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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
Danger in Barbed Wire.

The question comes up: Is there anv
way to prevent the harm which barbed
wire may cause to live stock? We answer
decidedly IN the affirmative. We have
used the wire for years, and never found
the least difficulty or danger. There are
several modes. For smooth, nearly level
helds, pillow deep furrow on each side
OF the wire fence, or rather pillow several
burrows, so as to make one broad and
deep one on either side, throwing as
practicable toward the line of posts, and
finishing the work by cleaning ont by
hand the bitches thus made. This work
Is performed at comparatively little cost.
and has three advantages of draining the
line banking against the posts SO that
they need not be set SO deep, and max
ing visible barrier which will induce
horses to check their speed and stop be-
fore they reach the fence. They will
not pitch heedlessly into ditch and
against a bank. They are always
brought up before they reach the line.
Another advantage is that the ditch and
bank combined together are as good as
two bottom boards, and a smaller mum
Der of wires are nedeed to complete the
ieuCo ABOVE.
Another mode. where there are plenty
OF scattered or cobble stone over the
adjacent fields, is to make them a low
hat wall, say about two feet high; set
the posts in the line of this wall, and
attach the barbed wire to them. The
wall becomes visible barrier, and will
repel the approach or animals, for they
have special dislike to step on a mass
of small stones.
A third mode is to place two or three
wires inside of hedge, the branches
and seams of which will hold the wires
IN place as the hedge increases in growth.
A poor, thin hedge, of small growers, is
thHs made into an efficient barrier and
the hedge is sufficiently visible. Strong
growing hedge plants are not wanted for
this purpose, for it would require too
much labor to keep them cut into
proper shape. There are other modes
for removing the danger, but some of
the preceding may be employed in nearly
all cases, and the fences will be compar-
atively cheap in construction. -Couatry
Gentleman
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
The old Country Circus.

Inc Oiu
How dear to my heart is the show of my childhood,
The old country circus my infancy knew
In these days of three rings, OF hippodromes, rail-
roads
How fond recollection presents thee to view!
For weeks wh lie the posters on fences and church
sheds
Portrayed to my young eyes the scenes that
should be,
No soft thrill of love, no throb of mbition,
Has since equaled tho bliss l gained dreaming
of thee
How faithful worked in the ways that presented
To gain the few pennies my ticket should buy
No toll was so sweetened-no reward so stipend
No miser cherished his hoard as did /,
How fair the sun shone on the glad day APP
pointed
How rife with strange hustle the sleepy old
town
And, when DER the hill came the rumblinp of wag-
The bound of my heart said /: :" The circus has
come I"
The old country circus, the faded old circus,
The one-korse old circus my infancy knew
What pageant of now can that "grand entry y
compass
What wit of to-day like those jokes of the ring ?
And those divans of pine boards-such ease ORR
entail,
No reserved cushioned chairs of the present can
bring.
One elephant only, satisfying, majestic,
NOT Jumbo, nor sacred, neither painted nor
Take them all, and the whole gilded, fraudulent
humbug,
For single return OF that honest delight
ne old country circus, the wandering old circus
The shabby old circus my infancy KNEW
N. Y. Journal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
Working a New Line.

ltrom the Detroit Free Press
A tramp struck Detroit the other day
who will grow rich where others of his
class will freeze and starve. 1t has long
been a wonder that none OF these men
seemed to know how to take human nat
ure, but here is a man at last. He was
yesterday working several streets in the
northern part of the city. He made calls
at the front door. Selecting his house,
and when his ring was answered he
would remove his hat and inquire:
beg pardon, but is this place for
sale ?"
"No, sir"
"Ah excuse me. 1 was told that it
was for sale, although / could not I'M
derstand why you should want to part
with such fine property. This is one
OF the prettlest streets In Detroit"
Yes, = think so"
"The air must be sweet and pure
here? ''
"Oh, yes"
How nice everything around your
house is kept up Any stranger could
at once see that the family had taste and
culture. Sorry the place is not for sale. -
Did you you wish to buy ?"
mot exactly, but / know a gentle
man who is looking for inst such place.
and volunteered TO run about a little
for him. | presume you would want at
least $40, 000f"
''Oh, my, no ! my husband values the
place at about 50, 000."
"Only $4,000 Beg pardon, but |
hope he won't be foolish enough to think
of selling at that figure. He might lust
as well get $4,000 l see that vour
nelghbors try to initiate your cur.ains.
Ha hal Poor imitations That is a
grand flower vase you have there. ]
priced one IN New York the other dav.
and it was $780,"
Yes" she replied, pleased and
smiling.
''lf L was an art connoissetr I should
like to look over your house. Every
thing betokens that you have made art a
study and travelled extensively In Eu-
rope. By the way, I'll step to the side
entrance for glass of water, and if the
girl can spare bit of bread I'll be thank
full. My long walk has made me faint.
Beautiful front here-taste and culture
apparent even In the way this mating is
nailed down on the steps. Sorry your
residence is not for sale, and I'll lust
step to the kitchen door"
He not only got a square meal, but
she hunted him up coat, hat and a
PAIR OF boots, and then felt that she was
IN his debt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
About Wagon Wheels.

L have wagon on which, six years
ago, the felloes shrunk so that the tires
became loose. gave it good coat of
oil or paint, sometimes both. The tires
are tight yet, and they have not been
set tor eight or nine years. Many farm
ers think that as soon as wagon felIoes
begin to shrink they must 20 at once to
a blacksmith shop and get the tire set.
Instead OF doing that, which is often
damage to the wheels, causing them to
dish, if they will get some linseed oil.
and heat it boiling hot, and give the fell
loes all the oil they can take, it will fill
them up to their usual size and tight
ness, keep them from shrinking. and
also keep the water out. If you do not
wish to go to the trouble of mixing
paint, you can heat the oil and tie a rag
to stick and swab them over as long as
they will take oil. A brush is more con-
venient to use, but a swab will answer
If you do not with to buy brush. 1t is
quite saving of time and money to
look after the woodwork of farm ma
chinery. Alternate wetting and driving
injure and cause the best wood soon to
decay and lose its strength, unless kept
we'll painted. It pays to keep a little
oil on hand to oil fork handles, rakes.
neck-yokes, whitfietrees, and any of the
small tools on the farm that are more or
less exposed.-Farniers' Reuieeo.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
Gen. Sheridan's' Policy. |

philadelphia Records Washington letter.
Gen. Sheridan has shown signs
since he took hold of the army of an in
tention to pursue vigorous policy.
For one thing, he has been astonishing
the army by ordering series of ex-
changes of stations between regiments
In the East and regiments in the West.
He believes that for their mutual good,
and for the good OF the services, ex-
changes of stations should be more FREE
quent. An exchange means a great
deal to the regiments concerned. One
has been perhaps ten years at some
Eastern port-Fort McHenry, Balti-
more, for example. 1t has taken root.
Suddenly, often with very little warn
ing, it must 60 out in the Indian coun-
try to resume routine life under totally
different conditions. At the same time
a regiment which had been fixture for
a decade in New Mexico or Montana
comes into civilization again. 1t is
often quite as disagreeable for the
Western regiment to come East as for
The Eastern regiment to go West.
"Why, sir" said an old army officer to-
night, ''if the regiment at Fort Blank,
OAK, we're ordered East to-day, it
would bankrupt every officer in its
roster. Every one of them has some
local scheme for making money! farm,
or mine, or herd of cat tie, or some
thing that they could not give up with
out great loss. From time immemorial
army officers have always done little
money making as they went out on the
plains. Take Dodge City, Kan.
That is built on town site purchased
by an army surgeon, from squatter for
few hundred dollars, and afterwards
sold by the army surgeon for more than
$500 That's one of the numerous
cases. Most of those officers who have
beer long in tho West, where they have
sny shrewdness at all, have some money
laid up against retirement day"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
Juggling With Great Names.
CFrom the Detroit Free Press !

From The Detroit Free Press.I
The temptation to juggle with great
names in the market and persuade peo-
pie that certain kind of merchandise
is much enhanced by its association with
renowned reputation is very common.
The practice is sometimes
made utterly absurd. A distinguished
Clergyman will certify to the excellence
of soap or sewing machine; great
actress to the superiority of a clothes
wringer or a new churn; prominent
senator to the merits of the latest bak-
ing. powder. But they are all off the
same piece. Whether it be a general in
Wall Street, prince in a gentlemen's
furnishing store, clergyman or an actor
in the advertising columns-the idea is
to rope in customers by the bait of a
big name.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
IS Crowded 0utV

[From the Detroit Free PrcssJ
80 vhas treated in shameful man.
ner," he began, yesterday, as he halted
policeman on Gratiot Street.
Have the boys been after you
again ?"
No, der poys vhas all right. 1t
vhas a young laan who makes a fool of
me. He comes into my blaze two or
three weeks ago und says he vhas
society reporter NIT a baper. Dot
vhas all right. If anybody likes my So
ciety doan' bounce him oudt."
What did he want %
Well, py-und-py he says to me:
Mr.. Onderdunker, how you like me
to say In der baper dot your daughter
Katie gift a barty last vheek und eafery-
tings vhas lovely like Boston style p
Well, l feels tickled dot my Katie vhas
to be in der bapers, und I set oop der
peer.
q didn't see the item"
NopOdy sees it. After while der
reporter comes aroundt and tells me dot
it vhas crowded out. He feels very
sorry, but he can't help it, und py-und-
Ply he says: 'Mr. Onderdunker, how
you like me to say in der baper dot your
vhife vhas in Toledo on a visit nit
friends p Well, 1 like dot. My vhife
vhas home NIT der kitchen, but it looks
vhell in der baper dot she goes off on a
visit"
And you set up the beer ?"
Yes. like him to make fine no.
tice, but it doan' come oudt in de baper.
He comes aroundt in a few days und
cavo If vhas GROUNDED D,,1t bpt la Who
sorry und can't help it. | vhas madt,
but py-und-py he says: Mr.. Onder-
bunker, how you like me to say dot you
Gift coffee nit your palatial residence,
und dot it vhas der most recherche af-
fair of der season p Well, / always
have some coffee for breakfast, und if
der vhas some recherche around here |
like some in my family. l bays taxes
und vhas as good as anybody. / tells
him to go aheadt NIT his item, und he
fills oop NIT peer und goes off"
And it didn't come out ?"
Not an oudt He vhas a shwind-
Ter. l found oudt he vhas house
painter. You see how you can fool a
man when you tickles him shust hight. !"
Well, he's so much ahead"
Maybe he vhas, but in day or two
he Will come pack for some more peer.
Den l shall fix an item like dis: Our
fellow-towDsman, Mr.. Onderdunker,
who vhas IN Detroit ten years ind bays
his taxes, can mop somepody all oafer
der floor, und preak. his pones, und
black his eyes, und step on him in such
recherche style as beats Boston all to
pieces In der middle of last vheek 7"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
Freshets Propagate Malaria.

The receding waters leave vast tracts covered with
rotttng vegetation exposed to the rays of the SUM-
which evaporate the seeds Of chills and fever and
other maaral diseases, both obstinate and virulen
This year, In consequence OF the untIampled inun-
dations, 10 towns and cities less than in bottom
lands, and along river banks, the air is fecund of
disease. Certain protection may be found in Hoe
letters Stomach Bitters. The urban and suburban
residents of towns, well the agricuturist, the
miner and the western emgrant, will exercise wise
preoaution by foresalling the peril with this excel
lent defensive agent 1t renders the debiIiated Wig
orous promotes regular habit Of body, reforms
irregularty of the liver, and Senews digestion and
appetite. The wholesome warmth which it begets
in the system also counteracts tendency TO rheu-
matism, and kidney complaints festered by damp
ness and unwise exposure, and sudden chills pro-
duced by a fall of teulperatllre
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
'RoUaH ON DENTIST" Tooth Powder. 15c.

THE best interests of humanity depend on
the good health of our women folks, and vet
those with brightest lntellects seem to suffer
most with ailments peculiar to female life. 1t
is well to remember that the whole female sys-
TEN Can be built up to a proper state of endur-
pains, and other indications of female disease
made 10 disappear, and robust health of mind
and body take the place of illnesses and dis
uess, if timely use is made of Dr. Guysott's
Yellow Dock and Sarsaparia. 1t restores the
blood to perfect health. 1t strengthens the
muscular and nervous system. 1t gives tone
to the digestive and urinary organs. 1t allays
all irritation of the mucous membrane. In
word, it is perfect female medicine. and aids
every function of female life. No other Ieme-
dy equals it. Have your druggist get it. Take
no substitute.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
A Bad Place for Tramps.

From Trenton IN. " Special.l
The plan for driving out tramps by
means of stone-breaking and wood cut
ting was introduced by the Board of
Freeholders in this county one year ago.
1t has proved completely successful. at
the final meeting of the old board, held
to-day, report was submitted by
Chairman Wilson, of the tramp com
mlttee. A comparison between 1898
and 1884 shows the advantage of the
new system. During the previous year
1920 days were served in the county
Jail by tramps. The cost of the meals
amounted to S589.02. Last year $3.50
days were served by tramps at cost OF
1888 70. This was saving of 1885. 80.
To this is to be added S37 saved on
commitments. The amount paid for
tools and wood, ETC., for the tramps was
1852. rs. The amount received for the
wood cut by the tramps was 1888 81.
and the wood on hand is worth S7l.51,
making a total of SSO5.35. The profit
to the comfy is 1852. 60. There is not
a tramp at present in the Jail.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31

BARON Won EIsENDECKER, who has
represented the German government at
Washington for little more than a
year, received dispatch from his home
Office informing him of his transfer to
Baden, and of the appointment of Mr..
Won Alvensleben, now minister at the
Hague, to succeed him at Washington.
The position to which Baron Won
Eisendecker has been transferred has
recently been made vacant by the death
of the official holding it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
How to Secure Health.

1t is strange any one will suffer from deronge-
ment brought on by impure blood when
and Liver Syrup, will restore health to the
physical organization. 1t is a strengthening
syrup, pleasant to take, and the best blood
purifier ever discovered, curing scrofula,
syphlitc disoI deis, weak1es of the kidneys,
erysipelas, malaria, nervous disorders, debility,
bilious complaints and diseases Of the blood.
liver, kidneys, stomach, skin, etc.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
A Good Playin' Hand.

From the Washington Hatchet.l
"Can you write good plain hand %
asked the advertiser of one of his numer-
GUS applicants.
''Oh, yes, sir" WAS the reply.
''Well, let's see it." said the mer-
chant.
The man sat down and in a few
moments handed the merchant the fol-
lowing:
ga good playin' hand-the Joker.
right and left bower, ace and king of
trumps."
: The applicant was engaged.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
A Popular Fancy.

Many people think that rheumatism canno
be cured. 1t is caused by bad state of the
blood which deposits poisonous matter in the
joints and muscles, causing lameness, stiffness
and swelling Of the joints and eIcruciating
pains. KidneyWort will certainly effect cure.
1t acts on the Kineys, Liver and Bowels, slim
ulating them to healthy acton, puriies and
enriches the blood and eliminates the poison
from the system. Go to the nearest druggist,
buy Kidney-Wor and be cured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
Household Hints

TO ornament tidy made of any ma
terial and edged with antique lace, cover
the round dots in the lace with bright
colored embroidery silk.
a DELICIOUS side dish is made OF ap-
pies and is called apple omelet. Peal
and stew, stir in a large lump of butter.
little sugar, and four well-beater eggs:
add fine bread crumbs and fry in hot
lard, on griddle, dropping from a spoon.
Ii you have no stale bread use -four or
cracker crumbs.
AN appetizing way to warm over pota-
toes is TO heat them In a saucepan con
tanning coffee cupful of beef stock, well
seasoned with salt, pepper, and a little
parsley which has first been Drowned in
butter; cut the potatoes in thin slices
and let them cook slowly until they are
saturated with the gravy or liquor.
A BREAKFAST dish that is especially
appetlziDg is made by broiling some
very thin slices of ham. Butter some
thin slices of toast and lay the ham on
them; then pour ovt it sort of omelet
made by beating eight eggs with about
one cup OF sweet milk add pepper and
salt, and fry this in saucepan in which
you have put lump of butter and al
lowed It to melt. Serve at once and
while very hot.
For breakfast salt mackerel is good if
nicely cooked. After fresheninr it wrap
it In cloth and let it cook slowly for
twenty-five minutes. Steamipg is pref
cradle to boiling. At the end of this
time remove it to hot platter, garnish
it with. hard boiled eggs, cut in four
pieces; cut them lengthwise first Pour
little cream, with pepper in it, over the
mackerel.
HOMEMADE sausages to be boiled and
cut III thin slices for tea or for break
fast, are made of two parts of beef and
one part of pork. Chop them very fiue,
and season with black and red pepper.
salt, little sage, and summer savory, if
you please. Put this into small bags
made of stout cotton cloth, boil, and
then hang in dry, cool closet until you
wish to use.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31

As blood purifier the Compound Oxygen
Treatment of Drs. Starkey 4 Fallen, 1l09 Gil
rard Street, Philadelphia, has no equal 1t is
taken by inhalation, and gives larger supply
of oxygen to the lungs than is contained In
common air. and SO rapidly purifes the blood
and vitazes the whole system. Write for
Treatise on Compound Oxygen. 1t will be sent
fraa
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
Must Earn 1t.

tFrom the Detroit Free Press.1
People are never likely to have leisure
except as they earn it and they must
earn it by their brains-which them
selves are an inherited fortune-or by
economy, self-denial and industry. To
"hope" for anything else is to cry for
the moon.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
WELLS May Apple uiver) Pills, loc. and 2sc.

Fon dyspepsia, Indigestion. depression Oh
spirits and general debility, in their va
rfous forms, also preventative against
fever and ague and other intermittant ievers;
the .'Ferro-P hosphorated ELIXIR OF SansSSa,
nade nv CasweT. Hazard Il Co., New YORK,
and sold by all druggists, Is the best tonic; ana
for patients recovering from fever or other
sickness 1t has no equal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31

"Oh, just dote on the ancient and
antique!" exclaimed Miss Blimber,
gushing maiden of thirty eight wet
springs. eyes, l know you do, auntie,"
said her niece of evenly, from the oppo-
site side of the room; mamma says You
are awfully conceited. philadelphia
CdM
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31

ASTRONOMERS tell us in their own sim.
pie, lntelbgible way that the gradual
lengtheniDg of the days is due to ssobIio.
ulty of the ecliptic to the terrestrial
horizon This ought to set at rest the
foolish idea that the days are longer be-
cause the,sun rises earlier and sets lat
er.-Pftts6urg Telegraph.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
LITTLE JoE-"Pa. what is q para.

LITTLE JOE-''Pa, what Is para
graphist?" Editor-"A paragraphist,
my child, is philosopher who tells
great truths in crisp and entertaining
way" Little Joe--"Mr. Sniggs, who
writes them short things in the Bung-
town Bugle, calls himself paragraphist.
Is be one?" Editor-''No, my son; he
Is only fool. y PHILADELPHIA CaU.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31

81 WANT Chaucer," said customer
to New York clerk in a bookstore,
looking over the list of English poets.
"Fine cut or plug?" inquired the young
man, putting his band in his pocket
Merchant Traveller
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31

The best test of human life is the amount
of good it has been and done to others. Mrs.
Lydia e. Pinkham may be given a seat of
honor among those who have helped to change
sickness into health and to transform the dark
ness of suffering into the sunshine of rest and
HON
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
MAY Hints for Housewives.

Spring opens for the housekeeper with
visions of that revolution in the home
world known as house-cleaning. No
fixed date can be assigned for house.
cleaning, since it must be held subject
to weather and circumstances. Those
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31

KEEP THIS IN MIND. In the Diamond Dyes
more coloring is,,given than in any known dyes,
and they give faster and more brilliant colors.
10c..at all druggists, Wells, Richardson Co.,
Burlington, Vt. Sample Card, 80 colors, and
book OF directions for &c stamp.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
Buchu- paiba, Great Kidney and Urinary Cure. 81

MURDER will out, SO will the fact that Carlo
line. deodorized extract of petroleum, TIE
natural hair remover and restorer, 1s the Dest
preparation ever invented and e1ceis all otner
hair dressings, as thousands of genuine GER
t,ficates now in our possession abundantiy
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31

LADIES DESTROYS of ordering goods by
mail are cordially invited to send to
James Morgan, Milwaukee for his sum-
mer catalogue of dry goo is etc.