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Concerning Butter.

The National Butter, Cheese and
Egg Association, in the report of the
proceedings of their last convention,
give the following suggestions concern.
ing packing and shipping of butter.
They contain many points worthy the
consideration OF dairymen in all SEC
lions OF the country. We give a mere
abstract in this quotation.
Butter packages should be well made.
handsome and uniform. The best
wood of which to make them is white
oak, though white ash answers q good
purpose, but white wood and some
other very soft woods are not desira-
bic, since they soak largely and i'm
part injurious haI ors. The covers
should be of the same wood as the
sides OF the packages. Welsh tubs are
those with straight slaves, largest at
top, with fat hoops, the cover or lid
having q rim and shutting over, and
fastened on with strips of tin or wire.
These have grown in popularity, be-
ing liked by the export trade. They
answer well for either packed or fresh
butter. Some creameries making high
grades for fresh butter use them.
Throughout the West, firkins of white
oak with smooth round hickory hoops
are largely used for packing butter
which is to be held over the summer.
They are being displaced to some ex-
tent by Welsh tubs, but are still much
liked by many classes of trade.
However, firkin tubs are mostly
used for fresh butter in the Middle
StateU bl1t in tho Vast Wal,b 80
are almost exclusively used. Export.
eers ase more disposed to take butter
In half-firkin tubs aud firkins than
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
A History of Nobody in Particular.
CHAPTER I.-oF MY BIRTH.

CHAPTER I.-OF MY BIRTH.
l couldn't help it, or it certainly should
not have occurred.
| am told / was fine child. | have.
however, derived but small comfort from
the reflection in after years. | should have
preferred being born smaller, and leaving
OFF growing a foot or SO beyond where |
stopped.
CHAPTER II.-OF MY YOUTH
| rather imagine | must have been an aw-
fully Objectionable young cub when [ was
boy.
Diligent inquiries have only tended to
confirm me in this impression.
CHAPTER IH.--OF MY LoyE-MAKING.
was engaged very early in life under
the delusion that l was in love.
Until / had been married some years
never found out my error.
CHAPTER Iv.-oF MY WEDDING.
1t appeared to give general satisfaction.
The little boys outside the church cheered
us tremendously, and threw up their caps.
One of them hit me on the nose.
think that, perhaps, the minister treated
the whole affair with marked indifference,
but this may only have been fancy.
CHAPTER v.-OF MY HONEYMOON.
I remember for the first dav or two I
smiled good deal, without any particular
reason.
| think rather thought had done some-
thing clever.
Since then my opinion has altered
CHAPTER YI.-OF MY MARRIED LIFE GEN
ERALLY.
OF course, we are fond of one another.
OF course, we occasionally quarrel -oc-
casionally several times day.
CHAPTER yII.-oF MY FAMILY.
My children have been very dear to me.
| should say they have stood me in n
thousand head all around, inclusive of
twins who died teething.
CHAPTER VIII.-oF MY BUSINESS.
| am In the hardware line
| don't particularly like it-though per
maps the line would be harder were it any
other sort.
l came into my fathers business when
he died. l dare say my son will succeed
me.
| have had ideas of other trades from
time to time-sUch as poetry and tight
rope walking-but have never gone thor
oughly into the matter.
CHAPTER IX.-oF MY BANKRUPTCY.
That was mere detail.
L should have failed without it.
CHAPTER X.-oF MY HEALTH
l generally say | am nicely" when
questioned. | have no settled idea upon
that subject.
CHAPTER XI.-OF MY HABITS AND GUS
TOMS.
50 to the city in the street-cars every
morning aud return in the evening.
Then | have dinner.
Afterward l 60 to sleep.
CHAPTER XII.-oF MY DEATH-wHES IT
HAPPENS
>Honld like 10 have handsome tomb
s.cue with as many of my virtues as can be
got on to IT without crowding.
70 TAILOR cares for billing and cooling
le likes cash down.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
Machinery and it's Possibilities

From the Manufacturers Gazette
Those who entertain the opinion
that the possibilities of labor-saving
machinery are nearly exhausted, and
that the whole field of art industry in
which it may be advantageously en-
ployed has been already discovered by
inventive genius, aregreatly mistaken.
That the achievements of human inge-
nuity have been wonderful goes with
out saying, and there are reasons to
believe that future triumphs in this
direction will be even greater and
more fruitful. We are forced to this
conclusion by reason and analogy
Who would have believed, only a very
few years ago, that the difficult and
complicated processes which are now
every day being wrought out by ma
chinery in various branches of manu-
facture would have been possible?
Thus it is that the problems unsolved
by one generation become accom-
plished facts by another. Who shall
say that what now seems impossi-
BILE and improbable may not besuccess-
fully attained by those who will come
after US? In the hands of the modern
scientific inventor, matter becomes al
most miraculously endowed with life
and intelligence, and with great accu-
racy performs those functions which
the most skilled manual labor exc
cutes but slowly and imperfectly.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
Sheartpe Befcre Grass

Veteran wool growers say that it
pays to shear before the wool has
made start of growth after the
sheep go to grass, as there is a
weak place in the wool which the buy
er detects at once and discounts ac-
cordingly. Then, too, the loss from
tags is not 80 great if shearing is done
before the wool is befouled, as it must
be when sheep change from dry feed to
grass. With long woods the tags be-
come enormous and the loss great.
The sheep suffer more from heat
than cold, and the twelve or fifteen
pound fleece is heavy tax OF hot
day. The lambs, too, do better after
the ewes are sheared, provided that
the owner cares enough about them
to dip them week after the sheep
have been sheaIed. By that time the
ticks will have left the dams and taken
possession of thelambs. They will do
no good until the ticks are destroyed.
Shall we sell washed or unwashed
wool? Is question that sheep men
have wrestled with long time. The
old plan of waiting till the water in the
river or mill pond is warm, 80 that the
men and sheep can safely endure the
annual torture OF sheep washing, has
made sheep shearing come later than
necessary. Then, too, the belief that
the wool gets heavier and greasier in
the warm weather leads some to put
off shearing till late in May. But the
discount of filthy tags takes off all the
fancied gain that may tome from
grease.-American Cultivator
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
Candy for Congressman.

lfCOIu Une American
was standing at the cigar and con-
feCtionery stand in the House corridor
when George Wise, the fiery Virginia
member, came out and bought scents
worth of sugar almonds and mint
drops. He went away munching an
almond as contentedly as you please.
| talked with the owner OF the stand,
and he said that it was very often that
the member got sweet tooth and
came out and bought candy. "Ihave
my regular customers in the House
and Senate, too, for that matter; but
| think my best customers are on the
bench of the supreme court. Regu-
larly messenger boy comes over here
every day for 5 or 10 cents worth of
candy. Hoarhound stick is thefavor-
tie Of the judges. One bites off piece
and then passes it along the bench.
So one stick goes a long way" Just
as the taffy-dealer ceased speaking
Representative Dougherty, of Florida,
came out of the House, walked up to
the stand, laid down q cent and asked
for one cigarette. The man smiled as
he handed the statesman the lone
cigarette, and Mr.. Dougherty looked
over it and remarked: "This is rolled
too tight. Give me another" Hewas
at last satisfied and, after lighting it,
walked away. There are many
members who buy their cigarettes by
the cents worth"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
"Read and You VIII Know

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THE RURAL HOME.
Calling the angela In,

We mean to do it, Some day, some day,
We mean TO slacken this tevered rush
That is wearing our very souls away;
And grant TO our loaded hearts a hush
That Is only enough TO let them hear
| The footsteps OF angels drawing near.
We mean to do il. Oh, never doubt,
When Che burden OF daytime broil is DER
We'll sit and muse while the stars come out
AS the patrarehs sat At the open door
OF their tents, with a heavenward gazing eye
To watch for the angels passing by,
We've seen them afar at high noontide
When hercey the world S hot flashing beat:
Yet never have hidden them turn aside,
And tarry awhile in converse sweet;
Nor prayed them TO hallow the cheer We spread
To drink OF our wine and break our bread
We promise our hearts that when the stress
OF the liie-work reaches the longed-for close
When the weight that We groan with, hinder
less,
Well loosen our thoughts to such repose
AS banishes Cares disturbing din,
And then-well call the angels in.
The day that We dreamed OF comes at length,
When, tired of every knocking quest
And broken in spirit and shorn IN strength
We drop, indeed, at the door of rest,
And wait and watch as the day wanes on
But the angels We meant TO call are gone
United BreSbVferj9u
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
CHAPTER TX


Once or twice l had met her in the street
Her face instantly attracted me; there was
something in it that haunted me; l could
not dismiss it from my mind like the faces
of ordinary strangers whom | used to
meet. Before ever | had exchanged a word
with her, the thought of her pursued me
wherever I went, night and day, on my
professional visits and to nv office Was
there not fate in this?
One evening a request came for me to
make call at one of the factory boarding
houses. l went, and found that the patient
was this girl. Overwork and exhaustion
had produced slight fever, which the peo-
pie of the house had magnifed into some
thing serious. l quoted their fears and
administered simple remedy. Her sweet
eyes silently thanked me; left her to the
care of her room mate, promising to call
again. The next day she was better; the
next she could sit up. | told her that she
needed rest far more than medicine, but
left cordial. She smiled sadly; rest, she
feared, was not for such as she | would
have declined the fee she offered from her
slender purse, but | dared not; already the
fear of offending her was a trouble to me-
incidentally, and without seeming to be
impairment, | had learned her history.
She was an orphan, having lost both par
ents when a small child. OF her father she
had no recollection, and but little of her
mother. A benevolent society in which her
father had membership in the distant city
that had been her home had reared and ed
ucated her; and protected by the fatlerly
care of its members, the orphan had grown
up to an inheritance of beauty, purity, and
mental strength. She had no other dowry;
a factory girl she had been in her former
home, and when the mills were opened in
Berkeley she had come here with others to
better her condition. A sad, hard lot it
was, at best-a life of toll, with few pleas
ures and little variety 20 relieve its dull and
dreary round. Yet she bore it sweetly, I'M
complainingly, and among the hundreds of
her class who tenanted these great board
ing houses, she was the general favorite.
TO BE CONTINUED.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
TO ALLIE
BIZ SQUIRE HOBBS

There's nothing in this world love
So well as my sweet Allie;
Nor IS there in the world above
An angel fair as Allie.
The world may WELD its gifts Of gold,
And honors round me rally;
But none of these wish / To hold
Without my daring Allie.
'Twould i'll betide me, in the strife
With wealth and fame. to daily,
Had / no dear, conhding wife,
Like sweet and loving Allie.
Alas the tocsin OF success
With me would sadly tally
II aught Of praise, must confess,
! could not share with Allie.
The world would be q cherries place
II all alone l sally
Through life without your pretty face,
AIy wife, my pet, my Allie.
Then love me well and think me true,
Whate er befall me, Allie,
And I'll nc'er give you cause TO rue
The trust, my precious Allie.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
Remarkable Escape.

John Kuhn, OF Lafayette, Ind, had a
very narrow escape from death. This is
his own story: lone year ago was in the
last stages OF Consumption. Our best
physicians gave my case up. finally got
so low that our doctor said / could not
live twenty-four hours. My friend then
purchased bottle Of DR.. WIN. HALL s
BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS, which bene-
fitted me. l continued, until l am now in
perfect health, having used no other medi-
cine -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
Government ship-buiIdine

The last addition to our naval
stories, says London Truth, is that a
ship has been sent to sea from Chatham
dockyard with her keel unfinished and
her calklng So detective that. on a
short cruise, she was found 20 have
leaked several tons of water. This
ship Is the Calypso, which was built
last year, and, after the manner OF
most OF our new ships, broke down on
her hrst cruise. OF course the admir-
atty have ordered searching inquiry,
and equally OF coursethere the matter
Will end. II this sort of bunghng were
perpetrated IN a private establishment
which valued its own existence, every
one concerned IN it would be promptly
dismissed. Why, then, are not half a
dozen OF the Chatham officials at once
sent about their business? Now, the
obvious moral of ell these scandals is
that IL government department is ut,
terly unit to carry or 81 huge manu-
featuring or ship-building concern
Until We go into the market and buy
such articles as We want, we shall CON
tlnue to be armed with guns that
won't shoot and ships that won't
tioat. The workmanship of a private
firm is kept up to the mark solely by
competition, and even the pressure OF
competition does not prevent the best
firms rotting and pesishing in course
of time. The royal arsenals and
dockyards are monopolies. Their
whole organization is eaten up with
dry rot. What, Ishould like to know,
would be expected from a commercial
concern which had no competitors,
the head of which changed every four
or five years, and in the success OF
which not q single subordinatehad the
slightest pecunlary interest?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17

Pork and corn seem to be insepara.
be articles. But unless the corn is
properly fed the pork will be expen-
sive. Corn and pork only go together
when it is desirable to fatten the hogs.
Ii corn is used in any other manner,
or for different purpose, the pork
becomes very expensive product.
We do not advocate feeding corn in
the summer to any class of stock, and
experience shows that while it is in
valuable to the pork raiser, and the
most convenient article he can use,
pork can be produced more cheaply
when the corn is fed in judicious
manner. Many farmers, though aged,
do not know that clover hay can
be fed with advantage to hogs, and yet
such is the fact. We have long sepa-
rated the hog from other classes OF
stock, and denied him the privileges of
being fed on grass, cut hay, ground
oats and other food that is more &C.
ceptable to him during his growing
period than corn, and the
is that he fails under the long con-
tinued diet of corn, and becomes
susceptible to diseases that were be-
fore unknown. To keep the steer
stuffed with dry corn, which is con-
centrated food, and depriveit of bulky
provender of pure water, would cause
it to succumb in a short time, yet
this is just the treatment the hog is
compelled to undergo, simply because
"corn is king" and supposed to be
cheap, when the fact is that when fed
under such circumstances it is very
costly. What the hog requires is
variety, including bulky food, and
corn will then perform an important
service-Farm, Field and Stockman.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17

Await the rheumatic sufferer who resorts to
Hostetters Stomach Bitters. That this being.
nant cordial and depurent is far more reliable
remedy than colchcum and other poisons rsed
3 fart tn experience has satisfactorily demon
strated. II also enjoys tie advantage of being
unlike Unexpectedly safe. With many per-
sons certain predisposition to rheumatism ex-
lists, which renders them liable to its attacks af-
ter exposure in wet weather, to currents of air,
changes of temperature, or to cold when the
body Is hot. Such persons should take wine
glass or two of the Bitters as soon as possible
after mourning risk from the above causes, SIS
this superb protective effectuany nullifes the
hurtful influence. For the functional derange-
ments which accompany rheumatism, such as
collie, spasms in the stomach palpitation OF the
heart imperfect Objection, &c, the Bitters is also
a most useful remedy. 1t is only necessary In
obstinate cases to use it with persistency.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
Important.

When you visit or leave New York City,
gave baggage expressage and So carriage
hire, and stop at the GRAND UNION HO
TEL, opposite Grand Central Depot.
S;x hundred and thirteen rooms, fitted
an, at a cost OF one million dollars, 3 and
npwards per day. European plan. Ele-
vator. Restaurant supplied with the best.
Horse cars, stages and elevated railroads
to all depote. Families can live better for
less money at the Grand Union Hotel thar
at spv other first-class hotel in the city
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
CHAPTER VII

The course of my narrative has now al
most reached that eyentful night, the man
fold and startling occurrences of which
gave new eoloring to my whole existence.
viii reach 1t as mpidly as possible. There
shall be no needless delays. Yet few
words more seem necessary to tell of how
| settled myself in Berkeley as a physician:
to speak very briefly of some OF its people
rs connected with these coming event; to
tell of how and where ! first met Paula.
important as that meeting was, to connect
me with the events of that dreadful Sep
TENDER night; yet a few words such as
these, and then the narrative presses right
on to the thrilling scenes that await it.
| made no more inquiries for professional
help or friends In Berkeley. / sought none
With the slender stock of cash that had
upon entering the town. rented a modest
Office on the main street, and put forth NV
sign.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
HARVEY MINTON.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

My cases of standard medicines and in
struments my few approved medical works
which l carried In my trunk-these were
my stock IN trade, and with them | was
willing to sit down and wait.
III. beaumont had sneeringly told me
that there were physicians enough in Berke-
ley: there were, III fact, just two-hjmself
and one other. That other was DR. Robert
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
"Rough on Bile" Pills

Start the bile, relieve the bilious stomach,
thick, aching head and overloaded bowels.
Small granules, small dose, big results,
pleasant in operation, don't disturb the
stomach. 25c.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
Rearing Calves to Advantage.

First, own good COWS. Treat them
kindly and keep them docile and
quiet. When about to calve, place
the COW in a separate stall and leave
her loose. Feed no grain or stimulat-
ing food for a mouth before calving
When the calf arrives, remove it to
pen at distance where it can be
kept quiet and comfortable. 1t will
never know what it is to be with its
mother, and much trouble afterwards
will be spared. In three or four hours
milk the COW, and give the milk to the
calf, teaching it to drink. With
patient skill the calf may be taught to
drink in the first lesson Milk the
COW four times day, and feed the
milk to the calf until the fourth day,
when the COW is returned to the stable
and the milk is saved for Swimming.
The calf gets only SKINNED milk after
this-three quarts at q feed twice q
day, and warmed up to eighty degrees.
The feed is gradually increased as the
calf grows, and when it is two months
old it is taught to take little mixed
ground corn and oats, and have q
small quantity with the warmed
skim milk until it is six or eight
months old. This enables the calf
to make a fine growth, and brings
it up in docility and gentleness. These
qualities are improved by a daily
brushing and carding, and by using it
to the halter and to lead, while it is
being fed in the pen. Continual hand
ling in this way prevents the contract
ing of any of the common vices, and
when the calf becomes a COW. it is in
an excellent state of discipline and
gives no trouble. This method, well
carried out, is the main step toward
an improved herd, which will be ofvery
great value, and one gained at a very
small cost.-American Agriculturist.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
Wells Hair Balsam.

II gray, restores to original color. An ele-
CANT dressing softens and beauties. No
oil nor grease. A Tonic Restorative. Stops
hair coming out; strengthens, cleanses,
heals SCALP. soc.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17

MORNING robes of white muslin are
trimmed with embroidery and VAL
enciennes lace, and are fastened at the
throat with long loops and ends of
cOlOred ribbon,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17

AN Aurora TEX citizen, aged 81
years, is said to carry around with
him as a curiosity a finger which he
lost in early childhood.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
Rough on Piles"

Why suffer Piles2 Immediate relief and
complete cure guaranteed. Ask for Trough
on Piles" Sure cure for itching, protrud-
ing, bleeding, or any form OF Piles. SOC.
AT Druggists or Mailed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
The RitiOus.

dyspeptic, constipated, should address,
with 10 cents in stamps for treatise,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17

Usage, Ia, surgeons took piece OF
a leather sword-belt from an old
wound in the leg OF a veteran which
had been there for over % years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17

THE Illinois Republican state con-
vention will meet at Springfield Sep
TENDER 1. The Michigan Republican
state convention will be held August
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17

WHY GO limping around with your hoo Us
run over when Lyons Heel st.neners VIII
Keen them straight.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17
"ROugh on Itch -"

Trough on Itch" cures skin humors
eruptions, ring worm, letter, salt rheum
frosted feet, chilblains itch, ivy, poison
harber's itch. soc. Jars.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17

LITTLE girl: Mamma, why doesn't
the sea run over, if all the water runs
into it % Nonsense, child, don't you
know it's full Of sponges Burning
tor Free Press.