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The Brookhaven leader., 1888-01-19
SOUND BUSINESS MAxlMS.
Action is really the life of business.

Action is really the life of business.
Use every means to hold on to your
home trade.
Always keep your designs and business
from the knowledge of others.
Great bargains can only be secured in
any market by being on the spot.
1t is easy to sell goods if they are well
suited to your trade and bought right.
Avoid litigation as much as possible.
for lawyers aud costs eat up the principal
Have the courage to discharge debt
while you have the money in your pocket.
The man who borrows money and
then borrows trouble is in sheol sure
enough.
Prefer small profits and certain re-
turns to large profits and uncertain sen
timents.
Difficulties, like thieves, often disap-
pear at a glance; therefore always face
difficulty.
Punctuality in money matters leads to
prosperity and confidence and the basis
of credit.
In buying. study carefully the wants
Of your trade and buy with that end al
ways in view.
The man who minds his own business
and constantly attends to it has all his
time employed.
Come to this market as often as pos
sible, so as to secure special bargains as
they are offered.
Adhere strictly to your business.
There may be difficulties to overcome,
but you will surmount them.
Thousands of merchants fail not from
the shrinkage of values, but from credit
ing unwisely and too much.
Be polite, prompt, decisive, civil and
that your clerks do likewise.
Have the courage to accept small
profits ard be content; large ones involve
more risk and less certainty of continu-
ing,
There are two sorts of people that gain
little by trade. such as buy what they do
not want and such as sell only in neces-
sity.
Succcas secures the appreciation of the
world, for, as the wise man says, Men
will praise thee when thou doest well for
thyself."
Study the history Of current events;
make careful comparisons OF the fluctua-
tions in price. in demand and in supply.
in order to guide your own operations by
the lessons these facts impart.
Misrepresentation of anything never
pays. and when you tell your customers
that your goods are superior to those of
your competitors, when you know the
same to be false, you are simply putting
in the wedge that will ultimately drive
your trade away.
Remember that the golden rule of com.
Inercial life is probity. Act. therefore,
honestly, uprightly and conscientiously
in all matters Of trade. Never misrepre-
sent. falsify or deceive; have one rule of
moral life and never swerve from il,
whatever may be the acts or opinions OF
other men.--Dry Goods Chronicle.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-01-19
A Perpetual Walking sheep.

John Snyder, the famous perpetual
walker" of Indiana, is dead. but his
teachings go on in the object of a sheep
on Dan Miller's farm in Carmel Three
months ago this sheep was one of tho
finest and fattest in his flock. Since
that time it has been emulating Snyder's
example by walking necessarily, not
stopping to rest. and only for moment
at a time to partake of a bite of food.
The sheep. whose case is, to say the least,
remarkable, has been reduced to mere
skin and bones, and evidently cannot
live a great while.-Charlotte (bich.>
Republican.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-01-19

A wealthy firm of tea merchants. one
Of the largest in Russia, has acquired ex-
tensive tracts in the neighborhood of
Soukhoum Kaleh and along the Circas-
sian coast. on which they are about to
raise tea plantations. These will shortly
be placed under the care and direction Of
Russian experts. who have been sent TO
China to study the tea culture and are
now about to return.
An experienced tea cultivator, formerly
resident in China. and who has pro-
speCted the Caucasus, assures me that
tea culture will form a considerah hle
staple in the future industries of this
region. Daily News.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-01-19
Harwin's Recreation.

Charles Darwin found backgammon a
great mental relaxation. and lie was very
fond of novels for the same purpose. The
great naturalist did most of his writing
sitting in large horse hair chair by the
fire, upon a board stretched across the
arms. When he had many or long letters
to write he dictated them from rough
copies written on the backs of manu-
scripts or proof sheets. He kept all The
letters he received-a habit caught from
his father. When his letters were en-
ished he lay on sofa in his bedroom and
had novels read to him while he smoked
a cigarette or regalcd his nostrils with
snuff. The Argonaut.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-01-19
Faith Cure Practitioners.

There are faith cure practitioners in
Chicago who are said to be making from
$4,000 to $4,000 year out of the peo-
pie who believe in their doctrines. Al
together there are several hundred faith
cure doctors in the city, and the Christian
science colleges there are turning out
graduates by the score every month. No
attention is given in these colleges TO TIM
study of anatomy or physiology. rs They
are not considered necessary 10 practi-
toners training.-New York Evening
World.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-01-19
The Editor In Germ any.

Newspaper men in Germany have TO
be very careful about punctuation. The
Hofer Tageblatt, short time ago, said 4
decoration had been conferred upon
Count Won Holstein. By an oversight an
exclamation point instead of period ap-
peared at the end of the sentence, anu
for This the authorities seized the whcie
issue and instituted suit against the
editor for atrocious hbel.-Chicalo
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-01-19
ween.r.s .,yeading March. /"

A certain Boston pianist is likely to get
himself disliked by the Wagnerians if he
doesn't look out. lie is reported as say
ing: Take Haydn's Sonata in D.
opening of first movement. omit orna-
meats, play it faster in two-four time,
and see what you get. Result: We'd
ding March in Lohsngrin. New York
Sun.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-01-19
Cats ar,, I,oes.

A cat. especially If merely a kitten, is
a more decent animal than pug dog:
but if it Is true, as stated, that fsshiona-
bic ladies in New York are about to adopt
cats as pets for the street, there is reform
where it was leasr expected. But. "a
somebody says of sometiing else, these
pets are Of two kinds--one is bad and
the other is very bad. d.-C Chicago Times.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-06
X. OF L. IRON WORKERS.
The National Assembly in Danger of
DihknlufiOu.


A Pittsburg dispatch of the 10Th says:
The Iron and Steel Workers National
District Assembly of Knights of Labor
is bankrupt and in danger of disruption.
The Trades Journal publishes this week
a circular from National Secre
tary Lewis, who is now acting
as national master workman, in
which an appeal is made to formulate
plan To keep the district from going to
pieces. Secretary Lewis says that Ma
tional Master Workman Conkling is Ill,
that there are no funds TO pay The ex-
penses, and that the liabilities already
amount TO 5000 In conclusion he says
that unless special effort is made to
sustain it the district must 90 under.
The circular closes by asking
that every local assembly call a
special meeting and decide whether
its members will agree to an assessment
Of 20 cents to paw Oft debts and assist
distressed members, and also to answer
the question whether special meeting
OF the National district shall be called
for the purpose of formulating some
new plan for the governing of the dis
trict. The district includes as members
a large proportion of the knights
Of Labor iron and steel workers IN
different parts of the country, the
largest representation being III Pitts
burg and Chicago. The total member
ship is between $500 and $1,000.
The promoters of the National district
have met with difficulties ever since ii
was first contemplated, opposition be-
ing made 10y mixed assemblies again
the withdrawal of members to 90 into
the national assembly There was also
a long delay in receiving a charter and
at the last annual convention, held in
this city last June, all attempts to form
mulate a scale of wages were aban-
1nnaI
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-06
Was Heeled.

A number of delegates to the Ten
nessee convention were returning home,
on a railway train, when red nosed
fellow, dressed in dingy jeans, seated
himself beside a well-dressad tray Ter
and began rhapsodiacal TRADE against
prohibition. Il live down here at
Spring Junction, f" said he, "and do you
know one thing about that town.
The traveller replied that, having
never been there, he knew nothing of
the town.
Wall, sub, I'll tell you about that
town, fur | live thar | moved thar
from over on Caley long before the
Judsons put up thar saw-mill, and I'll
tell you whut's ia k, Nv late years a
man couldn't git drink NV Ticker in
that town, even ef he wuz snake-bit,
but YOU bet I've got the heels on
'em. -
He tapped on battered valise which
he held on his lap, and added: "Got
a quar- NY Ticker in here strong enough
t. Jolt steer. an You bet them fellers
waving his hand at number of dele
gates will be followin' me rouad to-
morrer with heads on EN- like pizened
pup, cause why? Becaze I'm fixed an
they AIN t. | am a man nv foresight,
an | had sense enuff to heel myself.
Now, you see, stead Nv breakin' right
off frum er little tear that / got on
durin' the convention, 'stea | Nv lettin'
myself drap, ez it wuz, wy, / ken ease
myself down 50 light that L won't hard
ly know when | tech the ground, but
you let them other fellers will be flat
tened out when they fetch the yeth in
the mornin', an, ter tell you the truth,
I don't care, for toIe 'em they'd bet
ter git fixed, Wy, thars one Nv them,
specially, that | won't have no SYM
pathy fur. That Teller thar with his
head agin the win Ter"
as he any worse than the resi?"
"las, Gaze he didn't obey the Bible"
"How so?"
wy, he's a doctor, an, you know,
the Bible lows, Physician heal thy
self, bat he come away unheeled, an
that, too, after he had passed dozen
saloons. Wall, this is my town"
The train stopped, but the man who
had heeled himself continued to talk.
The train started. He rushed to the
steps and jumped Off His valise flew
open, his bottle flew out upon stone
and was SMASHED. He held up the
valise, looked at it in dismay. threw it
at the train and collapsed.
TTdre len.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-06
ready for the last act wire me and I
will ha On hand %

ready for the last act wire me and I
will be on hand"
The unknown's eyes were flashing
fire; the very demon of hatred and re-
venge filled his whole soul at the little
ness of Swarthy Jim.
He sprang from the chair in which
he sat, and looked straight in the eyes
of the man in front of him
Sylvester Noll-I suppose that is
your right name-I swear, by all that
is good and evil, that if you do not
play fair in this game, and not act 80
COMPOUNDED small, that will be even
with you. fortunately have the cards
in my own hands this time. 1 will
give you just three minutes to decide
to either give me the five thousand or
let it stand just as it is. Remember,
I'll wire you at Springfield when need
you, regardless of your decision"
Noll was considerably surprised at
the way in which the unknown spoke
and acted. but thinking there was moth
ing in it, more than his accomplice in
tended, if possible, to get the money by
threats, he decided that no man could
brighten him, much less this fellow who
was in his power.
"Ah, hal My boy, you forget who
you are talking to, and you must not
forget that you are in my power /
have said what / would do concerning
this affair, and that settles it. Good
day, sir
very we'll, go, you small hearted
blackleg l meant what l said, and
shall act accordingly"
1t was after nine o'clock in the even
ing, and cold fog was rising off the
creek.
The air was very damp and chilly,
and so We're all the mysterious under
ground rooms of the old cabin.
The once beautiful room was now
terribly gloomy and desolate, for NJ
had packed and carried off most of the
valubles.
The unknown sat there for hours in
deep thought, entirely regardless OF
the late hour or the dampness of the
dreary room. The cold wind came
whistling down the chimney, scatt ring
the dead Goals and ashes over the
hearth.
Dark, dangerous thoughts pas ed
through the angry m ms mind; he was
determined to have revenge evel If,
in the end, it should cost him lis lie.
"Ah. yes, have it now, as sure a /
this moment breathe. / hava him
there at Springfield. He will never
leave it free man. All, YES III wire
him. and, by thunder! he shall never
see that pretty little heiress again. I
swear it He is the author of enough
crimes for one man, and now comes the
day Of reckoning
"Ah, Sylvester Noll! for your own
safety and success you had better given
me those five thousand dollars than to
have been quite 50 penurious as you
were tonight"
He rose with stern, determined ex-
preston on his handsome face, and left
the cabin to return to it no more.
ITo BE CONTINUED
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-06
We Beat the World on Railroads..

In 1872 there were 264 100 miles of
railroad in all the world outside of the
United States, and in 1867 there
were 333, $50 miles In 1872 there
were 1913, $50 miles of railroad in the
United States, and at the middle of
1888 there are l54 900 miles. The in
crease of rail mileage here among some
$4,000, 900 people is 81 900 miles, while
all the rest of the world, with 1,700,-
900, 600 people, have constructed only
$4,000 miles. The United States has
constructed IA, 0G2 miles more than all
Europe, three and half times as much
as Asia, thirteen times as much as At
RIGA, and nearly six times as much as
Australia. The increase in the United
States is 40 per cent, in Europe - per
cent, in Asia 80 per cent
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-06
A Floating Lig hit.
From ILLUSTRATION.

A very pretty effect may be produced
by causing a candle to burn while al
most Immersed in water. The expert
ment is very simple. Insert nail not
too heavy, in the lower end of a short
candle, in order TO make that end heav-
Ter, and place the whole in a glass con-
tanning enough water 10 reach the upper
edge of tie candle without wetting the
wick. At first thought nothing seems
stranger than to expect candle to be
entirely consumed in such a situation,
but ii is simple enough. As the candle
burns it grows lighter and lighter, and
rises gradually as tit diminishes in length,
so that the lightest end always remains
above the surface OF the water. More
over, the outside of the candle, being
cooled, Rill melt much more slowly than
usual, and the flame will make little
hollow in the center. This hollow place
also helps In making the candle float,
and preserves the wick from contact
with the water. Thus the candle Will
continue TO burn in It's strange candle
stick until the wick is entirely con-
sumed
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-06
Wisconsin Pensions

Pension have been granted Wisconsin
people as follows: Andrew Bald
win, Niroqua; John II. Sau man, New
Richmond; Thomas c. Vance, Nationa
milwaukee, Home; John McCIeary,
Avoca; Charles Kerwin, Tomah; James
Livings on, Irving; Herman Alhrecht,
Baraboo; Lillian A. Bulls, former
widow OF jam B. Souther, Augusta {;
Elizabeth, widow OF Hannibal D. Bus
sell, La Crosse; Ardillis Adams,
Mt. Hope; Hiram Green, Waupaca
John p. Crous, Muscoda; Geo. q. Kelly,
Sheboygan Falls; Lafayette Sweet,
Tomah Ovid r. Thompson, La Crosse
Chaunrey F. G. Cooke, Independence
Bartholomew Foley, Barahoo; Emmett
L. Bulls, K,lbourn CITY; John LETTERS,
Wild Rose; Leonard F. QuImbv, Plain
field; Luke Hale, Onalaska;J. Sherwood,
Mansion; Wallace Smith, Stevenstown;
Andrew d. Stacey, Cameron: Ozias C..
Smith, Stockbridge; Alfred c. Parkin-
son, Madison; Cheselton c. Cole, Maple
Valley; Isaac S'ckles, La Vale; Fabyan
Hetti New Glarus; John B. lockwood,
Milwaukee; Frank Richards, National
Milwaus ee Home; Alexander w. Grif-
fin, Adams; Albert Brewer, Richland
Center; VIM. Downing, Dexterviie;
James d. Grant, Eau Claire; Joseph
Brookings, Bloomington; Peter Casper,
CaZenoVia; IeWis PremO Warren Mills
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-06
Jaw GOuld's Doctor.

New York Letter IN Philadelphia Times.
Mr.. Gould t on the porch of his
Irvington residence at the time of this
interview, and in his lap was baby,
the second son of his son George, who
married Edith Kingdom, the pretty
actress. The report that this new
conner is to be named after his grand
father is a mistake, because his brother,
now about year and half old bears
the name of Jay Kingdom Gould. Near
by sat DR.. William Mum, to whom Jay
Gould pays a sufficient salary to COM
mand his entire time. The amount is
said to be $50, 900 a year, and that is
reasonable considering that DR.. Mum
gave up an extensive practice to take
this special job, and is rather rich
anyhow. The contract covers period
oftwenty years unless terminated earlier
by the death of the opulent patient.
Thus it will be seen that Gould has
made an investment of nearly $3.50, 900
III medical attendance
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-06
Their Only Medicine Chest.

DEERLoDGE, MONTANA, Dec Is, 1885.
l have been using BRANDRETH' 5 Pills
for the last thirteen years, and though |
nave had nine children, have never
bad doctor in the h use, except three
times, when we had an epidemic Of
scarlet fever, which We soon banished
by vigorous use of BRANDRETH's Pulls.
have used them for myself, two OF
three a night, Tor month, for liver
complaint, dyspepsia and constipation.
In diarrhea, cramps, wind cohc, indi-
gestion, one or two BRANDRETH' Pills
fixed the children at once. A box OF
Pills is all the medicine chest we re-
quire in the house. We use them for
rheumatism, colds, catarrh, biliousEess,
and impure blood. They never have
failed to cure all the above complaints
in very few days.
WILLIAM W b Miller
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-06
Log Cabin Success.
What ails the young men ?

What ails the young men?
Robert CARROTS father left him fortune
of twenty millions. He was from child
hood reared in luxury; he received splendid
education with an especial training into a
thorough knowledge of railroad manage
ment and was expected to succeed his father
railroad king
Within three wears after the responsible
ties which his fathers death threw upon
him were assumed, he is reported broken
down man, with mind and health perma-
nently shattered.
George Law is another young man left
with millions of money, who is reported
among the wrecks" His father, bred a
stone mason, was of gigantic size and
strength with commensurate brain power,
so he became great contractor then rail-
road king and left half dozen millions for
his son 10 dissipate. The young man is q
success as disSipator.
The founders of both of these great estates
were born in the most humble walks of life,
grew strong, mentally and physically, by
simple living and honest labor, and deyel-
oped into financial giants. Their sons were
reared in the lap of luxury and developed
into intellectual pigmies.
The great men OF our country have mol,
as rule, come from the elegant mansions
of the cities, but from the Log Cabins of the
rural districts. Simple ways of living,
freedom from dissipation and enervatlng
pleasures simple remedies for disease, ef-
tective and which leave no poison in the
system. develop brawny, brainy men, who
compel the world to recognize their strength
and power.
The wholesome old fashioned Log Cabin
remedies are the safest and surest for family
use. Our grandmothers knew how TO pre-
pare the teas and syrups of roots, herbs and
balsams which drive disease out of the sys-
TEN by natural methods and leave no after
i'll effects. The most potent of these old
time remedies were, after long and search
ing investigation, secured by II. III. Warner
Of safe cure fame, and are now put out for
the healing of the nations" in the Warmers
Log Cabin remedies.
Regulate the regulator with Warmers Log
Cabin sarsaparilla and with pure blood CIV
ing health, strength, mental and bodily
sigor, you may hope to cope successfully
with the most gigantic financial problems
of the age, without wrecking health and
manhood
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-06
NOTHING rs LOST.

Nothing is lost tho drop OF dew
Which trembles on the leaf or flower,
Is but eXhnled to fall anew
In summers thunder shower;
Percharcs TO shine within the bow
That fronts the sun at fall OF day;
Perchance TO sparkle in the dow
or fountains far away.
Nothing is lost the tiniest seed
BY Wild birds borne. on broeyes blown,
Finds something suited to it's need,
Wherein It's sowp and grown.
The language of some household song,
The perfume Of some cherished flower,
Though gone from outward sense, belong
TO memorys after hour.
So with our words-or harsh or kind,
Uttered tn y are not all forgot;
They leave their influence "a the mind,
Pass on, but perish not.
So with our deeds-for good CT i'll.
Thoy have their power. scarce understood
Then let us use our better viii
To make them rife with goodl
" omu3l.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-06
Public Lands Going Very Fast.

For the fiscal year 1875 the sales
of public lands in this country amC1H.-
ed to 81, 005, 600, compared with
100000 for the year previous, and
S5,0O0,0 900 for each of the two preced-
ing years. As early as 1856, says the
New York Commercial Bulletin, the
land sales rose nearly to $4,000, 0G0,
but then they fell of and went as low
rs Sl52, 900 in 1862, and never rose
above S4,000,000 again for twenty
years. In 1882 they again reached
nearly $4,000, 600; III 1883, nearly
50, 600, 600; in 1884, nearly SO, 900, 900,
and then, after two years at 5000, 900,
they began to rise, and for the year
just closed reached their highest mark.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-06
A Life on the Ocean Wave

Indurates the stomach against sea sickness. but a
single occasional transit across the "ulimlt-
able wetness'' is productive OF grievous qualms,
especially when ii is stormy. Ocean travellers
yachtmen, ship surgeons, commercial buyers
sent abroad, yoyagers by ste amboat. and =
who are occasionally or frequently callel ups
10 be where "billows are butfeted," should tai.
along Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,. the finest
known antldote for sea sickness malaria, bilious.
ness, and disorders of the stomach and bowels.
Many travellers by railroad, with delicate stom-
nchs and nerves, likewise suffer severely en- route
These will find the BitIers surely helpful and
eonsolatory. Travelling, even in swift, steady
and commodious steamships and stump
tuous palace cars, is not always Il
source of unIni1ed jog and delight,
end the Bitters does much 10 counterfeit the dis
comforts attending it, aggravated by delicate
health. rheumatism, brought on 10y damp
weather, kidney troubles and debility, is effect
ually relieved by the Ritters
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-06
A Wronged Lions Revenge.
From the Philadelphia Times


NJ. Bidel, the French lion-tamer, tells
story of a lion and lioness who had
for p.any years dwelt together in one
cage, and whose ''mutusl endearments
were incessant, demonstrative and
touching" A bachelor lion came to
live next TO them, and one day, the
door between the two cages being left
open, the lioness slipped through to Wis
it the bachelor. "The betrayed hus-
band was beside himself with passion /;
there was anguish and hatred in his
face, and it was plain that his heart was
broken" When the lioness was driven
back to her own cage she was instantly
killed by her husband.