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, 1884-03-06


A few days ago we reproduced an
article from the S. f. Chronicle, in
which the writer gave Port Townsend
credit for having contiguous farming
lands in quantities such as no other
town on the Sound could boast. In
the main, the article referred to was
correct, but we cannot allow it to
pass as entirely with our implied en-
dorsement, without word of expla-
nation We are proud of the fine and
extensive agricultural lands in Jeffer
son county, but justice to other towns
on Puget Sound impels us to give
them credit justly due. La Conner
has perhaps the largest and most fer
tile body of farming land, while Ia
coma is backed up by the famous
Puyallup valley; and other towns have
contiguous agricultural districts IN
proportion.
, 1884-03-06

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tcntion 70 her affair. i,siIv raritod
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and fovor,bIo nction
The woman suffrage question is
being practically tested at this term
of our local district court by ladies
serving as grand jurors. Consider
able comment is being made on the
fact of unsavory criminal cases com
, 1884-03-06

The Concrrs-.Hrll e#usfs. .u
public lands ha- agreed tr report
faycrabiy ou a Bil Co forfeit alI un
earned railroad lands II thn Giu
passes il viii certainly cause an mp,
roar III the Northwest where tho i'm
terests Of the public demand the com
Pletion Of partially built railroads.
1T may be that this committee husi
ness is only a blind; but if our Dem
ocratic Congress passes the measure,
the Pacific Territories will be lost to
that party irretrievably.
, 1884-03-06

It is said that a number of Demo
cratic aspirants for the presidential
nomination are trying to persuade
Uncle Sammy Tilden that he ought
to die and go to heaven and not be
fooling around in their way any Ion
ger. But the old man won't take the
hint, somehow; says his physicians
prescribe gentle excitement to en-
plcy his mind; and he rather thinks
another national canvass would help
his digestion. So it is pretty well
settled that the old gentleman won't
take the .nomination-unless he can
get it.
, 1884-03-06
British Bark STAR OF PEACE

From Melbourne, Australia.
NEITHER THE CAPTAIN NOR THE UN-
IN dersigneG agents of the above named yes
sol viii be responsible for debts contracted by
the crew
II. B. FRANCIS, Master,
RUfHCHILD & Co. Agents,
Port Townsend, March /, 1884.
, 1884-03-06

The time seems to be approaching
when a British consul or consular
agent will be appointed for Puget
Sound. As usual, of course, citizens
at Tacoma and Seattle want the off
Ger located at their respective towns;
but when it is considered that such
location would cause vessels at times
to go from Port townsend to the CON
sui, and then back for clearance, or
that the consul would have to come
to the custom house here to transact
his official business, the idea of To-
eating the proposed officer at either
of the up Sound ports named seems
absurd OF course he viii be sta
toned at Port Townsend, where he
ought to be. Puget Sound needs a
German consul, too. Our growing
commerce and increasing business
relations with Germany demand a
representative of that government to
reside among us
, 1884-03-06


LAwLEssNEss. "A new form of law
lessness recently manifested itself,
being nothing less than the invasion
OF British soil by a band of armed
men from the American side, and the
capture by them of o prisoner from
British authorities, and the hanging
of that prisoner in violation of law.
Mob law is always to be deplored,
even when the necessity for it is
urgent; but to carry such lawless,
high handed proceedings into for
eign country and interfere with the
workings of another government is
certainly without precedent in the
Northwest, at least. The Victoria
COtonist, representing the govern
meme of the province north OF us, is
justly indignant at the proceedings,
and says it will be made tho subject
Of international correspondence. 1t
is true that Mr.. Bell, an innocent, in
offensive American citizen, was bru-
tally murdered, probably for money;
il is equally true that the neighbors
and friends of deceased were in
famed with righteous Indignation
thereat; also that an Indian who was
undoubtedly the murderer escaped to
British Columbia; but he wes
promptly captured by the British au-
thorities, and was IN safe keeping
when he was forcibly taken from the
guard by band of armed and dis
guised men. To be sure, the lynch
ing party bad in view the tedious red
tape business incident TO the extra
dition OF the prisoner, the expense
aud delay of trial, coupled with the
uncertainty Of conviction on eircum-
stantiai evidence, sc. Then again.
swift and SURE punishment visited
upon one of their tribe, for such
crimes. has a Statutory effect upon
other Indians But even with all
this before them, the ill-advised rash
acsion Of the lynchers is greatly to be
regretted bay ali law abiding citizens;
ind we do not boiieye it will be sane
Toned by the general public. 1t is
especially unfortunate in that il may
do that which the perpetrators cannot
snslo.. More trivial affairs have
eaassd International war, and rup-
tGrs with Great Britain would not
L. desirable ly any means.
, 1884-03-06

The elements seen to be %, loose
over the whole country. With floods
In the Ohio valley, great blizzard
, 1884-03-06

The government has determined to
send an expedition to the relief of
1t. Greeley, who has been penned up
in the artic regions for three years.
Three vessels will go up the east side
of the continent. One of these yes
sells was presented to the government
by England, u courtesy given In re-
turn for the saving OF an English art.
&c exploring ship by q. S. sailors few
pears ago.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28
Kate FIELDS NOme,.

Kate Field has her views on women,
too, and they are not especially COM
plimentary either. "The marvel is" she
says, .that, considering their miserably
superficial education, which fits them
for nothing in this world or in the next,
women stand on as high plane as they
now do. 1t only shsws what mother wit
has done for them. Only short time
ago an enthusiastic Boston journalist
wrote to me In great glee because
Matthew Arnold had declared American
women superior to the men. I begged
her not to quote male foreigner on
such subject, as all that most men re
qu1re of women in society was receipt
iyity. Finding women more sympa-
thetic and adulating than men, even
clever Matthew Arnold would prefer
our women to our men, and hence con-
slders what he prefers superior to what
he does not prefer; but facts are stub
born, and can't be put away. So long
as housekeeping remains In its present
chaotic condition; so long as servant
galism is the chief topic of conversation !;
80 long as the woman who tolls is con-
sidered inferior to the woman who
dresses and does nothing; 80 long as
two codes of morals are tolerated, one
damning the woman and the other up
holding the man SO long as emotion is
cultivated at the expense of reason,
women will, AS a rule. be radically in
ferior to men. No pure, noble woman
hood can come from the present order
of society. There can be found no
grand men without grand mothers.
Therefore, this republic had better look
to its women. Beauty and style and
veneered accomplishments do not make
the woman"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28
A Theater for Amateurs.


Amateurs will, in the course of a
short time, have theater all to them
selves, where they may not only play at
acting but study it in earnest. II. G..
Hubert, of the firm of Hubert, Prison
q CO., architects, is the chief protector
of an enterprise which is to result in the
building in Fourth Avenue. next to the
Academy of Design, of the Lyceum
Theater. This house is intended TO be
for the use of amateurs, though spare
dates will be given to the highest order
of professional attractions. It will be
provided with special rooms for rehears-
al and instruction and professional
actors will probably be employed as
teachers. The theater will be hand
somely decorated and luxuriously fur
nished. The parquet, dress circle, and
balcony will have seating capacity of
500. There will be no gallery, but there
will be 16 boxes, II of which will be
owned by the directors. The stage will
be large and perfectly appointed, with
all the modern improvements ia the
way of gas, traps, siuks, floats, and plant
frames. 1t will be stocked with good
set of scenery, painted by first-class art
lists. The protector believes that this
house will lead to the existence of a
dramatic school which will have bene-
fetal effect upon dramatic art and will
be training place for budding talent
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28
Women rs Cream Collectors.

Mr.. l.. s. Coffin, of the Fort Dodge
Qowa) messenger, in giving notes of a
recent trip into the dairy country in
that vicinity saws: One of the most in
teresting facts noticed was two cream
gathering wagons driven by young
women. This struck me as the right
thing. These young women will be
neater about Swimming the milk and
caring for the cream, and at the same
time more reliable as rule than men.
This whole business of the dairy opens
up wide door for employment for
women. There is hardly anything
about it but what they can do, and do
it, too, much better than men. Let the
day hasten on when Webster County
shall see a million dollars worth of dairy
products yearly, and let the girls do
the work and get the pay.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28
HeirlOOnlS.
from the ST. James Gazette.


The original idea of an heirloom
seems to be very properly expressed by
the Saxon word which forms the latter
half of the name. LeOnO or gelOmo,
signifies member; and the most an
cient legal authorities declare that the
only articles properly included i'll the
description are integral parts of the in
herltance-that is to say, such as can
with difficulty be detached from the
freehold, or such as are most manifestly
necessary for the proper enjoyment
thereof. Thus the ancestral dining
table seems to have been always in
Guided; although until the reign of
Henry II. the ancestral armor was not.
Gravestones and mural tablets, though
not attached to the freehold, but placed
IN church, were very early deemed
helrlooms and 80 were all solid articles
which could be proved to have continu-
ally gone to the heirs, though not any
less substantial property as jewels. A
distinction of the same kind is to be
noticed in what may be called live heir
looms. The fish in a pond, ''such as
carps, breames, tenches, ETC., brought
by an ancestor and put into his pond
for store" go to the heir. They can
not easily be caught or removed; but a
pen of pheasants or hutch of rabbits,
even if the animals are not tame, belong
to the executor, for he has no difficulty
In walking away them, and the estate is
none the worse off
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28
The Silk Industry.

May is the time to begin, The leaves
of the Usage orange are said to be equal
to the mulberry, and there is no reason
why the management of silk worms may
not be part of the occupation of many
who are not capable OF performing more
laborious work. The silk industry may
not be very remunerative when con-
Quoted exclusively Though it certainly
produces return if it gives employ
ment to those desiring it), but the judi
cious management consists in dispens-
ing with fences and substituting hedges,
setting out fruit trees on the ground
and keeping poultry to assist in destroy
ing insects, to say nothing of an apiary,
which entails little or no labor in the
way of feeding or attention. The true
method of conducting such enterprises,
then, is to endeavor to combine several
together, as but little more attention is
required to manage a number than on
ly one Farm, Field and Preside.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28
Scenes in the Streets of Chicago,

From the Chicago Inter- ocean,
Since the dawn of the convention the
rivalry of certain shopkeepers in their
efforts to attract the attention of
strangers has been very remarkable. A
glance at the stores on West Madison
Street shows up the fact in unmistak-
able colors. If one storekeeper gets
possession of funny set of pictures or
an automatic advertising machine his
next door neighbor Immediately does
the same, with the result frequently
that the sidewalks are made impossible
by crowds of open-mouthed sightseers.
The rivalry is by no means without its
phases of humor. For instance, no
sooner did one storekeeper place on his
window large gilded trunk, which pur-
ported to be the identical fatal chest in
which Geneva accidentally locked her
self on her bridal day, several hundred
years ago, than his next-door rival set
up an old cheap clock with placard
stating that it was 1000 years old and
belonged to King Solomon. This piece
of practical satire was followed by an
adjacent restaurant-keeper exposing a
horseshoe, which was described rs the
one Gen. Washington lost at Yorktown.
But the most ludicrous case of rivalry
has occurred between two Hebrew rival
storekeepers near Halsted Street. One.
a clothier, advertised In his windows
that with every suit of clothes sold he
would give away a clock. Thereupon
the Hebrew jeweler opposite hung an
enormous placard alongside of a
wretched pair of trousers, and the pla-
card said: Here We give away peir
of pants with every clock" Now these
two co-religionists never speak to each
other as they pass by.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28
Good Horse Shoea.

Secretary j. E. Russell, of the Mas
sachusetts State Board of Agriculture,
IN the course of lecture. stated that
Marshal Bazaine told him in Spain,
several years ago, that Napoleon would
have escaped from Russia iii safety but
for the failure of the supply of his
horse-shoers. His horses, being with,
out shoes, broke down on the rough and
icy roads. and hence the disaster that
followed. He said he would himself
follow the French and Spanish method
of shoeing, which is never to calk a
shoe, even on the front, except for use
on the ice, and the calk should be re-
moved as soon as possible. The proper
shoe is broad and fiat and as light as
possible. He would put the strength OF
the shoe in the outer rim and use as
few nails as possible. The hoof is elias
tic and the use of an unyielding rim of
iron prevents its action. For this rea-
son the milateral method of shoeing-
the nails only of one sidc--is desirable
if light shoe is used. He would have
horse shod every month, aud three
weeks is better. He thought horse
owners would thus do more for the hui
name treatment of the equine race than
in any other way.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28
The Daily Scourge of Thousands

OF our fellow coun.rymen and women, dyspepsia
may be permanently stayed by the of Hostetter's
Stomach Biters, which, with certainty and rapidity,
initiates reform in the action of weak disor-
dered stomach. 1t promotes secretion of gastric
juice, which in the chemistry of the stomach acts
the par of a solvent; those twin obstacles
to tranquility in the digestive region, blousness
and constip alton, and remedies heartburn, hatu-
ence, sour bitter quotations, distention of the
al iomen, and other symptoms to which suff erers
from indigestion subject. Dyspepsia begets
s!eep'essness, causes vertigo, and produces chronic
irIitability. These sympathetic evidences of its
istence disappear through the influence of this in
imitabe medicine. DebilitatDg maladies which
entail loss of strength and flesh counteracted by
1t, and it is the finest known specific for fever and
ague and maiarial ailments in general. Kidney
troubles, uterine debility and rheumatism re-
heved by it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28
Coal Tar on Seed Corn

The number of crows is steadily in
creasing in the older Western states. In
some localities they are almost as plen-
tiful as in New England, and are be-
coming troublesome in the corn fields.
In going about the country one fire.
quently observes the Eastern devices
for frightening them away. These
'scare crows" are of some avail, of
course, but experienced farmers tell us
tarring the seed corn is better pro-
lection. The best way of tarring is to
place the corn in an old kettle, pouring
on the warm tar and stirring with a
paddle or long handled wooden spoon
until the kernels are well covered To
fit it for handling dry in plaster. This
coating interferes somewhat with using
the corn-planter, but where crows and
black-birds are numerous loss of time
in planting is far more than compen-
stated for by the protection afforded
Some farmers think coal tar prevents
damage by wire-worms and cut-worms
but the point is not well settled, Mice
certainly do not like, and, when numer-
GUS, tarring against them is worthy OF
trial
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28
Cooperative Society ut Turin.

The Dovere reports that at Turin,
Italy, under the wise guidance of lady,
Signora Marietta Ferraris, co-opera-
tive society of dressmakers, milliners
and needle women has been established.
Central work rooms have been opened,
to which only those who have been
members for six months are admitted,
and they first pass through an examina-
ton of their technical skill. The funds
will be divided into a reserve fund for
emergencies, q benefit fund in case of
sickness, a dowry HInd, and, most i'm
portant of all, the wages fund. The
workwomen receive regular wages, and
share proportionally In the profits at
the close of the year. The room in
which the young work-women are as
sembled is opened, and the enterprise
promises well and the shares are being
RAPIDLY taken up.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28

but thorough service until the corn is as
high as the cultivator will work. In
this way there is no fighting weeds.
They never get large enough to make
fight, but the ground is clean, mellow
and no foul weeds to perfect their seed
to SOW vicious crop for next year.
But recollect, all this cannot be had
If there is any intermission in the start,
either for wet or cloudy weather. 1t is
indispensably necessary if there be any
weed or grass seed in the ground, that
it be destroyed by the teeth of the har-
row before they make their appearance
above the surface. Suppression and ex-
termination is the way to win, not allow
the weeds to get large enough to fight.
= Iowa State Register.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28
THE GRAVES OF OUR HEROES.
BY MATTE d. MERRIAM.

Tread lightly; this is hallowed ground
Ground where the forms of heroes sleep
Where sin and sorrow trouble not,
Where angels loving vigils keep.
The dead are here; but not the dead
Whose lives were passed in dreams away;
These are the dead who gave to us
The glorious life of liberty
They babe adieu to loved ones dear,
With aching heart and heavy soul,
And turned away from every hope
That makes life precious to us all.
They marched toward the battlefield
With hope in heart and prayer on lip,
Brave feet to set on traitors ground,
Brave hands in traitors blood to dip.
They fought undaunted in the fray,
With proudest light in flashing eye,
Forcing back thoughts of home and love,
And marching on to fight and die.
They met their death like noble men,
To die as noble men can die,
Laying true hearts and brave young lives
Upon the shrine of liberty.
Remember that they bought with blood
The freedom that we now enjoy;
Broke for the slave his chains, and gave
glorious peace without alloy.
Ali surely record such as this
Angels must praise and bear to heaven;
Surely, on such Gods smile must rest,
And heavens crown to such be given.
Scatter the flowers tenderly;
The pure, sweet buds we offer now,
Scatter with love DER folded hands,
Ger silent breast and upturned brow.
So 10. them sleep in silence here,
Beneath the flowers we strew in love,
Feeling full sure God knows 1t all,
And gives sweet recomperse above.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28
Use the Cultiyator.

The use of the cultivator not only
loosens the soil, thus admitting the free
circulation of air and penetration OF
moisture, but keeps the grass and weeds
from securing foothold. Every blade
of grass is compelled to draw on the
soil for plant food, and when occupying
the ground intended for crops it becomes
matter of competition for occupancy
of the soil between the crop and the
grass. Weeds are especially severe on
land, as the majority of them are ex-
ceedingly rich in heterogeneous material,
thereby appropriating that element at
the expense of the crop.
If the cultivator is used freely, begin
ming at the period when the plants first
make their appearance, the ground will
always be in fine condition, and the
vexations incidental to the baking of
the soil thereby avoided Farm, Field
and Fireside.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28
4 Maniac at Large.

From the San Francisco POST
A passenger on the just arrived
steamer from Australia says that on the
second day out from Melbourne the pas
sengers were amazed to behold a little
swarthy-faced black-eyed man emerge
from his stateroom iu full jockey cos
tume-boots, whips, spurs, silk jacket
and all. In this attire he solemnly
paced up and down the deck for an
hour and then disappeared
The next morning the same party APP
peared attired in the half armor of a
knight of the middle ages, and the
same afternoon emerged in gorgeous
cardinals dress and continued his dig
nified promenade without speaking a
word to anyone.
The fact that these costumes were a
world too large for the wearer made this
masquerading the more grotesque, and
the passengers watched each transfer.
nation with increased merriment, until
it was suddenly whispered around that
the fellow was mailman who imagined
himself going to a perpetual series OF
masked balls, and that any opposition
to his delusion would provoke him to
Jury.
The strange passenger ratified the
nerves of the company very much the
next morning by appearing us Bedouir
Arab, armed with cruellookine
scimetar, but wheh shortly after dinner
he showed up Plete Indian, carrying
blood curdling tomahawk and scalp
ing knive, the women and children
| locked themselves in their staterooms
while committee OF gentlemen hunted
up the captain and fled an indignant
protest against allowing the maniac te
remain at large.
Maniac be blowedl" growled the old
sailor. Don't you know that Davidson
the actor, is on board?"
"What of it?"
"Why, that's his body servant. Hei,
simply airing his masters wardrobe tc
keep it from moulding"
And the committee "set 'em ND"