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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26

once titled in the Eastern states. They
have broken one piece OF virgin soil
after another, till at length there is
no more on the place they occupy.
They are now aware OF the fact that
they have well-nigh exhausted the
natural fertility of the soil, and that
they must set about restoring it by
artificial means. They are saving all
the manure their cattle, horses, sheep,
and pigs make and hauling { upon
their fields that are not as productive
as they once We're.
A farmer who has discovered that
all his land is in great need OF fertilizers
is likely to try to make a littlemanure
60 long way. He places little heaps
of manure so far apart that they look
very lonesome. Hespreads them out,
but the coating of manure, If such it
may be called, is scarcely visible. So
very small is the amount applied to
an acre that it produces little influence
on the crops planted on it. In no in
stance is the effect of the manure last
ing. 1t is all appropriated by the first
crop that is raised on theland. Proba-
bly, the best way to bring up the pro-
been impoverished by repeated crop
pings is to do it a piece at the time.
By adopting this course several acres
may be brought under high cultiva-
ton each year. The soil being well en-
riched, will continue to produce large
crops for several seasons without the
annual application OF manure. The
parts of the farm that have not been
manured can be kept in grass and
clover, which English farmers call
resting crops" They will not reduce
the fertility OF the soil, but will enable
it to restrain what it possesses till
such time as the sod can be broken and
liberal amount of manure applied.
Heavy crops can be secured on the
portions of the farms that have re-
Gently been highly MANFRED, which will
amount to more than light crops on a
| larger number of acres.
The portions of the farm that are
devoted to certain crops should be
very highly MANFRED, even if no tertil-
izers are applied to other portions for
! several years IN succession. 1t is use
less to expect paying crops OF cabbage,
| caulifiOwar, onions, beets, melons, and
sQuashes unless the soil where they are
planted is very highly MANFRED. They
are very gross feeders, and unless they
are we'll supplied with materials to aid
their growth the yield will be small in
quantity and poor in quality. All
these plants require much cultivation,
most of which must bedone with hand
implements. Land should be very
highly MANFRED that is to produce
crops that require much cultivation.
The soil must be worked several times
during the growing season with light
cultivator or hand hoe, whether it is
highly MANFRED or not. The manure
will double the yield, which will call
for no additional labor. Asparagus,
pie-plant, Strawberries, and all kinds
of bush fruits require a large amount
OF manure. and their production
should not be attempted on land that
is not made rich and kept rich by the
application of fertilizers from the sta
BILE and feed yard. The small yield
and the poor quality of garden vegeta-
bles and fruits generally noticeable on
farms are due to lack of manure.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26
Random Notes.

TIMOTHY ALTERNATELY is much
less second crop after a cutting of tim
othy than after clover, and what does
grow Is OF more value as protection to
the roots, which run near the surface
and are often badly injured by deep
freezing, though not thrown out as
clover roots often are.
PROFITABLE sTOCK.-A young heife1
growing mp to be a COW and bred to
calve sometime next spring, is more
sureto pay her keeping through the win
ter than any other kind of horned
stock. If not sold when she has her
first calf, she will at least pay her way
for a year, when she will certainly be
worth more.
PROTECTION FOR WINTER GRAN-In
the West scattering oats and barley in
winter wheat is considered an adj
vantage. They rob the crop of much
plant food, but this is more than off
set by the protection which they give
against blowing away the soil from
the wheat roots, or its deep freezing,
which Is also often injurious.
Eastwood FOR BEE PAsTURE.-Bass-
wood blossoms make very good honey,
and by some are preferred to that from
white clover. A locality where an
abundance of Eastwood trees grow is
generally good one for the apiary,
but the wood of this tree is not worth
enough to make its extensive planting
profitable or probable where it does
not grow.
WASTE OF GREEN MANURE.-If a
farmer has now crop of Hungarian
grass, millet or fodder corn, he should
by all means cut and feed it, rather
than pillow it under as green manure.
1t makes a seed bed too light and
porous for winter wheat, and most OF
Its fertilizing properties have been
wasted before any spring crop can be
sown or planted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26
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GeIl.U.S.Grant
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There are many portraits of Gen. Grant, as
there were OF George Washington, but the por-
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return from the trip around the world, when at
the zenith of his fame in the prime OF life and in
perfect health, is the only one that will beknowD
in the future. The portrait Of Washington by
Stuart is the one known to the masses; even
children recognize II before they know the alpha
bet. The portrait OF Our Old Commander, as
taken at the time We refer to, is the one that
will live in the minds of the people Of the coun-
try he saved. Millions saw Gen. Grant at about
the time this was taken. This viii be the por
trait OF history. No steel engraving or oil paint
ing can compare, as a likeness, with a photo
graph-the mirror of the face.
Gen. Grant is dead, and everybody viii desire
a portrait and should get the best one. We
have published this photo-portrait tor the sub
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ANY subscriber sending US Sl.OO may receive
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trait. Any subscriber sending us Sl.oO may re-
Ceve the EVENING WISCONSIN two months with
the portrait.
Frames, with glass, can be had with the por-
trait, and sent by express at cost and risk
receiver, by adding the price of frame TO the
above rates: Two inch oak and maroon frame
with black line for 81 90. Address,
CRAMER, AIKENS & CRAMER,
WIS.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26
Very Important.

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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26

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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26
THE MAIDEN's SUITORS,

sUIToR NO. /
Sweet maiden with the face so fair.
And eyes that like the diamonds shine
Bright maiden with the queenly air,
Once more | ask, wilt thou be mine?
Oh, give consent and be my wife,
Some pity kindly show to me:
love thee better than my life.
And cheerfully would die for thee.
THE MAIDEN
Oh, do not teaze me now pray;
Talk love to me some other day.
sUTTOR No. ,.
The reason why I've called today
Is this-er-well, upon my life,
! scarcely know just what to say
And-er-well, will you be my wife?
You'll never know LIES cares or ills,
In silks and jewels you shall shine,
III foot your millinery bills.
And-well, in brief, will you be mine?
THE MAIDEN.
This is so sudden! Button, lal
think you'd better speak to pa.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26
The Home of Mr., Blatpe

WASHINGTON, d. C.-The son of San.
ator Frye, OF Maine, who has been
suffering from a severe cold, which set
tied on his chest, was cured by a few
doses OF Red Star Cough Cure. He
publicly endorses it as prompt, pleas
ant and safe. DR.. Cox calls it the best
remedy. 1t contains no opiates or
polsons.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26
Liberal Applications of Manure.

Western farmers have at length
come 20 appreciate the value OF iertil-
lzers. They no longer burn their
straw or dump the dung made by their
cattle and other animals into creeks
where it will be carried away by spring
floods. They have given up the idea
that even black prairie soil will con-
tinue to produce large crops of corn
and small grains without having some
kind OF fertilizer applied to it. Many
have lived on the same farms long
enough to notice that the yield of all
kinds of field-crops has been greatly
reduced. Some have noticed that it
requires more acres of land to pas
ture a COW than it did when they com
menced to keep cattle in the West.
They have aseertainedt that prairie soil
Is likely ''to run OUT" like the soil they
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26
A Black List

OF diseases follows an unhealthy condition
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DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery"
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26

On a ferryboat connecting Norfolk
and Berkeley, Va, negroes are forbid
den to go on the white side of the boat.
Some Baptist ministers entered the
forbidden cabin, and were by force put
on the other side.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26

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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26
important,

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Families can live better for less money al
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26

THE HOUSES WE LIVE Min other words
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26

THE castle OF Budah, a home OF
Hungarian monarchy for centuries, is
to be completely rebuilt by the Emper-
or Francis Joseph at a cost OF So
100000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26

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STRAIGHTEN your old boots and shoes
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26
MANS work is from sun to sun;

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Work is a necessity to all; but, upon how
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26

a LANCASTER man assaulted his
mOther-in-law and was imprisoned.
The next time he will be so anxious
to thrash his best friend.-Litiz Penn
EyDrpSS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26

IHAvE tried Athlophoros for an attack
of rheumatism, and feel good deal bet
ter than | did before using the medicine.
have not as many pains as ! had before.
Please send me six bottles. Richard Pfaff,
Rurr Oak Wis
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26

THIS season is the worst for the cir
cuses that they have known in ten
years. 1t is said that not one has
cleared any money, and many have
lost heavily.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26
at TEIrNK this Sunday halI-D1avipo

II THINK this Sunday baII-pIaying is
very sinful" at ought to bestopped."
$50 it ought. Why, last Sunday
two or three of US were out fishing and
the players in the next field made such
racket that we didn't catch single
Gcb -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26
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The Butler weekly times., 1885-09-16

news, counces..ct> - tendency - FfeU'''.'-
,i~:n, and i = genuine stav and >tl"'e -
.ar a-ei, ,;u@rn a-d nervous persons
The article i, no-e,er, derived iroa me
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-a-e ~ al druggists and dealers generally
The Butler weekly times., 1885-09-16

en- 0TOlGcItt4 = --t'~ @E>--N ----7 80 -
! hsvs. cost 4 lot: and it's all lace
too
He knew wh4, embroidery cos b
his own mess waIs:coat> and hi
tunic~. Then not onir WAS the dre>.
o. the ch.!d OF a verv costly deec:lP-
ton. but is sleeve, were ued u
with Cambridge blue ribbons that
were evidently new, and IL wais'
i was encircled BY broad sash OF the
same material and tint. Altogether
it was Just such child IS he WAS
! occasionally called upon 70 admire
IN the houses Of his married brother
officers: Yet that any lady in the
reqlrent would lend her baby tor 4
whole night TO a set OF harua scarum
Young fellows for the purpose OF
PLAYING a tr!ck on a brother officer
was manifestlY absurd. And besides
that, Bootles was so good natured
and such tavorlte with the ladies Of
the regiment that he thought he
knew all their babies by sight, and
he became afraid that this one was
indeed little stranger il the land,
welcome or unwelcome.
Vet If it was the fellows doing,
where had they got Il: And If it
was not the fellows dong, why
should any one leave a baby asleep
in his cot. The whole thing was
inexphcabIe.
Just then the child. il playing with
his chain, slipped a little on the
smooth cloth OF his overalIs, and
Bootles, with '.Whoa, whoa, my
lad" hauled It up again. In dong
SO he felt = piece OF paper rustic
somewhere about the embroidered
skirt.
"A note. THIS grows melodra-
said Bootle>. craning his
neck to find it. 'sOh, here we are.
Now we shall see
The note was written IN firm,
large. yet thoroughly feminine hand,
and ran thus:
"A-ou will not absolve me from
-. oo,L - oa-,a~, Yaana~t,,r 0ur
marriage, though now that l have
offended you, l may starve or go to
he work house. | cannot break my
,ath, though YOU have broken all
ours, but | am determined that you
hall acknowledge your child. | am
.oing to leave her tonight in your
ooms with her clothes. BY mid |
lght | shall be out of the country.
do this because | have obtained 4
,ood situation. and because when | |
each my destination I shall have
pent my last shilling. | give YOU
cir warning, however, that if you
esert the child, or fail to acknowl- |
dge her. I will break my oath and
ro claim our marriage. IF you en-
age i nurse she will not be much
-ouble. She is a good and sweet
child, and | have called
er Mary, after Your dear mother.
,h, how she would pity me if she
ould see me now. FAREWELL
From that moment Bootles ali
olyed the fellows from any share in
lie affair: but what to do with the
hid he had not the least idea.
1T is the very devil he said |
loud, watching the busy fingers still
laying with bis cham.
He gathered Ii awkwardly iii hls
rms, and rose to look tor the cloth
e spoken of in the letter. Yes,
lere 1t was, parcel os goodly size,
raped III stout brown paper
oyer. and on the chair beside bis
ot lay the outdoor garments o.
oung chlld-a white coat bordered
ith tur, fur-trimmed cap, ana
me other things which Bootle~ did
II quite understand the use Of; t
hite wool tingeriess gloves (at least
did not know what else they could
}. and some longer things OF the
me class, like stockings without +
et
Boot.es Shook hls head bewillrr-
The Butler weekly times., 1885-09-16
ROOTLES' BABY.
1E!API iz!k l.
n J. 5 WINTER


whist table IN the messroonn Of the
Caya,r. Barracks at Idlemlnster.
where tie Scarlet Lancers were
quar.cred, called out, ''BootIes, come
and take = Aand-there's good
chap"
Capt. Algernon Ferrers, more
commonly known as '-Bootles."
looked up.
- don't mind if | do he said,
rising and moving towards them.
"What do you want me to do:
Who's my partner -
The three other men stared at one
another IN surprise, for Boobies was
one OF the best whist players in the
regiment, and IN an ordinary way
would as soon have thought OF count
ing honors as OF settling the question
OF partners other than by cutting,
except in the case of revenge.
''Why. take card, of course. my
friend" laughed Lacy, III ridicu-
lousy soft voice. Lacy was recent
importation from the White Dra-
goons, and had taken possession of
the place lett vacant III Bootlcs
everyday lllc by Scott Laurie 5 mar
riage.
'.Ah, yes; to be surc-cCt, Of
course. l believe" said Boobies,
looking at the three faces before him
III an uncertain way-''I believe I've
got a headache. -
"Oh, nothing like whist for a head |
ache, answered Hartog, turning up |
the last card. "Ace OF diamonds.
However, alter stumbling through |
one game-after twice trumping his
partners trick, revoke, and several
such like bIunders-he rose to his
feet.
''lt's no use, you fellows; I'm no
good tonight can't even see the
cards. Get some one to take my
place and make a fresh START
''Why, you're ali, Bootles,' cried
Preston "What is 1t:
''lt's devil of a headache" an
swered Bootles promptly. Here's
very man. Good night"
GOOD night" called the fellows
a fter HIM. Then they settled down
to, their game, and Preston dealt.
''Never saw Bootles seedy be- .
tore," SAID Lacy.
ooh, yes; he gets these headaches |
answered Hartog. |
Not often, though. Miles, your S
ead." Ii
Meantime Bootles went YEARLY | t
away, almost feeling his road under i
he yeranda OF the mess rooms, along .
he broad pave in front of the off, c
;ers' quarters, and up the wide flight
ot stone steps to his rooms facing ,
he green OF the barrack square.
Being the senior captain, with only =
one bachelor field officer IN the i
regiment, he had two large and
pleasant rooms, not very grandly
tor, though rich mamie a
vas not an extravagant one, and saw o
10 fun IN having costly goods and /
,hattelS 10 be at the tender mercies
II soldier servants; but they were I
leat, clean and comfortable. with 4 b
Efficiency of great easy travelling Q
hairs, plenty of fur rugs and lots OF a
'retty little pictures and Lnick- Il
nacks. :,
The fire IN his sitting-room was g
ast dying out, but bright and s.
heerful blaze illunined his sleeping b
oonl, shining on the brass knobs OF | h
is cot, on the silver ornamentations a
the corners of shis dressing-case, o
n three or four scent bottles on the C
lll, cretonne-petncoated toilet table.
nd on the tired but resplendent g
gure Of Bootles himself. II
lie dragged the big chair pretty Is
ear to the fire, and dropped into i, "
nth Sigh OF relief. absolutely too G
ck and weary to think about getting
ITO bed Just then. As Hartoe had Il
aid, sometimes these headaches "