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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
Stems in Life.

Life may be considered as a success
sion of steps We are of no particular
account until we learn to step, for up
to that time we simply belong to that
humble species of vegetable life known
as creepers.
We usually signalize orr first sue
cess in stepping by failing down the
first pair of steps we are able to reach.
Growing older, our parents cause us to
step Off in the direction of school, and
If we hang back trey take steps to
make rs go. ! hen here is the .iacc
ing school, where we learn other steps
calculated to give Us ease and grace.
Boyhood over, We step into situa
ton if we can, and learn business or
profession by slow and successive steps.
As others step down and ont we step
ahead, if we don't fall behind, for men
C n take steps backward as well as for
ward. Backward steps are very costly,
as many discover.
The most important step we take is
near the steps OF the altar, when we
step up in front of the minister to be
married, since all our future steps may
depend On this one. The remark APP
plies to both parties to the contract,
let us observe. Once started on the
connubial highway the most of us are
compelled to step pretty lively to keep
up with the procession. In time there
are other steps to mind besides our
own, and missteps to guard against
AS the years wear on our steps lose
their wonted elasticity and wax slower,
and the inevitable hour arrives finally
when we must step ont and let others
step in our shoes. There are grounds
for believing that the more correct our
steps are here the more agreeable they
will be On the other shore. Teas
Siftin1S
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
Sam Goddard Overwhelmed.

Sam Goddard advertised for wife in
a Georgia paper two years ago. Sam is
countrymen who bears striking
resemblance to the uncle of his country,
though he is not so wen dressed. His
advertisement was about as follows:
Wanted-A wife.
l want good, atfectionate wife, who
will be a mother to nay little children.
She must be a good housekeeper and
well disposed. | prefer that she be
light Completed, but no red-head ed
woman need apply. ! have a home,
with four children, 200 bushels of corn,
and fifty bushels of sweet potatoes.
| catch 'possums enough to cook with
the Sweet potatoes.
This advertisement WAS published
several times in Rome, and was copied
all over the country and in several
foreign papers. The replies began to
come in the second day from different
parts of the state, then from adjoining
states, and finally from every part of the
union. After month or so letters
began to come from other countries. A
number came from England and Scot
land, one or two from Germany, and
one from New Zealand. There were
over one thousand letters in all. At
first Goddard was blithe and joyful.
His spirits rose and dubbed over in all
sorts of ingenious demonstrations.
There were locks Of hair, miniature
bouquets, and once in while a photo
graph. The happy rustic exhibited
these trophies with undisguised salts
faction, and all went merrily with him
then. He was the most courted man in
America.
by and by there came a reaction.
The great deeps of his heart were
broken up rs bis ponderous and
uncouth affections were gradually dis
sipated among legion of admirers.
He became respondent, and finally
when the foreitn letters began to come
IN with % cents extra postage on every
one he was sick at heart. The subject
seemed 10 have gathered terrors with
its numbers, and the reality of one
thousand sweethearts was far more terri
bic than the rosy anticipation that had
preceded it. After two years OF DELHI
Grafton Sam put all those loves aside
and took unto himself wife of his
home acquaintance. This is a true
story, and Sam Goddard now lives
happily near Rome.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
THE ELECTRO MASSAGE INSTRUMENT,
CURIOUS AND REMARKABLE INVENTION,
HIGH Produce by Motion at onea Time,
MASSAGE MANIPULATlONS
KNEADING RUBBING ROLLING FRICTION
AND MAGNETIC CURRENTS
For the Cure of Nervous Chronic Painful and Weakening Diseases
For the Cure of Nervous Chronic Painful and Weakening Diseases

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pamphlet mailed containing Jul Pa1H"S f8a@7
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31

The greatest doctors In Europe don't
seem to know what als "Unser Fritz"
Thus are the Garfield and Grant episodes
repeated, and public confidence III eek
pert " medical knowledge is again shaken.
The effect is revulsion.
Since the fatal days of 1883, many of the
doctrines of the schoolmen concerning ex-
tensive medication have been abandoned,
and all schools of practice are more and
more relying upon old fashioned simple
root and herb preparations and careful
nursing,-th only reliances known to our
ancestors.
These methods and reliances are illus
trated to-day i'll q series OF old-fashioned
roots and herbs preparations recently given
to the world by the well-known propri-
etors of Warmers safe cure-preparations
made from formulie possessed by many of
our oldest families, and rescued for popular
use, and issued under the happy designation
of Warmers Log Cabin Remedies.
my son." exclaimed n venerable woman
to the writer when he was boy, my son,
your yeller and pale and weak like lookln,
your needin' good shaking up with some
sas parif.
A jug OF spring sarsaparilla was just as
necessary in the winter supplies of fifty
years ago as was a barrel of pork, and
famous n~1ical authority says that the
very general prevalence of the use OF such
a preparation as Log Cabin Sarsaparilla
explains the rugged health Of our ancestors.
While Warmers Log Cabin Sarsapariila is
an excellent remedy for all seasons of the
/ year, it is particularly valuable in the
spring, when the system is full of sluggish
blood and requires natural constitutional
tonic and invigorator to resist colds and
pneumonia and the effects of long winter.
Philo NJ. Parsons, clerk OF the City Hotel of
Hartford Conn. was Frustrated with cold
which. he says, seemed to settle through
my body. NEGLECTED it and the result was
my blood became impoverished and poi
soned, indicated by intiamed eyes. | was
treated, but my eyes grew worse. | was
obliged to wear shade over them. feared
that wonld be obliged to give up work"
under the operation of Warmers Log
Cabin Sarsaparila and Liver Pills" he
says, 1.-The sore and infamed eyes disap-
peared. Ny blood, know, is in a healthier
condition than it has been for years. /
have much better appetite. | shall take
several more bottles tor safety'5 sake.
blood purifier, and | most heartily recon-
mend it."
A few bottles of Warmers Log Cabin Sar-
saparilla used in the family now will save
many a week of sickness and many dollar
of bills. Use no other This is the Oldest,
most thoroughly tested and the best, is put
up in the largest sarsaparilla bottle on the
market, containing 100 doses. There IS no
other preparation of similar name that can
equal it. The name of its manufacturers is
a guarantee ofits superior worth.
While the great doctors wrangle over the
technicalities of an advanced medical sci
ence that can not cure disease, such simple
preparations yearly snatch millions from
untimely graves
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
True Love Triumphed.
JefFersonville (Ind Special to the Pitt burg {
oil

Jeffersouville Qnd) Special to the Pitt burg Com
mercial.
An elopement which illustrates wo-
mans determination had a successful
termination here this morning. Last
Saturday Elijah Hodge, the hired man
of b. T. Sackett, a well-known farmer,
obtained license to marry Sackett' 8
daughter, Bessie, pretty and willful
maiden. In some way her mother
heard what was about to happen and
when on Sunday morning Bessie started
for church she followed The girl met
her lover near the house.
The mother soon had fast horse in
harness, followed TO the city and found
the couple at friends house waiting
the arrival of minister. The mother
was on her muscle and hair-pulling
match of corpulent dimensions fol-
lowed. During the row the mother got
hold OF the license and tore it to shreds
But the girl and her lover escaped and
the mother could not locate them. The
girl went to the clerk of the court, said
she had lost the license and wanted q
duplicate. After some persuasion she
got it. The mother kept such close
watch that the girl and her lover failed
to get married last evening, but the first
thing this morning Rev. DR.. Sheets per-
formed the ceremony. The mother
reached the train just in time to see the
couple leave for Arkansas. The girl
had several hundred dollars with her,
mostly her own. Her father is sick in
bed. She is an Oniy child.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
japanese PoliteDess.
From the san Francisco Chronicle.

From the san Francisco Chronicle.
The men of Japan are always excess
lively polite to one another. They bend
their backs and bow their beids and
put their two hands back to back
between their knees and have great
time. But the most amusing thing Is TO
see two old ladies in Japan meeting one
another on the street The street is
empty, We'll say, and they catch sight
of one another, three or four blocks
apart. They Immediately begin to
make obelsance at one another and they
keep bending and bowling at short in
teryals until they come together, when
they make that peculiar hiss by draw
ing in the breath and keep on saying
"Ohayo" for about two minutes. The
young things, the ''Moosmais, are very
charming and graceful in their greet
ings of one another, but the ladies are
ornate and laborate in their dress.
And the language has been framed with
a view to the necessities of pol'teness
and of difference in rank. Are"
with accent on the e, is the verb to be.
If you are talking to coolie, somebody
very much below you, "are" is good
enough for sis" II you are talking TO
one a little below you, or you wish to
be polite to an underling, you use
"arimas-" If you are on formal terms
with an equal, you say ''gozarimas,"
and when you address a man high
above you III rank you make it
"gozarimasuru" It's an elastic Ian
guage and pulls out TO almost any
lenpt h.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
Mysterious Music in Kentucky.
From the Louisville Post.


A young lady who is very fine vocal
list was telling me an incident of an an
noying experience with tuneful breast
pin Her attention was first directed to
the music in her ornament on an occa-
sion when she was particularly anxious
to show the sweetness of her voice. AS
she sang she became conscious of a
shril, harsh and metallic sound like a
loose wire of piano. She stopped in the
middle of the song and asked if there
was not something wrong.
1t was readily seen that the piano was
all right, and the only in ference left was
that the discorJant noise WAS her own.
She was deeply mortified, and it was not
till some time afterward, and after sever
al repetitioDs Of her former experience
that she discovered the source of the
sound--a loose ornament of breastpir
which she wore close to her throat. The
vibrations of her vocal chords were
transmitted in some way to this pin
thus setting the ornament in motion
which grated against its setting and ere
ated a most disagreeable noise.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31

Ont of an sttenusted dude, with meagre legs
pigeon chest and S light cough. But a man or
woman TO whom constitutional vigor has been
denied, can get it to very considerable extent
by the persistent use in regularly propcrsoned.
alternstsd doses of Americas chief tonic, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. To the nerves and mus
Giles of the stomach that genial invigorapt mparts
tene, and TO its operations regularity. The prox
irHate result is thorough digestion and complete
assimilation of the food, and the ultimate Sc
auence, blood fertile with the elements of nuscu-
lar tissue, healthy appetite, nightly rest unin-
IONS to which etiolated invalids are always sub
jet, and which they are very prone TO take for
the manifestations of serious organic disease, and
dsse accordingly. In diseases of the kidneys and
bladder, always excessively weakening, and for
constipation, fever and ague, and liver complaint
use the Bitters.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
His Narrow Escape,
Albany Correspondence New York vi

Albany Correspondence New York World
Assemblyman Danforth +. Ainsworth,
chairman of the committee having SUI
pervision of the repairs upon the As
sembly chamber, narrowly escaped Sc
rious injury, if not death, on Saturday
afternoon. On climbing the lofty scat
folding, which now decorates the great
hall, lie discovered that a shattered
piece OF stone protruded beyond the sur
face of the ceiling, in the rib, springing
from the northeast pillar of the main
vault. Mr.. Ainsworth, surmising that
it WIS a spall, but a few inches in
ton stone fully thirty inches in
length, by half that in breadth, and
weighing IL pounds, slid out. just grazed
his shoulder and went crashing to the
scafiold floor. The Sandy Greek states
man, in his excitement, made dive for
the spot, a few feet distant, and
stumbled. Had he not caught hold of
a piece of timber he would have been
hurled to the well, at least 60 feet be-
low. Mr.. Ainsworth finally recovered
from his fright and made as hasty a de-
scent as possible. The stone was cdr
ried to the office of Supt. Andrews,
and for the remainder of the day was on
exhibition to many curious persons.
Had not the rib been partially braced,
according to the often-expressed theory
of the architects, a good portion, if not
all the ceiling, would have fallen, and in
that case a score or more of lives would
have been lost. 1t is supposed that in
placing in position trusses for the sup
port of the great arches the stone which
struck Mr.. Ainsworth was loosened.
Yesterday afternoon rock weighing
nine pounds fell within a few feet Of
Contractor I. j. Sullivan.
For Strengthening and clearing the voice.
use - Browns Bronchial Troches.'-
81 have commended them to friends who
were public speakers and they have proved
extremely serviceable. "-ReU. Hen Ward
Reechsr
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
READ THIS, NERVOUS SUFFER
ERS.
Do Not Fail to Heed the Warning.

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Every beat of your heart is but funeral
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Have you neuralgia, rheumatism, cpl
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Have you headache, loss of memory,
numbness, trembling prickly sensation,
cold feet or weariness OF the limbs The
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for Just so sure as YOU neglect these symp-
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prostration or dcah follow.
Save Yourselves from these alarming Fe-
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that most woudcrtu, discovery for the
nerves, Dr. Grceuc'S Ncrvura Nerve TONIC,
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
How Poor Students Earn Their Boar

From the New Haven News.
The favorite method of paying for
board is 10 organize an eating club. The
process is simp e. At the beginning Of
year man goes around among his
classmates and secures eight or ten who
agree to take their meals together. He
then goes to some landladv and
agrees to furnish her with an
eating club Of students He agrees
furthermore to relieve her from all pc
cuniary responsibility by collecting at
the end Of each week from the men the
money Tor their board and handing it
over to her. In return for this she
agrees to furnish him with his boJrd.
1t is beneficial to the student because
the members Of the club, knowing that
he is in straiiened circumstances, are al
ways willing to help him by paving reg
uIarly and promptly.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
The Power of Beauty.
From the Boston Transcript.


'Had you been" writes correspond
ent, ''in a South End horse car short
time since and been listening, as the
writer WAS, to conversation between a
lady and conductor YOU would have
noticed striking illustration of the
power of female Low illness. The lady
passed the conductor a halfdollar in
payment of her fare, upon which he in
stantly said
"'This half-dollar is q counterfeit
"'Why, is it ? I'm sure l didn't know
it, she replied.
"'Well, don't believe you did, Sc
he, gazing admiringIy into her pretty
face, while he retained the coin and
passed her as cents good money. 'One
of those rascally conductors must have
passed it onto you. I'll take it and pass
it onto somebody"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
Women Laid the Pavement.

Findlay tO) Dispatch to Pittsburg Commercial.
For two years Findlay's city council
has been endeavoring to have side
walk put down in front of the property
of J. A, Hagerman, in North Flndlay,
but each time an order was made the
owner defeated the work. On Saturday
that part of the street became very
muddy, and in the evening the ladies of
the vicinity met and, after resolving
that the council was a failure, those
present laid plans for a walk.
Last night they met again and when
their good husbands arose this morning
they were surprised to see nice brick
sidewalk 80 feet long in the disputed
place. The ladies had put it down with
their own hands.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31

"How do the new-fashioned bonnes
strike you ?" asked lady of an acquaint-
ance on whom she was calling. There
hasn't any of them struck me yet" was
the reply, with glance toward her hus-
band. IL am sitting around patiently
waiting for one of them to come in my
direction y Merchant Traveller.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
THREE WORDS.

There are three lessons would write.
Three words as with q burning pen,
In tracing of eternal light,
Upon the hearts of men.
Have hopel Though clouds environ round,
And gladaess hides her face in scorn,
Put thou the shadow from thy brow;
No night but hath its morn.
Have faithi Where'er thy bark is driven,
The calm's disport, the tempest's nirth.
know this God rules the hosts c. heaven,
The inhabitants of earth.
Have Lowell Not love alone for one,
But man, as man. thy brother call,
And scatter, like the circling sun,
Thy charities on all.
Thus grave these lessons on thy soul
Hope, faith and 1ove-and thou shalt find
Strength when life's surges fercest roll,
Light when thou else vert blind.
Schiller.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
HoHsos-fat a church nicnicl-

Mrs. HoBsoN-(at a church picnic)-
The lemon pie you so kindly contrib
uted, Miss Smith, find is spoiled.
Miss Smith lin amazement)-Spoiled?
Why, my dear Mrs. Hobson, it was
made fresh this morning. Mrs. Hob
son-Yes, but unfortunately young
Mr.. Sissy sat down on it Harper's
Bazaar
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31

KEEPER Ito countryman, looking at
the auimals)-Do You observe, sir,
how restless the leopard is, and how
ceaselessly he changes his position
from one spot to another? Country
man--Yes, but gosh, mister, I've alters
heard that leopard couldn't change
his spots. -Epo h.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
A Valuable Deposit.

Hotel Clerk-No, sir, we can't &C
commodate you. You have neither bag
gage nor money.
Il know / haven't, but [ came to
town IN freight car, and there is con-
siderable coal dust in my hair"
We'll, comb it out carefully, and that
will do. NEBRASKA State Journal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31

. LOOK YOUNG, prevent tendency to
wrinkles or ageing of the skin by using
LEAURBLLE OIL. Preserves a youthful,
plump, fresh condition of the features. A
transparent, alabaster skin. S1.0o. Drug
sists or exp. L. s. Wells. jersey City, \. J.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
Copsumptiop Surely Cured.

To the Editor:-Please inform your read
ers that have a positive remedy for The
above named disease. By its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been per-
manently cured / shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy FREE to sny OF
vour readers who have consumption If they
will send me their Express and Z. y. adj
dress. Respectfully,
IA. SL0CUM, NJ. c.. Isl. Pearl ST. n. I.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31
No Occasion for Alarm.

Brown Ito Robinson)-Let us cross
the street. see Smith coming, and /
don't want to meet him. / owe him
little money.
Robinson-You're all right. He'll
cross the street as soon as he sees us.
He owes me money. Puck.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31

WnsoS, the celebrated vocalist, was
upset one day in his carriage near Edin-
burgh. A Scotch paper, after recording
the accident, said. We are happy to
state he was able to appear the follow
ing evening in three pieces"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31

WAsHlNGroN Lady Showing visitor
the sights)-That gentleman who Just
sat down is an old member. The one
now speak ng is a neophyte. Mrs.
A 'lwool-You don't say Well, now,
he don't look a bit like pugilistl-
It'd Bis.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31

In these days OF reform il il strange
that nobody has suggested that uries
should furnish their own food Ger
family panel should lie able to supply
its own board.-8oSto12 Trans rjpj.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31

LAWYER Ito witness) -"You say ycnr
business required you to go down into
the basement fourteen times every
day" Witness-"Yes sir" Lawyer
Now, sir, you will tell me how many
times a dry you came up from the base
ment ?''-f ,Iu,lpa
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31

1T pains us to think of the dreadful
condition Anthony Comstock will be il
il he ever has rheumatic pains. 1t vii
be impossible for him to bear them
fBoston Courier.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31

Miss BAKEDBEAN-Did Mr.. Whistle
take his congo last night. Miss Sparerib
i suppose so. l didn't notice anything
on the hatrack this morning Wash
ington Critic.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-31

Trough ON ITCH" Ointment cures
Skin Humors, Pimples, Flesh Worms, Ring
Worms, letter, Salt Rheum, Frosted Feet,
Cbilblains, Itch, Ivy Poison, BARRIERS Itch,
Sc.ld Head, Eczema SOC. Druggists or
mail. f. s Wells, Jersey City, n. j.