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

land IN four years-to use for posts in
making barbed-wire fence, three to four
inches through giving size enough for
posts to support barbed wire. Then
why not grow these posts by planting
cottonwood or willow saplings, circuit
tlngs OF both, on the lines where
barbed wire is to be, or already Is.
the fencing material?
Admitting that in much OF the North
west young trees of cottonwood or
willow are not procurable, and that
| dead cedar, oak or pine posts must be
used Tor tlrst fencing oflands, that isno
sufficient reason for continuing the
use OF dead or seasoned posts after the
| first set OF posts begin to decay, and
| new ones are required in their stead.
For instance, set of four or fiVe-inch
cedar or oak posts are used at first,
| and will last seven years without rot
ting. There Is ample time to grow
live posts on the line of the fence, and
| staple the wire to them, even in five
| years. | have a grove OF cottonwood,
years old, with many trees IN it six
inches IN diameter, or larger than is
necessary Tor wlre-fence posts.
| have seen three or four fields in
| Cherokee County, within a week, where
the wire was stapled to live, growing
cottonwood posts in one case and to
willow posts IN three other instances.
The method used is to set either will
| low or cottonwood cuttings an inch or
| two thick and six feet long, setting
them in fifteen inches deep, on the line
| where the fence Is to remain perma-
| Npnt IU "a b.a
| made. In five years these cuttings
| will be thrifty trees, averaging five
inches through at the bottom before
| the old posts begin to decay. The
wire can then be staped to the living
! posts, the tops cut off five or six feet
| high, leaving a few small, growing
| branches, to keep them alive and grow
| ing Cutting off the tops prevents the
straining OF the wire by preventing the
! swaying Of the tree tops by wind, and
! all the expense OF securing everlasting
! life posts Is to set the cuttings deeply
and take care of them for a few years,
with the outlay of only a few cents for
! staples, when the seas oned posts have
served their time of use
The cottonwood has the reputation
! OF being crOSs-grained, intractable,
warping lumber; but the wood is very
tough and the tree the most hardy we
| have IN the Northwest. Itgrows twice
as last as box elder, and, together with
| the white willow (which is equally
| hardy,) supplies the Northwest with
| excellent fencing material. There are
numbers OF pastures where the wires
are strung on green cottonwood and
willow posts in the first fencing. And,
if two such cuttings of willow be prop
erly made just before the buds open
and set in, butt down, the butt ends
being slightly sharpened, fifteen to
eighteen inches deep, a succession of
live soft-wood posts can thus easily
made in time TO succeed the dead ones
of like materiaI.-Iowa Cor. CuIhva-
! tor.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
40, Lor', Hit I'm Again ~

In the early days Of Methodism in Scot
Hand, certain congregation, where there
was but one rich man, desired to build a
new chapel. a church meeting was held.
The old rich Scotchman rose and said ::
Brethren, We diuna need q new chapel /;
III give f5 for repairs"
Just then bit of plaster falling from the
ceiling hit him on the head
Looking up and seeing how bad it was, he
SAID; Brethren, its worse thon | thouchti
III make 1t so pun"
"Oh, Lord, " exclaimed devoted brother
on back seat, him i'm againl"
There are many human t2bernacles
which are In sore need Of radical building
over, but we putter and fuss and repair in
spots without satisfactory results. 1t Is
only when We are personally alarmed at
the real danger that we act independently
and do the right thing. Then it is that we
most keenly regret because we did not
sooner use our judgment, follow the advice
born OF the experience OF others, AMI jump
away from our perils.
Thousands of persons who viii read this
paragraph are in abject misery to-day,
when they might be in a satisfactory con-
dltlon. They are weak, hfeess, full OF odd
aches and pains, and every year they know
they are getting worse, even though the
best doctors are patching them in spots.
The origin OF these aches and pains Is the
kidneys and liver, and If they would build
these all over new with Warmers sale cure,
as millions have done, and cease investing
their money in miseTably unsuccessful
patchwork, they would be well and happy,
and would bless the day when the Lord
hit EN-" and Indicated the common sense
course for them to pursue.-LOndOn Press.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
Purifying Water With AIum

lFrOm the Popular Science News.
Those of our readers who have
Travelled on the Mississippi River know
how turbid the water is. and they may
have seen people tie a bit of alum to a
thread, let it down into a tumbler of
water, and swing it about a little,
after which operation the liquid be
comes as clear as crystal. Recently
the matter has been carefully examined
into and reported upon by Prof. p
7. Austen and +. A. Wilder, of Rut-
gers College. In their experiments,
twO-tenths of a grain to the liter lone
and One-tifth grains to the GALLON
caused the separation and settling OF
the impurities in the New Brunswick,
n. j., water. Double this quantity
may well be used, as a rule. This
amount Of alum is too small to be
perceptible to the taste, or to exert
any physiological action. The alum
may be used in clarifying water by fill
tratiOn. Ii a very small amount be
added to turbid waterit can be filtered
through ordinary paper without diff
Guilty, and yields a brilliantly clear
iiltrate, in which there is no trace of
suspended matter. ItisnOt necessary
to let it stand before filtration, as the
action of the alum is immediate. The
simplest form OF filter for considera-
BILE quantities of water is a tube, one
end of which is stuffed with cotton.
A drain-pipe is the best, as it can be
so easily cleansed. The plug of cotton
should be two or three inches thick.
and may be kept in place by a ring OF
wood fitted into the bottom OF the
pipe. For household purposes, a large
glass funnel may be used, or filter
may be made by cutting OFT the bot
tom of a glass flask or other bottle.
The neck of the funnel or bottle Is to
be plugged with cotton, which should
first be worked in warm water to re-
move the adhering air, and to wet 1t
well. 1t should be packed IN quite
closely, a little at time, untIllt forms
a LAYER two or three inches thick. To
insure accuracy in the amount OF alum
used it is best to make a solution OF
half an ounce of alum to a quart OF
water. Dissolve the alum IN a cup OF
boiling water, pour this into quart
measure, and fill up with cold water.
Keep in a properly labeled bottle.
Fifty-fOur drops OF this solution, or a
scant teaspOOrful Will contain two
and three-tenthsg grains OF alum, which
is the quantity for Il gallon OF water.
II is not important to be very exact,
as twice the quantity would be harm
| less enough. Analysis shows that the
water is not only clarified but purified
by this process, the greater part OF the
organic matter being removed from 1t
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PHOTO-PORTRAGT
g 6 ~. u. s. CIR q Mt.
toK24 inches.

There are many portraits of GEN. GRANT, "a
there were OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, but the por-
trait OF Grant by BOgarduS, taken just after his
return from the trip around the world, when at
the zenith of his tame III the prime Of life and
III perfect health, is the only one that win be
known in the future. The portrait of Washing
ton by Stuart is the one known 10 the masses
even children recognize il before they know the
alphabet The portrait of OUR OLD COMMA EDER,
as taken at the time we refer to, is the one that
VIII llNe III The minds OF the people Ofthe country
he saved. Millions saw Gen. Grant at about the
time this was TAX %. Even though Gen. Grant
shall happily De spared 10 his country for another
generation, he can never have a portrait taken
tLaI VIII oil the popular eye and heart this one
does taken when at his best. Hence this win be
the portrait OF history. Nosteel engraving or oil
painting can compare, as a likeness, with the
photograph-the mirror OF the lace.
No one can look at the portrait without dis
covering the signs of character that won battles
during tie war, aud of late has driven death
from bis door when all others qusiled with fear.
We have published this portrait as q sort OF Eas
ter card Of JOY at the probable recovery OF tho
Natloh Ola soldier IL is not for sale. 1t Will
only be furnished to subscribers 70 THE EVENING
WISCONSIN, and the WEEKLY WISCONSIN, upon the
annexed terms:
Present subscribers to the WEEKLY WISCONSIN
and THE EVENING WISCONSIN, by mail, can secure
copy by RENTING $luy for the Weekly for one
year beyond the expiration OF the present sub
ScUpuon; ana cl.oJ for two months beyond the
present subscription of THE EVENING WISCONSIN
by mail. This olcr good 10 July lst
Every new subscriber 10 the WEEKLY WISCONSIN
Tor one year, and TO THE EVENING WISCONSIN for
two months sending SI09 may receive the por-
ualt 10y mail No limit 10 This otter.
Subscribers 10 the Weekly can receive an extra
copy 10y sending q new subscriber and the new
subscriber may receive one. Or they may remit
So Tor two years subscription and receive two
copies OF The portrait
Subscribers by mail 70 the Daily WISCONSIN can
receive two portraits by renting $500 for six
months. The extra copies VIII be mailed to any
address in the United States postpaid. AS the
portrait is published only by U.s. it cannot be
purchased Uud IL would cost 81 90 If il cOuld) it
Will be nice present 10 any one.
Frames, with glass, can be had with the por-
trait, and sent by express at cost and risk re-
Celver by adding the price of frame 70 the above
rates. Two inch OAK and maroon frame with black
line tOr SI-O0; three inch mahogany and 1T,
sl.a0 very rich bronze and gilt for $500.
he portrait may lie seen at every post once
where the WIsCONsIS istakeu, by asking the Post
master. towhOm we shall send copy TO be posted.
Address
CRAMER, AIKENs & CRAMER,
u Tx WTz
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
Men Versus Women.
from a Boston letter.

Ii rom boston Letter.
But | tell you what some Boston
women would like They would like
a temple consecrated to them and
dedicated to Diana, where they might
carry out the scheme of Tennyson' $
princesses-where they could teach and
yet conceal their ignorance, where
they could be listened to forever and
without interruption and where all
the hardly concealed intellectual am
bltiOn of a certain class might have
room and opportunity for constant
display. 1t is strange that with the
progress of civilization there come al
ways two different results. First. the
intercourse between men and women
becomes easier and pleasanter; second,
there is a tendency Onthepart of both
men and women to separate their IN
terests and even their pleasures.
A certain portion OF the day and
evening is given up to common pleas
ures, but there is large part of each
day when both men and women prefer
to be apart. | think myself it is a
good thing, and so long as what sep
arates the sexes is their distinctive
duties it is well enough. But among
the growing leisure class in the East
who have no duties these hours OF sep
arations are devoted to amusements.
You would be astonished to find how
many society women in New York and
Boston both smoke and drink. To
have nothing to do Is q curse to men,
but it is deadly poison to women.
They are not, as a rule, so capable Of
Self-amuSement as are men. and they
are prone, as in the matter of smok-
ing and drinking, to tamper with the
coarser "passe-temps" OF the men.
Out of this grows a bOldness, a care
lessness about the minor delicacies OF
social life which is noticeable the mo-
ment one touches the borders OF socie-
ty in Boston, New York or Washing
TON
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
coUNTERFEITgRs Z wAEE.
A Michigan Concern Enjoinsc.
[From the Rochester Morning Her4ld.l

From
The following injunction has been OBJ
tanned by the Hop Bitters Company, OF
Rochester. n. Y, against Colatious d.
Warner, OF Reading, Michigan, prohibiting
him from manufacturing or selling German
Hop BittsrS."
Tire President OF the United states II america
to CoHatiaQS D. Warner of Res ling Mich
his servants wOrkmen, statesmen and agents,
and each and every ofthsm:
Whereas, it has been represented untothe
Justices of our Circuit Court, the Hon.
Stanley Matthews, and the Hon. Henry =.
Brown, at Detroit, within and Tor sad Dis
trict, sitting as a Court Of Chauc5ry, that
you, Collatinus D. Warner, are mauuiactur-
ing and selling a medicine named German
Hop BiUters in fraudulent imitation OF the Hop
Bitters made and sold by complainant: your
said medicine being devised, calculated and in
tended 10 miSiead the pubic INTO purchasing
such counterfeit goods as the manufacture OF
the complainant
we therefore in consideration of the premises,
30 strictly eHj0in You, the said Col.atinus D.
Warner, and all aud every the persons before
named, from using the words Hop BittsrS on
any fluids contained IN bottles SO as TO induce
the belief that such fluids are made bycompan-
ant; and further, from mauutaCturIng selling or
offering for sale any bitters OrherGuids in the
boz ties and with the labels, and in the general
form in which you We've mauutacJut Iug and sell
ing the bitters called by you German Hop Bit
tarS on the filing oil the BILL or i'm any other
bottles or with any other labels coutrtvsd o.
designed 70 represent or induce the belief that
the bitters or fluids sold by you are the goods
OF the complainant, until the further order OF
Court.
Witness,
THE HONORABLE MORRISON r WAITE,
Chief Justice Of the United states
AtDetroit, this fifteenth day QtJuly, D 1888.
H.s1 WALTER :. HARSHA Clerk.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
Grants Freedom from Profanity.

In a conversation with a Washington cor
respondent, Mr.. MARYLAND, who was the head
of the mail service of Grants army, said:
Gen. Grant never swore, and in my long
connection with him l have never heard him
utter profane word. l have been with him
on many occasions in which perhaps the use
of profanity would have been pardonable.
have heard him tell stories in which
oaths have always been used, but in retelling
them he would not quote the Oaths. He was
freer from using unkind expressions toward
his tellUw-man than any one l have ever
known. And the chief misfortunes of his
life have arisen from his misplaced confidence
in his fellowman. Speaking of his profanity,
] remember two occasions on which Grant
should have sworn and l think would have
sworn if he could. One was while
" e were at NOungs Point. with headquar-
tcrs on the steamboat Magnolia. Two Of
the staH officers had been sent north under
orders, leaving their rooms on the boat va
cant. Gen. Grant invited two officers on
board one night for consultation. During
the consultation violent raiu-s.orm came
up, and Gen. Grant asked these officers to
remain on board over night, saying that he
had two rooms, and that it would be moro
pleasant for them to stay there than to go to
their camp IN the storm. The time for retir-
ing arrived and the officers were shown to
their rooms. When the doors were opened,
however, il was found that the beds were Oc-
cupied by the coiored servants of the officers
who were absent. Gen. Grant was very an
cry, hut his Indignation did not find vent IN
oaths; he merely ordered these servants out
on shore into the rain, and in short time,
his Indignation having cooled, he sent an or
derry to tell them they could come back upon
the boat.
AT another time, after having performed
his morning ablutiOns, he left his false teeth
in the wash-basin. His servant, in putting
the room to rights emptied the contents into
the river, and for the time being Gen. Grant
was toothlesS. But his amiability developed
Itself even here. tie said to the servant:
You have put me in very embarrassing
position, but you DID not intend 10 do 1t, and
that was all"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
The ChiIdren's Outing,

Kindness to children should not be
made obtrusive or burdensome. The
child on its holiday, or in its every
day half hour or whole hour of recrea-
ton, desires nothing more than to be
left free to pursue its own pleasure IN
its own way. In the following of its
own devices innocent, OF cOurse) and
the attempt to carry out its own plans
childhood is happy. just as much in
reference as will save children from
doing themselves harm is necessary.
Anything further than that mars their
sport Ii they are attempting little
impossibilities III their play, let them
alone to find it out themselves. And
if they are making long circuit to eff
feet what may be accomplished by a
short cut, let them try the excursion
uninterrupted. The superior wis
dom" of fathers and uncles takes a
considerable quantum Of the poetry
out OF children's play. The man in
the play who shouts "AlOne | did it ~
expresses what every little fellow OF
either sex desires to be able to cry.
And if "alone did it" cannot be said
by them, ''alone | did not do it, is
nearly as satisfactory. They are sat
isfied with their own experiments, and
do not desire that their kind advisers
should deprive them of the unalloyed
pleasure OF self assertion.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
Singing in the Family.

Cultivate singing in the family. Be
gin when the child is yet not 3 years
old. The songs and hymns your
childhood sang-bring them back to
your memory and teach them to your
little ones; mix them all together, to
meet the similar moods, as in after life
they come over us so mysteriOusly
sometimes. Many a time, and oft, IN
the very whirl of business, in the sun
shine and gayety of Fifth Avenue,
amid the splendor of the drive in
Central Park, some little things wake
up the memories of early youth-the
old mill, the cool spring, the shade
tree by the little school-house-and the
next instant we almost see again the
rudy cheeks, the smiling faces and the
merry eyes of the schOOlmates, some
gray-headed now; most Gle mOulder-
ngin thegrave." And anon, ''thesOng
thy mother sang" springs unbidden to
the lips and sOOthes and sweetens all
these memories. At other times, amid
the crushing mishaps OF business, a
merry ditty of the older time pops out
its little head, breaks in upon the ugly
train Of thought, throws the mind into
another channel; light breaksfrom the
cloud in the sky, and a new courage is
given to us The honest man goes
singing to his work, and when heday's
labor is done, his tools aside, and he
is on his way home, where wife and
tidy table and CHEEKY fireside await
him, he cannot help whistle or sing.
The burglar never sings. Moody
silence, not the merry song, weighs
down the dishonest tradesman, the
perfdious clerk, the unfaithfuI servant,
the perjured partner.-HaHs Journal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
Care for the Babi y.

Keep the yearlings at I ONE; give
them a grass plot and sand pile. Do
not let them come to the table; give
wholesome food-milk, oatmeal
ground very fine and wei stirred and
cooked for twenty minutes. Put them
to bed at dark, with a garment they
cannot kick OFF when the nights are
cool. Battle them in tepid warm water
night and morning. Stay at home
with them and take care OF them your
self, for it is not 1.-THE second summer"
which kills the children but the ignOr-
ance or negligence OF those who attend,
or rather do not attend them. Colts
and calves get through their second
summers quite as we'll as their first,
and THERE'S no reason that the human
animal should not live quite as close
to nature and do quite as well.-In-
dianaDOHS Journal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
Breaking Colts.

The time to begin breaking colt Is
when it is sucking by the side OF its
dam. 1t should early be taught that
it has nothing to fear from the pres
ence of man and that no harm will
come to it from being fondled from
head to foot. A very little pains at
this period will soon make the colt
perfectly gentle, and he may then be
broken to lead by halter, and to stand
when tied. All his subsequent lessons
should be gradual approaches; the
main point being to inspire him with
confidence that he Will not be harmed.
He should be accustomed TO the bride,
by means of the "bitting rig, before
any attempt is made to ride him; and
the mounting should always be made
by gradual apprOaches'-in the stall
or the lot where the colt is perfectly
familiar with all the surroundings.
When it is desired to break him to
harness, the same spirit OF gentleness
and care to avoid fright, should be
practiced. Place portions of the har-
ness on him at time, and let him
carry it in the stall until he finds that
it will not harm him; then lead him
out with the harness on, alone, and
again by the side OF another horse al
so in harness. Accustom him perfect
ly to the use of the lines, then let him
make the acquaintance OF the sulky,
and push it after him, until he has
found that it also is harmless. By
pursuing this system OF gradual APP
proaches with perfect gentleness OF
manner on the part OF groom or other
attendant, there need never be any
trouble in breaking the most fiery
tempered colt.-LewistOn Journal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
learning the THERMOMETER.


'Thermometer's gone up consider
able since passed here an hour ago,
he said, putting his head IN at the
door of the jewelers. store.
ooh, | guess not, " said the leweler,
as he affixed his magnitier to his eye
and picked up the works OF a watch,
But | tell you it has" cried the
other excitedly, while he mopped his
brow with his handkerchief.
81 think you must be mistaken,
said the ieweler as he picked up a par
OF tweezers and frightened a screw.
"MistakeD I" yelled the other; dye
think Pm an idiot? Come out and
see"
Pm pretty busy" observed the
ieweler as he brushed peck OF dust
off the handspring.
"What'll you bet it hain't gone
un?" shouted the other as he danced
into the store. "What'll you bet
"WeH, I'm willing to bet you a dol
lar. " replied the jeweIer.
Ozone, Come out now and see.
They went out together.
"What do you think OF that, now
he yelled: "you amt blind, are you?
| The thermometer has gone up five de
grees since we looked at it before.
pardon me, ," said the ieweler; ''the
thermometer is in precisely the same
place that it was when | hung it up
this morning. 1t is on the same hook
7 see. however, that the mercury has
risen five degrees, a change IN temper
allure which the thermometer faithful
" registers. A thermometer, my
friend, neither rises nor falls. 1t Is q
measure which indicates a rise or fal
of the mercury. Please hand over the
dollar because | am busy and have nc
time to fool"
Il shan't pay until some better au
+bority decides thematter."
"Weu. let us 90 and find some better
authority. I'm willing to let my busI
ness 90 for little while to prove that
| am right.
When last seen the pair were hunt.
inc for Gen. Daniel Pratt, the great
American traveller, who is an eminent
authority on all scientific questions.