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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31
Bits of Inform alton.

DeciduOus trees should be tr MS
planted in October or November.
The Rural New Yorker says the Rus
sian mulberry is fraud
There is no place on a well-conduct-
ed farm for poorly fed stock
A flock Of turkeys in a tobacco field
greatly lessons the trouble of worm
ing.
Galloway cattle are becoming popu-
lar in Oregon and Washington Terri
tory.
A plant has been discovered in Ari-
IONA which is said to be equal to hem
lock bark to tan leather.
Potatoes should be kept dry and
cool.
American competition has reduced
the price OF the celebrated Cheshire
cheeses of England 10 cents perpound.
A bull cali of Princess II. recently
sold for 5000. The butter record OF
the mother was forty-seven pounds in
seven days.
GIVE hens constant access to lime III
some form. Hens must have the raw
material in order to manufacture
shells; they cannot make them from
nothing.
The Charleston News and Courier
says the rice bird, so much admired
by epicures of the South, is the bobo-
link of the North and the catbird OF
the West, modified by climate.
The raisin crop of California is ex-
pected to reach 100000 boxes this
year. This is only about one-tenth of
the annual consumption of the cOun-
try, the remainder being imported.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31
Shying Horses are Near-sighted.

From the New YORK sun.
"Why it is that shying in horses
should be set down to an ugly dispO
sition / don't know" said prominent
veterinary surgeon yesterday. at
must be because hOrsemen don / know
what else to lay it to. Thu fact is
that it seldom is met with unless the
horse is near sighted. | have tested
scores ofshying horses for near-slghted-
ness, and IN nearly all cases found
what | expected. And now when am
asked to give points on buying horses
| give this as one OF the requisites.
Never buy a horse which IS near
sighted. There are, however, two ex-
ceptions to this rule. If the horse Is
to have mate, then it doesn't make
any difference about the sight. One
horse can 90 blind if the Otheris clear
sighted. If the horse is to be used for
riding to saddle be careful that he IS
not near-sighted, for he will throw you
sooner or later.
1.-THE reason why a near-slghted
horse SHES isvery simple" the surgeon
continued. "Of all animals the horse
is the most gentle, and even timid. He
sees a strange object, and his susceptl-
BILE mind magnifies it into a monster
that is going to destroy him. A piece
of white paper at the roadside IN the
night is a ghost, and an old wagon IN
the ditch is a dragon. Every horse
man knows that If you drive the am
NAL close to the dreadful object the
horse cools down at once. 1t Is sup
posed that it is because the morse
makes a closer acquaintance with the
object. That is true, but not IN the
sense in which it is generally under
stood. The animal has not been abe
to see it from distance. He Is near
sighted"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31
The Draft Horses of France,

While some people in America call
all horses imported from France Nor
mans, it is a fact that there is no
breed in France called by that name
by the French people; the name Nor
man, therefore, is purely American.
The principal breeds of France are
known as PercherOns and Boullanais.
The Percherons are the most highly
priced of all French races, and all de-
partments of France go to the Perche
for stations to improve their local
breeds. The Percheron stud book OF
France, published under the authority
of the French government, is the only
stud book of draft horses that is or
ever has been published in France, and
contains the pedigrees of about 5000
animals. But some importers are Of
fering certificates from France of Nor
man draft horses that may mislead
people who do not understand the
French language into believing these
records of origin. Not one of them is
sued contains pedigree. They are
furnished at the request of American
buyers by the secretary OF one of the
French agricultural societies, who says
thereisno intention of publishing them
in stud book form, as they have no pedi-
grees and are of no value whatever.
1t is a well known fact that what a
man gives for horse above $500 or
$500 (the price OF a good grade)js
paid for purity of blood; and where
the seller is not able to give the re-
corded pedigree of the animal sold as
evidence of additional value, he has
no right to ask it. With these facts
before him, no intelligent man will buy
a horse imported from France unless
his is recorded with his pedigree in full
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31
Selling Lambs in the Fall.


Fat lambs are always in good de-
mand in autumn, and the farmer is
usually in need OF the money that can
be realized from them. In his anxiety
to turn the needed cash he is quite apt
to overlook the ultimate wants of his
flock. He is well aware of the fact
that old sheep are not profitable in
any capacity, yet he thinks that he
will chance them another season, and
turn his lambs over to the butcher
So the bare bellied, Improbable old
ewes are kept over again, and the
quality of the flock gradually deter
iOrateS.
However well it may pay to sell
young lambs in autumn, it certainly
does not pay to keep old, WORKOUT
ewes to breed from. Enough of the
best eve lambs should be saved to
take the place OF these old ewes. A
eve should not be kept to more than
the age of four or five years. Many of
them are at their best at six wears OF
age, but as rule they began to de-
teriorate after Landing three or four
times
Old sheep may be turned off to very
good advantage, even old ewes. By
keeping them away from the ram in
autumn, they may be fattened and
sold in early winter at small cost.
Sheep usually come up from the past
ure in autumn in excellent condition.
This start should not be lost. Com
mence granting them lightly even be-
fore they are entirely removed from
grass. Commence early to keep them
| under cover Of sheds or stables, and
| they Will not fall away, as is too often
| the case In early winter.
Wethers can be proftably kept un-
| til three years Of age, when they can be
made to dress 100 pounds and up.
ward. think it more profitable to
keep the greater part of the flock to
! this age than to turn off when but six
or seven months old.
! Early spring is a good time to turn
off fat wethers. Sheep fatten well in
! cold weather. The farmer has more
| time to attend to them in winter than
at any other season of the year, and
| by fattening in winter and holding I'M
| til spring the fleece is taken off and
sold separately, by which plan much
more can be realized from it. They
may be clipped and sold in April by
this method. Mutton usually com
mands good price at this time,
while the wool may be held as long as
desired.
On the whole, / do not believe it
good policy to turn off so many lambs
IN autumn. | think that focks are
| too much kept down in this way, and
/ that the farmer cannot realize to the
full on such young animals. We must
consider for the future as well as for
the present in these things Wool
Grower.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31
LincoIn's Sense of Justice.

From the Buffalo Commercial
The Buffalo Historical Society has
lust received as donation from Gen
William B. Rochester, the paymaster-
general Of the army at Washington, a
most valuable historical curiosity and
relic of the war of the rebellion. 1t is
connected with the administration Of
President Lincoln, and contains two
OF his pointed notes, so illustrative
OF MS sense of right and Justice 1t
was in the case of a Capt. Bourry, a
distinguished Austrian officer, who
was recommended to Gen. Mcclellan
by the President and by the former
assigned to the staff of Gen. Blenker
in October, 1861, and served until
June. 1862. At that time Gen. Blen-
ker wrote to the War Department a
statement of the facts and as to the
services Of Capt. Bourry, and asking
that he be paid. The matter being laid
before President Lincoln, he wrote as
follows:
remember nothing of this case, but de-
sire that it shall be investigated and that
Capt. BOurry be paid for the service he actu-
ally performed, if any. The government
cannot afford to accept services and refuse
payment for them. A. LINCOLN.
Arc. Z, 1862.
Then follows letter from the War
Department stating the claim, and
that the President desired the case in
vestigated, and referring it all to
the Acknowledgement for information
whether this officer had been mustered
into the United States service. The
adjutant- general, under date of August
10, returned the matter, stating that
Capt. BOurry was never mustered into
service within the knowledge of his
office. All of which being laid before
Mr.. Lincoln, he wrote on the face of
the papers as follows:
/ did not ask for information whether
this man had been mustered into service.
Have we accepted his actual services? II
we nave, let HIM be paid for them, unless
there Is positive law against it.
AUG. 20, 1862. A LINCOLN.
Then follows, under date of August
%, direction from the War Depart
ment to Maj. Rochester to pay the
officer in fIlt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31
THE RURAL HOME.
The Housewife to Her Daughter.

The Housewife to her Daughter.
You little guess the consequences that's coming
When YOU have left the farm and me to be VIII
Johnson wife;
But suppose my mother felt just 50 when from
Your father came one summer day to carry
home his bride.
Ny good Old man to see this day, who all my
feelings shared:
But then would not bring him back not even
ii / might,
Nor change one crook that's in my lot, for what
God does Is right.
But as sit alone and think, see some things
d change;
might have made him happier; then do not
If I should speak some warning words, to save
you, il / may,
From making thoughtless, sad mistakes, to bring
clouds Ger your way.
So Just remember, Hannah. dear, that though
you're pretty bright,
1t may be very possible you'll not be always
Perhaps when you are fretting DER some other
body's sin,
IOu'll find the fault was all your own, If you
would look within.
As when we washed the window panes, together
face TO face,
SO that the smallest spot or stain should find
no resting place.
You would insist, however hard to make you see
l tried,
That every spot was my fault, when twas really
on your side.
And Hannah, oh, be patient if you find VIII
sometimes slow,
Your wits flash out like lightning streaks, as
swift to come and go.
Now lightning is a handy thing in stormy nights,
'tis true,
But after ali steady shine is kind O useful
too.
And if there's any difference comes 'twixt your
good man and you,
Don't stop to ask whose fault it is the onlyway
to do,
Is lust to take the thing in hand and try with
all your might,
Before it grows 100 big to change to fix it up all
right.
You know the dough, when first It's set, is
moulded as We viii,
But when It's baked we cannot change its shape
for good or i'll;
So now, when you are starting out in your new
home Is Just
The time to see what ways you'n set to harden
into crust
But dear, you'll not succeed alone, no matter
how you try;
You'n have to 90 down on your knees and ask
help from on High.
We soap and rub, and boil and rinse, but after
all, you know,
1t takes Heavens sun to make the clothes as
white as newfallen snow.
Good House Keeping.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31

gathered in this country In a year. OF
course an enormous amount is lost in
honey sold in the comb. The greatest
quantity comes from the West and the
South, and 1t generally comes in small
quantities from different villages. The
farmer strains his honey and boils the
wax IN water, and when it is soft he
pours 1t of into any sort of q pan.
This makes 1t come to us in all sorts
OF shapes. He sells it to the village
store, or a number OF the farmers club
together and send their supply of wax
TO a dealer. They get about twenty
four cents pound for it.
Glover honey makes yellow wax
and buckwheat honey dark wax.
Sometimes We find bees in the wax,
but That does not happen very often.
Inc dealers sell 1t for thirty-tive cents
a.pound.
"Nhen wax is to be used for flowers
and several other purposes, it has to
be bleached IN order to remove the
color. This is done by melting it and
allowing 1t to flow over horizontal
wooden cylinders revolving into and
out OF cold water. The wax as it
falls Is chilled into thin ribbons, which
are laid out on canvas and bleached
IN the sun. This is repeated until it
has become quite white. It is then
melted, strained through silk sleeves,
and cash IN moulds. 1t can, however,
be bleached more quickly by the use OF
acids. 1t is sometimes adulterated
with starch, mutton suet, or stearine.
but this deceit can be readily detected
Wax is now being used in the manu-
facture OF artificial honeycombs, in
which the bees deposit the honey, and
escape the labor of manufacturing the
wax. a bee must consume honey in
order to make wax, and when thewax
is made ready for him, he stores away
the honey which he would otherwise
have eaten. Wax is very often used
making wax models and wax heads,
but will probably be supplanted in that
direction by papiermache, as this is
more durable. New York Sun.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31
In Society.

From the Boston Transcript
There seems to be an endeaVOr on
the part of people of all classes to be
regarded as members OF the Chest sOci-
ety." The popular conception OF
best society" is a society of fashion
able people, who clOthe their bodies
we'll and feed their minds on a few ster-
eotyped words and phrases, learned
through imitation Of those who have
been long in the charming realm of
this "best society" Thefeeblest mind
may find a hearty welcomeif the body
be IN fashionable attire
The sOciety-craze has affected even a
certain class OF labOring men. Two
workmen, in brown overalls, were walk
ing down the street in a large city,
when one OF them said, "Pd ruther
board ware | am. Hev to pay five
dollars and a half a week; it's high,
an | could get board for five dollars
but in those cheap places there hain't
no society"
Again they were sitting in d horse
car, and said one to the other:
"S'ciety's vurry good in" nam
ing a suburb in which, as it happens,
there are absolutely no remarkable
persons and very little wealth; a sub
urb which is, in fact, enthusiastically
rural.
"Now, George" he went on, els al
wers laughing at the s'ciety in -.
Truth is, he's a frs'rate civil engineer
an scientific Teller an all that, but he
don't shine! an so he's alwers a-hing-
in out. Now, Georges wife sings an
plays pretty well, an my wife she give
a mewsikul," pronouncing musicale by
rules of his own, can she asked George
to bring his wife. She came, an my
wife she asked her oplay, an she got
consid bic attention, an they 've.been
out consid BILE since. Guess George
thinks there's somethin' in Getty
That George" might havefound his
greatest pleasure in the superiority OF
his wife to "my- wife-she" and her
friends never entered the good man
mind
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31
PARADISE.


o Paradise must fairer be
Than all on earth eXcelling
o would that from trouble free,
We're there securely dwellingi
In Paradise "A river clear
OF heavenly love Is streaming,
Where every bitter earthly tear
lucid pearl Is cleaning
n Paradise soft breezes blow
To cool the hearts not fever;
The pAugs and pains that here we know
They watt away forever,
n Paradise. on greeneSt glade,
The tree OF Peace is planted;
The sleeper underneath its shade
BY blissful dreams is haunted.
A cherub sentry at the gate
HIS wakeful watch is keeping,
Lest worldly din should penetrate
To rouse me, sweetly sleeping.
nv heart. that shattered bark, VIII there
Be safe in harbOr riding;
It, ever restless infant, Care,
Be lulled 70 rest abiding.
For every thorn that gave a wound
A rose will there be borne me;
And Joys that here no roses found,
With rosy wreath adOrn me.
There viii al pleasures breathe and bloom,
That here uutImely wlthered,
and blossoms rare OF rich perfume
From arid stems be gathered.
All that was here my hearts pursuit,
VIII grow from hour TO hour,
From tender ground as golden fruit
As summer opening Hover
The blighted hopes that here were mine,
Like wreaths from many a lar idId
In fragrant bloom will round me twlne
Ny never fading garland
Youth. that on rapid beating wing
So swiftly Der me darted,
And Love. that on a morn in spring
One nectar draught impaired,
Wiugla-S and flightlaSS there Will be,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31
Wax and Its Uses.

THE most valuable product OF the
work of bees is honey, but the most
usefulis wax, said a dealer in beeswax.
at Is used for all sorts of purposes in
medicine, in CLUES, in cements, and a
thousand other things. Makers of
fancy paper use it in coloring the pa
per; cutters use it in polishing the
handles of knives; jewelers. use it in
waxing moulds in which they cast
articles of jewelry; tailors and shoe
makers use it in waxing threads;
painters use it in cements; druggists
use it in hair oil, pomade, salve and
pertumery, and pattern makers close
up holes in their patterns with it.
Much OF it is made into wax flowers,
and flowers dipped into melted wax
to preserve them.
1T would probably be impossible to
ascertain the exact amount OF wax
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31

Boston supports 500 insane, says Mr.. i.
b Sanborn. not 70 of whom will recoverl
This is frightful. Insanity has increased
10 per cent. in decade and most OF the
cases are incurable. Whatever the indi-
vidual cause may be, the fact remains that
Uric Acid blood sets the brain on fire, de
stroys its tissues, and then comes some
form of fatal luuacy.
Nothing is so pitiable as a mind diseased.
Most brain troubles begin in the stomach;
then if the blood is filed with uric acid
caused by failure of kidney action, and the
consequent destruction of the blood life
albumen-you have the fuel and the flame
and a brain in fun blaze as when one raves,
or in slow combustion, as in milder forms
of insanity Rev. f. ID. Hopkins, of St.
Johusbury, VT, a few years ago was con-
fined in an asylum. Hetooka terrible cold
while aiding in putting out a fire in a neigh
boris burning house, and for twenty-five
years that cold was slowly filling his blood
with uric acid and finally the deadly work
was done. The case looked hopeless but he
happily used Warmers safe cure and recov-
cred. That was three years ago and having
ridden his blood Of all surplus uric acid, he
has remained we'll until this day.
1t is indeed terrible thing to lose one
mind, but it is a more terrible thing to suffer
such a condition when it can be so easily
prevented.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31
When Washington was OverCrowded

From the New York World.
One mot of Beauregard's has not
been published that we have seen.
Once asked why he did not move on
Washington when his troops were so
near, after the first battle of Bull Run,
Gen. Beauregard replied, very serious
ly: "WeIl, | will tell you; the Wash
ington papers received in camp in
formed us the city was Overcrowded ="
which is as fehcitous asParepa-Rosa's
reply when asked how it was she came
to marry Carl Rosa: ooh, because he
asked me tOl'
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31

Cause for Rejoicing

CNCINNATI.-The Times-Star saws;
"A remarkable discovery made last
winter, Is attracting wide spread in
terest. As 1t involves the most i'm
portant question-that of public
health, 1t is being discussed by emf
nent physicians and public men. 1t is
shown conclusively that throat and
lung troubles can be cured without
resortlng to the use OF morphia or
oplum-especially dangerous in the
case OF children as arresting develop
ment, and poisoning the system. The
governor of Maryland and all the of
hClals otthat state endorse the remedy:
the state chemist of Delaware pro
nounces 1t the purest and most effect
i've, and hospitals and charitable in
situations in Philadelphia and other
cities use it with remarkable results
The remedy which is only twenty-five
cents bottle, is Red Star Cough Cure.
1t Is purely vegetable; it contains no
poison or narcotics. and is a positive
cure.
DURING the trial OF a murder case in
Braxton County, W. Va. the other
day, the divorced wife OF the accused
and his new wife We're both called to
the clerks desk to be sworn. They
came up together, and together laid
their hands upon the Bible. The di-
Vorced woman, in spite OF his deser.
ton OF her, turned out to be one of
the most important witnesses for her
recreant husbands defense-Balti-
more american.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31
BARRED WIRE.

If you have barbed wire fences, keep Vet
Urinary Carbolisalve i'm your stables. 1t
cures without scar and rGn,gs the hair its
original color. 80 cents ana 500 at Druggists
or by mail. Cole u CO., Black River Falls, Wis
medicine, Athlophoros, after trying many
other remedies with no relief. We have rec
commended it in several cases where it has
made remarkable cures. William j. Mosher,
1873 Park Street, Detroit, Mich.
GET Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners ap-
piled to new boots and shoes before you
wear them out.
PIso's Remedy for atarrhis agreeable to
use. 1t Is not "a liquid or a snuff. 6Oc.
THE Frazer Axle Grease Is the very best.
A trial viii prove that we are right
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31
Russell Sage

Is a well-kuown operator in Wall Street,
who is generally considered as "up to
snuff. - Hence, it may have been quite
natural that a countryman who reads the
papers recently called at his office and ask
I'd for a package of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy He discovered his mistake, but
he made no mistake in the article called for.
This Remedy, when applied with DR..
Pierce's Nasal Douche,' viii surely and
rapidly eradicate the most aggravated case
Of catarrh, with all it's unpleasant and
dangerous accomplishments.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31

For dyspepsia, Indigestion, depression OF
spirits and general debility, in their various
forms, also as a preventative against fever
and ague and other intermittent fevers. the
"Ferro-Phospho Elixir OF CaGsaya,'
made by CaswcI, Hazard & Co. New York,
and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic;
and for patients recovering from fever or
other sickness il has nn enuaI.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31
VINEGAR Hitters, /,
vinegar Bitfers isthe

Stimulates the food. regulates the stomach ana
bowels. giving healthy and natural sleep.
Vinegar 8ittcrS Is the great disease pre-
remedies No house should ever be without it.
vinegar EBitters cures Malarial, Bilious
and other fevers diseases of the Heart. Liver and
kidneys and hundred other painful disorders.
Send for either of our valuable reference
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CI1r Medical Treatise on Diseases, or our cat
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last should be in the hands OF every child ana
youth in the country
ANY two of the above books mailed free
on receipt of four cents for registration fees.
Mcdonald Drug Co, 532 WASHINGTON st.,N.Y.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31

HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY will cele-
brate the 5OOth anniversary of its ex-
lstence next August. A festival hall
capable of holding 5000 persons will
De erected for the occasion.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31

MALE weakness and loss of power
promptly cured. Book, 10cents in stamps.
Worlds Dispensarv Medical Association,
500 Main Street, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31

The new railroad bridge across the
Colorado River at Yuma, Ariz., which
cost 5000, 600, was totally destroyed
on the 18th.