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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-19
AHermit in a Ships House.

IOId Harbor Notes in the Boston Transcript
Perched upon high embankment a
ships house sits in its plain simplicity,
and it undoubtedly once formed the
quarter deck of some large packet or
merchantmen. It's little square win
dows, scarcely peepholes compared
with the steamer OutlOoks OF the pres
ent age. give the cabin lonesome APP
pearance that cannot well be described |.
The ouseevidently has cellar under
it, as the embankment affords ample
opportunity, leaving the floor high
above the tidewater line. 1t is lar
away from any other human habita-
ton, its only near neighbOrs being a
boat-repairing shop alongside, and out
onthe beach to low-water mark neat
boat-house with the usual accompa-
nying Ianding-float. This Is the home
OF the hermit.
The lonely dweller does not seem
very old, though somewhat decrepit.
He is a widOwer, and has been by HIM
self on thespOt many years. Not over
sociable, and mingling little with his
neighbors, heis yet evidently respected
bv them. He owns the neat boat
house and fleet in front OF ms humble
home, as well as several rowboats and
trim sloop-yacht, which he let's. He
makes his own repairs upon them and
keeps them in good order for use. lie
is industrious and handy with tools,
and occupies his time away from his
fleet in doing odd jobs that are brought
to him, but does not, apparently, seek
work. Heis not in the habit OF letting
strangers into his unique dwelling, but
one lady succeeded a short time ago
in getting aninsight into the mysteries
| OF the interior.
she says the hermit, though very
deaf. was very courteous and soclable,
and showed her the three compart'
ments into which the cabin Is divided,
explaining the uses which the many
quaint objects in sight were put to. The
entire house was neatly kept. Hiscook'
ing and sleeping rooms are on the up
Der or land side, while the outer room
overlooking theharbor and bay, is his
workshop, with It's bench and tools
There was every evidence OF thrift
about the place, and, to show that ne
has an eve to futurity, he has recently
laid the keel of new boat.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-19

Or ALL OUR KNOWLEDGE, only little has
come TO US through our senses. Nearly all
that we know we accept on the testimony
OF others II those who have never tried
that unrivaed vegetable preparation, DR..
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs,
and are suffering from dyspepsia, bilious,
or other fevers, or any disorder OF the skin,
kidneys, or liver, or from impure blood,
will receive the testimony OF the thousands
who have tried the Bitters, and been cured,
they will be acting wisely.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-19

LYONS Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners
keep new boots and shoes from running
over Sold by shoe and hardware dealers
THE Frazer is kept by all dealers. One
box lasts as long as two of any other.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-19
WHY He Obtained a Substitute.

A very good story was told the oth-
err day OF a young man painfully con
scious OF an exterior scarcel y worthy
Of his character Accompanied by the
Young woman he had married, he
stepped into a photographers ana
drew the artist aside. Hewanted Their
"nictur's'' taken, but had a special
favor to ask. "Her folks, ne ex
claimed, s'go a good deal on style.
They never saw me, and If send them
nv face they'll be dead again me. I'm
q sight better than | loo K, and when
neoDle come to know me they vote me
Z brick. Now, then, what doyou say
viii you stand it? She's wiling
Those big whiskers OF yours II take
them at once and create harmony;
You look like a solid capitalist, ana
thev'd take me for petty larceny
thief" OF course the photographer
couldn't refuse a favor so hatterlngIy
nronosed, and the distant relatives
no doubt in due time were grained
with his portrait side by side WIN
that OF the young lady.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-19

MENsMAN's Peptonized Beef Tonic, the
only preparation of beef containing its
entire nutritious properties. 1t contains
blo0d-makjng, rce-generating and life us
tanning properties; invaluable for midi
gestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration
and all forms of general debility; also, in
all enieebled conditions, whether the work
Of exhaustion, nervous prostration over
work or acute disease, particularly il re
sulting from pulmonary complaints. Cas-
well, Hazard 4 Co, proprietors, New York.
Solo by druggists
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-19

"ATHLoPHoRos is doing my wife great
deal of good, more good than any other
medicine she has ever taken, is the testi-
monial to this great remedy for rheuma tism
and neuralgia given by j. S. Helmick, of
Berrien Springs, Mich.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-19
the startling news
PRETTY dresses are made entirely OF
the piece wool laces, and are lined with
bright surahs the color of the lace

II WOULD not live Away" No; not if
disease is to make my life daily burden.
But it need not, good friend, and will not if
you will be wise in time. How many Of
our loved ones are Wondering in the dust
who might have been spared for years.
The slight cough was unheeded, the many
symptoms of disease that lurked within
were sighted and death came DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery cannot recall
the dead though it has snatched numbers
from the verge OF the grave and will cure
consumption in its earlier stages.
ELEGANT dresses of black crepe de
chine are deliberately trimmed with
guipure and Spanish lace tiOunces.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-19

JACKETS of white or black insertion
and colored velvet are among the
prettiest OF pretty waists. They are
lined with silk.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-19

RED silk waterproofs are displaclng
r,,bher cIoaks in the favor OF ladies.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-19
\ Sierra Volcano.

From the Virginia City New Chronicle
News reached Candelarla from Bish-
OPP Creek yesterday that on Saturday
volcano had burst forth in the
mountains so miles southwest of
Bishop Creek. A party OF frightened
sheep herders rode into the latter
place yesterday morning. They were
covered with dust and ashes and had
numerous holes burned in their cloth
ing. They reported that on Saturday
they were startled by an unusual
rumbling noise and trembling of the
ground. At first they mistOok the
noise and rumbling for thunder, but it
was quickly followed by a tremen-
dous explosion, and on looking up they
were appalled, at seeing a mountain
not far away belching forth column
of flames and smoke several hundred
feet in height. The air was. soon filled
with fiery cinders and hot ashes which
came down upon them in clouds. The
affrighted men Immediately drove
their sheep to place OF safety, and
rode to the nearest settlement with
the startling news.
You've or middle-aged men suffering from
nervous debility, loss of memory, prema-
ture old age, as the result OF bad habits,
should send 10 cents in stamps for large IL
Illustrated treatise. Address, WORLDS DIS
PENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 663 Main
Street, Buffalo, \. y.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-19

NANCE, Calls, Scratches, Cracked Heel
Thrush. and all diseases OF the feet ndirrita-
tons Of the skin OF horses and cattle quickly
and permanently cured by the Use Of Neteri-
nary CarbollsaIve. soc. aud 81 at Druggists.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-19

\ PEA-SHELLING machine has been
invented which can do as much work
as several hundred women in the
same length OF time. But then it new
er stops to talk.-New York Tribune.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-19

As II by magic ones pains vanish il
ne be sufferer from rheumatism or
neuralgia and applies st. Jacobs Oil,
th pain-banisher.
For Coughs and Colds Red Star
Cough Cure is safe, pleasant, sure
remedy
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-19
InlpOrtant.

otdoOHo tSU dI6 ICIdIHUN UtIt
are much worn in London.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-24
Beauties of The Charles.

OF all the New England streams
there is not one more deserving of no.
tice than Charles river in its entire
course from the old ship-yard in Brook
line to its head waters in Needham.
The scenery is exceptionally fine, and
the greatest enthusiast over the beau
ties of the Rhine is willing to admit
that the Charles rivals it in attractions.
The early colonists sought for fresh
water and water privileges as against
the old windmill. On what is now the
United States arsenal property, at
Watertown, they discovered the first
spring, intact to this day. A little be.
yond they found natural dam in the
river, and it was utilized for a grist and
saw-mill. the first in the country
Above this, say mile, at what is now
known as the Etna Mills Station, on
the Watertown branch of the Fitchburg
railroad, MIR. Seth Bemis and his uncle
Luke created another water-power,
which to-day has, with one exception,
the only rolling dam in the world. The
exception is that at Warwick castle,
England, upon which fabulous sums
have been expended. Over this dam
on Charles river for several months of
the year the water rolls in rythmical
precision, and the winter landscape,
both above and below, is worthy the
pen and brush of a Gainsborough, and
fully justities the remark made by Oliver
Wendell Holmes before recent legis-
lative committee: "You need not &C
to the Rhine nor to the bay of Naples
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-24
The Fun Of an Advertisement.

My son, there is nothing on earth so
mysteriously funny as a newspaper
advertisement The prime, first, last,
and all the time, object of an adver-
tisement is to draw custom. 1t is not,
was not, and never will be, designed
for any other purpose. So the mer-
chant waits till the busy season comes
and the store is so full of custom that
he can't get his hat of, and then he
rushes to the newspapers and puts in
his advertisement. When the season
gets along and there is no trade, and
he wants to sell goods so bad he can't
pay his rent, he takes out his adver-
tisement. That is, some of them do,
but occasionally level headed mer-
chant puts in bigger one and scoops
in all the business, while his neighbors
are making mortgages to pay the gas
bill.
There are times when you couldn't
stop people from buying everything in
the store if you planted a cannon be-
hind the door, and that's the time the
advertisement is sent out on its holy
mission. 1t makes light work for the
ao|ciaisciucut, lOI cudlh SlSU On Ino
sidewalk could do all that was needed
and have holiday six days in the
week, but who wants to favor an ad-
vertisement They are built to do
hard work, and should be sent out in
the dull days when a customer has to
be knocked down with hard facts, and
kicked insensible with bankrupt
reductions and dragged in with ire
sistible slaughter Of prices before he
will spend cent.
That's the aim and end of an adver-
tisement, my son, and if you ever open
a store don't try to get them to come
when they are already sticking out of
the windows, but give them your ad-
vertisement right between the eyes in
the dull season, and you will wax rich
and own a fast horse, and perhaps be
able to smoke a cigar once or twice a
year. Write this down where you'll
fall over it every day. The time to
draw business is when you want bust
ness, and not when you have more
business than you can attend to
already. -Brid1eDort Post
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-24
Popular Superstitions.

Speaking of Governor Cleveland S
luck, the thought occurs that there are
undoubtedly lucky men and unlucky
ones. One of Girard' rules was never
to have anything to do with an unlucky
man. The Rothschilds will not employ
a man who has reputation of ill-luck.
Most people are believers in luck.
History is full of it. Cromwell trusted
in September 8. Napoleon on December
2. Many great men have worn trink-
cts to give them luck. Many woman
who puts on her stocking wrong-side
out will not change it. Few care to be
one at table of thirteen. In Russia
they will not pass the salt. Men hate
to do anything important on Friday.
Millions believe in the virtues of the
horseshoe. Even the most sensible
people have little confidence in the
ultimate success of man who has
been the victim of an extraordinary
run of ill-luck. A mans intelligence
and integrity count for nothing in the
popular estimation when people have
seen his enterprises fail one after an
other. There is a general disposition
to believe that it is better to be born
lucky than rich.-AAanta Constitution.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-24
"Old Tecump" as a Kisser.

One morning while General Sherman
was visiting Washington lately, he m, t
General Schenck on the street. How
are you, Schenck?" said the bluff old
warrior. You are looking splendidly. "
"Yes." was the reply; Il am first-rate;
haven't felt so well in the past seven or
eight years. But. tell me. General. Fho
was that very pretty woman you kissed
after the reception the other night?"
The war-horse pondered moment and
exclaimed: "Oh,I remember; but best
if l know who she was" Ibid you
know she was married woman?"
asked Schenck. mo, indeed" said
the General, laughing, land l haven't
seen her since. You see, they all stood
up there in a line and l just waded in:
but l remember the one you mean"
The two old friends tried to figure out
the pedigree of the kissed woman, but
the one only knew that she was married
and the other that she was kissable.
Finally, General Schenck said: We'll,
anyhow, ,Sherman,I admire your taste"
"Yes," remarked General Sherman,
with twinkle in his eye,' ..she was
fine, certainly. Did you notice how
well she stood upon her fetlock jointsP
She was a fine woman. ."-PhiLadelphia
Record
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-24
Street Cars in Mexico.

The street cars are run in trains in
Mexico. Instead of leaving the termi-
nus one car each ten minutes, three
cars are sent together every half hour.
This is not a measure of economy, for
each car has two mules attached, and
although they are never more than
half a block apart there are alwaws two
conductors beside the driver. One con-
ductor takes the money and gives you
ticket, and the other comes around,
punches it in the presence of the pas
senger and then puts it in his pocket.
They are supposed to be che k upon
each other. The street car drivers al
ways carry with them horn, and blow
it as they approach street crossing,
so that there is perpetual footing 90
ing on. The conductors usually carry
revolvcrs. l don't know why. except
that it is the fashion, for a Mexican
would as soon 90 out of doors without
his hat as without his revolver. He
does not feel dressed. City of Xerico
Letter.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-24
A Literary FL aud.

l came across literary woman
whose sin of plagiarism was committed
through no desire for fame, but was
merely incidental to a more tangible
form of swindling, writes New York
correspondent to the Albany Journal.
She advertised that, in order to educate
her two boys, she wished little help
in publishing volume of original po-
ems. The work was open to the in
spection of any person who desired to
look at it, and she artfully intimated
that she, too. was an object of admir-
ing contemplation. Wondering if there
was anything new in her trickery, l
went to learn. She was handsome, a
glib liar as to remarkable ancestry, and
the height of her aim was $50. l sup
pose she varies it according to her
judgment of the callers pocketbook.
But the curious point was that she
showed manuscript volume of poetry,
made up of pieces so familiar in cur
rent popularity that The Beautiful
Snow" somewhat transposed and bro
ken up, but all there. was included in
her claims. Il am daughter of Bret
Harte and, l don't mind telling
you, if you can keep secret" and she
coolly named an unmarried lady well
known as an authoress, land rhyming
is to me instructive Her surround
ings indicated that foolish do get
caught in SO wide-meshed a net as
that.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-24
Opium and Choral.

Rum in excess, or as medicine, is
bad enough; opium, save in extremity,
is worse, and chloral is, even in the
hands of physicians, worst of all. be-
cause of the uncertainty of its specific
effect and the inevitable danger attend
ing its use without the prescription of
a physician. Periodically, in conse-
quence of some special illustration,
there is spasmodic assault upon stimu-
lants. The warfare against alcohol
has assumed a chronic form, but as to
opium and now as to chloral the
attacks are made only, as it were, by
invitation. And yet the same principle
governs. There are not indeed, so
many consumers of opium as of whisky,
nor so many habitual users of chloral
as of opium, but the same appetite
leads to the use of one as of the other.
In one sense it is natural, appetite.
Perhaps sorrow and anxiety have made
as many inebriates as thoughtless
drinking has brought to woe and
remorse. 1t is well to sweep one room;
it is better to cleanse, purify, keep
clean the whole house.-PrOvidence
Journal
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-24
What fastened Trollope's Eho.

The difference in the nervous con-
dition of authors is quite as great as
the difference in their methods OF WORK
ing. One writer cannot endure suo
presence of either wife or child, "n,ie
another is totally unmoved by the
frolic of his family. Tom Hood wrote
generally at night, when all was quiet
and the children were asleep. II nave
a room to myself" he exclaimed IN a
letter describing change of lodgings
(which will be worth f2O to me; Tor a
little disconcerts my nerves. Even d
separate room, however, Will not
always secure absolute Quiet Il re-
member" writes one, ''being In COM
pany peryaded by the breezy presence
of Anthony Trollope. Some one was
talking of the Franco-German war ahd
of its practical issue. There Is one
thing it did Trollope said, striking IN
with his loud voice and hearty manner
1T took away all the German bands
from London, and many of them have
never come back As with most
people who work with pen or pencil. a
German band was death to day S
work with Trollope Oddly enough, it
was to one of these curses of civllIza-
ton that his death was more or less
directly owing. A little more than a
month before he died a German band
arranged itself outside his house and
struck up its soul-destroying noise.
Trollope sent a servant to order it oil.
The men would not 90, and Trollope,
leaving his work, went out and had a
row with the leader of the band. This
upset him in the delicate state of his
health. and the same night, at the din
ner table of his brother-in-law, he had
the seizure which ended fatally.-Ai
the Year Round.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-24
The Manner of Clusters Death.

Colonel Beck, who shows conclusive
ly that he was prisoner among the In
dians who captured and murdered
Gen. Custer and his small body, Beck
having been taking captive by Sitting
Bull the year previous, gives an entire
ly new account of the manner of the
gallant hero's death. Colonel Beck S
story is that he, Beck, was among the
band, was dressed in Indian attire, but
had no hand in the massacre. He says
General Custer was slain by Rain-in-
the-Face, and was one of the last men
killed. Rain-in-the-Face reached Gus
ter's side and begged him to surrender.
Custer refusing, Rain-in-the-Face, point
ing to Clusters dead comrades, said:
See your men lying there all killed.
You must surrender or die; give me
your arms" Custer, Beck says, drew
his sword with sudden flash, Kissing
between his teeth: II will never sur
render to such as you" As
the brave general raised his weapon to
strike, ball from Rain-in-the-Face's S
revolver crashed through his forehead
and he fell dead.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-24

"Ine Irregularities of the tube. They
are frequently imperfect. At some
point the tube may be too large and
when the mercury rises to that point it
Is depressed too much. The tubes have
to be seasoned. This requires year
or two. Glass changes almost like
wood. When it is new it expands, con-
tracts and warps almost as badly as
green wood. Frequently people come
in and tell me that their thermometers
registered fifteen or twenty degrees be-
low zero when in fact it was only ten
or twelve degrees below. All cheap
thermometers vary more or less"
Where are the best thermometers
madeP"
I'm London. There are two manu-
factories in this country, one at New
Lebanon, N. Y, and the other at
Rochester. The imported thermo-
meters are too expensive for general
use."
"How are they made?"
1.-The tube is blown the size wanted,
the top being left open. The bulb is
heated to expel the air and while hot is
inverted in cup of mercury. As the
tube cools the mercury is drawn up into
the tube. The open end is then closed
up and the tube placed on a scale. 1t
is put into water of known tempera-
ture and the point to which the mer-
curry rises is marked A number of
tests of this sort are made before the
instrument is placed on the market"
"How can we tell whether our ther-
mometers are accurate?'
There is at Harvard University a
place for testing thermometers. They
are carefully examined at various tenn
peratures and any variation is marked.
A certificate is given with every ther-
mometer examined"
(which scale do you regard as the
best?''
1.-The cantigrade, by all means, is the
one that should be generally adopted.
In this system the freezing point OF
water is taken as zero and the boiling
point of water at tie sea level is 100.
The Reaumur scale is the same except
that the boiling point is s."
Mr.. Spitz showed the reporter a
number of thermometers made for sci
entific uses, which are very expensive.
For the use of brewers there is ther-
mometer about three feet long, with a
bulb two feet in length. The scale OF
this is short and is marked for onl Y a
few degrees above the freezing point.
An instrument of English make was
also shown. which is filled with green
composition containing phosphorus, and
is visible in the dark.
Esprit thermometers continued MIR.
Spitz, ..are used for very cold climates,
as mercury congeals at thirty degrees
below zero. They cannot be used to
measure extreme heat, as above Ger.
tain temperature the liquid expands toe
fast. 1t boils at 160 degrees. For very
high temperature the pyrometer takes
the place of the thermometer. The
heat is measured by the expansion OF
metals, and the instrument will measure
heat accurately up to 1000 degrees
There is thermometer made in Buffalo
on the same principle as the pyrometeI
and can be placed in the back of a
watch"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-24
Why We Call the Cat "Puss."

Do you ever think why we call the
cat puss? A great many years ago the
people of Egypt worshipped the cat.
They thought the cat was like the
moon, because she was more active at
night and because her eyes change just
as the moon changes, which is some
times full and sometimes a bright,
little crescent, or half-moon, as we NAV
say. Did you ever notice pussy's eyes
to see how they change? So these
people made an idol with cats head
and named it Pashi, the same name
they gave to the moon; for the word
means the face of the moon. That
word has been changed to pas or puss.
the name which almost every one gives
to the cat. PusS and pussy-cat are pet
names for kitty everywhere. But few
people know that it was given to her
thousand of years ago.