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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20
Home Hints.

A VERY nOuushlng drink for an invalid
is made of whipped cream sweetened
and mixed with highly favored wine.
A CoMFoRTABLE-LooKIN wrap to Law
on a couch or sofa, or for use IN the car
riage on autumn days, is knit in stripes
of nine inches wide, of blue and wine
colored worsted.
STEEL knives which are not in daily
use may be kept from rusting if they
are dipped in a strong solution of soda
One part of water to four of soda. then
wipe dry, roll in flannel and keep in a
dry place.
IF small pieces of linen that are used
for the baby's bath towels or wash cloths
are fringed around the edge they will
pass through the weekly wash in safety,
but if left ID irregular shape they will
very likely be left on the grass to mil
dew or be tucked in the rag bag.
To any one so unfortunate as TO be
obliged to move it may be of value ito
know that canned fruit may be trans
ported without fear of loss, if the glass
cans are securely packed in saw-dust.
This must be very firmly pressed down
so that the cans really can not move, or
be moved by the Earring of the wagon or
car.
A USEFUL and even tasteful cover for
the marble slab of the sideboard is made
of strip of Canton flannel Just the width
of the slab. 1t should be long enough
to hang over at the ends four or
five inches. Trim the ends with white
or colored ball fringe, and if you wish
to, row of Kate Greenaway figures
may be outlined at each end. Line the
flannel with firm white cotton cloth, or
with turkey-red calico.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20
4 Mean Joke.
CFrom the Arkansas Traveler.l


About as mean joke as WAS ever con-
ceived was perpetrated by well-known
southern journalist. The journalist and
a lawyer met IN a bar-room-a resort not
Northumberland entered into a CONVEX
sation which ended in intoxication.
They walked around the village until
such work became tiresome to the news
paper man, whose soul yearned for
something more exciting. vicious
idea occurred to him. He filed a bottle
with vlllainous whisky, the kind known
as "sixty yards and double sighted, ;"
and invited the lawyer to accompany
him to the village, where he proposed to
rest IN the shade. The editor began an
entertaining story, and would occasion
ally pass the bottle to his legal friend,
who, interested IN the story, did not OBJ
serve the editors failure to drink. 1t
was not long until the lawyer was beast.
ly drunk, and, remarking that he needed
rest, babe the editor good afternoon
and stretched himself on the ground and
sank into a deep sleep. The editor
smiled maiiclously and went away. He
soon returned with an ear of corn, which
he shelled and put into the lawyers
pockets. Then he went a short distance
away where a lot of hogs were roofing
and "tolled them to the lawyer. The
hungry animals, seeming the corn,
bounced upon the lawyer, turned him
over and over, tore his actually
stripped him, and rolled him into mud
hole.
Look out, look out " said the law
yer. Don't crowd a fellow out of bed
that way. Hold on, you're tearing the
quilt. Never saw the like. Man can't
go to bed without being disturbed.
Tend to your case after awhile, gentle
men. Know you amt guilty, for've got
the proof to sustain the facts IN the
case. Look out Blame it, let me sleep
awhile. Court amt in session. Well,
If you must-souy," and he struggled
| to his feet and staggered away.
Next day he met the editor and said;
"Nice way to treat a man. Leave
him down there to be eaten by hogs. l
believe I'll maui you right here"
81 couldn't help it,, the editor re-
piled. 81 fell asleep, and when l
awoke | found that the deviliSh hogs
had carried me to the other side Of
| town"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20
How TO Cure Egg Eating.

Sometimes the habit is formed by the
carelessness of the kitchen maid. or
housekeeper, in throwing the egg-shells
into the pail and giving them with the
other waste to the hens. This should
never be done, if you want the hens to
respect their own eggs. Understand
ing the canse of this unthrifty habit, it
is not very difficult to provide a rene
dy. From recent experience we have
found that the habit is very much brok-
en- by an abundant supply of crushed
shells. 1t had grown so bad in a flock
of twenty light brahmas, owing to ne
glect of this ration, that they devoured
every egg, without the closest watch
ing, at the cackle of every laying hen.
Giving the shells every morning, the
craving ceased, and we found the eggs
remaining IN the nests undisturbed. As
an assistant to the remedy, we manu-
featured an egg-trap from a common
nest box. This is 50 simple that any
one accustomed to the use of tools can
make it in an hour or two. A slight in
clinatlon of the board upon which the
nest egg is fastened will cause the new
laid egg to roll away from under the
hen, beyond her reach, as soon as it is
dropped. The rear board has the same
inclination toward the center, and pro-
/ lects over the other board Tar enough to
protect the egg when it has rolled away.
| The space between the boards is Just
wide enough to give free passage to the
eggs. The egg box may be lined with a
handful of sawdust or chaff to protect
the shells from cracking. If the back
board be furnished with hinges, it can
be used as lid to allow of the removal
of the eggs. 1t is a complete egg trap,
and with the oyster shells, in our case,
abated the nuisance of egg eating, the
shortest way is the best, and instead of
eating she is put in a condition to be
eaten. But a good layer is too valuable
to be given up without an effort to re-
form her bad habit, often acquired
through the negligence of the owner.
The egg trap works admirably, and Sc
cures the end desired by placing it ont
of the power of the hen to do mischief.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20
Cut Feed.

A correspondent asks advice as to the
purchase and use of a feed-cutter for
corn fodder, etc. There seems little
doubt that stock will utilize much fodder
when cut, which is entirely too coarse
and bulky for animals to make much out
of when fed in the unprepared or ngtural
state; and the question as to whether it
will pay to cut it depends mainly upon
labor considerations. If there is plenty
of labor which can not be profitably en-
ployed at something else, then it will
certainly not be a bad idea to employ it
in cutting; and there are circumstances
where it will pay to cut feed when labor
can be advantageously employed other
wise. Cattle receiving a ration of meal
or bran will give better return for it if
fed with proportion of cut hay or fod-
der. 1t is then so bulky that it goes en-
tirely to the first stomach and is raised
for reconsideration. When feed is scarce
and high the relative advantages of cut
ting are greater than when cheap and
abundant; and farmers who are supplied
with a horse power can afford to cut
feed when those who are compelled to
RELY upon hand-power can derive no ad-
equate profit from it. We have an i'm
preston that where the cutting of fod-
der is to be pursued as a permanent
feature of farm management, that its
greatest advantage will be found in
planting and managing portion of the
crop with special reference to it. Say
that a few acres are planted in some of
the large varieties of sweet corn, like
Stowell's evergreen or the Egyptian, and
cut up while the ear is in the milk, such
fodder, if we'll cured and put through a
cutter, will be almost entirely consumed
by cattle, and "oceans" of it can be
grown upon an 'acre. Common field
corp, cut at about the same stage. will
afford more feeding value in its stalks
and leaves than is lost through the i'm
maturity of the ear. The great trouble
with corn fodder is that generally it is
allowed to stand so long that it is poor
stuff, no matter how it is handled, and
stock can get little good from it, whether
cut up or fed in whole lengths Breed
er'S Gazette.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20
A Maintain Craze.

LffOiu LLe Atlanta CONSTITUTION.
The practice OF Illicit Installation with
the quaint and simple mountain folks
who are addicted to it, is like the crsze
for the cards and dice with the inveter-
ate gamester. While successful, its
profits are large, and the love of excite
ment is a strong motive with the moon
sinner. The people Of the moonshin,
ing country have many of the adventure
Gus characteristics OF the frontiersmau.
One may stand in the capitol of Wash
iDgton, and III the famous fresco front
ing the stairway to the western gallery
of the house of Representatives, panora-
ma of the westward march of the back
woodsmen, in every striking male and
female figure he may see a type easily to
be modelled in the land of the moon
sinner. The rugged scenery too, might
have been copied from nature, in the
mountains of Georgia aud the Carolinas.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20

on the waters edge; they have been
carefully placed under the lee of houses;
they occupied all the best parts of every
field. Deceased Cinnamon surrounded
me everywhere How far the distribu-
ton of graves all over country in which
the principal religion of the inhabitants
is the worship of ancestors may delay
railway construction even for strategical
purposes | leave Others to decide. But
l learn that coffins can be bought as
they stand for a consideration. l did
not buy coffin by way of experiment,
but | knew man who had done SO, and
he estimated the cost at two dollaIs per
deceased ancestor. SO thatit is possible
the difficulty which is said to surround
he making of railroads IN China may
some day disanDpar
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20
THE MONK OF JARROw.
BY ADA IDDINGs GALE.

the old moth-eaten volume, whose characters
quantity old,
Went wandering over pages as yellow as Indian
gold,
read of the sanity Beda, of his solitary life,
In the gray old monastery-far from the sound Of
strife.
hoods earliest day,
His grave, child lips in faltrng tones began to sing
and pray.
There, meath the vaulted arches, he loved to hear
At morning and at evening of the solemn PRAYER
bell.
And from the peaceful shelter of that sweet and
calm retreat
His feet meier wandered woodward its toll and care
to meet.
But there, in bIest seclusion, long centuries ago
lie wrote and taught and studied from dawn to sun
set glow.
read of his great knowledge, of his teachings kind
and good,
OF his purity of purpose unto the brotherhood.
How he in search untiring, so patiently did pour
Over tue ancient books, unearthing great pems Of
classic lore. "
l read how Manuals poet held him in chains OF
How Plato's words uplifted his soul in yearpiDp
strong.
Read how in weakness toiling, DER the Book hest
loved of all,
The shadows of earth's last twilight gently began +,
fall.
Read Of that final lesson when with failing yoic,
and sight WIZ
His pupils gathered round him-he babe them
haste and write.
Read Of his wondrous dying with his scholars by
his side,
How smiling, and singing gladly ''Glory to God,
he died.
There on the Swallowed pavement where oft he'd
Ills soul so long imprisoned leaped into that per
feet day.
And as closed the volume with its pages thin anC
old,
The cover all moth-eaten and covered DER will
mold,
The life of that old student who wore the gown ant
Seemed from it's height to ernanate and fill my, II,
most soul.
Out on the crowded streetway, where the bumar
tide doth flow;
Where 50 many human faces bear the stamp of hu
man woe;
to seek .
That gray old monastery, and the monk SO great,
meek.
Oft in the quiet routine of homeIiest househoI,
ways
vision of the student-monk in holy musing-
stays
In times Of disenheartment there comes, like heal
ing balm,
The influence far-reaching of that life 90 strange
ly calm.
Through centuries forgotten like the rays of tn
Pole star,
This patient, toiling, striving life beams on US from
afar-
Beams with splendid radiance down through tn
ages dim;
radiance reflected from One mightier than him.
-SuUdqy Inter- (lreU,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20
Bedding fer Animals

The farmer who takes pains to make
up the bed " for his COW or horse gains
ten times more than the cost of the la
Dor of so-doing. If ali material is
passed through the cutter previous to
being used for bedding it not only adds
to the comfort of the animal, but assists
IN the matter of cleanliness by reason
OF its greater power of absorption. For
this reason sawdust Is becoming a favor
tie, as its tneness not only admits of its
being handled easily, we'll spread in the
stall, and promptly removed, but, after
having absorbed the liquid flows of the
stall, still readily mixes with the matter
in the manure-heap. The merit of saw
dust is due to It's fineness and its Absorb
tive quality. If any bedding is plenti-
full, fine and absorptive, it prevents loss
of manure by Intimately mixing with it,
and as the droppings are more readily
incorporated with greater mass of alb
sorbent material the risk OF evaporation
and escape of gases is lessened. Now,
if the labor of cutting is to be taken
into the account, it is more than bal
anced by facility in spreading the fine
manure when 1t is hauled to the field.
The cutting can be done in winter or
during wet days, and 1t is a luxury to
spread nice, finely divided manure.
Good, fine, clean bedding adds to the
thrift and health of the animals, is cool
er In summer and warmer in winter. and
those who use it prevent mnch loss
Prairie Farmer,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20
Whistles in Horse Cars.
TFrom the New York SUM-

Two borse-c cars that ran on the Temp
insk Avenue, Brooklyn, line yesterday,
introduced novelty that the drivers and
conductors appeared to.think very highly
of. II was an apparatus by which pass
engers inside closed car can, while the
conductor is ON either platform, notify
him Of their desire to have the Car stop
without leaving their seats. Straps
hanging in loops swing between the
windows over the passengers heads, and
ale fastened to cord that runs along
the ceiling on either side of the car from
the front to the back. A whistle is set ID
the front and another in the rear wall OF
the car, and the cord connects With them
When passenger pulls one of the straps
the opening Of the valve sucks the air
through the whistle with a shrek, and
its closing expels the air with the same
noise.
The design of the inventor is to put
out of the way of the passengers the
temptation TO NEEDLE with the drivers
bell. The cord can be connected with
or cut off from either whistle, so as to per-
nit only the one over the back platform
TO be blown on each trip, but the rail
road men in Brooklyn leave it attached
at both ends, and each pull blows two
whistles. The driver under these cir
cumstances pays no attention to the
signal, but waits for the conductor to
pull the bell.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20
TELEGRAPH ETENT.


FRANK W. HOFFMAN,, clerk of the American District
Telegraph Co, says: Having had occasion to use a
medicine for kidney trouble with lame back. was
recommended by one of Utica druggists
Hunts Remedy, as he had old good deal of 1t to
many of our leading families 1ere with great success
for kidney, liver and urinary troubles. purchased
some and have Only used three bottles II has cured
me, and ! can truly recommend Hunts Remedy to
need of the best medicine for these complaints
send you Statement. of my case. | will write YOU
With double purpose first to thank you Tor the great
amount of good your medicine, Hunts Remedy' has
done me- and secondly with the hope my r-cuv-ry
will induce some sufferer to do as did, use the gr
specific and be cured For nearly whole year was
an invalld unable to go out Of the house, aad
part of the time confined ny bed living powsriess
subject of the most dreadful of all diseases kidney
complaint" From the long suffering became weak
from the loss OF strength. with lack of vitality and
very much reduced flesh. All this time was taking
various medicines and under the of our family
DOCTOR and not receiving particle of help had 81
me st despalred of getting we'll when my attention was
called to Hunts Remedy by boarder in my family.
commenced taking it unknown to the DOCTOR with but
little hopes of relief This nonbeIief soon dis
PEELED, however, / daily began to improve. con
tiuued the of Hunts Remedy and to make q long
story short used eight bottles dispensed with the doc
tor and to the surprise of all who knew me, and ny
own great Subtraction, became we'll as ever All
pains and aches vanished, appetite returned, gained
strength and flesh. to-day consider mysel; wei
ever and only too glad to place testimony with
that of many others.
That your medicine, Hunts Remedy brought me
from a sick bel well know. and many people who
know of my condition pronounce my almost
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health thanks your valuable medlcne Hunts Rem.
edy Mrs. L. W. CLARK,
ltq Main Street
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20
ssmdd Dnbie SnE>:

"Wlth the Pads the horse lengthens his
stride with ease and confidence, and conse-
quently increases his speed" Doble uses them
on his horses and says they are Indispensable
Bair uses them on Maud 5. John Splan SAYS
they prevent and cure tender-fOot in horses.
Flank Van Ness says he put them ON sore
footed horses, and they went eound at once
and kept so. They are used and recommend
ed by all principal horse-owners and trainers.
The Humane Society indorses them. The
Locke Pad, which Is a sole leather cushion
for the shoe, prevents and cures corns, co =
fractions, thrush, chronic lamiDItis, nervicuar
disease, and keeps the feet sound and healthy.
pair of pads, model hoof with shoe and
pad affixed, box Of hoof paste, bottle Of Iini-
ment and full explanations sent for $500.
LOCKE HORSESHOE PAD co. Cd. Nc.
LEAN. Manager), Al North Clark Street, CHI
oaun III
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20
The Feeble Grow Strong

When Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is used to pre-
mote assimilation of the food and enrich the blood
Indigestion the chief obstacle to acquisition Of
succumbs to the action of this peerless corrective
Loss Of flesh and appetite, failure to sleep, and
growing evidence of premature decay, are speedily
counteracted by the great invigorant, which braces
up the physical energies and fortfes the constitu-
ton against disease. No such protective against
chils and fever and other diseases Of malaria type
exists, and it relieves constipation liver disorder
rheumatism, kidney and bladder ailments with GER
tainty and promphtude. change, as gratifying
as it is complete takes place in the appearance
as well as the sensations, of the wan and haggard
invalid who used this standard promoter of health
and strength
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20
Nomenclature of Fruits,

At the recent meeting of the American
Pathological Society held in Philadel-
pima the lmpCr tant and practical cues.
ton Of the naming of fruits was pretty
thoroughly discussed. A committee was
appointed to prepare report on the
subject. In his address to the commit
tee, President Wilder offered some very
sensible suggestions. Among other
things he said that such names as &c Gen
erals, Colonels," Presidents, -
" Monarchs, " Kings, ETC., are by far
too common, and that such nonsensical
terms as Nonesuch," a" Hog-Pens. :"
" Big Bobs," or "Stump the World, .
should be abandoned, together with all
long, unpronounceable, irrelevant, high
flown, and bombastic names. He was
of the opinion that there are few cases
where a single word will not make a bet
ter name for a fruit than two or more.
be recommended and urged the adop-
ton of system of nomenclature, which
should be pure and plain in its diction,
as well as pertinent and proper in its APP
pication.
The society has taken a step in the
right direction in this matter, and fruit
growers who have themselves been guilt
lest III applying outlandish names to
new varieties will be the first to well
come and indorse an immediate reform.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20
WinGering bees.

The difficulty of taking . colony of
bees safely through long and severe
winter is we'll known. Not infrequently
experienced beekeepers come out with
their bees IN bad condition as the result
of improper handling during a long and
rigorous winter. A gentleman who has
had many years of experience IN hand
hing bees and who has been highly sue
cessful in taking his colonies through
the winters of Eastern New York fur
nishes the following as his methods of
wintering bees. He says:
put up my colonies on Langstroth
frames, with a two-inch closely fitting
chatf- division board on each side of the
hive. use Hills Device " (so-called)
over the frames, but the space above can
be made by using little pieces of pine
deal Just as etfectually, though not as
handlly. l cover the frames with bur-
lap map or porous blanket of any mater
ial, and then fill the upper story with
forest leaves or chat pressed closely
down.
1 do not advise chaff cushion, for it
is apt to be made too compact, and |
want all moisture to be carried off
through the covering material, without
involving any loss of heat, and [ find
that forest leaves accomplish this better
than anything else [ have used.
[ bore one and one-half inch hole in
each end of the cover, and find this
amply sufficient for the purpose of ven
tilating.
The entrance l contract to about six
inches for the strongest stock, and more
still IN proportion to length. My aimis
to keep the queen laying as long as l
can stimulate her by daily feeding of a
small quantity of diluted honey or sugar
sirup, so as to have as many young bees
as l possibly can rear in the bive, they
being better able to stand the long con-
fnement which an unusually severe
winter and delayed spring will entail.
My preference is double-walled hive,
with a dead air space one inch thick be-
tween the walls, as such hive, I imag-
inc, will better protect its little occu-
pants from cold winds and sudden
changes; still l have found my bees to
winter well In single-walled hives when
protected by the chatf division boards.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-20
Woes of an Inventors Wife

From the Baltimore Americana
cit is all very well to talk about work
ing for the heathen," said one, as the
ladies put up their sewing, "but I'd
like to have some one tell me what I'm
to do with my husband?" "What is the
matter with him ?" asked a sympathetic
old lady. civilian is n good man, !"
continued the first, waving her glasses
IN an argumentative way, "but William
will invent. He goes iuventing round
from morning till night, and [ have no
peace or comfort. | didn't object when
he invented a fire. escape, but | did re-
monstrate when he wanted me to crawl
out OF the window one night last winter
to see how it worked. Then he origin
open from midnight until morning, so
as to keep burglars out. The first time
he tried 1T he caught his coat-tail in 1t,
aud | had to walk round him with a pan
of hot Goals all night to keep him from
freezing" Why didn't he take his
coat OFF, I" [ wanted him to, but he
stood around till the thing opened itself,
trying to invent some way of christening
it. That's Williams trouble. He will
invent. A little while ago he got up a
cabinet bedstead that would shut and
open without handling. It went by
clock-work. William got into it and up
it went. Bless your heart, he stayed
there from Saturday afternoon till Sun
day night, when it flew open and dis
closed William with the plans and
specifications of a patent wash bowl that
would tip over just when 1t got 50 full
The result was that | lost all nv rings
and breastpin down the waste-pipe.
| Then he got up crutch for a man that
could be used as an opera glass. When
ever the man leaned on it up it went,
and when he put 1t to his eye TO find
William it flew out into a crutch and
| almost broke the top of his head off.
The other day saw him going up the
street with a model elevator sticking out
of his hip pocket, aud he is fixing up an
improved shot tower IN our bedroom"