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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24
COHyicts' WhIms.
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston GlODe-I
"The boys adopt various methods
for passing away the time" remarked
state prison officer. Chicken
Welch," who, with three other prison
ers, escaped from the institution last
summer by scaling the roof OF the
south wing, but was captured, has hit
upon an idea which apparently inter
ests him greatly. He is initiating
Harry Jennings and is raising rats.
He has got about half dozen at
present. 1t is amusing to see him
as he passes to and fro from his cell to
the shop where the men stay during
the day. His rodent companions,
which are quite large, put their heads
out of his pockets and II there is no
one very near they will run upon his
shoulder and even on top of his head.
They are very tame and seem to al
fectionately regard their convict, who
is Gel tainly very fond OF his pets. He
is learning them to perform several IN
teresting feats.
When Harry Jennings was aresident
at the institution, under Warden
HAYNES, he bred mice, and had at one
time in the cellar, under the clerks of.
| fee. about 400 of these little creatures,
some of which were white, some black,
some brown, and some a mixture oil
these colors. Descendants of Jen'
nings' mice are quite numerous in the
nrison, not a few of the convicts hay
Ing one or two specimens. The men
enjoy the companionship OF these Yer
min ard prize them highly. The pris-
oners, however, who are the fortunate
possessors of canary birds, DO not
| take kindly to nice"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24
Fire and Birthstone.

IRON tne CHRISTIAN Union.1
A West Scotland clergyman was 60
ing to the Highlands for his holidays,
and being very fond of the "Nabob
Pickles." he took a bottle with him.
The "Nabob Pickles" are extremely
hot and should be sparingly used. Ar
rived at the hotel, he placed the bottle
on the table and took out one or two
OF them. A Yankee was sitting oppo-
site and got his eyes on the pickles.
Stranger, pass the pickles, please. /"
The clergyman said: "These are Or.
vate property, but you are welcome
to them" He passed the bottle
across the table. The Yankee emptied
half the bottle into his plate, and
stirred them we'll up with his spoon.
He took a big spoonful, but they were
not long down when he drew q long
breath and said: "Oh, dodgast it!
Look here, stranger, / guess you are a
parson % "Well, 1 am a clergyman,
and preach the Gospel" Look you
here" said the Yankee, ~ have heard
them preach about fire and birthstone,
but you are the first one | ever knew
who carried a sample BOTTLE
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AND BRIDE.

We have had engraved by one of the best
artists in the country. from the latest photo
graphs, crayon portrait of President Cleve-
land and Bride, expressly for the subscribers to
the Weekly Wisconsin. These portraits are
uniform in style and size with our portraits of
the late Presidents Garfield and Grant. They
are not for sale and can only be procured by
subscribers to the Weekly Wisconsin.
We will send these portraits, postpaid, to
any person RENTING to US $500 for the
Weekly Wisconsin (old subscribers or new,
if ordered at the time OF sending the money.
All postmasters will show sample of these
portraits.
This is no cheapwood engraving, but fine
crayon, on heavy plate paper, I9x24 inches,
and would sell at any book store for $500
il it were for sale. Address
CRAMER, AIKENS & CRAMER,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24
Don't Let the Baby Cry.

The following hints on the manage
ment of babies, takenf from Babyhood,
we are sure will be appreciated by
mothers having little ones in care:
The way to keep the baby from be-
coming "spoilt" is to let it cry as little
as possible. 1t viii gain strength OF
mind to endure its necessary ills all
the sooner, if it is allowed to suffer as
little as possible from ills that can be
avoided. It's wants should be antici-
pated, it's sources of discomforts
should be removed as soon as they
arise, without waiting for it to cry; it
should be prevented in every way
from forming the habit of crying.
Study its expression; when it is tired
of playing on the floor, take it up and
dance it about the room, and let it
look out of the window for a few min
utes. In little while it will be glad
to go back and play on the floor
again. If it Is necessary to resort to
discipline, be careful to seize the right
moment for it. If you want the baby
to learn to go to sleep without being
rocked, choose a day when it has been
unusually bright and happy all the
morning, wait until twenty minutes or
so after the regular hour for its nap,
then give it cup of milk particularly
sweet and warm and nice, make its lit
tie bed soft and coy, layit down gent
ly and soothe it with little kissing
and patting, and if it is not already
too much spoilt, it will only be too
happy to close its eyes in the sweetest
kind OF sleep. If it does not, its fit OF
crying will be as brief and as little in
furious as it can be.
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CHATS very interesting fact to
me, replied the Massachusetts states
man, peering at the young man over
his glasses. The reporter was non
plussed for moment, but, recovering,
ventured to express the hope that it
would proveinteresting enough for the
senator to grant him an interview.
s'What do you young men make ?"
said Mr.. Hoar.
at depends largely upon the mat
ter" was thereby. Now little talk
from you would bring a very high
price"
Mr.. Hoar did not appear to be i'm
pressed with this compliment, but in
quired abruptly:
"How much do | get ?"
"Glory," said the reporter.
That's not enough. | want to be
paid. 1t reminds me of story / once
heard about a colored legislator who
had been bribed seven times and only
received the money once"
Mr.. Hoar did not explain whether
he expected to be bribed before he
would talk.
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A Paris Stage Episode.
from the London Standard

VI
Appearances, we are reminded by
our everyday experience, are frequent
ly deceitful, and neither things nor
people are what they seem. Thehea
of the person whose countenance
wears smile may be laden with care;
and what has just happened at a
Partisan theater proves that thee
ings OF hunger may be sharply felt by
an actor attired magnifcently as q
stage "signeur." A man whom nature
had endowed with the outward ap-
pearance usually acquired for theatri.
cal grandees was playing-or rather,
we should say, was looking his part
in the piece called "Patrie," now being
performed in the Porte st. Martin
theater, Paris. He was q fine, we'll
built man, rather hollow in the cheeks,
perhaps, but otherwise thoroughly
''noble" in appearance. While the
performance was going on he was seen
to stagger, and q moment afterward
he fell In swoon on the boards. He
was carried behind the scenes and
medical aid was procured. 1t then
transpired that the actor was in q
state of utter exhaustion, due to want
OF food, and on recovering conscious.
ness the poor "signeur" admitted
that he had eaten nothing all day, and
that for several previous days he had
been suffering from CONSERVATION
OF course, the man was provided with
a substantial meal, and, his story be-
ing touching one, some money was
collected for him to supply his most
pressing wants.
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A Peculiar Fertilfzer.

j. A. M, IN the Practical Farmer,
says: Away back in 1864 and 1865
was present on a farm out West,
owned by brother OF ours, where we
saw a most remarkable and pleasing
result OF a peculiar mode of fertilizing
soil. was only q mere boy then, and
employed as a general helper on a
most beautiful farm of about two hun
dred acres. During the summer of
1864 | was sent into small field of
| meadow containing about five and q
half acres, to gather some roots and
place them about few stumps that
were still standing firmly in the heavy
sod, for the purpose of destroying the
whole by fire. completed the work Of
building network of sticks around
the stumps, and then set them ablaze.
The weather was extremely hot at this
season OF the year-the month of July
and the grass was almost burned to
a crisp by the scorchingrayso OF the sun.
Ere the stumps had burned down the
fire had spread so far in the dry sod
as to make it impossible to check it.
1t continued to burn for some three
weeks notwithstanding the continued
| labors OF three or four men to quench
1T with water obtained from a small
creek running through an adjoining
held. The stumps were completely
burned out deep into the roots, a line
OF fencing on one side DESTROYED
not being removable on ac.
count OF the dense smoke caused
by the burning OF the grass,
and when a heavy rainstorm finally
came and drenched the field nearly
one half OF it looked as though the sod
haze been removed by hand and the
barren place strewn with ashes. The
prospects OF future hay crop being
entirely destroyed, it was decided to
tallow 1t and seed the whole field with
fali wheat. This was done. 1t was
thoroughly cultivated; and as an ex-
pertinent 1t was decided that no ma
nure should be put upon any OF the
held. When the wheat came up one
would think, from the different ap-
pearance of that springing from the
burned portion OF the field and that
upon the unburned, that thegrain was
OF an entirely different kind. The fol-
loving spring revealed a most remark
able contrast. While that upon the
unourned ground was a good crop
that upon the burned portion was the
most remarkable crop we have ever
seen. Thegrowth was extremely heavy.
no vermln having approached it, ow-
ing, no doubt to the fact that theburn-
Ing created an offensive smell in the
soil, and the grain was of the finest
quality 1t has ever been our pleasureto
see. Since that time no ashes are
thrown where they will do no good on
that farm, and when a particularly
rich soil IS wanted, all the spare straw
upon the premises is carefully laid
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THE PICNIC PARTY.
BY CHARLES c. cI.orKFY.

Our hearts are light, our steps ars free,
And all our songs proclaim our glee;
A picnic party bold are We,
Rejoicing IN our liberty.
Fresh are the winds, and fresh the flowers,
Sweet is the pastime, short the hours,
No storm cloud dark and threatening lowers
To fright US from these fairy bowers.
So once again let's children be.
That we may know the sights they see.
With feet all bare We wade the brook
And start the troutlet from its nook.
We hunt for birds nests IN the copse,
And see a great toad slowly hop
From sight beneath the crossing log
To call upon the neighbor frog.
We watch the minnows in the brook,
And angle with bent pin hook.
We sit down on the grass and talk,
Or in the coolest shade we walk.
We roam the wild flowers blooming field,
And fill our hands from out its yield;
We eat our lunch and throw the scraps
To see the fishes dart and snap.
We think on Natures works so rare,
And wonder at her everywhere.
Though ever changing, yet the same
ARE hill and valley, wood and plain.
The fitting shade, the purling stream,
The rustlIng snake, the wild birds scream
All speak Of things we cannot know,
Ard we are glad that it is so.
All where has gone this livelong day,
While we, like children, were at play?
IT'S gone, and Yet It's not misspent;
We come back better than We went.
Again We load the harness on,
And think what life has lent each one.
We live, and never will forget
The picnic party we were ct.
'larksville. lowe.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24
A Bit of American Bohemia

FROM the New York World
Out OF Pfatf's cellar issued men who
have been famous all the world over.
Others have found paupers graves.
A few, very few, still live. Not long
ago one OF the old Bohemians, who
had through intemperance been re-
duced TO poverty, met a prosperous
journalist.
amos, old boy, l have come to the
end of my journey. Lend me IS to
buy pistol I'm going to shoot my
self tonight"
There were tears in the old fellows
eyes but his former laughing
ly handed him So, with a word or two
OF encouragement.
On the next day they met. The
ragged Bohemian was royalty drunk,
and was quite demonstrative.
"Why," said his benefactor, with as
sumed Indignation, "what do you
mean by breaking your word? You
said that you would shoot yourself
last night"
$50 did, so | did," muttered he. |
bought a pistol, went to q room in
Frenck's Hotel, undressed myself and
put the weapon to my head. Then
suddenly said to myself, why, you
blanked fool, here you've paid So for
this pistol when you could have spent
81 80 on farewell spree and have 5
cents left for Paris green to relieve you
of all your troubles / dressed my
self and got drunk. The cents is in
my pocket, and when am ready | will
buy enough Paris green to rid me of my
life"
The journalist laughed and patted
him on the shoulder. That night the
wanderer committed suicide by poi
SON.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24
Legislation Against Olsomargarine.


The following is section 7 of new
dairy law lately passed by the New
York legislature:
"No person by himself or his agents
or servants, shall render or manufact-
ure out of any animal fat or animal
or vegetable oils not produced from
unadulturated milk or cream from
the same, any article in imitation or
semblance of natural butter or cheese
produced from pure, nnadulterated
milk or cream OF the same, nor mix,
compound with, or add to milk, cream
or butter, any acids or other deleteri-
Gus substance, or any animal fats or
animal or vegetable oils not produced
from milk or cream, so as to produce
any article or substance, or any
human food in imitation or semblance
OF natural butter or cheese, nor sell,
keep for sale, or offer for sale any
article, substance or compound, made,
manufactured or produced in violation
of the provisions of this section,
whether such article, substance or
compound shall be made or produced
in this state or elsewhere. This sec
ton shall not be so construed as to re-
quire evidence OF q willful or intention
alviolation thereof. Whoever violates
the provisions of this section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and be pun
ished by fine of not less than 500,
nor more than $500, or not less than
six months or more than one years
Imprisonment for the first offense, and
by Imprisonment for one year for
each subsequent ofense."
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advice To Consumntiyes

On tbs appearance of tic first symptoms
as general debility, loss of appetite, pal
lor, chilly sensations, followed by night
sweats and cough-prompt measures for
relief should be taken. Consumption is
scrofulous disease of the luLgs;-therefore
use the great anti.scrofula, or blood -puri
fer and strength-restorer-Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" Superior to
cod liver oil as a nutritive, and unsur
passed as a pectoral. For weak lungs
splitting of blood, and kindred affections, it
has no equal. Sold by druggists the world
over. For DR.. Pierce's treatise on con
sumption. send 10 cents in stamps to
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main Street, Buffalo, N Y.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24
THE RURAL HOME.
Pairing AnDleA.

Out underneath the apple tree
bonny maiden sat,
And by her side, in drowsy state,
Reposed the old gray cat.
The sky above, the fields below,
The little maiden sitting there,
The golden curls and soft ti.e eyes,
All formed a picture sweet and fair.
And in her lap dish she held
OF fruit-a tempting sight.
And in a CHEEKY voice she sang,
These must be pared ere night;
But mothers gone, and i m alone,
And now III try my luck and see
II brown-eyed Robin-uhom love
Has really given his heart to me-
For I've often heard, il | should pare
An apple whole and sound
Without break in one long strip,
And cast IL on the ground.
That falling, il would Irvine and take
The first initial of his name
Who. some fine day-H tbs true
Will surely come my hand TO claim"
Then. quick as thought. the deed was done
And lying at her feet,
The rudy skin, with Joy she saw,
Had formed an K complete.
She clasped her hands in childeike glee,
And, gazing DER the distant green,
A tender song burst from her heart,
Now, Robin is my own, ween,
But why do sudden bushes rise.
And mantle cheek and brown
A step she hears, a manly form
She knows is close behind her chair
And looking up, with sky-blue eyes,
She sees her lover standing there.
He lightly laughs, and taps her cheek
Yes. little lassie mine,
The apple skin has told thee trae,
For Robins heart is thine "
The Housewife.
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[To BE CONTINUED. I
BriefletS,

NO, AJAX, the rooster is not a spring
flower, although he is crocus.
REVOLUTION is the breaking I'D of eY-
listing systems, habits, laws, or methods.
THE temple of Belus at Babylon is said
to have been six hundred and sixty-six feet
high.
EDUCATION increases the wants and
should eorresponGngly increase the in
come.
ST. VANS TOWER, Moscow. and the Chi
cago Board of Trade are three hundred
feet high.
IHE tower of Babel is supposed to have
reached the height of six hundred and
eighty feet.
OVERHEARD at midnight on Cunarder.
Small Boy-"Ma! Mar Ny dinner wont
stay swallered."
The young lady who was the Nav nueen
Is much better now and only has the rem
nants OF a cold. The young fellow not
heard from.
IHE prettiest thing in new sprino hon.
nets is the pretty faces of young girIs~not
city white washed, but real pink and white
sun-tinted ones.
a LETTER in the Postoffiee at Lewiston
Maine, that puzzles the clerks is addressed,
Mister Slntomer Burgermeister, Staat
Main, Loulston. North America
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24
Surest TranouiIizer of the Nerves.

The surest tranquiliAer OF the nerves is a med
icne which rem dies their supersensitivenessb by
invieorating them. Over tension of the nerves
always weakens them What they need, then,
Is tonic, not a sedative. The latter is only
useful when there is intense mental excitement
and an immediate necessity exists TOR produe-
ing quietude of the brain. Hostetter's Stomach
Filters restores tranquility of the nerves by en-
doHing them with the vigor requisite to bear,
without being Jared or disturbed unhealthfully,
the ordinary impressions produced through the
media of sight, hearing and reflection. Nay, 1t
does more than this-it enables them to sustain
q degree Of tension from mental applicat ton
which they would be totally unable to endure
without it's assist anoe. Such, at least, is the fr
resistible conclusion to be drawn from the testi-
mony OF business ana professional men, littera-
tours clerRymen, and Others who have tested
the fortHying and reparative influence OF this
celebrated tonic and nervine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24
Startling Weakness.

general and nervous debility, impaired
memory, lack of self-confidence, premature
loss OF manly vigor and powers, are COM
mon results of excessive indulgence or
youthful indiscretions and pernicious soil
tary practices. Victims whose manhood
has thus been wrecked should address, with
10 cents in stamps for large illustrated
treatise giving means of perfect cure,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main Street, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24
Another Life Saved

Mrs. Harriet Cummings, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
writes: early last winter my daughter was at
tackled with a severe cold, which settled on her
lungs. We tried several medicines, none OF
which seemed to do her any good, but she con-
tinued to get worse, and finally raised large
amounts of blood from her lungs. We called in
a family physician, but he failed to do her any
good. AT this time a friend who had been
cured by DR. VIM. HALLS BALsAM FOR
THE LUNGS, advised me to give it trial. We
then got a bottle, and she began to improve,
and by the use of three bottles was entirely
cured
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24

IT is a well known fact, admitted by physi
Clans OF every school, that it is from dis
orders of the liver arise nine tenths OF the
complaints which afilict the people OF the
present age. The liver is the largest secret
lag organ in the human body, and the bile
which it secretes is more liable to vitiatior
than any other of the animal fluids. Luck
ilv for the bilious, however, there ia an IN.
failing source of relief from liver complaint
in that sovereign remedy known as Sim
mons Liver Regulator, prepared by ): d,
Zeilin & Co.. Philadelphia. This medicinal
nreparation has stood the test OF time
nntil it has come to be regarded by millions
of people as a specific for all diseases OF the
liver and kidneys. Simmons Liver hegu
lator is doing noble work for the afflicted
in this section OF the country, where y is
largely advertised in the newspapers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24
Remarkable Scene at a Grave.

A remarkable scene took place at
the funeral of young man named
Frank Peachey at San Francisco, q
few days ago. The father of Frank, a
man gray-bearded and bent with age,
met face to face with his former wife
the mother-from whom he had been
separated twenty-five years. The
father I, sides at Los Angeles and the
mother at Oakland. They have mar
ried again and have families. Their
actions over the body of their boy
were sad to behold. The father ten
derby stroked the hair of his son and
the mother kissed the lips. Both
wept bitterly, but neither recognized
the other. At the grave the old moth
er knelt and prayed while the earth
WAS being thrown over her SON
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24
Important,

When you visit or leave New York CITY
save baggage, expressage and SO carriage
hire, and stop at the GRAND UNION HO
TEL, opposite Grand Central Depot.
six hundred and thirteen rooms, fitted
up at a cost OF one million dollars, 81 and
upwards per day. European plan. Ele-
yator. Restaurant supplied with the best
Horse cars, stages aud elevated railroads
10 all depots. Families can live better for
less money at the Grand Union Hotel than
at any other frst-class hotel in the city
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24

THE German newspapers state that
startling experiments have been made
at Berlin with a new description OF
shell, charged with gun cotton, which
produces most extraordinary results.
No kind of defensive works, no matter
how solid, it is stated, are capable of
resisting so destructive proiectile.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24

upon the lot to be fertilized, and there
burned, and the ashes and what re-
mains scorched is worked up with the
soil, and the result is always a salts
factory one.
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senator Hoar and the Reporter.

FrOm lIr NEW lUTh W UlII-J
George Frisbie Hoar, a senator
from the state OF Massachusetts, was
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday.
A reporter for an afternoon paper ac-
costed the great man as he was walk
inc up and down the corridor. '1'm
q reporter, SIR" said the young man.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24

HIS Majesty Dom Luis, OF Portugal!
has translated into Portuguese and
published "Othello," Hamlet" "The
Merchant of Venice" and Orchard
the Third" 1.-The Tanning of the
Sbrew," now in proof, comes next.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24

PROF. GIOVANNI LIEvINI claims to
have discovered simple means of
preventing the explosion of steam
boilers by the super heating OF wafer
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24

SMITH COLLEGE, Boston, Mass, con-
ferred an LII d. upon the distinguished
English savant, Miss Amelia B. Ed
wards