The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-01-20

Of nature faith accepts as the fidelity
Of God Martineau.
Let man start out to commit
suicide and on his way to the river he
murderously assaulted, and he'll fight
like fiend for his life Boston Post.
That young lady who made 700
words out of conservatory last fall,
has run away from hcme. Her moth
er wanted her to make three loayes Of
bred out of flour"
Heaven commences when n man
truly repents. Then is the dawn Of
an everlasting day; then is the begin
ming of that which shall be perfected
after death.-lB. B. Edwards.
If we practice goodness not for
the sake of it's own intrinsic excellence
but for the sake of gaining some adj
vantage by If, We may be cunning,
but we are not good Cicero.
The New York Commercial All
vertiser wants to see young men troub-
led with q rush of common sense to
the head, but if some of 'em had it
they'd 60 and get bled or take treat
ment.
"A bald-headed man who has
heard that the hairs on a mans head
are numbered, wants to know if there
Is not some place where he can obtain
the back numbers.-[Cincinnati Sat
urday Night.
"A Kentucky exchange asks:
"What is the great lever that shoves
the newspaper forward" Well, in
the case of most country journals it is
two dollars year in advance. e La
Crosse News.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton ADVISES
billiards for the girls of the period. Ii
girl handles billiard cue as dexter
ously as she throws Il ball, the man
four feet to the left Of her is likely to
have an eye poked out Boston
Post.
"A farmer in Bradley county,
Ark, caught a wolf by the tail as the
animal crept through the fence, ami
there he braced and hDllered ii d
hung on and dug in his toes for eng
hour, when neighbor arrived anu
ended the contest.
We are willing to take certain
amount OF stock in newspaper ac-
)unts of Western cyclones, but when
an Arkansas paper tells us about II
zephyr carrying bed quilt sixty one
miles, and then went back for the
sheet. we amt there =! Boston Globe.
"A youth of Hiberian extraction.
in chopping wood with a Ratchet the
other day, WAS 50 unfortunate as to
Craze the thumb of the left hand, with
which he was steadying the piece OF
kindling he was splitting. RuefuIly
gazing at the injured member, he re-
marked, ''begorra, it is good thing
didn't have hold Of the handle with
both hands, or I'd cut it off sure"
"A western editor received a letter
from an indignant subscriber, who
said; 4 don't want your paper any
longer" To which the editor replied:
THAT is all right | wouldn't make
it any longer if you did, because III
that case should have to buy a new
press. The present length just suits
me, and ] am glad it suits you" 1t
is to be hoped this soft answer turned
away wrath.
If one should give me dish Of
sand and say there were particles OF
iron init, might look with my eyes for
them, and search for them with nv
clumsy fingers and be unable to find
them but let me take a magnet and
sweep it, and how it would draw te
itself the most visible particles by the
power of attraction. The unthankfuI
heart, like my finger in the sand, dis,
covers no mercies; but let the thank.
full heart sweep through the day, and
as the magnet finds the iron, 50 it will
find in every hour some heavenly
blessings; only, the iron in Gods SAND
Is gold Holmes.
Only real friends understand
silence. With passing guest or cere
monial acquaintance YOU feel under
an obligation to talk; you make an eff
fort to entertain him as matter o
courtesy, YOU feel you must exer
yourself. But with a very dear or in
innate friend sitting by you there i
no feeling of the kind To be sure
you may talk if you are able. pourin.
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