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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-12-19

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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
How to Buy a Horse.

An old horseman says; If you want
to buy horse, don't believe your own
brother. Take no mans word for it.
Your eye is your market. Don't buy a
horse in harness. Unhitch him and
take everything off but his halter, and
lead him around. If he has a corn or is
stiff, or has any other failing, you can
see 1t. Let him go by himself q way,
andif he slaves right into anything you
know he is blind. No matter how clear
and bright his eyes are, he can't see any
more than bat. Back him, too. Some
horses show their weakness at tricks in
that way when they don't in any other
But, be as smart as you can, you'll get
caught sometimes. Even an expert gets
stuck. A horse may look ever so nice
and go at great pace, and yet have fits.
There isn't man could tell it till some
thing happens. Orhe may have a weak
back. Give him the whip and off he
goes for mile or two, then all of sud
den he stops in the road. After a rest
he starts off again, but he soon stops
for good, and nothing but a derrick
could move him.
The weak parts of horse can be bet
ter discovered while standing than
while moving. Ii he is sound be will
stand firmly and squarely on his limbs
without moving any of them, the feet
fatty upon the ground, with legs plump
and naturally poised or if the foot is
lifted from the ground and the weight
taken from II, disease may besaspe cted
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
The Blue Mountain.

But very few of our people have an
idea of the length of the Blue noun
tain we see to the north of us, says the
Allentown (Pa) Register. This ridge
enters Pennsylvania from New Jersey
at the Delaware Water Gap. From
there it continues in an unbroken line
through this state and into Maryland, a
distance of 116 miles, and from thence
through several states to near the line
of Alabama, distance OF 1,500 miles,
now bearing one name, then another. No
wonder the redmen call it "Kittatinny"
the endless or long hill" To the
northeast it extends through New Jer-
sey aud southeastern New York into
New England. In New York it is the
Shawangunk, and is broken through by
the Hudson River at Anthony's Nose,
where it rises in dragged cliffs 1900
feet high. In Pennsylvania the noun
tain, if viewed from distance, appears
to be level, straight-topped ridge.
But yetit is broken by several big gaps
all the important rivers of the state
flowing through it. There are also
few "dry gaps" like the Wind-Gap,
through which no river now flows
though ages ago it must have been oc-
cupied by some large stream.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
As Smart as ANY Fireman.

From the New York SUM-
Bill is large bay horse, with large,
Intelligent eyes, and face which plain
ly says "You may walk close to my heels
without the slightest danger" There
is spring to his walk which shows I'M
common strength, and when he gets in
motion with fire department truck be-
hind him the truck is pretty sure of be-
ing first at the fire. For seven years
Bill has been quartered with Hook and
Ladder Company No. l in Chambers
Street, and all the tiremen are in love
with him.
He is as gentle as kitten" Fireman
Lynch said last night. "and knows as
much as any man in the house"
A reporter had just entered the en-
gine-house, and was impressed by the
appearance of Bill, who was harnessed
to the truck alongside of Tom, his com.
panlon, waiting for signal to go to a
fire that proved to be just out OF the
district. Bill heard the reporter say
that he was very fne-looking horse,
and acknowledged the compliment by
bobbing his head. Then he stretched
his neck, and affectionately put his nose
on the reporters shoulder, and when
the reporter went close to him, he
rubbed his face against the reporters
The tiremen gathered around and patted
and petted the big animal until it was
learned that they would not have to go to
the fire, and Bill and Tom were unhar-
messed. Bill walked back into his stall
with a regular Bowery swagger, just as
If he knew he WAS n wonderful horse
and was proud of it.
Bill is 16 years old" Fireman Lynch
said, "and seems to get wiser all the
time. If there is a green horse to be
broken ii he is put alongside of Bill
and then he learns in no time. I think
Bill teaches him. Bill always knows
the gong Is going to strike be-
fore it sounds. Do you see that combi-
nation instrument on the wall there?
Well, it makes slight clicking noise
half second before the gong sounds.
Bill always hears it, and ii he is lying
down he quickly jumps up and gets
ready to run to the truck The stalls,
you see, are in the back of the room,
and we can stand here N front and call
Bill and he will walk right out by him
self. he does so many intelligent
things that l would not know where to
begin to tell them. Although he is old,
L don't know of any young horse that
we would swap HIM for. No, Tom is
not as good as Bill, but then he is a
young horse and has not been long In
the business. Bill is teaching him fast.
though"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20

or at least tenderness, which is pre-
cursor of disease. If the horse stands
with his feet spread apart, or straddles
with his hind legs, there is weakness
IN the lolns, an6 the kidneys are disor-
dered. Heavy pulling bends the knees.
Blush, milky cast eyes in horses indi-
cate moon blindness or something
else. A bad tempered horse keeps his
ears thrown back. A kicking horse is
apt to have SCARED legs. A stumbling
horse has blemished knees. When the
skin is rough and harsh, and does not
move easily to the touch, the horse is
heavy eater, and digestion is bad.
Never buy horse whose breathing or
gans are at all impaired. Place your
ear at the side OF his heart, and ii a
wheeling sound is heard it is an indica-
ton OF trouble.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
The Woodhouse.

Woodhouses that are made so tight
on the sides that a current of air cannot
sweep through the ranks Of wood are
exceedingly improper places for storing
firewood. 1t is well always to have q
tight roof on a woodhouse, but the
sides should be SO constructed that the
air can blow through the pile between
the sticks, and thus sweep away all the
moisture and dry out the wood SO that
it will burn like finder and roll out the
heat like red-hot bar of iron.
Every woodhouse should be provided
with flap doors, say two feet wide, on
both sides of the building, just bove
the stills. When driving storns) vail
the flaps should be kept closed. All
other times the flaps should be kept
open. Then let a years supply of good
wood be piled on one side of the wood
house every winter. BY this arrange
ment every stick will have an opportu-
nifty to dry and season before it is burn
ed Tribune and Farmer.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
Home Conversations

Nothing in the home life needs to be
more carefully watched and more dill,
gently cultivated than the conversation.
1t should be imbued with the spirit of
love. No bitter word should ever be
spoken. The language of husband
and wife, In their intercourse together,
should always be tender. Anger in
word or even In tone should never be
suffered. Gliding and fault finding
should never be permitted to mar the
sacredness of their speech. The
warmth and tenderness of their hearts
should flow out In every word that they
speak to each other. As parents, too,
III their intercourse with the children,
they should never speak save in words
of Christ-like gentleness. 1t is a fatal
mistake to suppose that the children's
lives can grow up into beauty in an at
mosphere of strife. Harsh, angry words
are to their sensitive souls what frosts
are to the flowers To bring them up
in the nurture of the Lord is 10 bring
them up as Christ himself would,
and surely that would be with
infinite tenderness. The blessed
influence of loving speech day
after day and month after month, it is
impossible 70 estimate It is like the
falling of warm spring sunshine and
rain on the garden. Beauty and sweet
ness of character are likely to come
from such home.
But home conversation needs more
than love to give it's full influence. It
ought to be enriched by thought. The
Savior's warning against idle words
should be remembered. Every wise
hearted parent will seek to train his
household to converse on subjects that
will yield instruction or tend toward
refinement. The table affords an ex-
excellent opportunity for this kind OF
education. Three times each day the
family gathers there. 1t is a place for
cheerfulness. Simply on hygenic
grounds meals should not be eaten in
silence. Bright, cheerful conversation
is all excellent sauce and prime aid to
digestion. IF it prolongs the meal and
thus appears to take TOO much time out
of the busy day, it will add to the years
in the end by increased healthfu!ness
and heightened life. In any case, how
ever, something is due to refinement,
and still more is due to the culture of
ones home life. The table should be
made the center of social life of the
household. There all should appear at
their best. Gloom should be banished
conversation should be bright and
sparkling. 1t should consist of some
thing besides dull threadbare common
places. The idle gossip of the street is
not worthy theme for such hallowed
moments.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
4 Funny Fellows Fate.

tSa!zburg Letter i'll San Francisco Chronicle
Close by is the Church of st. Peter,
part of which was built by Rupert away
back yonder in the sixth century. Be
fore Rupert's tomb holy oils burn day
and night the year round. At the cor
ner Oh the church is Peters cellar,
where drank some excellent lager beer
at the very table where Haydn used to
sit while composing his great oratorio
of the Messiah. After this I was ready
for the old graveyard. Most of the
vaults are cut in solid rock against the
high mountain side, and some of them
are the tombs of many generations.
There are two chapels here, one of them
built IN 1927, the other some time in
the twelfth century. High above is the
chapel of st. Gertrude, partly built into
solid rock and connected by almost per-
pendicular stone steps 18th a cave, the
hermitage of st. Maximus. The tomb
stones and crosses of this cemetery are
very old and curious. In one place,
close by the main path, 1 saw seven
rusty iron crosses, as tall as myself.
They used tostand in line. but
the wind has played them rude
~ and long since tumbled them
out of plumb. These crosses
mark the graves of the wives of a man
who murdered them, one after the other,
by tickling their feet. He was a much
funnler man than Bret Hart, and 1 am
glad to be able to add that Nemesis
overlook him in the person of his eighth
wife. She had cold feet; moreover she
accidentally discovered his little game. :"
and forthwith denounced him to the
vigilance committee. People in those
days were punished according to the
local arrangements. This particular
Salzburg wit was taken into room up
IN the Hohen- Salzburg, where, by
mechanism, he WAS raised to the ceiling
and then allowed to fall, with weights of
$50 pounds attached to his ankles, down
through trap door on to sharp spikes.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
Curious Cases of Ignition

A correspondent of Nature gives the
following curious cases of ignition. 1t
will at once suggest the true cause of
mystery. zone fine morning recently
as two ladies were standing together in
the drawing room of a house in this
neighborhood, smoke was observed to
rise from the dress of one of them
This was found to be due to ignition by
the solar rays focused on her dress by
the lens of graphoscope which stood
on the table. Similar cases of accident
al concentration of the suns rays have,
/ am aware been recorded. 1t would be
interesting to know whetherany serious
fires have thus originated. One can
easily imagine circumstances which
would favor such results from a simple
cause"
Another correspondent, referring to
the above, says az went once at sunrise
Cat Kishnagar, Bengal, into my coach
house, which opened east. I saw smoke
ascending from the tora Of the two car
riage-lamps. / jumped hastily to the
conclusion that my syce (grooml had
been using the carriage candles illegiti-
mately and taxed him. His defense
obliged me to examine closer and to see
that the two wicks had deem ignited to
smouldering point by the horizontal
rays of the sun condensed by the para
boic refectors az the backs of the
lamp. A notable enough example of
Indian heat, was it not?"
Another writes, in confirmation of the
danger of ignition from convex glass
when driving along the Beaumaris
road on Thursday last, at half.past
three, I observed smoke issuing from
the top of one of the carriage-lamps. l
stopped to examine the cause and found
that the reflector had concentrated the
suns rays on the wick of the candle
lamp and caused it to shoulder"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
4 Terrible Break.

FROM the Boston Globe. ]
The drummer for wholesale grocery
house IN this city has been for some
time travelling down on the cape. Re-
turning from trip the other day he
vas met by friend, who, alarmed at
his detected air, remarked: Il say, old
boy what's the trouble? You look like
walking corpse" "Weu. so I am"
was the response. "Old -, who
keeps the - house, in -, put his
foot in it last Friday" How was that ?"
Why, You see, took my wife down
with me last trip, and when we drove
up to his hotel the old fellow came out
to the door. l introduced my wife to
HIM, and, will you believe it, the con-
founded clown held up both hands and
shouted, jumping iinsol another
woman ?'h
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20

In the condition Of a disordered liver with the
finest of hepatic regulators and aperients, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. Thus will be prevented
the grievous, and sometimes disastrous, bodily
disturbance pervading the whole system, when
the offending organ is neglected or only hall
regulated. Don't turn your stomach and bowels
topsy-turvy with calomel, blue pill, salts and
SIENNA, and such like trash. If you persist in do
ing so, expect to suffer the consequence-chronic
i'll health. No man or woman ever yet, with i'm
punity, converted his gastric organ into drug
shop. The secretion of bile is promoted and cos
tiyeness overcome by the Bitters withoutthe pain
and weakening effects of drenching purgative.
Its is also fertile of decisive and speedy ben
eft to persons troubled with malaria, rheuma-
tism, kidney ailments and debility.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20

A movement occurred on the outside of
the crowd. The insurance agent strobe
forward and raised his voice as spokes-
man:
Reckon the girls right, men. Here's
telegram from the president of our
company: Arrest James Marshall,
named in your dispatch. Old hand at
game. Wanted at three places in terri
tory"
A fierce, tempestuous murmur ran
around the crowd. The man who had
attempted to play foul trick upon his
rival felt the infamous attempt recoil
upon himself with crushing force.
Trembling in every joint and wearing
an evasive look, he stood before them
confessed of his guilt. No one addressed
word &c him, but the portentous MUIR
muir deepened and swelled. Graham
took his daughters hand and led her,
uncomprehending, from the spot.
Jack Willoughby arose the next morn
ing and laughed to find how he had
overslept. As he made his toilet, he
smiled again at the vision of singed
eyebrows and blighted moustache re-
fected in his little looking-glass. He
spread upon the rocks outside the sod
den garments he had fastened home to
change; and it struck him that he had
never known so bright a morning, or a
sky so cloudless. AS he took his way
to the scene of the holocaust of the pre-
vious night he cheerfully summed up
the loss he had sustained. What did he
care for such trifes? Were not youth,
and strength, and courage, and the
priceless guerdon of woman's love his
own? He was impatient to be at work
eager to do his part towards lifting his
neighbours burdens. Drinking in the
fresh mountain air like tonic, recep-
tive to every feature of beauty pre-
sented to his sight, from the feecy
clouds that fitted over the sky to the
crisp vegetation and dewy blossoms
that lined his pathway, his heart was
| filled with implicit trust in the good
viii of his fellow-men. Drawing near
the stage road he was surprised to see
a group of men encircling the tall tree
he had whitfield with his knife on his
way home.
whats up? Some relic of the fire
last night?" he jocularly addressed
the crowd.
He was greeted by singular look of
depreciation and apology. One man
faltered response:
Cutting down the man we hung
last NIGHT"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
DRIFTED APART.
BY THE BEACON.

gap in the crowd, and a moment we stand
Face to face and hand clasped in hand,
While your eyes, that are light with soulful
beam,
Awaken in mine own an answering CLEAN;
But moment-then nc knowing whittier we re
bound,
As the human tide that is surging around
Rolls between, we rush with the hurrying
throng,
And our friendship is but q forgotten song
Sweet while it lasted, but soon forgot
flower that has faded-a dream that is not.
hrmer hold and a stronger clasp,
klndlier smile and heartier grasp,
And the crowd might have passed UNDECIDED by
But who was 10 give it-you or
So sweetness is gone from our lives and the
flower
Whose beauty has gladdened us many an hour
Lies dead, and the dream that we might have
made true,
Like shade has fed. Who is TO blame-I or you
All, the world is so wide, and, day by day,
We drift from each other still further away,
so many around US with smiling applause
To think of a friendship that might have been,
Till worldwide distance that lies between,
And the tide has turned, and stranded alone
On the bare, bleak shore, we YEARLY moan
For the love we let pass UNDECIDED by;
Then who is the sadder-you or /?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
A Chinese Cartoon Paper.

Upon one sheet is depicted Chinese
fort Cat Tamsui), with gunboats on the
river, soldiers at drill, etc, and on a sec
ond is shown conflict with the French,
in which the latter are falling and fee
third is in Tonquin; Chinese soldiers
issue frcn defile and charge the
French, WHO flee helter-skelter toward
the river, their commander gazing
through field-glass as he speeds on, in
order to see how many Chinese are com
ing. The Chinese commander, mount
ed on fiery steed, yields two swords
in manner suggestive of couple of
buzz-saws, while an infantryman in front
of him demolishes the hindmost Gaul.
No Chinaman falls in either engage
mani
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
Couldn't Play ANY More.
From the Eureka New FnterDrfsa

ItrU1H me Eureks tNev.} Enterprfse.l
Yesterday afternoon little Walt Whit
more came in from play, and, being
urged by his mother to run out again,
said that he didn't want to, because his
mate, the 4-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwards, couldn't play any more; that
he was in the water in the stone quarry
near by. Fearing the worst, Mrs. Whit
more ran over to Mrs. Edwards and
told her what she had heard. They
both went quickly to the quarry to find
the little boy lying dead under the cliff
in the edge of pool of water, with his
skull crushed. He had been dead for
some minutes already. The body was
picked up by the two ladies and car
ried home.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
Raining a


The impression that anybody can
run farm" would be matter for as
constituent We're it not SO commonly
met with. The writer of this ut one
time had some connection with state
institution belonging to which was a
farm of some hundreds of acres, carry
ing large quantity of stock. In case
of a proposed or expected change of
farmers some of the applications for the
position were as astounding as amusing.
Men who had never been able to make
living for themselves; men who had
filled some low positions in towns; N en-
who could not read or write men whose
only claim to knowledge of farming was
that they had lived on farm when
boys; idle, drunken scamps; street loaf
ers-literaliy all these counted them
selves abundantly qualified to take
charge of $4,000 worth Of property aud
successfully manage it. Ii has usually
been easy to make living on American
farms, but we fully believe there is no
legitimate business which requires more
ability and sound Judgment than doe ;
farming, If the highest success is to be
secured. Mr.. Gladstone not long since
said in effect it required more skill and
good Judgment to manage farm en-
ploying given amount of capital than
to manage manufacturing or mercan
tile business with equal capital. He
was referring to England, but the state
ment is not far from correct in America.
We need hardly say that no line OF
farming more decidedly calls for intelli-
gence, sound Judgment, business knowl-
edge and capacity than does the caring
for and management of improved stock.
: Breeders Gazette.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
FARM. GARDEN AND HOME.
The Old Wrapping bars.


OFT poets have sung of the -entwlned portal
OF Sweet Home" III each land that lies under
the stars
Have made even ..The Old oaken Bucket i'm
mortal
But who ever sang of the old warpingbars.
Oft has figured in song the Scottish blue bonnet,
And THE Red White and Blue" OF our own
stripes and stars,
But who ever woVe into romance or sonnet
The bright colored yarn on the old warpingeals.
Inventors have wrought for our use and diversion.
One can traverse the earth round III steamboat
and cars,
But how can sail or railroad excursion
Compare with a ride on the old warpingbars.