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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27
Brass Band Music.


i
The music Of brass band is never
pleasing to me, " said an old physician
of Elmyra as one of the rink bands
marched by. IF it were convenient
for me to avoid it / believe [ would
never hear music of that kind, for tue
reason that such unpleasant memories
are recalled. | was surgeon during
the rebellion, and, as you doubtless
know, it was the custom to play the liveli-
est music at the close of battle or at he
end ola day fighting. The strains were'a
sorrowful discord with the moaning and
groaning OF the wounded and dying,
assure yon. Such experiences were fre-
quent. 1t may have been a necessary
means of cheering up those who
escaped the bullets and were
depended upon for work the
following days, but in the hospital every
note was accompanied by groan or cry
OF pain. SO wildly are those sad
scenes recalled by the music of brass
band that it is painful for me to bear.
even though many years have passed
since the days of the war"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27
THE GOOD TIME NOW.
BY HATTIE J. RAY.

We often hear the words expressed,
OF good times vet to be
Soemwhere within the future years
A good time we all shall see.
For each must find some happiness,
Ii is the lot Of every one.
Somewhere along this mortal lie,
Fer our race is wholly run.
A good time surely waits for all,
That is what some prophet says;
But think you not we Oft forget
That the best time is to-day?
We cannot see what clouds may rise
To obscure tomorrow : sky:
We'd best improve the present hour.
Than to wait the by ana by.
The present is as bright perhaps,
IS the future ere viii be;
The earth is Just a. green and fair,
And as beautiful the sea;
our tide Of life runs just as smooth,
And our hopes are quite as hlgh.
Ashley viii De in future days,
III he talked Of by and by.
No need to wait for future bliss
Which some prophet, sage, or seer
Has wisely told is just at hand,
Close within the coming year
But strives at once for that good time
That is said is drawing nigh,
Fer surely twould be better now
Than to wait the by and by.
As bright a hope VIII dawn to-day
As Will bless the coming years,
Then why should we rely upon
The said oracle Of seers2
It's better far to gain the prize
By our own true. earnest viii
Than TO wait for time to do the work
The bright future 10 fulfill.
This world il not a thing OF shame,
Without laws that govern we'll;
For all the voices of the air
OF mighty Godhead tell;
Who rules with laws by nature made,
Holds majestic cody sway;
Who never waits for coming time,
But improves the fair to-day
Then 90 not wait for future bliss
And remain III shadows drear,
And thil K. perhaps, some coming time
viii surround your life with cheer;
But grasp the present good that flies,
Some bright joys shall thee endow,
Whate'er tile future has in store,
Hold We fast the good time now
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27
When to Dig Potatoes.

Potatoes should be dug nearly as
soon as the tops have died down, no
matter whether they are intended for
marketing at once or to be put in the
cellar. If the cellar is cool, dry and
dark, they viii keep better there than
in the ground, and viii not be liable to
be spoiled by too much wet weather, as
they would be in the field; if the cellar
is not of the right sort, it will be better
to sell the potatoes at once, without re-
gard to the prospect of better prices at
Iater date Jonrnal Of Agricultnre.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27
Homemade Fertilizers.

All the loose bones that accumulate
on the farm should be saved, not to sell
bnt to apply IS fertilizers. If the farmer
does not keep sharp watch peddIers
may pick up these stray waits and take
them to cities where they can sell them
at one cent per pound. They are worth
much more than this to burn and crush
TO a powder, so as to spread on the
ground. = better plan is to break up
as fine IS possible, and then leave them
TO soak several months in I've from
wood ashes until thoroughly softened,
when they may easily be crushed
IJournal OF Agriculture.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27
Younp 1Ien-Resd This

THE voLTAIc BELT Co.. OF Marshall. Mich.
offer TO send their celebrated ELECTRO FoLrAIc
BELT ana other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES ON sli8I
for thirty days, to men young on Old ohlietsd
with nervous debility, loss of vitality and man
hood and ali kindred troubles. Al 0 for rhau-
matjs- 1eura ga, paralysis, and many other
Disc g. F0mplete restoration to health, vig5e
am ]. cd guaranteed. No risk is incurred
as Till days trial is allowed. Write them at
once for illustrated pamphlet free.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27
A Severe Netting

Is the too frequent precursor of a rheumatic at
tack. When The earliest twiuge is felt, combat
the approaching evil with Hostetters Stomach
Bitlcrs ami thus avert il. That fine blood de-
purent aud general regulator is a desirable sub
slitue for the fiery cZcitants of commerce, which
overhead the blood. disorder the stomach, and
merely produce eXhilaration without benefit. As
the medium Of reformation of disordeFly CON
ditou Of the stomach, bowels or liver, it is high
~ regarded from professional standpoint, and
its excellence as defense against malaria, and
autidote to it, is thoroughly established. To
multiply proof in behalf Of a remedy, the merits
of which are SO generally admitted, is of course
unnecessary. For over a third of a century, be-
meath the observation of the American people
and medical profession, it has been working out
its mission of good, begun when the prejudice
against proprietary remedies, now happily over
come, was strongly fell, yet no dissenting views
have ever been expressed about its efficacy
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27
..yo physic. Sir, i'm Mine.o

good story comes from boys boarding
school IN Jersey" The diet was monotonous
and constipstng, and the learned Frlnolpal deo
cided to introduce some old-style physlc III me
annie sauce and await the happy results. ohe
bright lad. the smartest in school. discovered
the secret mine in his auce, aud pushing BACK Us
plate, shouted to the ps1agoguo, mo phFsl
Sir. in mine sly dad told me to use nutnin p''t
d.. pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, and
they are doing Their duty ike charm! Ihey
are anti bilious, and purely egasaole.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27
WHY Ven DO Not hurry.
- 4 NeWnort Letter.l


1 counted sixty girls the other day
who will never marry. They a.e in the
service now. They are at every ball,
every reception. They drive their own
ponies; and again it takes two men, two
horses and coach to take them about.
They are pretty. with all the attractions
of youth, but they will never marry"
This was indeed startling forecast.
"And why?" "Their fathers are rich,
but they will not cut up well when they
die" This lady did not disdain the
modern short cuts in conversation.
"Old-fashioned love making has gone
ont Of the world Money seeks money
Lt IS the age of consolidation and cor
'porate companies. Beauty avails
nothing but TO attract attention. When
an engagement is announced you read
MIR. Martingale has fifty thousand in his
own right, and will inherit a quarter of
million from his uncle, and Miss
Beeswax has already inherited
through her grandmother, Mrs
Rosln, Il fortune independent of her
father Men know to a dot that the
sixty girls ] have counted over and
over on my fingers viii not only yet be
poor themselves, but they will have poor
sisters. One fact is sufficient 10 injure
a girls charms; TWO kill them. / will
tell you what is the truth. In Boston
it Is notorious that the girls of the
highest classes are marrying into the
ranks below them-the men they would
have once held in scorn. The men of
their own set, the club men, viii not
marry except for some great advantage
The men Of the eliques below find the
social steps worth their taking. For
the girls there is no alternative" ] will
not follow this good lady into ali the
digressions of her argument which
prompt her assault on the public school
system as the chief source of all these
evil days and those more evil yet to
come. One feels tempted to stop one
OF the pretty girls IL the dog cart and
urge her TO run IN search of a specially
against the future need, by which time
bric-a brac, painted china and embroid-
cry will not avail. Yet who could have
the heart to cloud these sunny hours?
Sufficient unto the day is the evil there
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27
Emerson and Father Taylor.

In one of her recent lectures at Bos-
ton, Emerson being the theme, Mrs. h.
D. Cheney relates the following as hay
ing come directly from Gov. Andrews,
of whom the words We're spoken.
Father Taylor was the famous sailor
preacher, and was known to and APP
preciated by Emerson Mr.. Emerson,
said Father Taylor to Gov. Andrews,
lis one of the sweetest creatures God
ever made. But there Is a screw loose
in the machinery somewhere, Where,
/ cannot tell. for I never heard II jar.
He must go to Heaven when he dies i;
for if he went to hell the devil would
not know what to do with him. Bat
still he knows no more of the religion
of the New Testament than Balaom' s
ass did of the principles Of Hebrew
grammar"
Mn II rrrN- Tnup ic ppOnDlqlOlQN OF
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27

Scovilfs Sarsaparilla, or Blood and Liver
Syrup, Is the remedy for the cure of scroGu-
lous faint, rheumatism, white swelling. &. Mt,
g0.tsr, consumption; bronchitis, nervous oebil-
ny, malaria. and all diseases arising from an
impure condition of the blood Certificates
c n be presented from many leading physicians.
ministers ana heads of families tarJUghou
the land indorsipg ScovilFs Blood ard Liver
Syrup in the highest terms. We are constant
" IN receipt of certificates of cures from the
most reliable sources, and We recomm end it 5
the best remedy for above diseases.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27
Low Prices for Butter.

The New York Tribune IN its market report,
explained why some butter is sold for sucn tow
prices. In speaking of butter it sad: Light
coiored goods are very hard TO dispose Of and
several lots were thought well sold at to ~
cents" IF butter makers would get the top
Color, made by Wells, Richardson & Co., b U-
lington, VI. Il gives pure daudeiion colos
and never turns red, or rancid. but tends TO
improve and preserve the butter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27

WHEN the Mason q Hamlin Company an
uouac q tie accomplishment Of q great i'm
moyemeat IN rIighr Pi1uos, when they would
Esoa glvc to the public much was expected,
because OF the vast improvements which had
cen effected by them in reed instruments, and
.ae 2ckuo.lCdged superexcellencs Of their or
cams. These expectations arc fully justified by
tha p.enos vlicA they are producing, which
have extraordinary purity and refinement of
TONE. Every mechanic viii see that the pecuI-
ialisies Of then construction must add greatly
to their durability and especially their capacity
10 keep in good tune.
This company have as great future IN their
pienos as they are already realizing in tier
organs, which are confessediy unequaled
among such instrnments.-Bo Boston IrdUeie9-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27

If Compound Oxygen were promptly used IN
an attack of Acute Pneumonia there would be
few deaths from this disease. lie action in al
laying bronchial and pulmonary irrit alton. re-
lievia8 congestion, aad restoring healthy Sc
creti0ps to tn mucous membranes most re-
marhable Wine 20 Drg. Star key s. PA.ea,
nos GIrsrd St, Piila.. for information ia re-
g.Ll U Ii. Ean-ELLanla traaLmanr
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27

EDITORS aIe probably cautious IN lending The
endorsement, Of their names and hgggoa, buJ
II. John HsaIn Of the Valley Se76Ws, S lav,
o., writes that Athlophoros gave his wife mosa
relief from rheumatism ana neuralgia than
anything she had ever tried. and she had tried
everything, hayls suffered for fifteen years.
Price 81 per bsttle. If your druggist hasn't it,
send to AtsIopLOros Co. lI2 Wall Street. " Y
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27
Fall Flowing.

We had occasion last year to note the
remarkable difference between laud
plowed i'll August and the first part of
September and that plowed in the
spring both pieces being sowed TO oats
the same day
We think 1t is the observation OF most
farmers that, other things being equal,
fall blowing insures a much surer crop
than spring, There are other advant-
ages; the opportunity to pillow deeper
and allow the frost TO ht the soil for
crops, the covering of weeds before the
seed ripep3; the better condition OF
horses for work, and the advantage of
having ground ready for the spring OPP
erations.
IN case of sod, it is specially adyan-
tageous to have the ground fail-piowed.
For these, and other reasons it is special
ly desirable to have as large breadth
of ground plowed as possible-the ear
lier it is plowed the better. We have a
fine crop III Iowa this year. 1t is time
TO prepare for a bouutiful crop next
year. Iowa Homestead.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27

For years and given mp by physicians of
Brght's and other kidney diseases, liver com-
plants, severe coughs called consumption,
have been cured.
Women gouR nearly crazy.
From agony of neuralgia, nervousness, wake
fitness and various diseases peculiar TO women.
People drawn out of shape from e1Cruclstlng
pangs of rheumatism,
Infsmmatorv and chronic. or sU ering from
scrOfula!
ErysIpessl
Salt rbsum, blood POISONING, dyspepsia, indiges-
ton, ana II fact almost all diseases frail
Nature is heir TO
Have been cured by Hop Bitters, proof Of which
cen be found in every neighJ0rhood in the known
world.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27

JOE JEFFERSON says the effect tina
playing one part great number o
times has on an actor is forgetfulness
of his lines. "a story is told, he adds,
"of an English actor, who, after playing
one TART for a very long time, forgot
his lines one night: It's very strange,
said the stage manager, when the actor
came off, that you are not perfect ia
that part by this time. You have been
playing it for 100 nights Well, said
the actor, do you expect me to remem-
Der it forever?' l think one part can
not be played too often if the actor does
not lose his interest in it. 1t is just as
it is with age. We are old according TO
our feelings, not our years"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27

haE 80 many pC0pl9 sI1k INTO u1tTmeIy graves
WIN we consider how they neglect their
health. They nave a dsordered Liver, de
gsuEad Bowels, Constipation. Piles or diseased
Kidu.,s, hut they let il so and tbInk they twill
gel over IT," It fr.ws worse, other and more
fsrious compile ti0us follow and soon 1t 10 too
late to save them. II such people world take
Kldley-Wort II would preserve their hves 1t
acts upon the most important organs purifying
the blood and cleansing the system, removes
aud prevents these disorders and promotes
baIIth
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27
Curious Facts About sills-worms.

A writer in Land and Water says the
ideas OF the ancients upon the subject
of the origin Of silk were rather vague,
some supposing 1t to be the entraiis of
a spider, which fattened fer years upon
paste, at length burst, bringing forth
It's silken treasure; others that it was
spun bg hideous horned grub in hard
nests Of clay-ideas which were not
dispelled till the sixth century, when
the first silk-worm reached Constanti-
nCple, introduced and cultivated, like
many other benefits, by the wandering
monks. From thence they were soon
imported into Italy, which for a long
period remained the headquarters Of
the European silk trade, until Henry
~. of FIR nee, seeing that the mulberry
trees were as plentiful in his southern
provinces Us III Italy, introduced silk
worm culture with great success. Kirk
by mentions the following interesting
extract from the Courier de Lyon"
1910, as showing the extraordinary
quantity of silk annually consumed at
that period: Raw silk annually con-
sup.ca there, 100000 ofkilogrammes,
equal 10 Z,2Oo,il4 IDs. EnglIsh, on
which the waste in manufacturing is
five per cent. As four cocoons produce
one graine (grain) of silk, 100000
GOO of cocoons are annually con-
sumed, making the number of cater
pillars reared CincIuding the average
allowance for caterpiilars dying, bad
cocoons. and those kept for egges), t,
292, 100000, The length of the silk of
one cocoon averages 500 metres Il ,526
feet English, 50 that the length of the
total quantity Of silk spun at Lyons is
6,51oUoo,ooaH90 Tor SIX and half
tnllious) OF English feet, equal TO four
teen times the mean radius of the
moons orbit, or 52,505 times the
equatorial circumference of the earth,
or 100000 times the circumference of
the moon"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27

The postmaster at North Buffalo,
Pa, Mr.. NJ J. Green, says st. Jacobs
Oil, the great pain conqueror, cured
him of pains in the head, and also of
frosted feet.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27
or, better, to a prevention OF the dis

order.
Enough has been learned. however.
TO give one certain preventive of eush
losses as cattle-owners have suffered
every year when cattle from the low
lands along the Gulf coast have been
driven north, aud that preventive is 10
keep the Gulf cattle on the roads fields
and ranges where unacciimatad cattle
may afterward travel or Craze. II
people will b1y cattle in the stock
yards during the warm months they
must bear the losses that will probably
come II those cattle are kept more than
Two weeks after exposure to infection.
Tut Yourself in the Horses Place.
1T Is worry aud not work that kills. -
Let every owner Of q horse think, when
he brings mis- team to the stable at
night, how much vital force has been
expended IN work and how much in
worry, and then strike balance. And
let hlm consider himself to be put in
the horses place, SO that he NAV better
know how it IS himself And thus:
A man goes out to work in the morn
ing, after having all night fought flies
OF the most pestilent kind, breathea
not, foul air, reeked in the sweat and
dust OF the previous days work, eaten
breakfast III haste, without any guf-
lcleht cleansing OF ais SKIN, and with
boots and clothing ili-titting and gall
ing the tenderest spots upon his person.
He Is then, from the tilthiuess of his
body, exposed ali day 10 the venomous
attacks of flies, whrch he fights with
hands and feet, but which, from the
exigencies OF his work, he can only
drive off for the slightest momenG, after
which cloud of them settle upon his
face and exposed parts and sting him
severely.
lie works on from hour o hour in the
broILIng sun without water to moisteu
his mouth or to qqench his raging
thirst until midday, when he rushes
home, swallows drink of dirty water
ma hastily eats a dinner in the foulest
smelling and worst ventilated part Of
his premises.
The afternoon is like the forenoon,
and after this has been occupied in the
same way the man, all foul with gathered
dust and sweat. eats his evening meal
as he dined, and lies down to rest, (?)
II he can, on filthy floor, in an apart
ment that is hot, close, and swarmiug
with flies, which he vainly fights as lie
catches an odd wink or so OF sleep.
And SO, de novo, from day to day he
lights it out on this line all summer
Then how much of the resulting wear
and tear IS due TO the worry and how
little of it to the work?
Something like this is the weary con-
dition ofthe average farm horse. No note
Is taken of the cruel lashing, the injudi-
clous feeding and watering, the torment
OF eheckreins, the hindrances OF blind
ers, the bad treatment of the feet by the
blacksmith, and other mistakes which
produce actual disease, nor of the truly
horrible nostrums and poisonous stnf
which are made use of as remedies for
these complaints.
Thinking Of these things who can
wonder that the average farm horse,
whose useful life is naturally from % to
30 years, gets into a hole IN a cor
ner of the farm and is consumed by
prowlng dogs in less than half his
allotted term Of hfe?- New York
Tribune.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27

A NOTABLE man at Cape May is All
Shong, 8 Chinaman, who is not squat
and mean, but tall, solid and command
ing. He is a Mandarin and wealthy.
He wears the dress of an American, but
his body servant, ever at his heels, is all
satin and embroidery in the bagginess
f Oriental garb.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27

HE hI0Ou WOMB Tun-FOT i've yeai5 I was a
great sufferer from Catauh. 3ly nostIlis were
so sensitive l could not bear the Ie8s. bit Of
dust; at times 80 tad the blood would run, and
at night / could hsrdly breathe. After trying
many things without benefit l used EIy's Cream
Balm. | SIN a living witness of its efficacy
Peter Bruce, Farmer. Ithaca, n. Y. easy
TO use price 50.)
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27

A LONDON dispatch says that Nine.
Elsso4 has signed a contract with Col.
AIapLeson to sing IN England and Ameri-
"a for - 100 a night. Strakosch has en-
eage tire whole company of the Theater
Apollo, Rome. tor three months opera
N IlAnlnn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27

Irs no secret nostrum. We speak of Dr..
Pierce's Extract of Smart Weed, composed OF
best French Brandy, Smart Weed. Jamaica Con
ger md Gamphor Water, ii cures cholera NOR
bus, colo or cramps in the stomach, diarbRa
dysentery or bloody fiux, and breaks up colds,
fcvers and infammatory attacks.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27

ers, on the sea-shore, by CasweIl Hazard q
Co., New York. 1t Is absolutely pure and
sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer
It to all others. Physicians have decided it
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27

Mrs. CLARA ERsKTNE CLEMENT, now
the wife of Mr.. E. n, Waters of Boston,
and a well-known writer on art, viii
spend the winter in Florence. italy.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-27
4 REVIVAL emanating from

A REVIVAL emanatlng from the
highest quarters is that of the locket or
pendant worn at the throat with open
dresses-one of the few ornaments
suitable and becoming to all ages.
Nothing unites richness and simplicity
more than q gbitteaing diamond pend
ant or cross depending from narrow
velvet neckbard and worn with a cling
ing trained evening dress, of pure white
lace or tulle. One in black is equally
efeetiye.