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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
Kerosene for Brushes.

We once made an experiment by
washing out a camel hair pencil in ker-
Osene oil, and also a small fiat bristle
landscape brush. They were laid
away and avoided for several months,
and at length taken in hand for exam
nation, and we can state positively
that no brushes were ever IN better
condition for immediate use.
One year ago another test was
made, namely: flat bristle brush
that had been used in white lead about
the house and set away in water, was
found dried stiff. The brush was set
to soak in kerosene oil, and after
twenty-fOur hours was pretty well
softened, so that after half an hours
working of it on a piece OF board the
brush was again ready for duty.
Early last spring wefound flat bris-
tie brush, two inches wide, In the cell
lar OF a house we had lately rented.
1t had been used in white lead and left
in a wretched condition; in fact, would
have made a formidable club. By
cutting off a layer Of bristles on the
outside, and soaking it two or three
days in kerosene oil, the bristles be-
came pliable, and were easily cleaned
by free use of the oil and by working
the brush on a piece OF board. 1t was
used about the house, then cleaned
out in the oil and set in a dry clean
can, where it now is, and will remain
soft as silk
Brushes may thus be kept in prime
condition, whereas, when set away in
water, they are forgotten, and the
water evaporates and leaves them
well-nigh worthless.-T Painter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29

and addressing the heads bobbing from
behind the curtains, II beg to apollo
gize for the disturbance my little one
has caused, and the great annoyance
you have been enforced to endure.
Believe me, | would have done any
thing in my power to prevent 1t.
you, to Hal, suggested that | give
her to her mother. Sir, her mother Is
in the front car in her coffin. | must
do the best | can"
No one spoke a word, and every
head disappeared in his or her curtain
in a trice Hal stood ddmbfounded
for a moment, and then drawing him
self up and speaking manfully said:
'Ihumbly begyour pardon. [ ought
to be ashamed OF myself, and so | am.
Go to bed and give this young lady to
me-"
But do you think you could"
II think so, il | tried"
sThank you. A little rest will be a
great boon"
Come here, miss, " said Hal, holding
out his arms. "COme along, or I'll
take you anyhow"
To his utter amazement the tiny
hands were Immediately Outstretched
to him, and with little sigh the baby
nestled against his shoulder.
'sBy all that s mysterious, VIII, look
at this"
Miss Baby's arms were tight around
his neck, Miss Baby's cheek pressed
tight against his own. saw Hal
start, and then he clasped the little
creature closer and kissed her dimpled
hands and face, and held her tenderly
in his great strong arms.
"Will, come and see her" he called,
| "she's prettier than a picture"
And when | crept out and stole q
look at the fairy there she lay asleep
in all her baby beauty, with a sweet
smile curving her rosy lips and her
golden hair fallingin tangled curls over
her little flushed forehead.
'sShe is pretty" | admitted.
"Prettyl echoed Hal. ''Well, /
should think so. VIII, you may not
believe it, but I would give a good
round sum if she belonged to me; |
would upon my word"
And when he looked up there was
such earnestness in his face | knew he
meant it.
He held her so all night, scarcely
breathing lest he should disturb her,
and when he parted with her in the
morning there was a tear gllstenlng on
| baby's white hand, and | knew 1t was
| the one Hal had kissed last, before
giving her back to her father.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
The Dignity of the American Farmer.

Itdoes not seem possible that farm
ers here can ever bereduced to the con-
dition of European peasant or ten
antry Owning the land they till,
American farmers are free to adapt
themselves to changed conditions and
they have intelligence to discern the
necessity ofsuch adaptation. Theim-
provements made upon their farms
are their own. Socially and politi-
cally they have no superiOrs. They
are respected and respectable. ltmay
be necessary for time to curUall ex-
penses, but the farmhouse will con-
tinue to be the model home on this
continent, beyond question the best
place to bringup children with healthy
bodies, educated senses and acquired
habits of industry, prudence and
thrift. So long as agriculture is the
leading occupation OF a country with
our systems OF land tenure and politi-
cal equality the future OF the Ameri-
can farmer is secure. Hard times
may come, but degradation never
Philadelphia Press.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
The Famous Pony Express

From Cassells Family Magazine,
Twenty years ago, settlers starting
for the far West with their heavy laden
wagons, knew that the Journey would
occupy six months of hard travel,
and might involve many dangers of
varied aracter-Chiefly from hostile
Indians, prairie fires and rattle-snakes.
Once started on that far iOurneV,
many a weary month must elapse ere
any tidings could reach them from the
home they had left.
Great was the excitement when a
company of fearless, determined men,
announced their resolution to carry
to those of the Pacific in IA days.
The feat was deemed impossible.
Nevertheless, the Central Overland
California & Pixies Peak Express was
duly organized, the vast expanse OF
country right across the great CONT
nent was divided into runs of 60 miles,
and at each terminus rude log huts
were erected as stations and stables
for men and beasts.
The latter were strong, swift ponies,
selected for their hardness and great
powers OF endurance, and the riders
were all picked men, experienced scouts
and trappers, nOted-eVen in that
region of keen, hard-riding mentor
courage and good hOrsemanship; and
many a time must both have been tried
to the uttermOst in the course OF those
terribly long and awfully lonesome
rides across the trackless prairie, con
tinually in danger of attack, by day or
by night, by wild Indians or highway
robbers.
Once a week an express messenger
started from either side of the great
continent. From the first moment to
the last, not q second must be lost.
As long as thepony could gallop, gallOI
he must; and the eager beasts seemed
as keen as their riders, and scarcely
needed the cruel spur to urge them on
For so miles at stretch they must
keep up their utmost speed; and when
at length the goal was reached, where
the next messenger was waiting in the
saddle, ready to start without one
minutes delay, the precious letter-bag
tossed from one pOstman to the other
and, ere the wearied incomer had even
dismOunted, his successor had started
on his onward way.
Then pony and man might rest and
feed, and rest again till the return o.
the messenger with a reflled letter bag
which was warranted to accomplish
it's Journey of upward of 1000 miles
in 24O hours. The railway on the
New York side being already con
structed as far as St. Joseph, that sta
ton was the eastern point to which
the pony express had to run.
This pony express was continued
| for two years, accomplishing its work
with amazing regularity and involving
many feat of splendid riding anC
wild adventure. 1t proved, however
a ruinous failure from a Commercial
point of view, and the company col
! iapsed with a deficit OF 100000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
Summer Complaints.

Summer complaints IN children GEN
orally come from overlooking, wrong
feeding, and foul air. Attend to first
symptoms by efforts TO keep the child
comfortably cool and in good air, and
stop feeding. Give drink very often,
if desired, but only teaspoonful at a
time. If there is vomiting, mustard
plaster over the stomach and bowels
until there is some redness never does
harm. Tablespoonful doses of
spiced syrup of rhubarb and paregoric,
in equal proportions, may be given to
children over six months old; but
there should not be much delay in
consulting a physician. Even with
him the treatment is dietetic rather
than medicinal. Often the first thing
is to stop all food for a few hours.
Some of the usual domestic remedies
are really valuable, such as cold toast
water, blackberry root tea and rice
water. Boiled flour, or hour-b ball, is
prepared thus:
Take one quart of good flour, tie it
up in a muslin bag SO tightly as to
make firm mass; put it into pot OF
boiling water and keep it boiling six
hours. Then take it out and let it
dry. When fully dry, remove the bag
and peel off from the surface, and
throw away the rind of dough. With
nutmeg CRATER CRATE down as much
OF the hard, dry mass as you wish to
use into a powder. OF this from one
to three teaspoonfuls may be used, by
first rubbing it into paste with a lit
tie milk, and finally by bringing the
whole to just the boiling point. A lit
tie salt may be added. To young
children it should be given through a
nursing bottle. All the prescriptions
of the physicians will be of little avail
unless the mother or others in charge
of small children carry out the details
with good care and proper feeding
cooling, change of air and other details
of hygeinic management.-Independ
nHt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
They Never go out .'to See Man"

From the Philadelphia Press.l
The Victoria Theater of GOthen-
burg, is large, circular, wooden
building. absolutely undecorated with
in or without Within it is painted
stone color; not curtain, q flag or
even an upholstered chair to relieve
the monotony. Little tables around
everywhere. The pit was peppered
with them; they crept almost unseen
into the boxes, and peeped forth from
the dress circle, while the higher tier
of seats had to manage with ridge
not unlike those used for books in
church pews. Upon everyone OF these
tables and ridges were deposited little
silver-colored trays, with small spirit
bottles and not infrequently sand
wiches, canned, smoked fish and pick
les. There was but little beer con-
sumed. Every tray was literally
Overlooking with bottles and glasses.
Even the ladies in the boxes had their
drink in front of them and fearlessly
partook of it. Smoke from hundreds
of cigars and pipes permeated the at
mosphere | was told that the audi
ence represented the bourgeois class OF
Gothenburg There were certainly
not many handsome women present.
The fair sex were not dressed in good
taste. About half dozen white bon
nets in the place; all the rest somber
cOlOrS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
The Lightning Ticket Seller.
From the IugIeside.l

r rom Iie lIgltSlue
Barnum used to carry round with
him his famous Lightning Changer, "
an individual whose mechanism was a
side-show in itself. The man sold the
fiftv-cent admission tickets. Hewould
receive the coin, make change and de-
liver the tickets to a half dozen per-
sons at time. The rapidity OF his
hands was so great that their move
ments could not be analysed. 1t
seemed to the dazed observer as if he
did nothing but make a continual
s'scooping" movement OF the money
into the wagon behind him; but with
all his swiftness he never made an
error in change. The struggling, fight
ing crowds would swarm about him,
thrusting in their halves and Tending
off the press about them. Men would
cling so tightly to coin that he would
have to bring his fist down "bang
upon the fingers to wrench 1t out.
There IS a story related OF him that
a man once showed in a pile OF pennies
to him for q ticket.
"You don't come that said the
Lightning Changer" glancing at the
pile and showering out tickets to 9th
Take that away, will YOU"
shouted the changer, sending the pile
in a scattered shower among the
crowd; there's only forty-nine cents
in that pile l"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
CHILDREN BY THE SEA.
BY JEAN ISGELow.

Here comforted Of pilot stars they lie
In charmed dreams, but not OF void nor lea
Behold ship b r white yards score the SKY
she sails "a steel blu- sea.
As turns the great amusement Of the ude,
Drawn Of the silver despOt TO ner throne
So turn the destined souls, so far and wide
The strong deep claims its own.
Still the old tale, these dreaming islanders,
Each with hot SunderbuEis somewhat
owns,
That calls the grandsires blood within them
Dutch Java guards his bones.
And these were orphaned when leak was
sprung
Far out from land when all the air was balm;
The shpmeu saw their faces as they hung,
And sank IN the CLASSY calm.
These. in an orange sloOp their father piled,
Deck laden deep she sailed from Cadz town
black squaH rose, she turned upon her SIDE,
Drank water and went down.
they, too. shall sail High names Of allen lands
Are in the dream, great names their IaJhet7
knew;
Madras, the white surf rearing on her sands,
Gen they shall breast it, too.
See threads OF scarlet down fell Roa creep,
When moaning winds reud back her VapCrOue
veil;
Wild Oriuoco wedgeIike split the deep,
Raging forth passion pale
Or a blue berg at sunrise glitterug tall,
Great as a town adrift come shining on
With sharp spries, gemlike a. the mystical
Clear city OF st. John
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
Suspected.

suspected
We dwell together you and /,
The same in outward seeming,
As when We first in years gone by,
Saw Hymen's torches cleaning.
No CUen lar, no passing strife
DistGrbs our level courses,
But yet We feel the springs OF life
Are poisoned at their sources.
The courteous smile, the pleasant speech,
When others gather near US,
The lengthening silence, each with each,
When none are near to hear us.
The furtive watch, and covert sneer,
Sharp jests-in earnest spoken
All these have mean.4-5 full and clear,
Though peace may seem unbroken.
Our idols lie amid the dust
In thousand fragments shattered,
And faith and quiet, truth and trust,
FOreVermOre are scattered.
So day by day, unheard, unseen,
Still grows the barrier stronger,
A sombre shadow sweeps between,
And love is ours no longer
'FThe little rift within the Lutte
VIII mar the songs completeness;
The little speck within the fruit
VIII kill its bloom and sweetness.
In skies that seem to others bright
We hear the muttering thunder,
The hidden doubt shall leap to light
And part our lives asunder.
Household Words.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
In a Mexican Restaurant.


From the Military Plaza IN San
Antonio a half dozen narrow streets
branch off. Down the narrowest of
these, which seems but a passage-way
between the rows OF sOmber houses
that line either side-fOr this Is
"greaser towns a restaurant. The
presiding genius in the place is a fat
and handsome Mexican whose unct-
uous complexion glistens in the glow
of the charcoal fire that blazes softly
in a cavernOus, horizontal slit in the
gigantic chimney. 1t is like no other
cooking arrangement that ever was
seen and the method of the chef 'ls be
yond compare" Dozens of tiny sauce
pans and skillets, set flat upon the
Goals, crowd the opening very much
like invaded teeth in some great
Ogre's mouth, and in each OF those
little skillets and saucepans is the por-
ton for one person.
The treasures of earthCOuld not in
duce that oily cook to consolidate his
dishes and more especially to fry more
than one egg at a time in his egg-pan;
his laws are fixed and unalterable, and
he rewards the protests OF his guests
against cold eggs served in CONCEALED
oil with Mexican Indifference.
Thirteen plates for the thirteen
waiting customers stand ready to his
hand, and the long handled frying-pan
makes thirteen separate Journeys with
thirteen separate eggs, the while that
two assistants, degree dirtier, oiler
and less fat, chop onion and crate
cheese, which are spread finally over
the chilled eggs and cold oil and placed
before the hungry people, whom a
days anticipatory fast has prepared
to accept anything with gratitude. In
lieu of a fork a very flat pancake,
called a "tortilla," is doled out to
each one. Years of practice are re-
quired for the successful manipulation
of this most useful article, which,
when you have done with as a scoop
and have diligently and successfully
chased the particles OF food in the sea
of oil that fills your plate, you are ex-
pected to eat as a final course--sp
most clearly and labor-saving arrange
ment.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29

as true as the sun, and the sooner one
acquires the habit OF economy, the
better it is for them. The idea of too
much bother is only a symptom of
laziness, and sit is not more than a
cents worth, anyway" must not be
allowed a foothold, for if it is, it will
lead to all OF waste, and sap the
purse in various unaccouDtable WAYS.
Cor. Mirror and Farmer.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
zone Nail Drives out Another"

Is French saying that finds exemplifica-
ton in the way one disease will substitute
itself for another and graver one, in very
many cases. Liver disease for instance
will soon induce blood disorders, throat
ailments, skin affections and eventually,
because of impoverished blood consump-
ton itself unless, indeed, it be treated in
its incipiency and early progress by DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which
acts as a specific in these ailments, accom-
plishing a rapid cure by its powerful altera-
tive action upon the great organs OF the
LODI
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29

For SEVERAL YEARS have suffered great
~ from periodical returns of Hay Fever.
At the suggestion of COVERT Il CHEEvER,
Druggists. ] obtained Ely's Cream Balm
and used a portion of it during a severe at
tack. | can cheerfuIly testify as to the i'm
mediate and continued relief obtained by
it's use | heartily recommend it to those
suffering from this or kindred complaints.
LReNl IL A. SMITH. Clinton. Wis.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
FREEDOMS HOME.


Far up the new worlds river spreading wide,
mighty continent on every side
Dakota, virgin home of plenty waits
Mans touch, minds sway. Large as a dozen
states,
Rich prairies roll in verdant swells away
To brilliant skies, the realm of spring and day.
Fair, sunny Cline thy buoyant ozone airs
Can never breathe in coward serfman's PRAYERS.
Ay, nurtured on these ample plains | see
freeman race-the nation yet to be;
Here, heart pulsiTg fresh life to all around:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
A Miners Cabin.
[Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
-

lJOE, SdU FRANCISCO NlrOllCle.
A miners cabin is not always q
dreary sort OF 81 place, even to one
who has not the gold fever. This was
Of logs and ancient. 1t had two small
windows, door on which the latch
string always hung out, and an I'M
used outside chimney. The roof was
OF shingles, a stovepipe stuck through
it, and the limbs Of an oak hung over
it, So much for its exterior. Close
by on one side was a low. framed, one
rOOmed house, in which slept the cook,
a workman, and the donkey driver.
On the other side was a kennel-look-
ing structure the word "kennel' fully
describes it, in which slept an Irish
miner, one of the argOnauts of 40.
He attended to the arrastras, pound
ed up the quartz rock like veritable
paddy on a turnpike, before dumping
them in to be ground up, and kept the
tlume in repair. With his tools, chem
icals, oil cans, old clothes, and himself
in his bunk in his kennel, there was no
unoccupied space within even for the
household TERROR Two arrastras, or
primitive mills, for extracting the gold
from the quartz, stood within ten feet
of the cabin. The boxed-up tlume,
carrying a swift volume of water from
a point q mile distant up the river,
came down the hill behind the cabin
to these mills. They are great wood
en- structures, the most conspicuous
part OF each being large horizontal
wheel revolving in whirlgig fashion
about foot upon the ground The
water from the fiume striking with
great force against the boxed-up little
paddles arranged in the wheel starts it
in motion. A heavy upright center
post is turned by the wheel. To this
center post are attached tour great
powders, which, with its revolutions,
are dragged around in a rock-imed
basin about eight feet in diameter
and two feet deep, in which is tumbled
the broken quartz.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29

BLESSINGS BRIGHTEN as they take their
fight The chief of blessings is good health.
without which nothing Is worth the having;
il is always appreciated at its true vslue
after il Is lost, but, too often, not before.
Live properly, and correct ailments before
they become seated. For diseases of the
liver, kidneys, skin, stomach, and all arts
ing from impure, feeble blood. DIR. WALKER ;
CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BlTTERs are sure and
speedy remedy. 1t has never yet failed in
"a single instance.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
1npOrtan

When you visit or leave New York city
save Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire,
and stop at the Grand Union Hotel,
opposite Grand Central Depot; 600 elegant
rooms fitted up at cost of one million
dollars, reduced to 81 and upwards per
day European plan. Elevator Restau-
rant supplied with the best. Horse cabs,
stage, and elevated railroad to all depOts'
Families can live better for less money at
the Grand Union than at an first-class
hotel in the city.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
Farm Wages.

Nearly halfofthe wage earners OF this
country are, it is estimated, employed
directly or indirectly in agriculture,
and the question OF the price OF labor
on the farm has therefore a wider in
terest than in any other industry. The
latest report of Mr.. Dodge, statisti-
clan of the Department OF Agricul-
ture, contains a comprehensive state
ment OF the wages paid to farm labor
ers in all parts of the country, based
upon what is believed to be an entire
ly trustworthy data. According to
this, the average monthly wages are
in the Eastern states, S25. 80; in the
Middle states, S23;19;in the Southern
states, S1427; in the Western states,
$22.26, and in California, S38.75.
The great number OF persons thrown
out OF employment in other pursuits,
and who have sought a livelihood
from farm labor, has depressed the
wages of farm hands to some extent
in the Eastern, Southern and Western
states; but in the Middle states and
| California an advance has been made,
even since 1882, and the current
wages are the highest ever known,
recKoned ingold values. Higher wages,
it is true, were paid in 1866, but in a
| deprecated currency. Since 1882,
however, the decline in the rate OF
wages has been $1.32 per month, or
about percent. III the Eastern states;
SI.O3, or 6 per cent. in the Southern
states; 81 81, or less than 8 per cent.
| in the Western states; while there has
| been an advance of 95 cents per
month, or more than per cent. in
the Middle states, and OF 80 cents, or
more than l per cent in California, so
that the general decline is about per
cent In view Of the general depres-
sion in other industries, and the seri-
Gus reduction in wages in spite of ire.
quent strikes, this is a very excellent
showing for the wages OF farm hands
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
Peck's sun.

The funniest paper in America. Have
you ever read it? If not, send n postal
card for sample copy, which will be mailed
YOU free. Address Geo. /. Lord, business
manager, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prOstra-
tion and all forms OF general debility re-
leved by taking MENsMAN's PEPToNZED
BEEF Tone the only preparation OF beef
containing its entire nutritious properties.
1t contains blood-making, force generating
and DEMONSTRATING properties; is invaluable
in all enfeebled conditions, whether the re
suit of exhaustion, nervous prostration
overwork, or acute disease, particularly If
resulting from pulmonary complaints.
Caswell, Hazard & Co, proprietors, New