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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
Early Rising.


1t Is not necessary in this age of the
world for the farmer to rise IL the mid
die of the night and begin his work.
is relic of barbarism. 1t has made
hundreds of thousands of young men
curse the business. There is no need of
getting up at three or four o'clock in the
winter morning. The farmer who per-
sists in dragging his wife and Children
from their beds ought to be visited by
missionary. 1t is time enough to rise
after the sun has set the example. For
what purpose do you get up? To feed
the cattle2 Why not feed them more the
night before? 1t is a waste of life. In
old times they used to get up about 3
o'clock IN the morning, and go to work
long before the sun had risen with ''heal-
ing upon his wings" and as a just pun
ishment they all had the ague; and they
ought to have it now. The man who
cannot get living upon Illinois soil
without rising before daylight ought to
starve. Eight hours day is enough for
any farmer to work except in harvest
time. When you rise at four and work
till dark, what is life worth? OF what
use is III the proVedmacnlnery unless
it tendt to give the farmer a little more
leisure? What is harvesting now, CON-
pared with what it was in the Old time?
Think of the days of reaping, of
grading, of raking and binding and
moving. Think of threshing with the
hail and winnowing with the wind. And
now think OF the reapers and mowers,
the binders and threshing machines, the
plows and cultivators, upon which the
farmer rides protected from the sun. If
with all these advantages, you cannot
get living without rising in the middle
Of the night, go into some other bust
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
Doctoring Sick Trees.

All the books devoted to horticulture
contain directions for prolonged courses
of treatment for lame, crippled and sick
trees. Some OF them give illustrations
of the manner of conducting surgical
operations on trees injured by the wind,
agricultural implements, or animals aud
insects. Remedies are recommended
for curing chronic and acute cases of
disease. Various sorts OF bandages.
plasters, ointments and supports are
prescribed for trees that have received
different kinds Of injuries. Tree doc
tors who have not written works on
arDoreal diseases often recommend rene
dies and courses of treatment. There
are quack tree doctors as well as pro-
fessional tree doctors. Some of the
former compound medicines and sell
them at high prices. A few have made
fortunes by the sale OF nostrums. Now
it is generally bad economy to under
take to do anything to diseased brok
en-, or wounded tree. If it is small and
of common variety, the best thing to
do with it is to dig 1t up and throw it
away. The chances are that no amount
OF doctorlng will make a good, sound,
and vigorous tree of it. Its life may be
prolonged few years, bat it will gener-
ally remain stunted and sickly. If it
produces one crop of blossoms or fruit
it will ordinarily die from exhaustion.
The cost of medicine and treatment will
be much greater than the value of the
products. When it succumbs to q lin
gering disease there will bea vacant place
that must be filled. 1t would have been
better in every respect to have had the
vacancy occur before the remaining
trees became so large. Most varieties
of trees are cheap. If few of those
planted become sick or injured it is the
best plan to dispose of them as quickly
as possible.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
Millions in 1t.


From the Santa Fe IN. NJ Review-l
In the suit of the Palo Blanco Cattle
Company versus ex-senator s. w. Dor
sey, it appeared in evidence that the en-
tire expense of raising steer until he
was 4 years old was only So so, or 20
cents per head per year. This was as
serted by experienced cattle men to be
too high, and was the principal charge
of Encouragement made against Man.
ager G. d. Woolworth: it being claimed
that 45 cents per year ought to cover
such expense; or $3.50 for full grown
steer, which was proved by sworn evil
dence of experts in the cattle
business to be fully worth S35. 1t was
also proven that next year the company
would have 1000 full grown steers, and
that 5000 head of steers would be ready
for shipment and sale the year follow
ing. What do eastern people say to
such figures2 This is not rumor, but
sworn evidence; 1000 steers, costing
say 81 head and worth S33 to S35 each.
to be sold yearly, and the profits to be
divided among the stockholders. There
is more legitimate profit In the cattle
business than in any other, and that
business can be conducted more safely
and proiitably in New Mexico than IN
any other part of the United States.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
Not the Editors FauIt.

"See here, Mr.. Editor" said an irate
woman. coming into the sanctum and
leaving the door opon, "see here, what's
this in your mean little newspaper?"
"Really, madam, there is so much in
it, considering that it's only 50 per year,
in advance, with liberal reductions to
clubs, that l cannot at the first blush
tell you what it is"
''Well, don't talk your jaw off, but
tell me what you mean by this refer
ence to my late husband.
"Ah, madam, the good, kind soul who
died only yesterday"
1.-THE same one; you didn't think l
was planting one after each meal, did
yous'
"Hardly that, madam, but what do
you refer tor"
"WbT, sir, this passage in the
obituary where you say 'he was con-
signed to roasting place with his faith
ers.
"Ahem. madam, ahem; let me see,
and the editor grabbed the paper and
gazed lntently at the words. 81 beg
your pardon, madam; it should have
been resting place. and if you will
come down to the office this afternoon
you can have the scalp of amy internal
compositor in this Office, and / will tear
it off for you. We can stand some
things, but that style is too narrowing
on the feelings of a good paying sub
scriber like yourself.
She was pacIfied and got the scalp.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
Herefords and Shorthorns,

The close breeding given the Short
horns has not improved them in consti.
tuition, and while they are not deficient
in those points that answer all the req
uisites of good beef stock, yet the
Herefords are supplanting them grad.
ually for that purpose. This is due to
the benefits produced from an infusion
of fresh blood. The Shorthorns have
done much to change the character of
the common beef cattle of the West:
but, having been used too radically, they
have fulfilled only partial purpose.
A cross of the Shorthorn on the native
prairie cattle is violent one; and some
breeders have been disappointed IN
their expectations. In the first place
change of the character of the
stock partly necessitated change in
the quality of pasture, and a second
cross only made better pasture neces-
sary. Again, where the Shorthorns bad
been procured from closely inbred
families they were unable to impart all
the good qualities to the prairie stock,
which possess thestronger constitutions
The Holsteins, not being as finely bred
as the Shorthorns, and being uniform
in color, transmit their qualities with
more certainty. The use of Herefords
on the Shorthorn prairie cross, however,
has been excellent. The Herefords are
whitefaced breed, the white running
along the backbone, and showing itself
upon the tail, belly and brisket. The
legs are short and their bodies heavy.
They possess many desirable qualities,
such as docihty, aptitude for fattening,
activity. and the cows are not inferior
as mixers -Philadelphid Record.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
4" Going I'm Head -


The low school house stood in green wabash
wood,
Lookin' out on long levels of corn like a sea
little log house, hard benches, and we
Big barefooted boys, and rough 'uns, We stood
In line with the gals, and tried to get head
Atspellin' each day when the lessons was said.
But one Bally Dean, tall, bony and green
As green corn in the milk, stood fast at the foot
stood day after day, as If he'd been put
A soldier on gua I'd there, did poor Ball Dean
And stupid! God made him 80 stupid doubt
But guess God who made us knows what He's
anout.
He'd long way to walk, But he wouldn't once
talk
OF that nor the chores for his mother who lay
Ashakin at home. Still, day after day
He stood at the foot till the class gan to mock
Then to master he plead, "oh, I'd like TO o
head"
Now, it wasn't so much, but the way it was said
Then the war struck the land Why, that bare
footed band
1t just nailed up that door and the very next
day,
With master for capen, went marchin' away;
And Bally, the butt of the whole Wabash baud
But he bore with II all, yet once firmly said
When get back home Pun agoin u } head ~
Oh, that school house that stood in the wild Wa
bash wood
The rank weeds were CROWN white ghosts
The squirrels hulled nuts on the sill of the door,
And the gals stood III groups scrapin' lint where
And We boysl How we sighed; how we sickened
and died
For the days that had been, tor place at their
side.
Then one fever-craged and his better sense dazed
And duiled with heart sickness all duty forgot;
Deserted, was taken, condemned to be shot
And Bally Dean guardin' his comrade half crazed
SLOW paced up and down while he slept where he
In the tent waitin death at the first flush of day.
And Bally Dean thought of the boy TO be shot
OF the fair girl he loved in the woods far away;
or the true love that grew like a red rose of May:
ana lie stopped where he stood, and he thought
and he thought,
Then u sudden star fell, shootin' on overhead,
And he knew that his mother beckond on to the
dead.
And he sai1, what have /? Though live, tn
die,
Who shall care for me now ? Then the dali, muf
fed drum
Struck his ear, and he knew that the master ad
come
With the squad. And he passed in the tent with n
And the doomed lad crept forth and the drowsy
squad led
With low trailing guns to the march Of the dead
Then with face turned away tow'rd dim ST. eak of
day,
And his voice full of tears the poor bowed master
said,
As he fell on his knees and uncovered his head
" Come, boys, ii is school time, let us all prayr
And We prayed. And the lad by the coffin alone
Was fearless, was silent, was still q stone.
"In line" master seid, and he stood at the head
Bnt he couldn't 81 ak now, SO he drew out his
sword;
And dropped the point low for the last ia al word
Then the rifles rang out and soldier fell dead
The master sprang forward. God help u.s." he
said;
1t is Bally, poor Bally, and he's gone up headi'
-.ToGquiu Ni[lsr
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
Household Hints

OxALIC acid will almost always re-
move stains left By mud which cannot
be removes with soap aud water.
A FAsTIDfoUs convalescent may be
delud ed INTO taking more nourishment
than he knows OF. or Is willing to take,
by having the yelk of an egg stirred into
his cup of coffee. Beat the egg very
light.
If baby is hoarse at night, take "a
small piece of oil silk. rub little lard
or animal oil of any kind over it and
fasten it next to his skin over the chest.
Tt may be pinned with small safety pins
to his wrapper.
SPoNGEs which are to be used in the
bath room may be softened by boiling
few minutes in three waters. After
each time of boiling rinse it in cold
water, and put on the stove again in a
pan oil cold water
SCREENS are always graceful and
agreeable objects III room. They
quiet the glare of blazing lights, subdue
marsh angles, shut out unsightly views,
and, placed here and there about a
room, serve to give a charming variety.
A PRETTY cover for the table in your
el-room is made by using one OF the
large lace tides or pillow covers that
may be bought for q small sum. 1t will
be improved by lining. It costs less
than nice towel and will keep clean
longer, as the dust may be shaken from it,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
TWO, OR THREE +?
BY AVIS GRAY.

There are certainly three of us here tonight,
Though the table Is laid for two;
For see bs my side, in the warm freight,
The man married-and you
You come, the ghost of a far-of dream,
And sit between US, in space,
While the darkening rays of the embers CLEAN
In halo about your face.
This bondage-the death of my hearts repose-
Drops low, a morning-mist,
And there blossoms again a tint OF rose
On my face that your lips have kissed
Somehow 1t seems that he can but see
That we two no longer alone,
While your spirit is sitting close to me,
With my hand lying still in your own.
He raises the veil where our passion died,
And speaks of the long ago;
Does he know, do you think, how my lips have lied
Or how could 1t happen SO?
What II our lives for little time
Be bound, the soul goes free?
What difference If beyond frost and riue
compensation We see
revelation has come TO me.
That the plying Christ will give
The spirit back of our dead, to be
A comfort while ct we live.
You come through darkness, and Storm and rain.
Ny life finds its soace In you.
Thank God, there is rest from this weary pain,
And my hfe-work is almost through
feel tonight, while the storm walls low,
That a bark from the Other Side
Sets sail, to bear me where shall know
My sin has been puri fed:
And long for the hour of my spirits flight
For me, Life's pleasures are done;
Thee souls are here in this room tonight
To- morrow will find but one
Chicago Tribune.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
1t Was ApOplexy,

Iron the Detroit Free Pressl
81 like to know if I vhas protected by
der law?" he asked as he softly entered
the Central Station.
''Just as much as anybody else," re-
pied the captain as he looked up from
bis monthly report.
"Vhell, dis morning a man comes in
mein saloon und says he likes to get warm.
Dot vas all right, und l tells him to take
some shaire"
"Yes."
"Purty queck he begin to breathe
hard, like SOMEBODY running, und before
L Knows it he fall oafer und acts like he
vhas dying. 1 tell you dot makes sbills
go ofer me-"
Probably had fit"
81 tux SO, too, but before | can go
oudt doors two men comes in und one of
dem cries out: Dot vhas apoplexy like
tunder, und somepody go for a doc
TORI 7"
"And who went?"
"VheD, / doan like to hat some man
die IN mein saloon und leave bis ghost
to scare me, und 80 l put on my hat und
rush off,"
"Well?"
"Vhell. run two blocks und pack.
und den [ find out der shoke on me-"
"How?"
"Vhy, nopody was in der saloon any
more. D man gets vhell so quet ash
I vhas gone, und l miss six pint bottles
OF prandy."
"Ah!'
''Yes, dot vhas 'ah!' on me shust tree
dollar, und I like an officer to come up
und shtand at the door und hit somepody
NIT Club"
'He was promised that sharp look
out should be kept for the three men
described, and he went away saying:
Il Was more madt because dot vhas
praDdy mitout any water in i, upd l pc.
lief / lock up der blaze und go aroundt
nit some brass knuckles und look for
dot apoplexy man. II l find him no.
pody will eafer know dot something
struck him.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
The Wrong Side of the Meridian.

writer quantity terms 1.-THE wrong side of the merd-
ian, when the functions decay and the frame grad
ually bends under the weight of years, the system
requires to be sustained under the burden imposed
upon it. Innumefable physical ailments and infrm-
ties then press upon it to which it had been In
earlier life stranger. The surest and pleasantest
support and solace of declining years is found in
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters long recognized the
ost wholesome and agreeable of diffusible stimu-
lsnts, the most potent of tones and alternatives.
The aged and infrm may place implicit confidence
il thia inyigorsting elixir, which not only checks
those malGdes 10 which elderly persons are pecu-
airy subject, but IN measure retards the encroacb-
mel time IIpou the constitution
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
Her Revenge.
IRON the Detroit Free Pr. So

from the Detroit Free Pr ss.l
Seven years ago little girl about
years OF age entered street car on the
Woodward avenue route. The Ca
was crowded, and as she stood hanging
to the strap strange man crooked his
hngre at her and offered her a seat on
his knee. She scornfully refused, and
he II ghed cruel, sarcastic laugh.
She took steady look at him, 30 as to
photograph his features upon her
memory, and determined to be revenged
II 1t took hundred years.
The man probably forgot the crcum-
stance IN week, but not 30 with the
girl. She kept trace and track of him,
and the other week when she entered
the employ of the telephone company
she uttered chuckle of satisfaction
The insult of long ago was to be re-
venged. Two miles away the victim
rang up the office and called out:
Give me Cabiff, the grocer"
"Ca-who?" she replied.
"Cabiff."
"Who Is hep"
"a grocer"
"Where?"
ION Woodward avenue!'
ooh! you want Cabiff?"
"Of course do!'
he hears click, and stands and
waits and tells the children to shut up,
and finally hello drives into his ear.
"Hellol"
"HelIol"
'Helloi"
"Why don't you go ahead?" shouts
the voice.
"Who witb?"
"Why, with Saginaw"
"Who wants Saginaw l told YOU to
ring up Cabiff."
well, go ahead"
SIS that Cabiff?"
"Ies."
"Well, l want you to send me up five
pounds Of
A knife seems to clip the wire short
OIL. He waits a minute and then rings
up and the Office replies:
ooh, didn't you get through? Well,
go ahead
Say, Cabiff"
"Yes."
"Send me bushel of potatoes, five
pounds -r'
oiAPi hdS SaDIu AOWutI6.
rings up again and the reply comes:
Cant get Cabiff just now, Call you
up later"
"But / want to---''
Clipped again, and he stands there and
vents his spite on the box and trumpet
and the transmitter in way to wake
the baby.
Tomorrow it will be the same thing
over, and next day the wires will be
crossed, and the day after it will be laid
to vibration, and a month hence the citi-
zen's dearest friends will hardly know
him. Day by day and week by week
that girl will be stabbing him in a new
place, and some night new voice will
call through his telephone:
"Hellor'
"Yes."
81 want Blank, the undertaken
"Ah Certainly. Wait just one min
ute, please. Here he Is; go ahead.
Your telephone is working beautifully. :"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
he world would hear of her nav he "a.

the world would hear of her may be re-
allied some day, but just now Floy is
tie support of old age, and the com.
fnrter in its lonely hours. In the years
to come the sweet songs and ballads
that she sings for the audience at home
may be heard in concert halls and de-
lighted hundreds of listeners; for the
professor says Floy has to study little
while longer, when she viii more than
realize all that he has prophesied of
har
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
startling Figures.

Imagine million bottles standing in row
Imagine all these bottles filed with healing
balms Imagine one million Of suffering
mortals marching up and laying down Csc each
for all these bottles Imagine this vast army
cured and happy, chanting the praise 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. Ii
is fact that this old standard remedy, which
las been manufactured for more than fifty
years, is literally sold by the millions of bot
ties 1t is safe, pleasant and efficient reme-
DIV for the cure Of Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness.
whoopin9 Cough, Bronchial Affections and in
cipient consumption. Sold by all druggists at
25c per bottle,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
Nubar Pasha.

"Nubar" observes Times correspond.
emf, sis practically an Englishman. !"
What practically" means l do not
know. He is, in fact, an American,
who has acquired an enormous fortune
by stealing a good deal of the money
paid by Englishmen and Frenchmen for
Egyptian bonds, and of late years he
has lived much in Paris. M. Barrere,
the French consul general, had far more
to do with his appointment than Sir
EVELYN Barring. Barrere married his
Niece, en American lady given to politi-
cal intrigue. Nubar and Gambetta
were the official witnesses to the mar
rage.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
Selecting Seed Corn

farmer IN one of the eastern states
makes the following suggestions in a To-
Cal paper, which will be of al advantage
to cern-growers in all parts of the coun-
try. He says: l ever have been in the
habit OF rejecting the small and Imper-
fectly formed kernels from ears of seed
corn, and planting the well formed
mature kernels from the middle portion
selecting when husking in the fall
Tracing and hanging away under GOV.
er Tor curing, the very best, most per-
fact, well-tilled ears for seed. If any
ears having openings between the rows
OF Kernels near the butts, or the cob
protruded at the end beyond the kernels.
they are re iected, or If there is any 9th,
er lrregularity from the standard of the
variety. My theory is that selecting
only perfect, full-grown seed and on
good ground. well titled, where the
plants can find all needed plant food
within easy reach, will give good crops,
and that they will never deteriorate'
80 long as only the best is planted. and
this course If followed. Some farmers.
who seldom take pains to reject imper-
feet or i'll shaped kernels, grow very
fair crops, but in looking over their corn
as husked from the field there is found
a greater proportion of imperfect ears
and nubbins than L have usually found
in mine. Whether this is due to less
care In selection of seed or other reasons
| can not say, but am cognizant of the
TACT. The seasons have only partial eff
feet on the full development of the ears
OF corn, so far as l have noticed. On
good loan soil, we'll titled, seldom see
any, or much, defect in fertilization, but
majority of stalks bear one or more
ears we'll filled out to or over the tip of
the cob, not just such as / would save
for seed, but showing very little, If any :,
vacancies on the cob. l can see no
reason why we should plant all the ker-
nels from the ear any more than we
should take tor seed any or every ear
which ripens. The more perfect the
seed, individually, the more likely is the
product to be perfect, Is the principle
In improving wheat and ether grains
and plants, believe. We know that
what has been changed for the better by
selecting single ears and seeds and
breeding therefrom for term of years,
and such | believe to be the trus course
with any other plant which bears seeds.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01

ness. You should not rob your fam il
OF sleep. Sleep is the best medicine in
the world. There is no such thing as
health without sleep. Sleep until you
are thoroughly rested and restored.
When you work, work; and when you
get through take good. long and re-
fresh1ng sleep. Time and Har-
Dest.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
Imnortant Proclamation.

The Hon. Peter Bowe is Sheriff of the
City and County of New York. Re-
Gently, in conversation with one O. our
reporters, Mr.. Bowe proclaimed the fol-
lowing fact: 81 consider st. Jacobs Oil
an excellent remedy, and one that ought
certainly to find its way into every
household. Mrs. Bowe always has a
bottle of it there, and makes a family
remedy of it."-NeW York Evening
Tele0ra91
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01

DESPITE his denials it is said that
Thomas Harrison, the "boy preacher, -
is engaged and will soon be married to
Miss Griffith, wealthy young lady in
Indiana. MIR. Harrison will then prob,
ably give up at once his time-worn title
of superannuated juvenility, his "re.
vival'' work and it's accompanying $10C
a week, and go abroad for several years
travel.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
Farmers Folly.

Some farmers adhere, even against the full
light of fact and discovery, to the old-fashioned
folly of coloring butter with carrots, annatto,
and inferior substances notwithstanding the
splendid record made by the Improved Butter
Color, prepared by Wells, Richardson Co.,
Burlington, Vt. AT scores of the best sgricul-
tural fairs it has received the highest award
over all competltOrs.