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Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-18

The remains of white infant, half
eaten by dogs was recently found in
; Eufaula garden.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-18

ALABAMA has scored two post Office
appointments.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-18

HAVE colored passengers on rail-
roads no rights that conductors and
brakesmen are bound to respect
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-18
SATURDAY. APRIL 18th. 1885

"UNEAsY lies the head that"-holds
m Office.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-18

PEACE is reported in Central Amer
ica once more.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-18
Lobbying for Another Grab.

WSou1uBUOu OU0.
Whether or not the French Gov
ernment or the Panama Canal Com
psny is behind the Barrios movement
to get control of the republics Of
Central America, it is certain that
somsbody has established . strong
lobby in this country 70 boem the
project
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-18
Ladies' Department.

S sold Bottom Prices My the aa.
ocalan
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17
The Bootblack's Boss Proyerb.

IRON the Brooklyn Times.
A lady had a class of newsbOVS at a
mission school with whom she Iabored
hard. She did not try to drum the
Bible into them, for she knew that
their minds must be brought, through
a sensible course of training to under
stand it's precepts, which | consider
was very level-headed view of the
subject. One Sunday she addressed
them as follows:
''NOw, boys, next Sunday | want
each one of you to bring me a slip of
paper with a proverb written on it, or
piece Of good advice. If you hear
any one say anything nice write it
down and bring it to me next Sunday,
will you?"
"Yes'm," they replied in a chorus.
The next Sunday the boys came
with their pieces OF paper with some
terrible scrawls on them, but the lady
managed to read them. One said:
''Do unto other fellers like you'd
want him to do unto me-"
Another said: "Speech is silver, 81
lenceis golden"
Another said: "a penny saved is two
cents earned"
Then she struck one that she
couldn't read.
"Whose is this one?" she asked.
CHATS mine, mum, dat's de boss
One," replied red-headed boy who
was always sticking pins in the other
boys.
"Will you read it for me?" she
asked, handing the paper to the boy.
He took it and read: "Tork is cheap
ut it takes mummy to buy whisky"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17
Potatoes From Shoots,

A leading French paper reports a
communication from NJ. d Andre, pro-
lessor OF agriculture in the depart
ment OF Aveyron, to the Central Agri
cultural Society, describing some ex-
periments made by him in the propa-
cation OF potatoes by slips during the
last four years. Having received some
new varieties for cultivation in 1871,
NJ. d'Andre determined to try the eff
feet of transplanting rooted shoots
from his main crops. Detaching
about fifty such shoots from different
varieties, he carefully planted and
watered them, as the season was dry,
to insure their striking. They grew
vigorously, and when he came to test
the results he found that each trans
planted shoot had produced, attached
to its foot as in the case of artichokes,
tubers equally numerous and quite as
large as those produced by the plants
from which the shoots were taken. In
the following year he repeated the ex-
pertinent III a somewhat different man
ner. Instead of transplanting shoots
OF six or eight inches he uprOoted two
partially grown plants, detached all
the shoots, on each OF which a small
tuter had formed, and planted them
at a depth of four inches, with twenty
six inches between the rows, taking
care not to break any of the small sec
tions OF the roots. In this way from
two tubes originally planted NJ.
d'Andre obtained ninety eight shoots,
which produced forty-eight pounds of
potatoes. The most curious result,
however, was that, although the va
riety was a late one, it came to har-
vest, fully matured, six weeks before
other sorts grownin the ordinary way.
NJ. d'Andre, who has repeated his ex-
pertinent three times, recommends the
plan, especially in the case of a new
variety Of potato, desirable to cult
vate, but too expensive to plant in
the ordinary way. A similar expert
ment, but more easy to carry out, is
recorded by NJ. Roget, of Nouvionen
Thierache, Aisne, who took cuttings,
without roots, from the stems of po-
tatoes, each cutting having from five
to six leaves, and planted them out,
after removing the two lowest leaves.
Twenty days after planting he had
tubers hall an inch to an inch in di-
ameter on each cutting.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17
A Mexican Postal Trick

From the st. Louis GlObe-DemoCratl
They have no regular mail service
down in Mexico. The railroads there
receive not a cent for carrying the
mails, and no one in the republic
seems to have any knowledge OF how
mails are sent or received. l think
what the star reuters are complain
ing about is this: Having no system
of their own, the Mexicans are trying
to take advantage of ours by sending
their mail around through Texas and
back again into Mexico. Come to this
MAJ and I'll show you what | mean.
Here, for instance, is the City of Lare
do, Mex, near the Texas line. If they
want to send mail matter to Piedras
Negras, town way to the north, also
in Mexico and on the Texas line, their
scheme is this: First, mail will be sent
to San Antonio, Tex, which lies far
east into the interior Of Texas, yet
north of Laredo. From there it goes
still northward, but at the same time
back to the westward to Spofford
Junction, also in Texas; thence down
q little road back into Mexico and its
destination, Piedras Negras. Even
this roundabout way is far quicker
than any system they have.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17
The Size OfGoinS.

From the New York Evening POsti
Assuming that ninety-nine hun
dredths of the people of the United
States who are not interested
in silver production will readily
concede, i. e., that the dollar
ought to contain a hundred cents
worth of silver, and that at no
distant day it will do so, we should
have a coin weighing; say 485 grains.
Now a coin of this size would be so I'M
weildy as speedily to share the fate OF
the English crown, or tive-shillmg
piece value S1.20), which has long
since ceased to be found, except IN
museums and other collections, and
for many years has not been coined
at all. The largest silver piece IN
Great Britain is the half crown, and II
we ever begin to coin in this country
an honest dollar, we will find it reject
ed by the people and the half dollar
alone in the field. And so it ought TO
be, and could be without injury to any
interest, provided always, OF course,
that the half dollar was also an hon
asst one
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17
Farm Notes.

CHEESE AS FOOD-The low price Of
cheese should suggest to many that it is
for its nutritive value much cheaper
than meat. In England it has long
taken the place OF meat, but here our
people have never eaten cheese as they
would had pork and beef been less
plentiful. The cheapness of cheese
should induce It's more extended con-
sumption, and would only that so
much cheese is of poor quality.
WET SEASONS BAD FOR FARMERs-It
is an old saying that drought scares
farmers to death, but too much rain
starves them. Excessive moisture
when 1t does not absolutely iniure
crops, induces a succulent growth
which promises more than it realizes.
In very dry season the grain is short
ened IN straw, but all the energies of
the plant are directed to producing
the seed, and the grain is thus usually
better than expected.
WEEDS IN POTATO HILLs-At this
season there will be more or less weeds
that have escaped the cuItivator AID
hoe in potato hills. If a good, soak
ing rain comes, these weeds may be
pulled out without injury to the crop.
II dry weather prevails, the weeds
should be cut OFF near the ground to
lessen the absorption of moisture as
much as possible, but without disturb
ing the soil, which might in dry time
injure the potatoes as much as the
weeds could do.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17
Feeding Oats and Corn.

For many purposes oats make a
better feed than corn, writes q CORE
spOndent of the Breeders Gazette, and
especially during the summer for work
ing teams. Corn perhaps makes the
better feed during the winter, as it
contains more heating and fattening
material than oats. This is not espe-
cially desirable in the summer. OF
course horses, and in fact stock CT all
kinds, want to be kept in a good,
thriving condition, and it is very poor
economy for the farmer to allow his
stock to be otherwise; but during the
hot days in summer stock that is very
fat suffer considerably from the heat,
and especially the working teams.
Oats furnish more nutriment that
supplies muscle and sinews than corn,
and when hard at work this is what
the teams want the most. Taking
the relative prices OF threshed oats
and corn, and generally oats are the
dearest feed. This may not be the
case Just at thrashing, when corn GEN
orally reaches the highest price during
the year and oats are selling at the
lowest. The oats at threshing time
generally sell low, and in many sections
away from a good market they fail to
bring a price that will give the farmer
any profit over the cost of production.
Yet the farmer can hardly afford not
to raise a few acres for feed. They
occupy the ground but a short time.
are easily raised, and are a much surer
crop than corn, with considerable less
expense. II the farmer is Obliged to
thresh and feed they are not as cheap
a feed as corn. 1t does not pay to
feed them in the sheaf. Every farmer
knows this that has had any expert
ence. There is so much waste that
when it can be avoided they should
never be fed in this way; thresh out
and feed the threshed oats and stack
up the straw carefully, and feed the
same as hay. A cheaper and better
way is to have cutting-box and cut
up the oats and feed in this way.
THERE'S no waste; horses, sheep or cat
tie will eat all up clean, and fed in this
way they will make a wholefeed ofgrain
and ''roughness." / have seen teams
fed the whole year with the exception
OF an occasional feed of corn as a
change on oats cut in this way and
kept in tirst-class condition, working a
considerable portion Of the time. A
considerable improvement can be
made in this by adding a small guam
tity OF bran, wetting slightly and mix
ing all together. All kinds of stock
relish this and will thrive upon it. OF
course, it is some trouble, but the
amount saved in feedinga crop of oats
Is sufficient to make the work pay.
Where only team and one or two
COWS are to be fed a small cutter will
answer, but for number of teams
with several head OF cattle and sheep,
large cutter is the cheapest, and it
will pay to tai Ike time to cut large
quantity at once, saving time in feed
ing.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17
Courtesies and Dfscourtesfes.

There are many cOurtesies which a
gentleman should render to a lady,
the absence OF which is at once felt,
and causes people involuntarily to
remark lnwardly to themselves, if not
aloud to their friends, "That man has
not good manners. | passed that
judgment the other evening when |
was sitting with a friend by her fire
side. A gentleman was ushered in who
was well known to my friend, but a
comparative stranger to me- He
shook hands with her first, which was,
OF course, the right thing to do, and
them while speaking to her, he shook
hands with me. The breaker OF this
law OF courtesy was a young profess
slonal man, well endowad with this
worlds goods. | should not record
this little rudeness if it was only Of
rare occurrence, but | often notice peo-
pie guilty OF this discourtesy-nam
that OF shaking hands with one person
while they are speaking to another
person. II you wish to say more
than "How do you do?" to your
hostess, or to anyone else whom you
greet at first, 1t Is less discourteous
to continue your conversation with
her tor a few moments before taking
notice OF anyone near her, than it is
to stretch out your hand and shake
that OF her neighbor while your face is
turned away and your lips are ad-
dressing another person.
The discourteous young man to
whom l have alluded gave me another
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17
French as "She is Spoke"
From Good Cheer.

from GOOd Cheer.
The Partisan French is remarkably
idiomatic and some of the idioms are
worthy of adoption.
We say, Gone of these days." a
Frenchman says, Gone OF these four
mornings" etc.
Sometimes we hear it said, zone
can't do a thousand things at once"
the French say, "Onecan't accomplish
thirty-s six things in breath"
Where we say that we are 'sorry
that it happened" the French say
that that they are "desolated that
circumstances have contaminated mon
sieur or madame"
Where we characterize a person as
"wild, careless, or too gay and reck-
less" the French say he is infected"
If anyone tells a good story, nearly
every one in the room will cry out:
"And number twol"
The common terms of endearment be-
tween husband and wife, terms used
in society, are "my friend my real
treasure" "my little love" One
sometimes hears wife call her hus-
band an innocent old OWL" or a
stupid, good-natured sheep" while du
revanche, the husband playfully ad-
monishes the wife as a mouse, or q
dove, or a cat.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17

reason for my verdict, and as in this
respect also he is by no means the
only offender in general society. |
shall mention the little rudeness.
There are three, il not more, separate
syllables and sounds which some peo-
pie utter or make when they have not
heard what has been said to them. or
when they wish to express assent.
These are-What? Eli? Uh and a
gutteral sound of the letter m. which
cannot be expressed in writing. II
beg your pardon, or What did YOU
say?" are sentences which should Ger
tainly be said when a repetition is
asked for; and Eyes" should not be-
replaced by a grunt when an assent is
given.
There are numerous little acts which
a man of courtesy will perform.
While he is calling at house he will
rise and open the door for any lady
who leaves the room, even if she is an
entire stranger to him; in his own
house he will not only open the door
OF the room, but accompany the lady
to the hall door, and open that. If
there Is no servant at hand to do so.
for departing guest, whether lady or
gentleman, should not be left to find
their way alone. Neither should they
be allowed to find their way into a
room. When you act as a host, and
your guests accompany you into the
drawlng-rOOm, do not you, nv. dear
sir, follow the practice of some forget
ful or neglactful men, who walk in and
march straight up the room, leav-
ing their one guest, or a train, as the
case may be, to follow and to close
the door. A host should open the
door, and shut it after his guests have
entered the room.
Amongst other small courtesies a
gentleman will rise from his chair,
however luxuriOusly comfortable, and
offer assistance, if need be, TO a lady if
she goes to put Goals on the fire, or if
she tries to open or close a window.
When he escorts her into a room, he
will see that she is seated before he
looks for a chair for himself; when he
escorts her to a table, he will wait to
arrangefOr her comfort, hold the chair,
or push 1t backwards or forwards, as
required, before taking his own seat.
And during the meal he will see that
she is provided with all that she is
likely to want. The lady ought not
to be obliged to ask for salt, tor water.
for another cup OF tea, or, in fact, for
anything that is on the table.-Cas-
seFs Magazine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17
\ Curious Cabinet.


In the office OF George r. Elliott,
who was the microscopic employed
by Gen. Grants physicians, a curious
monument to the dead hero has been
erected. In the early stages of the
malady, bits of the deceased throat
were clipped Off, in order to determine
by microscopic examination whether
they were affected by malignant can
Ger. The practice of medicine in this
city has got into such an advanced
condition that specialists are used in
all of its mechanical branches. One
operator will provide himself with the
skill and apparatus for the chemical
testing OF matter; another will set up
a workshop for manual improvement
of crooked spines and the reduction of
other deformities; and Elliott's estab-
hshment is devoted to the ascertain
ment OF the exact condition of human
tissue by means of the most powerful
microscopes. 1t was published during
the illness of Grant that the micro
scope had proved the cancer to be
epithelial, but the physicians did not
diVulge the fact that every stage OF the
disease progress was watched through
lenses so magnifying that a scrap OF
flesh became as big as a cart-wheel to
look at. Eighteen times were specs of
the cancer stuck to sides of glass for
scrutiny under the microscope. Elliott
kept these. Hehas now had a cabinet
shaped for them likea base for a memo
rial figure, and on it stands a bust of
Grant. No matter how entirely the
great monument project may fail, here
are entombed remains OF Grant in
manner soberly intended to be i'm
DresSiVe
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17
How TeXas Came into the UniOI

From the Galveston (Texl News
That usually accurate and judicious
paper, the Cleburne Chronicle, says;
when Texas was admitted into the
Union 1t was under a solemn contract
that whenever she desired to withdraw
from the Union she could do So"
Could the Chronicle produce such a
contract 1t would rank as one of the
most curious secrets in diplomacy.
Inc articles OF annexation passed by
the United States Congress simply pro
Vlded Tor the admission of Texas "as
one OF the states OF this Union" under
certain conditions; but not a word
was said OF the right of the state to
secede. As the precise manner in which
the republic OF Texas became a state
OF the American Union Is unknown to
most OF the present generation, a brief
recapltulatlOn OF the facts may be of
interest to many. After various negO-
tlatlons on the subject the United
States Congress passed a Joint resolu-
ton declaring that the territory be-
longing to the republic OF Texas might
be erected into a new state and be adj
mltted into the Union on certain con-
dltlOns, including the cessiOn byTexas
to the United States of public edifces,
such as Notifications, barracks, forts
and harbors, navy and navy yards,
docks, magazines, armament and all
other property and means pertaining
to public defense, Texas to retain all
her public lands, funds, debts, taxes
and dues of every kind. Texas,
through her congress and convention,
accepted the conditions. The final act
OF the United States Congress on the
subject declares that Texas sis ad-
mitted into the Union on an equal
footing with the original states in all
respects whatever" Nothing was
said of the right of any state to with
draw from the Union when Texas was
admitted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17
Can't Cook Ham Chicken.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
A New Yorker a few DAYS ago re-
ceived a present of ham from friend
in Virginia, which has proved little
white.eIephant on his hands. 1t is I'M
usually large, and weighs fully twenty
pounds. He thought as the ham was
very large and could not be eaten
whole at one meal, it should be cut in
two. a Virginia friend, however, told
him that the idea was absurd, and
gave him a recipe which stated that
ham should be boiled three hours,
and that the water should be boiling
when the ham was first put into it;
but another Virginian insisted that
the ham should beput into cold water,
and gradually heated. The unfortu-
nate New Yorker had nothing in his
kitchen large enough to cook a 90
pound ham in. One friend thought
that the clOthes-bOiler would do, but
the unhappy man did not take kindly
to the suggestion. He has overcome
that difficulty by ordering boiler to
be made, but still is undecided as to
how to cook the ham. An old negro
woman, for years a cook in Virginia,
has finally come to the rescue. She
declares that ham should be soaked
all night in cold water, and boiled one
halt an hour for every pound it weighs.
Further than this, it should be skinned
and shaved before putting on the Ia
BILE, and should be allowed to get per-
fectly cool before 1t is eaten. '"There
are two things" she said, "a Northern
er cannot cook-a ham and chicken"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17
YOUTH,

Or? strange incOnsequence of youth
When days were lived from hand to mouth,
And thoughts ran round an empty ring
In foolish, sweet imagining.
We handled love in childish fashion
The name alone, and not the passion
The world and lie were things so small,
Our little wit encompassed all.
We took our being as our faith
For granted. drew our easy breath
And rarely stayed to wonder why
We were set here to live and die.
VAGUE dreams We had, a graHder fate,
Our lives would mold and dominate,
Till we should stand some far-of day
More Godlike than OF mortal clay.
Strong fate we meet thee but to find
A soul and all that lies behind,
WelOse youths paradise and gain
world Of duty and OF pain.
English Illustrated Magazine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17
THE RURAL HOME.
How Many Years Ago ?


How many years ago, love,
Since you came counting me-
Through oak-tree wood and DER the lea,
With rosy cheeks and waistcoat gay,
And mostly not a word TO say
How many years ago, love,
How many years ago?
How many years ago, love,
Since you 10 Father spoke?
Between your lips a sprig OF oak:
You were not one with much to say,
But Mother spoke for you that day
How many years ago, love,
How many years agO2
SO many years ago, love,
That soon our time must come
To leave our girl without home;
She's like her Mother, love, you've said;
At her age, ! had long been we'd
How many years ago, love,
How many years ago?
For love of long ago, love,
II John had aught to say,
When he comes up to us to-day
"a likely lad, though short of tongue1,
Remember, husband, We were young
How many years ago, love,
How many years ago?
Mrs. Ewing.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-17
TRICKS ON THE TRACKS!
Dangers from Which Engineers Save the
Public and Themselves.

The Railway Review
One who is accustomed to railway travel
ing can scarcely realize how much he is de-
pendent for safety upon the engineer. Add
ed to the responsibility of their station
engineer are also ia constant danger OF nc
cidents caused by the tricks OF Jealous ii
walls.
This rivalry, it is said, sometimes prompts
to the doing Of utterly mean tricks. 4
Nickel Plate engineer after his very first
trip was laid off because he had "cut out
all the bearings of his engine. He was re
instated, however after he proved that
some rival had flied his OiLng can with
emery. Another new engineer was sus-
pended for burning out the hues of his
boiler Through grief of the loss OF his
position he died, and then a conscience
stricken rival confessed that he had put on
in the tank so that il foamed and showed
water at the top gauge, when in reality there
was scarcely a quart in the boiler!
These intense iealousies, together with the
terrible anxiety incident to their work, has
q terrible straining effect on the nerve, and
statistics tell US that, though Locomotive
Engineers may look strong and vigorous,
they are not all hearty class. Ex-Chief
Engineer A. :. Hampton, Indianapolis,
Ind, DIV. 143) was one OF those apparent
ly hearty men, but he says: The anxiety
strain and iolting came near finishing me.
His suf1erings localized in catarrh of the
bladder, but he used Warmers safe cure
faithfully for twenty weeks and now ex-
claims II am a well man" Il. :. Ingra-
ham, of Cleveland, o., assistant chief en-
gineer, and other prominent members are
ais emphatic in its praise.
The Locomotive Engineers Brotherhood
has II 900 members and 24O divisions. Its
headquarters are in Cleveland, o., where
Chief Engineer Arthur for twenty years has
exercised almost dictatorial sway. 1t was
organized in August, 1868, by the employ
es OF the Michigan Central. 1t has given
nearly two million dollars to the widows
and orphans of deceased members.