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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
LEGEND OF EASTER MORN.
BY G. ALBERT CUTTER.

The earth still trembled- all as yet was dark,
The storm that swept the earth had left1ts marx;
Yet in the east the mighty king Of day
Was peeping forth to drive the shades away
When, needless of the terrors of the gloom,
Sweet Mary FASTENED to the Savior's tomb.
Her bleeding heart more keeny felt the loss
OF Him who gave His life upon the cross.
Weeping she ca me, with spices for the dead.
To lay her of'ripg at her Sayior's head.
Ere she reached the tomb, the legends say,
A thornbush, growing, stood just IN the way,
And in the bush dove had built her est,
And sat with four white eggs beneath her breast.
Gazing beyond the bush. where Jesus lay,
Mary beheld the great stone rolled away,
And in the depths she saw the empty prison.
With glad surprise she shouted Christ is risen ~
The frightened dove rose quickly at the cry,
And, futt'ring for moment, sought to fly.
A cruel thorn had meanwhile pierced her breast;
With plaintive cry she sank back in the nest,
Then heavenward rising on her graceful wing,
Poured forth a song of gladness, " Lo, the King'
The blood that trckled from her breast had spr
Over the pure white eggs, and stained them red.
And Mary saw another heart had shed
Its precious life drops for the risen dead.
Hence the custom in every land and cline
Where the story is told at Easter time,
We color eggs in memory of the love
OF gentle Mary and the plaintiye dove.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
Site for an Apple Orchard.

4 Michigan apple-grewer advises, in
selecting a site for anapple orchard, that
the soil be good and the drainage per-
feet; that the altitude be high enough,
as compared with surrounding land, so
that the newly discovered but indis-
pensable qualification, atmospheric
drainage, be perfect also; and that it
have not too near protection from the
winds. He has found that where winds
have swept over his orchard the most
freely, there was the best bearing por-
ton, and there are the best trees to- day.
Apples of an attractive appearance,
with passably good quality will sell
more readily, and for higher prices,
than those of the best quality without
the ''good looks" Late-keeping winter
kinds are as good for fall marketing, and
much better for spring market.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
AbSinthe Drinking.

Pans Cor. Philadelphia Press.1
There are hundreds of cases of invol-
untary suicide by absinthe month after
month, which are passed by as unno-
ticed as cases of death from phthisis or
pneumonia, The first example, how
ever, of voluntary destruction by the
absorption of that fiery liquid was wit
messed the other day by numerous spec
tators III one of the Partisan wiue-shops.
An ouvrler, who had been for some time
out of employment, was at last driven
to despair, and resolved to put an end
to his wretched existence. In order to
carry out his fell purpose he entered
the drinking saloon in question, and,
seating himself at one of the tables.
called for glass of absinthe, which was
readily supplied him. A few minutes
after he had had the beverage, he tooh
advantage of the proprietor's and wait
er's absence to abstract from one of the
shelves over the counter quart bottle
full of absinthe, which he immediately
drank off with as much facility as he
would quart of wine, if we are to credit
the sayings of few who, not knowing
what the bottle contained, were wit
nesses of the entire proceeding.
Scarcely had he finished this operation
than the wretched man fell back swoon-
ing on his seat, and became prey to
the most alarming commissions. His
features became suddenly livid, the
color OF his eyes changed to a CHASTITY
pale, and his eyes rolled in his head
like those of mailman. Medical as
sistance was, without the least DELAY.
procured, but it proved quite impotent.
for the doctor had barely arrived when
the sufferer died IN the most atrocious
agony. This painful case will probably
awaken the authorities to a sense of the
danger accruing from the unrestricted
sale of absiuthe in Paris. For several
years past appeals were made in vain to
government either to prohibit the sale
of the deadly poison altogether or place
such high embargo on it at the Octri0
that it would be impossible for the
poorer classes to have resort to it at all.
People might consider that it would be
unjust to deprive the poor of privilege
which, by The latter procedure, would
be solely enjoyed by the rich or fairly
weli-to-do classes; but it is a notorious
fact that, proportionately speaking, alb
sinthe Is drunk in far larger quantities
IN the humble than in the other strata
of society. One has only to enter the
VINE shops in the working quarters of
Paris Immediately before dejeume, or
dinner time, to put to the test the truth
OF this statement. Hundreds of curriers'
at the houses imbibe glass after glass of
this whitlsh green fluid, poisoning them
selves slowly but surely, without the
least interference on the part Of those
who should be the guardians of the peo-
pies welfare. 1t is to be hoped that
steps will soon be taken to diminish the
sale of this noxious stuff, which of late,
as hquor statistics demonstrate, has
been enormously on the increase, not
alone In Paris, but everywhere through
out France.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
A Quick Application.

tFrom the Rome Sentinel.l
Nothing in the paper to-day"
What's that? Nothing in the paper2
Nothing particulriy interesting to you,
perhaps; but plenty to interest the next
man and dozen others, 1 dare say.
''But | could do better myself" Beg
pardon, but l hardly think trial would
verify your assertion. You remind me
of the old lady who called on her pastor,
and found falut because his.sermons were
not interesting, saying that she could do
better, and would prove it if he would
furnish text. This he proceeded to do
by giving out the following: SIT is bet
ter to dwell IN corner of the house top
than with brawling woman in wide
house. ''Do you mean me, sir?" sharp
ly asked the old lady. "Oh, my good
woman, replied the parson, "you will
never make good sermonizer. You are
too quick in your applications.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
A Wonderful Navigator.
[From the Boston Youths Companion.

[From the Boston Youths Companion.l
A capital story is told by Capt. w. q.
Parker of one of his shipmates, whose
audacity was so great That it enabled him
to escape the consequences of many mis-
takes. The name OF this young gentle
man was j. Hogan Brown:
Brown was the navigator OF the brig
Perry, and on passage from China to
Mexico he allowed the chronometers (by
which they found the longitude) to run
down. They were bound to San Bias,
and running to make Cape st. Lucas,
which is high and can be seen long
way off.
The Captain, Jot Stone Paine, was not
told that the chronometers had run
down, and that they were depending on
dead reckoning for the longitude.
Brown got on the parallel of the cape,
and steering due east, kept a good look
out ahead. He kept a foretopman at the
masthead, with orders to come down and
tell him quietly when he saw the land,
and not otherwise to announce 1t, prom
Using him suitable reward. Accord
ingly, one day, shortly before IL o'clock,
the foretopman came down and reported
the land in sight from aloft. He was
told by Brown to return to the mast
head, and when one bell was struck to
report it in the usual manner.
A little after II o'clock the captain
came out of the cabin and said:
"Well, Mr.. Brown, when do You think
we will make the land?"
eve shall make the land, SIR" said
Brown, sat haIf-past II o'clock" Zone
bell.)
"We will, eh?" said the captain.
eyes sir" replied Brown, in his most
pompous manner; sat half-past II pre-
cisely."
Just then the bell struck, and the man
at the masthead roared out, In stento-
rian voice, Gland ho!"
Wonderful" said Captain 10; ''that's
the most remarkable landfall l ever
made~ and he afterward told the First
Lieutenant that ne considered Brown
one of the most skillful navigators he
had ever met.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
I see her bathed in the sunlight food,
Frost.

"We do not" says the City and
Country, appreciate how much the
frost does to set at liberty in the ground
the plant food that may be locked up
in it. Water, in freezing, expands
about one-eighth of its bulk, and with
tremendous force. Water, if confined
in the hardest rock and frozen, will
burst it asunder. The smallest particles
of soil, which are really but minute bits
of rock, as the microscope will show, if
frozen while moist will be broken still
finer. This work will go on all winter
in every part of the soil reached by the
frost; and, as most soils contain more or
less elements that all growing plants or
crops need, good freezing is equivalent
to the addition of fertilizers"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
Gospel of the Farm.

Instead of planning how you can buy
that adjoining farm, and how you can
make the wife, girls and boys scrimp
and save to pay for it, depriving them,
not only CT the comforts, but of many
of the necessities of life, that YOU NAV
die owner of a few more acres, it is much
better to study how you may arrange
the barns, or build a new one If neces-
sary, SO that you may feed few steers,
and few sheep and lambs, or feed and
milk few cows. anything or everything
to increase the manurial supply till you
have enough to bring every acre you
have to its highest state of productive
ness. 1t takes no more teams, time or
labor TO cultivate rich acre than poor
one, and there is a great deal more
money-and satisfaction too-in one
acre highly MANFRED, and heavily
cropped than in two half MANFRED, and
growing ordinary crops. No farmer
SHOULD be satisfied with any crop he ever
has produced, no matter how large; but
should continually strive for something
to excel all previous yields. Nea0
Yorker.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
buds begin to open; but it will be seri-
ously checked If the work is done later

buds begin to open; but it will be seri-
ously checked if the work is done later.
The effect in young trees shows the
principle which governs growth in larger
trees connected with pruning at the diff
ferent times. 1t is most strlkingly ex-
hibited in all newly transplanted trees;
most of all in young cherry trees, which
are severely checked by summer prun-
ing and often killed by it; and least of
all in peach trees, which have more DOW
er to recover from any check given but
even these should not be pruned in sum-
mer, unless the work is lightly done, or
unless in trees of great vigor of growth
where some check will do them no harm;
or sparingly in young nursery trees to
reduce them to shape.
The most common difference of opin-
ion among orchardists, In in relation to
pruning bearing trees. There is
suffi cient mass in large trees to support
growth to new shoots with less check
than in smaller trees, and rule COM
monty adopted is to prune in June,
when the wounds will soonest heal over,
and there will be less emulation of sap.
This rule will answer for such trees as
are growing rapidly, and which will bear
some check. But it is not adapted to
trees of slow or feeble growth. The
same principle controls growth in large
trees as in newly set young trees as al.
ready explained, although less in de-
gree.
The summer wounds may heal over
soonest, but it does not always leave tine
tree IN the best condition. Expert
ments made some years ago. by cutting
off a limb in every month, showed after a
growth of five years by cutting into
each, that the central wood was least
decayed in the trees that were pruned
in February and March, and most SO in
these cut in June and July. The winter
made wounds dried and hardened best.
This experiment is easily repeated, and
it may give useful information to Or
chardists if oftener tried. But it should
be remembered in all such experiments
that heavy pruning at one time is never
desirable. - Cuttiuator and Country
Gentleman.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
Nebraska as a Fruit State

A writer in the Cultivator and Coun-
try Gentleman is confident that Nebras-
ka will be the best fruit-growing state in
the West. He says: 81 find that four
counties in the southeastern corner of
the state produced last season 250,O 900
bushels of apples. To show the profit
of growing fruit, one instance will Illus
trate many others: A farmer of Pawnee
County IN 1871 invested S156 in trees,
grapevines and small fruits, which have
been in bearing for some years. The re-
ceipts last year were, for apples, 500;
cherries, 5000; grapes, $50 (this was
the grape product for the past seven
years.; total, 81, $50, without small fruits.
j. 81. Masters, of Nebraska City, picked
5000 bushels of Winesap, Jonathan,
Ben Davis and other standard apples
from eight acres; price received, 70 cents
per bushel. Cherries were not hurt by
the past winter, and are full of buds.
Wilson blackberries (half hardy are all
right. Persimmons bear well. Young
trees six feet high have not been injured
by % degrees below zero.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
Seed for Pasture.

cit occasionally happens" we are
told, "that pasture must be plowed in
order to obtain good sod, free from
weeds. In that case it is important to
seed well great variety of grasses
adapted to pasturing. A square foot Of
sod taken from rich natural pasture.
such as was capable of fattening one
large OK and three sheep to the acre.
was found to contain 200 grass plants
on the square foot, consisting of twenty
different species. For seeding land for
permanent pasture, Charles Flint, in
his work on Grasses and Forage Plants. ,
recommends mixture as follows: Mead
ow fox-tail, two pounds; orchard grass.
SIX pounds; sweet-scented vernal, one
pound; meadow fescue, two pounds; red
top, two pounds; Kentucky bluegrass,
four pounds; Italian rye grass, four
pounds; best perennial rye grass, six
pounds; timothy, three pounds; rough
staJked meadow, two pounds; perennial
clover three pounds; and white clover.
five pounds-making in all forty pounds
of seed per acre. Such seeding would
allow a little over LOO seeds to the
square foot"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
Pulmonary Consumption.

DEAR Em-I received the trial bottle Of your
White Wine of Tar Syrup which you sent to my
address. My wife has been troubled with q
lung disease for more than eighteen years, and
was pronounced to be last January In the last
stages of Pulmonary Consumption. She COM
menced taking your valuable medicine aud re-
celved relief at once. She has used three
bottles since and is now using the fourth, and
her health is better than for many Years. We
cheerfully recommend 1t to all afflicted with
any trouble of the throat or lungs. We now
get our medicine through John Potter, our
merchant at this place.
Yours respectfully, Rev j. 3. FLY,
Brookline Station No., SUSAN E. FLY.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
Time for Pruninc

The frequent inquiries and occasional
mistakes made as to the best time for
pruning orchard trees, induces us to re-
cur once more to the subject, to show
that no fixed or blind rule can be
adopted, applicable alike to ell coadi-
tions. The effect of reducing the
branches, or of cutting them back, is
most conspicHously shown in young
trees, and most of all in those which are
newly transplanted. A newly set tree.
which has its shoots shortened to conn
terbalance the necessary mutilation of
roots. will be improved or accelerated in
growth II this pruning is done in spring
before growth commences, or before the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03

"THE old skinhint, what do you sup
pose he offered me to become his private
night Waterman ?" said passenger IN
Hiddlesex horse car last night to his
companion. Eight dollars a week!
He's worth three million if he's worth
cent" cts wonder he isn't robbed, !"
rejoined the friend addre ssed, "or his
factory burned down." "Do you know
what would do with him if [ had my
way % said No. 1. "What, tar and
feather him ?" "No, make him con-
frmed dyspeptic," coolly responded the
fellow who was offered the munifcent
salary. The fellows talked in a loud
voice, and as the car was crowded the
conversation, with the dire penalty
named. created cOnsiderah merriment.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03

Mr.. Isaac C. Chapman, druggist, Newburg,
N. Y, writes US: 81 have for the past tea
years sold several gross of DIR. Wn,. Halls
Baisam for the Lungs. can say OF it what
cannot say Of any other medicine. l have
never heard 8 customer speak OF it but to praise
its virtues in the highest manner. l have
recommended it in great many cases Of
whoopiDg cough, with the happiest effects. 1
have used it ill my own family for many years;
in fact, always have bottle in the medicine
closet"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
Iudios I'm Anerica

long before they reach middle age, frequently
find themselves suffering from some OF the
and weaknesses peculiar to their
sex. For all such Kidney-Wort Is great
boon. II induces healthy action OF the Kid
ueys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the SYSTEM
and strengthens and gives new life to all the
organs Of the body. II Is natures
great assistant in establishing ana SUSTAINING
Reslth. Sold By ell druggists.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
Swept and Devastated by the Floods,

The land inundated by them, will prove unusually
fruitful Of malaria for the retiring waters leave
posthumous evil miasmatic vapors which, hanging
like pail above the saturated earth, fever and
ague, bilious rernttent and diseases equally malg
nant There is protection, however,, to be
found in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the ruling
remedy and chief preventive of disorders caused by
miasma- Since the Bitters is tonic of perfect
purity, and means of regulating the system
well as renewing strength, it is admirably fitted to
the wants of the debiltated, bilious and nervous,
who are i'll fitted to encounter climatic influences
unfavorabe to health. Rheumatism, disorders of
he stomach. liver and bowels, kidney and bladder
ailments are eradicated by this safe, agreeable and
benign remedy which specially commends itself for
family
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03

MANY who long suffered from understandable
feelings of Distress lame back. aching joints,
sores, swellings, weakness Of the urinary and
digestive organs, unnatural feelings of weari-
ness, headache, nervousness. dependency,
sleeplessness, disturbing dreams, partial i'll
sanity. etc., after doctoring liver, kidneys,
nerves, and brain with the various quack
nostruris of the day, and being nearly fright
ened to death by their alarming advertisements,
quietly begqn using DR.. Guy sott's Yellow Dock
and Ssrsspsrils. and were agreeably surprised
TO quickly find themselves restored to perfect
health. No other remedy equals it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03

A CORRESPONDENT Of the Palatka
Ola News writes that paper that sal
..sator steak" in taste, much resembles
black bass, is little drier. and slight
degree stronger, but if placed upon the
table as fish but few could detect ii.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03

FoR dyspepsia, indigestion, depression Of
spirits and general debility, in their va
rious forms, also as a preventative against
fever and ague and other intermittant fevers,
the Zero hosphorated Elixir of Calisaya,
made by Caswell, Hazard Il Co., New York,
and sold by all druggists, il the best tonic; and
for patients recovering from fever or other
sickness, it has no equal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
Butter Buyers

everywhere are refusing to take white, laTdy-
looking butter except at "grease" prices. Con
sumers want nothing but gllt-edged butter, and
buyers therefore recommend their patrons to
keep uniform color throughout the year by
using the Improved Butter Color made by
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, VI. 1t ls
the only color that can be relied on to Dever
ipjure the butter, and to always give the per-
feet color. Sold bv druggists and merchants.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03

SHAKESPEARE, says critic, would not
be able nowadays to create an Othello
who would listen to lagos insinuations,
because no gentleman nowadays would
allow such calumnies, and the gentle
man has driven out the man.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
American Art.

Photographs, Engravings. etc, can be e1quls-
itey coiored with Liquid Art Colors made from
Diamond Dyes. Full directions for this beauti-
full art work, with handsome colored cabinet
photo, sent to any address for 10 cents.
WELLS & RICHARDSON CO., Burlington, VT.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03

CAN safely recommend Ety. Cream Balm
for the cure Of Catsrrh, Cold l. the head, etc;
Before have used the first bottle purchased
find myself cured. At times couio scarceiy
smeII ANYTHING and had q headache most OF the
time. HENRY LILLY. Agent for the American
Express Co., Grand Haven, Mich. (Price 50c.)
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03

LAST years fashions are out Of date. but
last years friends are still our own. This is
why Mrs. Pinkhsm's Vegetable Compound
never loses favor; every lady who knows its
worth (and who does notO feels that the kind.
l. face of Mrs. Pinkham is that OF an honored
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
'RoUEH ON Coughs" Troches: 15c; Liq
A Word of Adyice-

Mothers. the best dressing for children's hair
Is Carbollne, made from pure petroleum,
thoroughly deodoriZed and delightfully."- per-
fumed. 1t makes the little ones hair soft,
silky and glossy; it also eradicates dandruff and
Is sure death to parasites. Try it and you will
never be without it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
At the Bars.

We stood at the bars as the sun went down
Behind the hills on a summer day;
Her eyes were tender, and big, and brown,
Her breath as sweet as new-mown hay.
Far from the west the faint sunshine
Glanced sparkling from her golden hair;
Those calm, deep eyes were turned on mine
And look of contentment rested there.
see her bathed In the sunlight food,
see her standing peacefully now;
Peacefully standing and chewing her cud,
AS rubbed her ears-that Jersey COW.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03

LAST winter. / found positive relief from
Catarrh with Eiy's Cream Balm. Was troubled
for years. l have no doubt thorough use of
Z cam Balm will cure great ma jority OF cases.
E. ID. NORTON Ithaca, n. Y. (See adj
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03

On farm near Chico, Cal, are now
growing 1850 peach trees, 5,465 plum,
3, 900 apple, 3, 900 apricot, l, 1876 pear, l.
675 cherry, $500 almond, 60 ounce, 80
fig, $4,000 grape-vines, and acres OF
black berries
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03

ALIENS Iron Tonic Buffers invigorate the
Liver All genuine bear the signature of j.
7. Alien. Drngeists, St Paul. MINI.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
Odd Suicides.

David s. Rawlins of PHILADELPHIA
Killed himself by beating HE head with
a stone.
Miss Mary Thompson of South Abinp-
ton, Mass, hung herself because she
was suffering from neuralgia.
After bequeathing her body to the
doctors, klza Fitzpatrick of Sandusky.
her throat with handsaw.
euBenlamIn Buckwater of Lancaster
Pa. hung himself because he imagined
he had wronged the Mennonite Church.
OF which he was a member.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03

ALL disease breeding elements are eradicat-
ed from the human system by Samaritan Ne1'-
min
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03

The increasing sales of Piso's Cure attests
is claim az the best cough remedy.