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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
The Art OF ShadoMing.


Swallowing, says a >licago de-
tectiye, "is the most diff" 1t and the
most scientific work in my profession
If a man is well Swallowed for two
weeks so much can he discovered con-
corning his habits, his associates, his
inclinations, MS secret acts, IN short,
OF his inner life, that almost perfect
biography OF him can be written.
Every man does many characteristic
things when he thinks he is alone that
he would never do in company, and
the shadow learns the man S true char
acter by witnessing his natural life.
More people than you imagine have
been Swallowed for the information Of
both friends and enemies. Many GU
riOus, and sometimes suspicious,
wives have their husbands Swallowed,
and many husband has locked up in
his office desk q mirror of his wife's
private life IN the form Of a shadows
report. Nearly every man in Chicago
prominent In business, politics, or re-
ligiOn, has been Swallowed, and there
is somewhere filed away document
that would make the eyes OF the sub
jeCt open could he read it.
every man connected with bank,
from the president down, is shadowed
Large business firms get periodical re-
ports on the private lives OF trusted
employees. | suppose Marshall Field
can tell any OF the heads OF depart
ments in his store whether they drink
brandy or mead, smoke cigarettes or
opium, play penny-ante in a friend
80 n Il hn
81 know that the head OF we'll
known detective agency in Chicago has
been Swallowed by nearly every other
agency, and they all have hisrecord.
1T is hard work to shadow man.
You have to get up an hour earlier
than he does in order to get your
breakfast and lay for him at his
home. You follow him to his office,
to lunch, on his business rounds
everywhere. When he is on the street
you never take your eyes off him, and
| tell you this makes your head swim.
You follow him home to supper, and
down town again in the evening. You
note everybody he speaks with and
every lady to whom he bows. You
must stay with him till he gets to bed,
and then write out your report before
you get to sleep.
Men are oftenest Swallowed when
they are in trouble, and they
rush here and there, talk to
scores of men, enter scores OF places,
and get up early and 60 to bed
late. A good lively subject will lead
the shadow a wild and merry dance,
and two weeks OF it will wear a good
man out"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
Common Romedies.

Sprains and bruises call for an appli-
cation OF the tincture of arnica.
If an artery is severed tie a small
cord or handkerchief tightly about it.
For bilious collie, soda and ginger IN
hot water. 1t may be taken freely.
TickEngin the throat is best relieved
by a gargling of salt and water.
Pains in the side are most promptly
relieved by interpolation of mustard.
For cold in the head nothing is bet
ter than powdered borax shifted up
the nOstrils.
Nervous spasms are usually relieved
by little salt taken into the mouth
and allowed to dissolve.
WhoOping cough paroxysms are re-
lieved by breathing the fumes of tur-
pentine or carboliC acid. Use with
great care.
Broken limbs should be placed in
natural positions, and the patient
kept quiet until the surgeon arrives.
Hemorrhages OF the lungs or stom-
ach are promptly checked by small
doses OF salt. The patient should be
kept as quiet as possible.
Sleeplessness caused by too much
blood in the head may be overcome
by applying a cloth wet with cold wa
ter to the back of the neck.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
PROMINENT People.

Mrs. john G. GREENE, widow of the
Princeton College patron, is worth
$40, 900, 900.
MISSIONER, artist, IS so homelv
that caustlc rival saws that he fire.
qaently rises in the night to rest his
face.
LATE London letters assure the
publishers that an immense sale of
Grants memoirs will be met with in
England.
ABRAM 5. HEWITT dates his prosperi-
ty from the time he was tutortO Peter
Cooper's daughter, whom he after.
wards married.
r. ii. RAUCH, of the Mauch Chunk
Democrat, was elected the ugliest man
III That town at the Soldiers Monu.
ment Fund Fair.
GEN. LEW WALLACE is on his wavt to
Turkey. His mission this time Is a
business one, in the interest of an
Eastern corporation.
The Hon. Martin Townsend thinks
this the best thing Josh Billings ever
wrote: "Any man who accepts the
office OF first lieutenant in his own
home need not look for promotion
Troy Telegram.
JUDGE LOCHRANE of Georgia is esti-
mated to be worth 100000. Hebas
one-third OF that in Atlanta real
estate. A fee paid Jointly by the East
Tennessee and the Memphis & Charles
ton Roads gave him about 100000
in bonds.
NINE. ANNIE LOUISE CARY RAYMOND
while at the Atlantic House in Scar
borough, Me-, last summer, learned of
little girl in town who had a hin
trouble that threatened to cause per
manent defOrmity. Mrs. RAYMOND
had the child sent to the Maine Gener-
al Hospital where she maintains a
Tree bed, and under the excellent treat
ment there, the little patient seems
likely to be entirel y cured.
BERNARD ULMANN, the well-known
operate agent, died in Paris recently.
He was Thalberg's manager during the
latter's American tour in 1856, and
later was associated with Maurice
StrakOsCh and Jacob Grauin the man
agement OF operate companies. It
was during his partnership with
StrakOsch that Adelina Patti made
her first appearance as Lucia. NJ
Ulmann has OF recent years resided in
Paris.
Mrs. A. II. STEWART is expected to
emerge from her long retirement this
winter, as she has been ordering a
gorgeous array OF party dresses. She
Is credited with ingenious charity in
employing a number of poor women
to clean her marble palace daily.
They work four hours and receive
$3.50 each. Other women are en-
ployed to clean silver at So a day, and
men who brush the statuary get So a
day. These latter are said to be old
sculptors past other means of earning
a living.
MRS. GLADSTONE is said to be very
forgetful. 1t is reported that when
last she went to Windsor Castle she
did not take q maid along with her,
and so her daughter, aware of her
peculiarities, had the waist of her din
ner dress sewed to the skirt. The first
night Mrs. Gladstone went down to
dinner, Lady Ponsonby, going down
after her, cried ''Why, Mrs. Glad
stone, what have you on your skirt ?"
1t was the waist trailing on the floor.
Mrs. Gladstone, not finding it, had
pinned a shawl about her as a low
necked waist.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
Preserving Apples.

A writer in the American Cultivator
tells how he preserved apples and has
kept them fresh and fair from eighteen
to twenty months. The system is
worthy the experiment OF fruit growers
in every section. 81 take the apples
ripe and fresh from the trees, at this
season of the year, and cover them up
with dry, fine coal ashes, TO a depth OF
fourteen to eighteen inches. | have
apples that have passed two winters
thus preserved, out OF doors, exposed
to rain and frost, and yet the fruit
came out fresh and fair. How much
longer the apples would keep under
these circumstances | do not know.
Possibly pears, eggs, and some other
perishable articles, might be kept by
this simple and inexpensive process
much longer than under present
methods. There is no patent on this
suggestion, and its simplicity and tight
cost should induce the experimenting
of those who desire to keep fruit for
long periods"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
Counterfeit Money.

From the New York Mail and Express.
Counterfeit Detector Expert Torrey
said that if peOplecould only be- taught
TO know what good money looks like
they would be less easily deceived by
counterfeits. He said that the last
new counterfeit was of a $40 United
States treasury note OF the series OF
1880. The genuine note, and, or
course, the counterfeit, both bear q
head OF Daniel Webster in the lower
left hand corner. In the good note
the lines that mark the lapel and the
shoulder or Webster's coat are equally
heavy; in theCOunterfelt they are not.
Besides, although the bad note IS
SIGNED "B. X. Bruce" and "James Gil
fllan." it does not bear the words
Register of the Treasury and
s"Treasurer Of the United States ana
the words Engraved and printed at
the Bureau of Engravingand Printing
are also wanting. Even with these de
fects the note is most dangerous, and
hundreds OF dollars in it are handled
every day.
The best known so counterfeit Is
the "Webster head" series OF 1879, a
narvelouslv executed piece OF work.
It is estimated that $4,000 OF them
have been offered for deposit IN the
New York banks since January |. 1t
is a fact that the banks where many
ladies have private accounts handle
iesscounterfeit money than the Others.
Women are quick to detect bad mon
~. The most expert OF the treasury
counters" in Washington are LADIES'
but there are counterfeit tives, tens
and twenties in circulation that battle
even their skill
The best 50 Counterfeits are the
work Of Charles Ulrich and OF his pal,
irving White. They are all on MassA-
chusetts banks, and they are knoN u
as the Massachusetts, countefle,j, +.
These are almost perfect, but to tie
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
Nests for Hens,

An empty barrel makes the best
nest for sitting hen. 1t may be set
out in the yard or the orchard, and be
safe from rain or storm, and if closed
by a loose doorin front at night, there
will be no danger from vermin. A
flour barrel is sunk in the ground for
one-fourth or One-third its diameter,
slOping it little forward; to prevent
rains from beating in. The excavated
earth is filled back into the barrel, a
nest being made in the center of it.
This makes a very convenient ar
rangement, and gives an earth bottom
to the nest, with every facility for CON
trolling the hen and the chicks. If
these nests are scattered about the
yard, hens will take possession OF them,
and when one takes to sitting, she
may be furnished with eggs, and closed
up with a Slated door, or a coop set
in front OF the barrel, and protected
from disturbance by other hens. The
coop viii serve for feeding and water
ing the hen, and allow her place for
exercise. As one rarely has things
ready when they are wanted for use,
it is well to look after such things as
these in time, especially when early
chicks are raised. Where barrels are
not to be had conveniently, coops
made in the shape of small sheds, and
weather-proof, with loose doors to
close them at night, can be made
through the winter, in readiness for
the early sitters.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14


81 don't suppose | can do better.
It's not likely a helpless thing like me
will ever get another offer" Then,
smiling at his protesting look, she
added:
Now lust let me blindfold you for q
minute, and when ! say three you can
take it off"
As he would have submitted to any
thing from those fair hands, he obedi-
emily knelt down tohave the handker-
chief placed about his eyes, and then
went and stood as he was requested,
a little way off.
Suddenly he felt two plump arms
stealing about his neck, and forgetting
all about the one, two, three business,
he tore off the bandage, and there, be-
side him, hiding her blushing face upon
his shoulder stood Dolly.
"You're-you're not"
''Minus legs?" she archly interrupt
ed, as, humming an aria, she Waited
gracefully around him.
"But, Dolly" calculated Dick in
wonderment.
''You dear old fellow, you" and
Dolly nestled up against his coat
sleeve, as she continued with: Don't
you see, it was the only way had OF
finding out, and the accident happened
so opportune. But, Dick, l think right
down in my heart | believed in you;
anyway, would never have got over
it II you hadn't"
The rest OF Dolly's sentence was
communicated to Dicks left-hand
breast-pocket, and was never divulged
by it.
A few days after Dolly's subsection
the following appeared in one OF our
dailies:
eve are glad to correct our rather
premature statement concerning the
seriousness OF Mile. BrOwnetti's acct
dent. The lady has fully recovered
from the effects of her fall, and could,
if she desired, once more charm the
patrons OF our popular cirque by her
wonderful act Craftsmanship, but we
can vouch for the reliability of our in
formation this time. The little lady
has decided to accept a permanent en-
gagement to play leading roles in do
nestle drama"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
A Model Waterman.

from the 81. James Gazette
There is a model Waterman at Plum
stead, who must have been intended
for a railway signaman. 1t is nearly
seven years since this tough old gen
tleman went to bed; and though he is
now "A years of age, heis "quite active
and in capital health" This is the
way he puts in his day. In the day
time he is a Waterman at the work
house, and in the night he holds the
post OF assistant porter. Occasion
ally he feels sleepy, and then he takes
an hours dOZe IN an armchair; on
one occasion, however, he slept for
three consecutive hours. He is a tee
totaler; but as it was only the other
day that he gave up the flowing-bOw
altogether, that can hardly be called
the secret OF his strength. IL one way
he has been extTavagant. He has
been devoted to his pipe, and he and
1t have been on such intimate terms
during those long watches OF the night
that of late he has smoked nine
ounces OF tobacco q week. This rep
resents quite little income; and so
the old Waterman has parted com
pany even with his pipe.
A STUFFED Jumbo is to be toted
around with Barnums circus next
year. The Smithsonian Institution is
to have the skeleton, which will he
mounted and placed in the National
Museum
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
eff i Had "A Farm

There are idle men in all countries
doing virtually nothing, and vainly
signing, 'If had capital" or chad a
farm" what wonders they would do.
There are other things which they need
worse than ca ital or farm. 1t is APP
plcatlOn, push and wise economy.
Without these, capital or farms are Of
no use. And il anyone has these tai
ents they can acquire capital, farms
and credit. With or without capital,
all who deserve it, can and do win
wealth and character. They are with
IN the reach Of all. Nearly all success
ful business men started in life and
business without capital. A young
man who cannot by his own indomit-
able viii mould and direct the elements
about him so as to win success, is I'M
deserving OF wealth opposition. There
Is no use standing idle crying about
what you would do if you chad CAPT
tai Providence endowed you with
capital If you will only use it. Brains
and muscle working together in har-
mony always win. 1t is what man
was endowed with them for II such
valuable capital is left idle to rest and
rot, the possessor will live in poverty
and obscurity, as he ought to. Cease
your whining, and go to work. Keep
away from saloons and gambling
houses. Abandon all useless expenses
no matter how small your income,
save a certain per cent. OF it each year,
and soon you will have credit, capital,
farms and wealth. The road is plain,
easy and certain. Providence has
given you capital-do not bury it. All
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
Picking and Sorting Apples,

Deacon l.. w. Weeks, Of Marlbor.
ough, gives his method OF harvesting
winter apples. He selects enough large
sized barrels to fill a spring wagon,
takes them to the orchard for filling;
uses hand baskets to pick in, that are
small enough to turn over inside the
barrels. Have the pickers fill their
small baskets, which can be carefully
emptied into the barrels without
bruising the fruit. Even eggs can be
poured from a basket, if one knows
how to do it. The barrels are not
filled quite full, as they are handled
easier and no apples are spilled by lift
ing the barrels into the wagon, or by
unloading them again. At the barn
or cellar the barrels are taken from
the wagon by two men, one on each
side, and are carefully emptied upon
the ground or floor, for sorting and
barreiing for market.
By this method the apples can be
picked and placed in the barn Orcellar
ready for sorting very rapidly and
without bruising, and the pickers have
no responsibility about selection, as
the apples are picked clean from the
tree. In harvesting fall apples that
are to be sold Immediately, if the
quality is good, the picking and sort
ing are done at one operation, all in
ferior fruit being left on the tree or
dropped upon the ground.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
Should Sea Lions be Killed.

Many fishermen are OF the opinion
that the sea lions which cOngregate in
vast numbers at Seal Rocks, a few
miles below TiIamook head, should
be exterminated, says the Portland
OregOnian. Some claim that these
huge beasts destroy more salmon in
year than are taken by all the fisher
men in the Columbia. There are hun
dreds of them, and if an idea could
be formed as to how many salmon
each consumes daily an estimate of
the number destroyed in q season
could be got at. The subject is now
being investigated by the California
state fish commission, on account of
representations made by fishermen
that the sea Mons are entirely destroy
ing or driving away the fish frequent
ing San Francisco Bay. The friends
OF the sea lion claim that it is q much
maligned denizen of the deep, which
destroys only trifiing quantity Oft he
tinny tribe, not more, at most, than
IS necessary to prevent OverstOcking
the waters, and it is very strongly
urged that the present alleged scarcity
of fish 10 which the sea lions enemies
point as a proof of his depreciation
is dueinstead to the methods OF the
fishermen themselves, who disregard
all laws for the protection of their
quarry, taking them both in and out
OF the close season, and in all stages
OF growth and size, a course OF pro-
cedure which cannot but result dis
aGtrOuSlV
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
N.nrnn Eirnnlr Con fnsSinns


'0ur remedies are unreliable. DR.. Val
entine Mott.
1--WE have multiplied diseases. DIR.
Rush, Philadelphia.
Thousands are annually slaughtered in
the sick room. DIR. Frank.
The science of medicine is founded on
conjecture, improved by murder. Sir
Ashley Cooper, NJ. ID.
"Ihe medical practice of the present day
isueither philus ,Phical nor common sense. "
DR. Evans, Edinburgh, Scotland.
DR.. Dio Lewis, who abhors drugs as a
rule and practices hygiene, is frank enough,
however, to say over his signature, If |
found myself the victim OF a serious kidney
trouble, | should use Warmers safe cure,
because ] am satisfied it is not injurious.
The medical profession stands helpless in
the presence of more than one such NAL
ady'
An old proverb says: Ii person dies
without the services of doctor, then n
coroner must be called in and Jury EN-
paneled TO inquire and determine upon the
cause of death; but if doctor attended
the case, then no coroner and jury are
needed as everybody knows why the per
son died ,-Nedical Herald.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
An Idea in Fruit-Drying.

The use of oil stoves is becoming very
common. They may be made to do
good service in drying fruit, OF which,
in some sections, there is alarge excess
this year. Whoever burns hard coal
(anthracite) knows what a coal-sifter
is. The simplest form is a square box
OF half-inch stuff, with q coarse wire
cloth bottom and no top. The wire
cloth should galvanized iron, and has
about four squares to the inch. The
sides of the box are about 3 inches
high, and it is about IA inches square
These boxes are easily made, the wire
being attached by strips, nailed to the
edges OF the frame. Fruit laid upon
the wire in the boxes, and several boxes
piled evenly one upon the other, may
be quickly dried by placing the stack
thus made upon an oil stove. The
heat must be equalized by ar iron
plate laid above the flame, which
must be kept low. The lowermost
box needs to be removed and placed
on top every now and then, special
care being taken not to cook the fruit.
The drying will thus go on entirely I'M
der control, and almost as rapidly as
in the patent dryers. For large guam
titles a patent dryer may be used.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
An Anecdote of INLAND.


A new INLAND anecdote is sure of q
wide welcome. Although the poet de-
lighted to take his subjects from the
knightly and romantic Middle Ages,
when feudalism was everywhere in
force, he was essentially a poet
of the people. The Prussian
King, William ", offered him
the Order Pour lie Merite, with
flattering expressions of royal re-
gard. INLAND, however, declined to
accept it. While he was explaining to
his wife the reason which moved him
to refuse the distinction there was a
knock at the door A working
class girl from the neighborhood
entered, and, presenting INLAND
with a bunch OF violets, said, "This is
an Offering from my mother "Your
mother, child" replied the poet:
81 thought she died last au-
tumn" "That is true, Herr
Uhland," said the girl, ''and |
begged you at the time to make a lit
tie verse for her grave, and you sent
me a beautiful poem. These are the
first violets that have bloomed on
mothers grave, / have plucked them,
and like to think that she sends them
to you with her greeting" The poets
eyes moistened as he took the posy,
and putting it in his buttonhole he said
to his wife, "There, dear woman, is
not that an order more valuable than
any king can giye2"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
THE D0GBTER.
BY ; Il "

/ can pity the man who Is doubtful
OF the honest purpose OF men
Or OF the virtues Of women
Is graces beyond his ken.
Life to him is a failure;
Its pleasures are all unknown;
II Is harvest Of hope Is blasted,
Re IS reapiug as he has soWn.
He travels along LIES pathway
Always in doubt and fear
Lest some one should see his error
And make the DARKNESS clear.
He has scoffed and doubted so long,
And reyeled so long in sin,
That be fears to open his heart
And admit the truth within.
Tell him Of love and its pleasures;
Tel him 81 honor and fame;
He win say they are base receptions,
Existing only n name.
Tel him OF home and its blessings,
OF the love OF children and wife,
He viii answer. These are exceptions
That prove the evils Of lie.
Could he be made to reason
On the difference between falsehoOd and truth
He could be shown the false teaching
Received by him in his youth.
But he is lost 10 all reason,
Lost in body and mind;
Lost to the pure and virtUOus,
No pleasure III them can he find.
Always the victim OF doubt,
He Is lost to the blessings 81 hope;
Only content with the world and himself,
When allowed in the darkness to grope-
VINO cannot pity the ending
OF such All unnatural STRIFE
Who can fOresee the awakening
In another and hOlier life
pray you my friends. heed the warming
''Ie shall reap even As ye sow
And remember in searching for knowledge
There are things 'twere vel not TO know.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-14
Restriction on OurConsuIs.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat-I
The United States government does
not permit its consuls to engage III
trade or business OF any sort. But by
enforcing this regulation it often loses
the services OF men emiDently capable
Of promoting commercial interests.
The policy Of other governments,
more successful thanthe United States
in their consular service, is directly
opposed to that OF the Washington
government. Some of the most sue
cessful and capable foreign consuls in
Mexico, says an exchange, are mer-
chants.