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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15
Soup Free of Charge"

from the New York Mail and Express
A restaurant on Third Avenue had
a sign out last week, but has since
taken it down and put it back in the
kitchen among the onions and garlic
1t was as follows:
Regular dinner 20 cents.
Soup free of charge.
A tramp read the sign, and went
right in.
''This beats licking the paste from
show posters and smelling the odor
from the Kitchen" he muttered to
himself, while the waiter shuflied down
the aisle to him.
''Whatll you have?' grunted thesad-
eyed dish manipulation.
Gimme regular"
The waiter shuflled back to a stand
and wadded up a damp napkin. He
carried it to the customer.
"Where does the napkin go?"
at goes with the regular square
along and is charged in the 20 cents,
and don't you forget it."
"Well, hold up on the napkin until
begin. Gimme soup"
The soup was brought, and with it a
glass OF water.
docs the water go on the regular
with the napkin ?"
ut does; it's a part of the menu"
'"The soup is free ?"
eyes, it is thepercentage Of the oss'
mother-in-law, and he is giving it dead
away, you know"
II am glad to know it. The first
noble mother-in-law | ever heard of, "
said the tramp as he drank the soup.
When he finished the soup he called
for a toothpick.
'Does it go with the regular?"
"No, it is not in the menu"
''Ihen | don't want the regular. /
am satisfied with the soup. L don't
have to pick my teeth"
Eyer don't want a regular, eh ?''
Missed the reused, sad-eyed waiter.
What did yer drink the soup for?"
Because it was free and quite IT.
regular"
The tramp caught theNo. 10 double
soled boot as he darted meteor-like
for the door. The sign reads now:
Regular dinner with soup,
Only 20 cents.
Nothing irregular or free.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15
Oniun in Persia.


Nine out OF ten of the aged in Persia
daily. During the cotton famine
caused by our civil war, the attention
OF the Persian ryOt was turned to the
cultivation of the cotton bush, but
cotton soon became hardly worth
growing, save the small amount re-
quired for home manufacture, and the
villagers throughout the center and
South gradually turned their atten-
ton toward the cultivation OF the
poppy.
In the neighborhoOd OF Ispahan, as
far as the eye can reach, nothing but
fields of peoples are to be seen, with
small patch here and there OF wheat
or barley, which the cultivator pro-
duCes for his own use, or to give some
rest to his land. The white variety
of the poppy is the one that is grown.
1t is sOwn broadcast, and very thick
ly, and when it first comes up re
sembies a very abundant crop of dan
delions. This redundance is soon re-
duced 10y the Tyot, who, with a short
curved knife hacks away superliuOus
plants till those that are left stand
some six inches from each other. The
reducing process has to be gone
through many times and the ground
kept clear OF weeds until the plant Is
six inches high. The fields are also IT.
rigated once a week until the buds are
about to burst into bloom. And now
that the peoples are in flower and the
petals are about to fall, the ryOts,
under the direction of the men from
the neighborhoOd of Yezd, who travel
all over Persia to superintend the
gathering of the crop and its suisse
quent preparation, begin to collect
the opium from the plant. This Is
done by scoring the seed vessels with
small three-bIaded knife, which
makes three gashes an eighth OF an
inch apart and three-quarters OF an
inch long. The operation is performed
in the afternoon. From these gashes
the opium exudes in tears, which are
collected at early dawn by scraping
with a piece OF glass or a knife. Ii I'M
fortunately a heavy shower OF rain
should fall, large proportion or even
all OF the opium may be lost. This
gashing and scraping is repeated a
second or even a third time. Thepop-
pies, after the opium is extracted, are
| usad as fodder
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15
Dumb Beasts.

1t is the universal practice to recog-
nize birds and beasts as dumb animals.
And yet they all utter or speak Ian
guage as distinct, and as well under
stood to each other and by mankind,
as any branch ofthe babblingrace. 1t
is useless, almost, to select any one
branch of the animal kingdom to illus
trate the fact that they arerot dumb,
either in making & noise, in uttering
an intelligent language, understood by
each other, in each class, and under
stood by man whep he thoroughly
studies each animal language. Take
the common domestic fowl, by its ia
milarity best known. The clucking
OF a hen to her brood isplainIy to keep
them from straying too far, and to
enable them to find herin the dark orin
the grass. The hen, her chicks, and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

and Stunned him as though he was the
plague. All how patiently he bore
all / weep now to think OF 1t.
wherever there was sickness and
sorrow there was Victor. At first the
people refused his help and drove him
away, but bit by bit they learned to
know his goodness. Slow work,
though, slow work.
Something happened, however,
that opened their eyes when 1t was
too late.
1T was bitter night in January.
A stiff breeze had been blowing all day
and as night came on it grew to a hur,
ricane. About ten O'Clock we We're
startled by hearing people running
past the house and shouting to each
other. Hurrying out we found nearly
all the village gathered on the shore
watching a vessel of some sort that
was on the rocks, and not fifty yards
away.
"As well as | could make out in the
darkness it seemed to be a pleasure
yacht. Between the shore and the
rocks such heavy sea was running
that nothing could live in it. Several
boats were launched, but they all
swamped or We're beaten back. Thieves
sci was rapidly breaking up, and once
in the lull of the wind we heard a wom-
ans voice calling for help.
suddenly man stepped from the
crowd, fastened a rope about his
waist, and, giving directions to the
men how to hold it, jumped into that
raging, foaming sea.
at was done SO quickly | did not
see the man, but | knew-my heart
told me. Breathlessly we watched
him borne on from wave to wave till
he reached the vessel. At last the
rope was fastened, and every soul
saved but one.
For hours waited. The sun rose,
and wind and sea grew still. Not a
trace was left of their nights work.
Long before | had lost all hope
and knew we'll what | was watching
for, till when it came-ahl monsieur,
| cannot tell you what | felt.
''They carried him home and all the
village followed, weeping for him. Now
that he was gone they knew his worth.
1t is always the way, mon ami, al
ways the way.
The people he had saved We're En-
glish, and they gave this monument;
but he died outside the Church so he
is buried here.
My story is finished, monsieur. It
won't be long now before | meet him.
The priest may say what he pleases,
but | know that my friends soul is in
heaven.
"Going, monsieur? Well, it is get
ting late No, don't thank me; it has
done me good to talk about him. He
was very dear to me, monsieur; very
dear"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15
A PPOper Caution.

From the Boston Record
This magistrate is also to be cred
tied with a happy variation OF an old
theme. Lawyers stories run in ruts,
and large proportion OF them may
be classified into groups, all the sto-
ries in such groups being but different
versions OF the same witticiSm; but
among these versions it often hap
pens that the antiquity OF the species
Is atOned for by the wit and novel
dress OF the individual This distinc-
ton will Justify the following anecdote:
The Judge was listening to the argu-
ments in a cause, and after the open
young attorney who had the afiirma-
tive, he was followed by the opposing
advocate, who made a good speech,
but entirely failed to develop q good
defense. The merits were so clearly
with the young lawyer who opened
that the Judge did not care to hear
him make n closing argument in reply
TO his opponent and intimated that
he should enter his decree accordingly
The juvenile practitioner, perhaps not
graSplng the advantage which the stu
alton gave him, and perhaps DESTROYS
to air some Of the ciinching arguments
and the glowing peroration which he
had held in reserve, rose and was
about to begin.
The Judge looked up and said, court
eOusly, "The court does not think it
necessary to hear you, sir"
i beg your honOr's PARDON" re-
piled the attorney, "but it surely is
my right, having the affirmative OF the
issue, to make a closing argument"
True, true, said the Judge, appar-
entity in a reflective way, "but as Il
measure OF safety for your clients in
terests, perhaps [ had better enter a
decree in bis favor before you begin. )"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15
The Pain of BEING Hung.

from the Popular Science Monthlyl
DR.. Taylor states that "death from
hanging appears to take place very
rapidly, and without causing any suf-
fering to theperson." Prof Tidy, also,
speaks of the painless nature of death
from hanging; while Prof. Haughton
in his paper read before the Surgical
Society OF Dublin, says that 1.-The old
system OF taking acOnvict s life by sui
location is inhumanly painful, unnec-
essarly prolonged, and revolving to
those whose duty it is to be present. ;"
Those who speak OF the painless ma
ture OF death by strangulatiOn arrive
at this conclusion from the fact that
many cases Ofsuicide arenOt complete
ly suspended, and that If they wished
they could easily relieve the cOnstric-
ton by assuming the erect posture,
and IN other cases OfreCOyery from at
tempted suicide by hanging there is no
recollection ofany suffering. ItshOuld
be remembered, however, that there
is a great difference between the men
tai attitudes OF the suicide and one
who is about to suffer extreme penal
ty OF the law. In the former cases he
IS regardless, and perhaps also not
very sensitive, OF a little suffering,
while in the latter every nerveis braced
up to resist the inevitable result
Moreover, in those cases Of recovery
the loss OF recollection OF suffering
does not prove that there was none
1t might almost as well be said that,
because in many cases OF recovery
from meningitis there was no remem-
brance of any suffering, therefore there
was none. No doubt, the pain in
hanging can under no circumstances
be very acute, yet when we see a Gull
prit heaving his chest and almost rails
ing the whole body in his struggles for
breath we must conclude that there is
at least a considerable amount of
mental torture
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15
pHOTC-PORTRRiT
GEN. u. 5. G r a N +.
t9s2d Inches.
t9s24 Inches.

There are many portraits Of GEN. GRANT. a.
O TIRE were of UEoEGE NAsHINGT"N, bnl i,ie poi
ant OF Grant 10y i,gealGu>, taken JHSs hIieL III.
ltturn I.Um u q tFIp around the world men a.
t4.u zenith O. .ls anne ia the prime % ~ -
la Itr Get hesth, = the only oitS maj - -
EuuvU in tie future. ! he portrait OF NasIi'tt~
tu bv stuart IS the one known 10 The MISSES
even ttltdrcu recognize II before they snow ".
~-t hHbvt The portrait @! HJH OLD toNMANphE,
IS taken at the time refer 10, Is the one tnat
VIII live III the minds of the people 9th country
lie saved. Millions sass Gen Grant at about thc
NIuc THIS was taken. Even though Gen. Grant
>Hali happily espared 10 his country for another
generation, he eau never have portrait taken
lNt hi III the pOpu iar eve and heart as tats one
docs, taken when AT his best Hence this viii be
Tie portrait OF history. Nostcel engraving or oil
PAINTING can compare, as likeness, with the
phutoIraph-the mirror of the face.
No one can look al the portrait without dis
covering The signs of character that won battles
during tie war, and Of late has driven death
iron his door when all Others qUailed with fear-
We have published this portrait as sort OF Ess
GER card of JOY at the probable recovery OF mo
Nations Old Soldier. Il Is not fer sale. 1t Wiz
Only be furnished 10 subscribers TO THE EVENING
WISCONSIN and the WEEKLY WISCONSIN, upon the
annexed terms:
Present subscribers to the WEEKLY WISCONSIN
and IHE EVENING " IsCuNSIS, 10y mail, can secure
~ copy 10y remitIug sIo0 tor The Weekly for one
year beyond the expiration OF the present sub
srrip.1ou. and sLe0 LOT two months beyond the
present subscription OF The EVENING WISCONSIN
ly mail This otter good 90 July lst
Every new subscriber 10 the WEEKLY WISCONSIN
ioI one year. ana 10 The EVENING WISCONSIN, tor
two months. sending 81 90 may receive the por-
trait by mail No limit 10 This offer.
Subscribers 20 the Weekly can receive an extra
IuIy 80 sending new subscriber and the new
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sos aur two years subscription and receive TWO
CuI.t-C. tie portrait
Sub-crihers by mail 10 The Daily WISCONSIN can
receive two portraits by renting $500 for six
months. The extra copies viii be mailed 20 any
address in the United States. postpaid. As the
rurirFlt j. published only by us, il cannot be
purchased and il would cost Sl0U II II could)r Ii
viii he a nice present To any one.
Frames with glass, can be had with the por-
Ialt, and sent by express at cost and risk OF re-
CcIver. 10y addinE the price of frame TO the above
rates Two inch on : and maroon frame with black
line or Sl.09. three inch mahogany and gilt,
sl.50 very rich bronze and silt for 500.
The portrait may he seen at every post once
where The WIsCoNsIN istakeu, by asking the Post
master lowhom We shall send copy 10 be posted
Address
CRAMEk, AIKENS & CRAMER,
MILWAUKEE, Wis
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

The New England Farmer advocates
blowing and working the soil intended
for corn in the fall, as a preventive of
the ravages Of the cut-worm. 1t says
a grass sod turned over in the spring
and planted to corn and other crops,
will afford Just the conditions to give
the planter a great amount OF trouble,
with the cut-worm. The natural sup
ply of food being cut off they are
forced to attack the cultivated plant.
Flowing in the fall disturbs the worms
and exposes them to the frost which
kills many, while if the blowing be well
done and the wheel-harrow be used a
few times in fall and spring before the
crop is planted the vegetation will be
so thoroughly killed that the worms
will be starved out or forced to leave
for greener fields. We have rarely
been annoyed by these pests where
this course has been followed. II a
few are found at the edge OF the field
they are hunted out and destroyed as
soon as their presence is known.
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import amt.

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 a cost OF one milton
dollars reduced to 81 and upwards per
lay. European plan. Elevator. Rcstlu-
rant supplied with the best. Horse cabs,
stage, and elevated railroad to all depots'
Families can live better for less money az
the Grand Union than Mt an hrst-class
hotel in the city.
WLKIE COLLINS regards "Armada'e'
rs Dickens did David Copperfeld -
the favorite of his own productions.
"A MEMBER Of the Pioneer Press staff,
troubled for eleven years with obstinate
letter on his hands, has completely cured
It in less than a month, by the use of Coles
Carbolisalve. Pioneer Press, st. Paul.
If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Or. Isaac
Thompsou's Eve Water. Druggists scllit 20
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
My Fear.
BY J. H. KENNEDY.

| have six children, and three are dead:
And three are out in the mad worlds din
Selling muscle and brain for daily bread
In deadly odds with want and sin.
Life grudges to each the little asked
So scantily dealing each pitifui dole
Till it seems to be sometimes as if the price
OF living were paid with blood or soul
For the other three, | raise no plant;
Sheltered close in a fold so warm and deep
That the ceaseless moan OF the world S unrest
Touches not the calm of their tender sleep
And nightly my tired heart has turned
To these six of mine, and nightly said:
AN OF my fear is for those who live
And none OfHy fear for the sheltered lead ~
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

DoN'T take that cocktail in the morn
lug." If YOU have q "sweiled head, nan-
seated stomach and unstru0g nerves re-
sulting from the "conyivial party iFNJ
7i.,ht" the sure and safe way to clear
The cohwebs from the brain, recover zest
f,r food. and tone up the nervous system
: to Use Dr. Pierce's Pleasant PurgatlVe
'eIlets." Sold by all druggists.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15
To Reduce Ones Flesh.
[ bio Lewis Nuggets. !


We see 1t stated that there are four
plans Tor reducing obesity. LIST, the
eating OF nothing containing starch,
sugar or fat. which is the Banting svs-
TEN. ID. the eating OF fat, but not
sugar or starch, called the German
Banting. 3D., wearing only wool, and
sleeping in flannel blankets instead OF
sheets, the Munich system. 4th, not
eating and drinking at the same time,
or rather. within a couple OF hours,
the Schweninger system. There is an
other system which ! think is better
than any OF these; it is to simply eat
what agrees with you in such moder-
ate quantities that your flesh will re-
duce, say, q pound a week. This may
not tickle the fancy like some OF the
above, but it is the best of anti-fat
means. 1t will operate perfectly with
a man or horse. You can easily re-
duce a horse from / 200 to 1 900 or a
man from 200 TO 100.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

.rs.pt t., put something 10 eat into It, Is
III r[rr,l.ut motto Tor the gossip and tn"
.algrar from catarrh. But while the gossip
is practically incur.ule, there is no eHcas"
r.,r anysinc'S suffering longer from cattrrH.
pr. Sa.e's CJtarrh Remedy is an uniauiaig
core for that offensive di-easr + heals
Dr. di-eased membrane, and rem YES the
toll and depressed sensations which al
VANS attend ratarrh. y short trial al TINS
.ajuab1r preparation will make the sufferer
EEL like d new being.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

WE have it that the most eloquent
spneals on the part OF certain leglsla-
tors In favor OF whiskyls a dunno pan
-omime executed with three fingers
Macon {Ga.l Telegraph.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

PrRE Cod-Liver Oil made from selected
livers on the sea-shore, by Caswell, Hazard
& Co. New York 1t Is absolutely pure and
sweet Patients who have once taken 1t
prefer it to all Others. Physicians have de-
cided it superior to any OF the other oils IN
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

Under this caption an old physician
writes to a Cincinnati Medical Journal,
that in view OF the fact that people
living at a distance from cities are fre-
quently obliged to resort to cough
mixtures already put up for use, they
should provide themselves with only
such remedies as are known to be free
from opiates, poisons and narcotics /;
thus avoiding not only danger, but
even fatal results. He recommends
the recently discovered Red Star Cough
Cure, which analyses and tests by va
rious Boards of Health proved to be
purely vegetable as well as prompt,
effective and entirely harmless.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CHILDs has in
his office the portraits of Gen. Grant
and the Emperor OF China taken to-
pether.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15
EAY-FENER.

Wy brother MyrOu and
myselfwCre both cured to all
appearance, of Catarrh aud
Hsy-Feverlast July and Au.
gust. Up TO this date, Dee
p, neither have had any re
turn of these troubles. EIvH
Cream Balm was the medt
cine used GABRIEL FERRIS
Spencer, Tioga Co., Ny.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

IT is now said that the anOnymouS.
novel "Across the Chasm, story OF
North and South. was written by Miss
Julia Magruder, daughterof Gen. Mag
ruder.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

Tn only reliable cure for catsrrh Is pr.
-agg's Catarrh Remedy.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

CALIFORNIA papers report the DIS
a9very OF new wine-peach VINE
made from the Juice OF soft ripe
peaches. 1t Is said TO be the finest
favored and most delicious wine ever
iisnnNarpl
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

CHAPPEp hands, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap,
made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

A PATRIOTIC citizen OF Vacaville, Cal.
who detests the Chinese, recently re
fused to sell native of the Celestial
Empire a lot for 81 900, but sold it to
an esteemed Yankee friend for $500.
With an eye to business the Yankee
sold 1t to the heather and pocketed a
profit OF $500, and the original owner
now has a Chinese washee" sign
floating next door.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

SOME ladies prefer AIRED silk bandan-
ma kerchief, or one OF plain Turkey
red cotton. to any other covering for
the head when bathing.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

For ToRPIDITY OF THE LIVER TAKE Allen s
Iron Tonic Bitters. All genuine bear the
signature Of j. p. Allen, Druggist, st. Paul,
Mimi
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15
CREAM BALM

has gained an snviAple rep
utatOn wherever known,
displAcing al other prep
So tons. A particle IS ap-
piled into each uOstril no
pain agreeable t. Use.
Price 5Og by pgaiI or Il Dr.
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CRAMEK AIKENS & CRAMER,
MILWAUKEE, Wis

an I,Az-Ct Tie most beautiful and finest toned
kADEl ssA I'M the world. Lone prices. eGsv pay
kssENEH AN plsut Send for catalogue. Address
IA w ~ Weaver Organ 4 Piano Co. York, Pa
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Or. Isaac
Eye Water. Druggists sollit. 20.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15
Mothers Should Note This.

Only 70 cents.
Nothing irrngnlar or free.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15
NEW ENGLAND
CONSERVATORY or MUSIC!

BoSton, Mass, OLDEST in America; Largest
and Best Equipped in the WORLD Instruct
Srs, Ia students las year Thorough IgzruCtgu in
voc and lustFumeutal Music Piano aud Organ TUn-
INK me Arts praory Literature, French. rluan,
and lt14n Lar guagcs, J. glsh Branches GymuSstir-.
&c Iulign - % go boar and room. st To- 80 per
tGIIn. ! al trim begins September H. 1871. For
Llus5 aIel a endar giving tU Information. uddrcss
T. j u ttJtl. Lii raT.-'. So II ON. t'aSe
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15

From the New York Mail and Express.l
A restaurant on Third Avenue had
a sign out last week, but has since
taken it down and put it back in the
kitchen among the onions and garlic
Ii WAS as follows: