
only twenty-seyen acres, and the occu-
pant, after renting it some Years for
S6OO year, bought it for Sc 500 or
about S240 per acre. Fifteen acres are
occupied with early cabbages, which are
more profitable than late ones. The
latest cabbages are off in September
when the owner sows rye for green
crops, spreads manure in winter. and in
spring all Is plowed thoroughly under
for the benefit of the coming cabbages.
The cabbage seed is soWn IN fine
heated greenhouse in January. the
plants removed to boxes, and set ont in
the open ground in April, fertilizers
having been copiously applied and thor
oughly narrowed in. BY horse cnItya.
tion, the Jersey Wakefield cabbage ia
ready for market by the middle of June.
and brings $500 or 5000 an acre. having
stood III rows a foot and half by three
feet. Henderson's early summer comes
next, and is ready early in July. These
DO not bring quite so much per acre.
standing on the ground two by three
feet. Fottler's Brunswick is the latest,
IS ready for market by the middle of
August, and brings 5000 per acre. Be-
side cabbages there lis some orchard,
and tomatoes are planted between some
OF the rows of cabbages. The gross IN
come Of the farm Is about So, 400. Two
men are employed through the season,
besides some day hands. This farm we
regard as a good illustration of the truth
which some good culuvators have laid
down, that the more labor there is wise
ly expended on good land the greater
will be the profits, and that to save
money 10y reducing labor is mistaken
management.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
Manure and Mauurinx.

Every season the inquiry is made /:
What manure is most suitable for the
garden? / prefer good stable manure
that has been turned once or twice to
any other, and if some bone-dust has
been mixed with 1t in turning, 50 much
the better. If good ashes can be OBJ
tanned, so much the better, as a handful
or so, applied to the hill or spread along
the row and worked into the soil when
hoeing, will prove of great benefit to the
crop. Commercial fertilizers are much
praised by some, but my experience
with them has been rather variable. In
wet seasons, on good ground, they pro
duce very satisfactory results, but in
the event of severe drought the result
is quite variable.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
How To Travel Free.

Not many moons have waned since
Vice President Kimball, of the Rock Isl
and Railroad, happened to be riding IN
the cars behind two section hands. The
conductor came IN and collected fare
from one of the men, the other having
previously paid. Said the latter, to gag
his friend: 81 can travel on this road
when / want to and never pay cent. J"
How's that said the other. "lt's
secret" said the first. Mr.. kimball
pricked up his ears and thought he had
a good sized chen on" The man who
last paid his fare got off at way station
and Mr.. Kimball slipped into the vacant
seat. "Have smoke :? (" he said to the
remaining Irlshman. "How do you
manage to travel without paying? |
do a deal myself and would like to
know" "Would yez loike to know
said Pat, looking GINNING. Indee
1 would, and I'll give you 80 if you'll
tell me-. Ono" Fifteen !? -" No.
Twenty five ?" Ozone =" said the
section hand. and the cash was forked
over. BE iabers, / walk ;"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
Corn Fodder.

Hon. George F. Lord, of Elgin, Eeeps
10) cows on 300 acres of land, AMI ms
not raised q pound of hay for years. The
corn is sowed IN drills 81 feet apart. and
about the time it blossoms it is cut WITH
self raking reaper, cutting one row at
time, the machine throwing it off in
ganels. When sufficiently wilted 1t is
bound and set in large stacks and al
lowed to cure standing on the ground
until winter sets in, when it is auleG
to the barn. He secures a yield of ab1u
seven tons of cured fodder to the acre.
worth as much as the best hay. Be -
one of the most successful dairymen N
Illinois.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
/" Shake Shtays In.o



My boy Shake he comes big shoke
on me" said a pleasant-faced farmer at
the Gratiot Avenue Station yesterday.
Chow was that?"
"Vhell, Shake was RAIDER lazy und
he eat more on der table ash two men.
Last vhcck he shtrikes on me for wages. 1"
as he f age?"
"Oh, no. Shake vhas only Is. I
doau pellet he can earn his poard m t
any farmer, und so l tells him, / vhas
wiling TO poard ind clothe him, und if
some circus comes along | gif him feet
ty cents. Dot vhas goot enough for a
poy NIT sooch an appetite. But What
you pellet Shake does
81 dunno"
"He comes to town aud drinks some
peer und vhas arrested und sent up NIT
der work house for seexty days. II L
take him out | haf to bay ten dollars
cash. Dot vhas big shoke on me, ind
Shake he laughs all oafer himself"
Why don't you leave him in there to
serve out his time? He gets his board
and clothes, and you have nothing for
him TO do at home in the winter"
"By Shiminey, but | nefer fought of
dot pefore Dots so-dot's so! Shake
vhas no goot at home, und vhas only ex-
pense on me. If l doan pay dot ten dol
lar den he shtays in. :"
"And the joke is on him..
A." Dots so-dot's so. If l take him
out he laughs pehind my pack NIT der
poys. If | leaf him in 1 go oop to see
him once a vheek und makes some grins
ind ask him how it vhas so far he goes.
Shake shtays in. Ha IA ha | vhas
tickled already !"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
G4ah G4RL NEXT poor.


o girl next door, dear girl next door,
Answer my questions few,
For tho you care not snap for us,
We long to know about you.
Are you sweet sixteen, 0 girl next door?
Are you tender-hearted and true?
Do you ever write poems on love ana spring
Do you wear a No. shoe?
Are your tresses golden or black or brown
Are you sylph or sprite or human?
Do you speak in a soft, low, cooling voice?
(''An excellent thing in woman.")
Are you strong minded? And do you hold
advanced ideas and ''views"
OF Irritation and science Or do you deli ght
Only in gossip and news?
Are you learned ana grave? or silly and gay {?
Are your cheeks Of rose leaf red?
Are you versed in science and classic lore ?
In languages living and dead?
Your eyes, are they blue or black or brown?
Do you love the genus homo
Are you artistic, aud can you tell
painting from chrome?
And what is your name, Q girl next door?
Is il Susan or Kate or Jenny?
Or Mary Ann? and tell me, pray,
Have you suitors few or many
Are You intellectual, brave and sweet?
Are you afraid of mice
Do you believe in woman's rights?
Are you very, very nice f?
We're you ever in love, o mystic girl,
With perfectly lovely man?
Or do you just delight to firt
With any one you can2
Do you like tall, or a short young manY
Must his eyes be brown or blue?
Do you Ike to be out on a rainy day.
With one umbrella for two?
Are you very proper and wise and good 10
Do you indulge in slang?
Do you ever whistle or swing your arms2
Or wear your hair in a bang?
o girl next door, I've found out naught,
Tho long now have tarried
But tell me truly, are you engaged d?
And when are you going to be married?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
The ideal geegste,I,

Any one can cook beefsteak-in his
MIND. As a matter of fact it requires
an artist to doit; aud this view is shared
by correspondent, who writes: "A
member of my own family has brought
the cooking of this article of food to
perfection. Theirs requirement is not
so much tender and juicy stake, though
this Is always devOutly to be desired.
but a glowing bed of Goals, a wire grid
IRON, stout one with good sized wires.
double one so that 8 on can turn the
steak without touching it. The steak
should be pounded only IN extreme cases,
when 1t Is too thick and is 'stringy. ,
Attempt nothing else when cooking the
steak, and have everything ready for the
taLle, the roasted potatoes and vegeta-
bles all being IN their respective dishes
III the warming closet or oven, with
doors left open a little way. From ten
minutes onward is needed to cook the
steak. The time must depend upon the
size, aud YOU can easily tell by the color
OF the gravy, which runs from the steak
when gently pres sed with knife, as to
It's condition. If the master of the
house likes it rare done, when there is
a SUSPICIOUS Drown gravy with the red
it will Ice safe TO infer that it Is done
enough for him. If, as is generally the
case, the next stage is the favorite one,
remove the steak from the gridiron the
instant the gravy IS of light brown.
Remove it 10 hot platter, pepper and
salt II to suit your taste, put on small
Jumps of butter and then for two brief
moments cover it with a hot plate, the
two moments being sufficient to carry it
to the table. One absolutely essential
factor in the preparation of good beef
steak Is that it must be served at once.
If you can impress it upon your cook
that he Is not to let the steak stand and
steam while he is doing other things.
you viii be likely to receive your re-
ward for so dong. '-London Hotel
World.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
The Old Hnmesienh.

All, here it is, the dear old place,
Unchanged through all these years;
HOW Ike some sweet, familiar face
My childhood's home appears
The grand old trees behind the door
Still spread their branches wide;
The river wanders as of yore,
with sweetly running tide;
The distant hills look green and gay
The flowers are blooming wild;
And everything looks glad TODAY.
As when | was child.
Regardless how the years have flown,
Half wonderingly stand;
catch no fond, endearing tone,
| clasp no friendly hand
think my mothers smile to meet,
st my fathers call,
pause to hear nv brothers. feet
Come bounding through the hall:
But silence all around me reigns,
chill creeps throu h my heart
No trace Of those love remains,
And tears unbidden start.
What though the sunbeams fan as fair,
Wha' though the budding flowers
Shed their fragrance on the air
Within life's golden hours
The loving ones that clustered here
These walls may not restore;
Voices that filed my youthful ear
VIII greet my oul no mere.
And yet quit the dear old place
With slow and lingering tread,
As when we kiss clay-cold face
And leave II with the dead.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17

IN the stable-it was the voice of friend.
ship; the intelligent animal seemed 10
own the power of his humane driver.
and took us within an inch of this wheel
and that wheel, with beautiful precision.
and at last landed us exactly where we
would be, without the slightest acsi.
dent. And | say to you, $50 We in
this course, and do likewise"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
The Laws of Trade

from the Wall Street Daily News.l
'Twenty- three dollars for that ere
stove" she exclaimed, before a Wall
Street News man, as she held up her
hands IN horror.
Yes Twenty three"
But iron is down."
Yes"
1--we seen in the papers during the
last month where as many as six big iron
companies have failed"
Well ?"
That ought to make stoves cheaper,
and ] know it
Madam, IN the last two months death
has laid his hand upon as many as TWEEN
ty-tive young 'uns in this town"
" Yes, poor things"
But are nursing bottles any cheaper
than three mouths ago."
"N-o, she slowly admitted
"Of course not, madam. The laws
of trade are lmmutable. The best I can
do Is to throw in a horse-radish crater,
t you take the stove at S23.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
xf1rtItng FiOurAs

Imagine million bottles standing in row
Imagine all these bottles filed with healing
balms Imagine one million Of suffering
mortsls marching up and laying down 25c each
for all these bottles Imagine this vast army
cured and happy, chanting the prslse Of the
remedy which cured theml With all this you
may get an idea of what is going on, where
Sellers Imperial Cough Syrup is prepared. 1t
is a fact that this old standard remedy, which
las been manufactured for more than fifty
years, is literally sold by the millions of bot
ties. II Ii safe pleasant ard efficient rene
DIV for the cure Of Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness.
Whooping Cough, Bronchial Affections and in
eipisnt consumption. Sold by all druggists at
25c per bottle.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
BO ton Rl09dS,

Mr.. G. s. Hollis, veterinary surgeon.
Boston, Mass, certifes that be as
ma5e the great pain cure, st. jacob
OIL, the sole remedy IN his practice fu-
horse ailments, and considers it superioc
to any cure be has known in forty years.
He tried the same great pain banisher
on himself for rheumatism and by which
he was completely cured
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17

Be not wiser than you should, but be soberiy
wise and to this end commence by testing the
virtues Of Aliens Iron Tonic BItters, which
supplies the blood with IRON, aids digestion,
tones and strengthens the system, and creates,
~ it were, new man. Try it. AL genuine
bear the signature of j. p Allen, St Paul,
Mimi
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
dyspepsia, indigestion. depressio

Fon dyspepsia, Indigestion, depression OF
spirits and general debility, in their va
ross forms, also as a preventative against
fever ard ague and ether intermittant feyefs.
the "Ferro-P hosphorsted FL xir OF Cslisava, "
made by Caswell, Hazard Il Co., New York,
and sold by all druggists. Is the best tonic: and
for patients recovering from fever or other
sickness, 1t has no equal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
GONE BEFORE.
BY Anne.

From the mystic realms of fancy.
The faces long since gone,
From tue unforgotten deep,
Comes the burden Of my song,
When the shadows fan at twilight,
And the days duh cares are DER,
Come the vague and shadowy footstepa
Or those who are gone before.
Gone 10 dwell with the angels.
In the higher spheres above,
Gone To dwell by the River of Life.
And live poem Of love.
Gone to dwell with the Father.
Who giveth His sheep fond care,
And guideth us all ar weak stray lambs
Till we reach His home over there
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The animal uids of the body, whe poorly nourished
become Wit zt-d aud eruptons TO appear on tn
skin. They Objectionable from heir dis gursnent
and vary IN character from constant u ea - sensz-
tion To pOSItive distress and severe pain Hoods
Sarsapsra corTScts lie derasEem of the functions
enriches the luids, pures the blood and changes the
diseased condition to of health and vigor
Pimples.
HALFoRD FLYNN, OF New York had so many pirnpies
end biotches his face that be was med lie rsd
VARIOUS remedies without fleet Hooi's Sarsapa rilIa
purified his blood, and all bemishes disappeared.
Ringw0rm.
NV brother is victim o humo- whIeh brings ring
his face. lie is using Hoods Sars parla
and alraady is much benented that his eyes are
longer affected. lie viii continue Is till feels
fully cured.-L. E. HOWARD, Temple, n II.
Iiheum.
Ny little boy badly afflicted with a humar
that had to ttcn his hands keep m from rub
hing the which itChsd and q charged watery
matter. Before he had finished bottle of Hoou -
Sarszpariila the sores healed L j. CLEMENT,
Merchant, War-er, n. H.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
sold By Druggists. 81; for So. Prepared only by
q. !. HnoD & CO.. Apothecaries, lowell. Mass.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17
Carbo.IIues.

The wind may roar among the trees,
Yet great ships sail the stormy seas,
The bsldhead man may rave and swear,
Yet CarbOline restores the hair
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-11-17

A NEW style of street car with turn
stile which counts and records every
passenger entering, has been expert
mented with recently in Philadelphia.
A second advantage is claim ed for it in
that it Will leave no room for riding
upon the hack platform. This would
be reform welcome to the people, be-
sides relieving the horses of the heavy
weight so often placed upon the rear of
the car.