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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02
Sleds for the Farm.

A correspondent of the Prairie
Farmer has the following to say about
farm sleds: Every farmer, whether in
the timber or on the prairie, can find
sufficient use for a good stout farm
sled to pay for the money invested
1t is very convenient for loading or
unloading heavy stones or logs, that
would be difficult to load upon a
wagon; and for hauling out fodder or
manure, can be managed very easily.
OF course a farm sled should be built
lower and stronger than one intended
more especially for the road. They
ought not to be so wide as to run in
the wagon tracks, or they Will draw
too hard-3 feet is about the right
width for ordinary use. Let the run
ners be about 3 inches wide; unless
shOd they may be or inches thick.
Take care to brace well, so that in
turning around there will be no danger
OF MASKING down. The tongue must
be well braced, for the same reason.
The uprights can be made about 10
inches high-this, with the runners and
the top pieces, will make the sled fully
two feet high. The cross-piece must
be strong enough to bear a heavy
weight. A good wagon tire fastened
on the bottom will make the sled run
lighter and wear longer. In a prairie
country, free from rocks, sOlidrunners
are, perhaps, the best, but in sections
where there many stones, etc, it pays
best to put on light runners, or what
| are called "shoes," that may be re-
placed by new ones when worn. A
man with reasonable good tools and
timber, can make good sled in day,
and if well cared for, it will last quite
| a number OF wears.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02
Poultry Hints.

Notwithstanding the increased at
tention paid to poultry raising the
home supply is still insufficient for the
demand. Last year the United States
paid Canada 50, 100000 for II, 800
600 dozen eggs, breeders importing
millions OF lined eggs from Germany
and Holland. Every farmer can add
to his income by the iudicious keeping
Of at least a small flock OF hens.
The chief difficulty in growing a large
number OF fowls on one place is that
they are usually confined in too small
range. With a farm OF thirty or
forty acres a dozen different compart-
ments may be made, each holding
forty or fifty fowls The feeding and
care OF these will pretty fully occupy
one mans time, and it Will take sever
al acres of different kinds of grain to
supply the fowls with food
Where suitable precautions against
fire can be taken, the heating Of hen
houses during severe weather is u1l-
doubtedly the best method to force
egg production at a time when eggs
are generally scarce and dear. With
some green food, refuse meat
and a bed of sand and gravel to
scratch in, fowls may be made to lay
nearly as well as in summer. The
danger where so much care is taken is
that fowls will eat too much, get too
little exercise and become excessively
fat
The one simple rule with adult fowls
is, to give them as much as they will
eat eagerly and no more. When they
feed with apparent Indifference, or
cease to run when the food is thrown
at a little distance, the supply should
be diminished. A fat hen is not only
subject to many diseases, but ceases
to lay.
The first feeding, especially OF a win
ter's morning, should consist of soft
food OF some kind. The birds have
passed a whole night since they were
last fed, and as soon as possible a
fresh supply should be got into the
system and not merely into the crop.
Ii whole grain be given it must be
ground in the birds gizzard before it
can be digested, and on 81 cold morn
ing the delay is not beneficial. But
for the evening meal wholegrain, corn
especially, forms the best food that
can be supplied. 1t is digested slowly,
and during the long, cold nights affords
support and warmth to the fowls.
In mixing soft food, 1t should be
mixed dry, so that it will break il
thrown upon the ground. There
should never be enough water to cause
the food to glisten in the light, or to
make sticky porridgy mass, which
would cling around the beaks of the
fowls, giving them infinite annoyance,
besides causing diarrhma in some
cases.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02
A Japan Enamel Factory.

Japan Cor st. Louis -Democrat.I
There are regular dealers in rugged
and fastastiC rocks for decorating gar
dens, and in their enclosures one sees
some wonderful rocks that have been
moved miles by being sIung to heavy
poles with ropes, and carried by cross
pieces on mems shoulders. The sur
face is never touched with chisel, and
the powders are valued and admired
for the color and shape that nature
has given them. Circling around the
lakes and crossing the bridges we
passed through an openingin the bam-
boo hedge and came to the open front
OF the work-rOom where the enameled
pieces were being made, a woman, two
men and a boy, sitting on the mats,
being all that were at work at that
hour. These were only half of the
number of those employed III this first
enamel factory OF Japan, and our host
had told us before that his men came
and Went as they pleased, working
only when the spirit was on them, and
doing better when thus left to their
own wills. Each man in his employ
is an artist, and all have worked I'M
der his directions for many years. As
IN all the arts in Japan, these oCcupa-
tions run or are kept in families. and
something OF their skill In the art Is
inherited, and trained through genera
tIOns OF ClOiSOnnee workers. The best
OF these artisans receive one yen, or
dollar day, and this, which is prince
~ pay in this land of simple living,
shows in what highrank they are held.
The two women at work on the plat
form work-room were polishinga most
exquisite teapot covered wl4h a fine
fOliated design in rich colors on pale
yellow ground. The teapot had been
bought by some connoisseur when the
first rough filling of enamel was being
put in, and he had bided his time for
a twelve-mOnth, while the slow proc.
ess of filling the cells and firing the
paste had been repeated again and
again. The women we're rubbing
It with fine paste of some
polishing powder, and after it lett
their hands it was to receive the
last fine polish from rouge powder that
leaves il like Jewel The boy in the
wOrk-rOOm was picking out fine bits
OF wire with pincers and laying them
over the delicate tracery OF a butter
fly design sketched in hair lines on
thin paper, and the men were bending
and soldering the wires in place on the
surface of a pair of vases that showed
only the copper ground. The grinding
and mixing OF the colored pastes and
the process Of slowly filling the minr' g
cells, and the firing and retiring were
not going on at that time, and it was
with q certain promise of going there
again that we picked our way back
over the stones OF the garden walk,
and after a last chat and an exchange
OF compliments took leave OF the
charming host and his Arcadian
home.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02

Improved action and style are the re-
suit of careful training, and can only
be developed measurably III any ami
NAL In other words, you cannot
even measurably change the confor-
nation of an animal without in the
same measure changing the center Of
gravity. Hence stumbling and other
disabilities. The horse naturally
chooses to stand with the fore feet
somewhat higher than the hind feet.
For the farm horse especially the feed
box should be rather low than high,
and the manger, and not a rack to
be reached up to, should hold the hay.
The horse that works all dav re-
quires rest at night. The owner who
gives the best food, grooming. and
bedding to the animals under his care
gets the most labor out of them for
his money. The food and drink
should especially be clean and of the
best. Not long since an item went the
rounds that dusty or musty hay was
as good as the best, il moistened with
slightly sailed water. Generalization
does not in the slightest alter the bad
qualities of the hay. The result of
such feeding is windbroken, heavy
horses. Musty hay is not even fit for
decent store cattle.
In winter nothing about a stable is
more economical than good, heavy,
warm blankets TO be worn in the sta
bic and to be carried with the team
whenever driven, with which they NAV
be covered when standing Letting
down the check rein when going up hill
and easing the rein when horses are at
rest should naturally be suggested to
the driver. Yet how many are in
structe1 so to do. 1t is attention to
little things that brings profit, and in
no respect in farm economy are many
owners more derelict than in the care
OF teams OF horses and mules.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02

The New England Medical Monthly CON-
ments very favorably on the proverbal
long and healthful lives of the Jews. DR..
Picard holds that this superiority is due to
their stringent health laws. The Mosaic,
like the older Egyptian code, is very strin-
gent regarding the eating Of flesh and other
articles flood. OF the animals examined,
large proportion are always condemned
as unfit for food. People who eat meat in
discriminatory are very prone to disorders
Of the blood and OF the kidneys. for meat
is composed OF nitrogen, which the kidneys
have TO remove from the blood, aud of
course they cannot do this successfully ex-
cept by the aid of Warmers safe cure, the
best kidney strengthened, unless it is tenn
perately partaken OF and only the very
best meat is used. Jews also use alcoholic
liquors very sparingly and thus keep up
good digestion, and then again they are a
hohday-lovinga and Sabbath deserving lass.
-H0USpkpeHer
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02
Mortality and Occupations.


Some interesting facts in connection
with this subject appear in the sup
plement to the forty-ffthreport OF the
registrar-general. 1t is shown that on
the average the agriculturists have a
comparative mortality figure of GA,
the shOpkeepers OF S77, and the tail
Ors, matters, printers, and bOOkbind-
ers of l ,0S8. Living in Initiated at
mOsphere seriously affects the respira-
tory organs. The mortality from dis
eases OF these organs and from phthi-
sis, taken together, is 1913 for the fish
ermen and 237 for the agriculturlsts,
while for diapers and grOcers 357, and
for tailors and printers $40. As drap-
ers live in a more Initiated air than
grOcers, and printers than tailOrs, so
the mortality in these several trades
corresponds to the differences IN each
case. Arranging thevariOus Industries
in the order OF purity OF alrthe follow
ing are the averages OF deaths from
phthisis and diseases Of the resplra-
tory system: Fishermen, 1913; agrl-
cnlturists, 237; grOCers, 2S3; drapers,
40; tailOrs, Al. and printers, 627.
As regards chimney sweeps, the death
rates are lower than in the previous
record, but still are exceedingly high,
and give comparative mortality
figure OF no less than 1,5l9. Cancer Is
a prolific cause Of death among CHM
ney sweeps. Out OF 242 deaths IN
which the causes were ascertalned
there were 49 due to forms OF malig-
nant disease. This Is equal TO 2O2
deaths from this causetO ], 900 deaths
from all causes; whereas the proper
ton of deaths from malignant dis
eases to deaths from all causes among
males Of from % to 80 years OF age in
England and Wales, Is only 36 in l.
600. The liability of chimney sweeps
to malignant disease is about eight
times as great as the average liability
| fn1. al males
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02
THE DEATH OF THE YEAR.

A cloud came out Of the golden west,
A bell rang over the i ent air,
The sun-god hurried away to rest
Flushing with kisses each cloud he presU,
And OIL but the day was fair
How brightly the year goes out they san
1.-THE glow Of the sunset fingers long,
Knowing the year viii be over aud dead,
Its sad hours oFer-lJs sweet h3ufs HeN
With service OF Even song
How sadly the year came in they said
listened and wondered in dusk OF night,
To me no year that might come instead
OF the Did friend numbered among the dead
Could ever De half so bright.
The sun kissed clouds grew pale and gray
The bells hung silent IL high uld-alr,
Waiting TO ring The year away
Tn strains that were ever too glad ard gay
For meas listened there,
rM. hearts, that beat fiji a million brea SIS,
on lips that utter the same old phrase
! wonder that never a sorrow rests
In words you utter 70 friends and guests
In the New Years strange new days.
Il IL inst the same as il used to be?
Have New Years only a eiaddsr SOUND
For ever and always il seems TO me
That no new face can be sweet TO see
As the old ones We have found.
There is TO cloud in the darkened west,
The bell i silent in the misty air
The year has gone to its last long rest
And who loved and knew it best
Shall meet it-GOd knows where!
an The Year Round.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02

William J. Coughlin, of Somerville, Mass.
says: I'm the fall of 1876 Twas taken with
BLEEDING OF LUNGS followed by a severe
cough. lost my appetite end flesh, and
was confined to my bed. In 1877 l was
admitted to the hospital. The doctors
said I had hole in my lung as big as a
half dollar. At one time a report went
around that | was dead. | gave up hope
but a friend told me OF DR.. WILLIAM
HALLS BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS. |
got a bottle, when, to my surprise, / com.
menced to feel better, and today | feel bet.
ter than for three years past.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02
Sonrce OF the Mississinni

From the Philadelphia Times
TIE newly-fOund source OF the Mis-
sissippi is a sparkling little gem Of a
lake situated above and beyond Lake
Itasca. 1t nestles among the pines Of
an unfrequented and wild region of
Minnesota, many miles from the near
est white settlement and Just on the
dividing ridge which forms the great
watershed Of North America. Within
a few miles of it can befOund lakes and
streams whose waters are tributary o
the Red River of the North and the
Yellowstone, thus reaching the sea
thousands of miles from the mouth Of
the Mississippi, which flows in a trick
ling brook from Lake Glazier. This
lake, discovered to be Resource OF the
greatest river of North America by
Capt. Willard GIazier, ON the 22d OF
July, 1881, Is about ii mile and half
in greatest diameter, and would be
nearly round in shape but for single
promontory, whose rocky shores give
1t in outline the shape of a heart.
The waters of the lake are exceedingly
clear and pure, coming from springs,
some being at the bottom, but the
three most prominent rise few miles
back in low, wet land, and flow into
the lake in little rills. On the very
point of the promontory is spring
whose waters are as cold as ice, and
at which Capt Glaciers weary party
slaked their thirst while exploring the
shores of the new lake. SO lonely Is
the region around the lake that for
fourteen 09VS not even a p Il SkiO was
seen, and wearied by the hardships Of
this rough country, yet with a feeling
OF having added something to geo,
graphical knowledge, Capt. GlazieI
and his party were glad to come into
contact again with their fellow-crea.
lures.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02

| HAVE been a sufferer two years from ca.
tarrh or cold in the head, having distressing
pain over my eyes. Gradually the disease
worked down upon my lungs, my left ear
was almost deaf, my voice was failing me.
procured one bottle of Ely's Cream Balm,
and within five days my hearing was re-
stored, the pain ceased over my eyes, and l
am now enjoying good health. | recon-
mended it to some OF my friends. One of
them sent for q bottle. lie told me that
half of it cured him. My advice is to those
not to delay but try Ely's Cream Balm, as
it is a positive cure-J Ohm II. Vansant,
Sandy Hook, Elliott Co., Ky.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02
The Public Lands

It is reasonable that the ranchmen
who raise their stock entirely on pub
lie lands, should pay a reasonable
rent for them. Not particularly to
derive revenuefor thegovernment, but
to equalize to a limited extent the
price of beef-raising with the other
citizens of the United States who have
purchased and paid for their lands
The payment OF five cents per acre,
and it should in no case be less, on
each animal raised, should be required
on an average ten acres, that would
only be fifty cents per year for pas
ture, when in settled states it costs
$40 yer year, an average for seven
months pasture. But Judge Wallace,
of Colorado, says: This would be a
fine chance for Eastern beef-raisers to
put that much more III their pockets"
Not quite as good d chance, however,
as for these ranChmen to be permitted
to raise their beeves on land which be-
long to all Of us and pay nothing for
the privilege. These ranchmen begin
to think that these widepasture lands
OF the plains belong to them, and that
it is insOlence for the older states to
a2itate the question of their paying
FOR the use OF these lands. Ifpermitted
to retain a peaceable possession OF
them, how long will it be before they
will claim that they have obtained a
good title by such possession? There
is danger in this direction, and it is
due to the public interest that they
should be tenants holding possession
by contract lease. Otherwise they
may become owners of the soil under
one of the three old-fashioned ways OF
acquiring property-"buying, begging
and stealing" 1t is to be hoped that
Congress will provide for this matter,
and not be diverted from the purpose
by the influence OF foreign or home
monopolsts OF the public lands.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02
An Enterprising Young Man

from tii- lilItdSD lAt4lto.5
A good example Of the enterprise OF
Dakotians is seen in the career OF
Frank II. Hagerty, of Aberdeen. He
came to the territory in 1880 q poor
man, having Just graduated from q
three years course as brakeman on
the PENNSYLVANIA Road. He came to
Jamestown, worked in a bank, and
when Aberdeen was started engineered
deal for the bank by which they
secured 800 acres OF land adjoir na
tbenew townsite. Heidi allthe work,
plating the land and putting 1t on the
market, receiving two-thirds OF the
land for his share. He doomed bis
property to the highest point and
cleared 81, 600, 600 out OF it. To-day
he is the wcalthiest man in Central
Dakota. Owls TWO banks, a farm OF
several thousand acres, and the finest
herd OF blooded stock in the West
All this was accomplished in five years
and before be was % years old.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02
The Maternal Complaint.

Dyspepsia Is tIe national Complaint. Amos
every other mau or woman you meet has it, anC
the result is that the number OF pseudo remedies
are for the most rart worthless. There is. how
ever a searching eTadicaut of this distressing
and Obdurate malady, one whose genuine merits
long since raised it to q foremost place among
the staple medicines OF America. HOstetter'
Stomach Bitters eXtirpates dyspepsia with
greater certainty and prOmptituqe than any
known remedy, and is a most genial invigOrant,
appetizer and aid to secretion. These are not
empty assertions, as thousands of our country
men and women who have experienced its effects
proofs repeatedly laid before the public. The
Bitters also promote a regular habit Of body
and give healthful stimulus to the urinary
organs
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02
THE RURAL HOME.
The New Year.

Like a young maiden, comes the year,
Bright with youths first glory;
Where's the golden pen to write
Her life yet hopeful story2
Gladness waits on all her steps,
Crowned her brow with flowers;
Mirth and Music, sisters gay,
Wing the pleasant hours.
All young year, JhOult yet grow Old,
Thy step will lose its fieetuess;
The COrOnal which decks thy brow
VIII miss its bloom and sweet ness;
And shadows dark will fill the sky,
And dreams so fOndly cherished,
VIII go TO build the funeral pyre
OF hopes that early persisted.
Yet blessings on thee, thou New Year!
We will not cloud thy promise
BY shadows OF the loves and hopes
Which in the pastwent from US;
But count each year a precious gem
Unto our LIES crown given
A golden chain that lengthens out
Until il reaches Heaven.
IL D. ?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02

SEVEN bottles of Athlophoros have re-
lieved me entirely Of rheumatism OF five
wears standing, which was so acute at
times as TO compel me to give up work and
keen nv room. William Sommers, fore
man for B. f. Mcmillan q Bro, Mcmillan,
Wisconsin.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02

Lock your stable door before your horse
is stolen. Root out disease before it gets a
vital hold and the system becomes fatally
weakened. Promptly attack all disease
with DR.. WALKERS VEGETABLE VINEGAH
BITTERs, and attack them before you find
yourself confined to your bed, every square
inch OF your body thrObbing with pain, and
so weak you are unable to move hand OF
foot
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02

Tine proprietOrs q EIyTs cream Balm do
not claim it to be a cure-all, but sure rem
edy for Catarrh, Colds in the Head and
Hay Fever 1t is not liquid or a snuff,
but is easily applied with the finger. 1t
gives relief at once. Sold by all druggists.
Price 80 cents. By mail 60 cents. Ely
Bros OwegO, \. \.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02

PURE Cod-Liver Oil made from selected
livers, on the sea-shoro, by Caswel Hazard
& Co., New York. 1t Is absolutely pure and
sweet. Patients who have once taken it
prefer it to all others. Physicians have de
cided it superior to any Of the other oils in
market
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02

BOsTONANs never utter the vulgar
saying, money makes the mare GO
Prof. Sullivan and all other residents
of Boston say: "The speed OF the femi-
nine horse is greatly accelerated by
pecuniary propulsion"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02

Wrecks of Humanity,

who have. wasted their manly vigor and
powers by youthful foUies inducing nervous
debility, impaired memory, talanxiety,
dependency, lack Of self-cOnfidence and
will-power, weak back and kindred weak
Less, should address, with 10 cents in
stamps, for large illustrated treatise giving
unfailing means of cure, Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association, 663 Main Street,
Buffalo Ny
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02

THE novel Col Burnaby OF the
Gnards. killed in the Soudan, lett be
hind him may not soon be published
because no one mas been able 10 deci
,,her the manuscript. 1t has been eX
amined by one familiar with the au
thor's hand writing and also by pro
fessionaI "decipherist.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02

WISH could find something that would
cure gals and prevent the hair coming in
white. il an expression frequently heard.
Veterinary CarboIisaIye will always do it
Sold 10y Druggists at 80 cents and S1.OO.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-02
\ Tramp's New Trick.


An elderly, notwithstanding gentle
man, wearingan air of prosperity, was
rushing into the post-otlice on Sunday
when he was approached by a diIapi-
dated, seedy-looking tramp. The lat
ter held IN his hand a sealed envelope
directed in lead pencil and smeared
with themarks of grimy fingers. 'Will
you please give me a couple OF pennies
to send a letter to my mother, sir? |
have Just got out of a hospital and |
want to send for money to 20 home"
The gentleman was overcome by the
pjteous appeal and dropped a coin in
the Out-stretched hand. As he issued
forth from the other end OF the big
granite structure he was met by the
same Individual with the same story
and the same dirty envelope. why.
you scoundrel, l lust gave you enough
to send your mother q dozen letters. -
shouted the benevolent gentleman.
You miserable wretch. You're an
imposter."
That's a new racket" said the DO
llceman on the corner, and that ras-
cal has been working it very success
fully, too. Nearly everyone he asks
gives him something. I have driven
him away again and again, but he
comes back"