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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

I Won will take me for boarder for
few weeks. l see you have shed out
there. where | can keep my horse. In
this way we can become perfectly ac-
ouainted: | can be useful to you,
| and if, when / am ready to go back to
the city, / do not wish to repeat the
| offer / have made to you, promise
that will frankly tell you so"
We need not give the details of the
conversation that followed. Enough
that it ended with the grateful approx
al and consent of the widow, and Bel
mont shortly took his leave.
SO strange are the changes that even
so little time as three days may bring !
But three days had passed since a
love-sick, half-crazed youth had, in
his desperation, attempted the murder
of his rival. Three days only That
youth was dead and buried, and his
rival, before pushing his suit with the
object of the boys hopeless passion,
seemed likely to take his own place in
the affairs of his mother.
As Belmont mounted his horse, Mrs.
| Van Wyck ran to the door with sud
den exclamation:
How can / ever go so far from where
my dear ones are buried Z?
"You shall come back here for a
week every spring." he answered with
out hesitation.
You dear, kind soul"
He rode rapidly away. His thoughts
were busy with plans for the future.
His mind was turning away from the
mystery of his fathers fate and con-
corning itself with himself. He
thought that he had satisfied filial du-
ty by his long, painful, and fruitless
search. 1t was time to think of the
living. He regarded the arrangement
he had just made with the widow with
great satisfaction. A brief day-dream
came to him, of Jessica as his bride,
and he thought how good it would be
to relieve her at first of the oversight
and care of the great city house.
Filled with such pleasant thoughts
as these, he gave his horse loose rein,
and the animal galloped swiftly along.
A female figure approached as he
rode on. With great bound of his
heart, ne recognized her of whom he
had just been thinking.
He drew rein so suddenly that his
horse fell back upon his launches
When the animal recovered his feet she
had hurried past.
He turned and called to her.
"Jessica Jessica! Miss Bryson!"
She neither stopped nor answered.
Yet he was certain that it was she.
He could not be mistaken in her fig
ure; and he had passing glimpse of
her face.
Yes, it was surely she. She would
not answer him; she would not stop at
his call.
He sat in his saddle, motionless,
watching the fast-retreating figure,
tempted to spur after her, and reluc-
tant to do so.
Wherever she is going" he thought,
"she will probably return by this road.
I'll wait"
Dismounting, he led his horse into a
clump of trees by the roadside. Al
lowing him to Craze while he held the
reins, he lay down in the grass and
waited.
He was right in his conjecture. Be-
fore dark Jessica Bryson passed that
way again; and again was his unavail
ing suit renewed.
ITO BE CONTINUED
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She'd Nothing TO Say.

Two distinguished citizenship in Yer
mont engaged in a little fisticuff the
other day, and the reporter of one of
the daily papers was sent to interview
lady who had CHANGED to witness the
affair from her porch. The reporter
found her extremely reticent about the
affair. He had seen reticent ladies be-
fore, however, and did not give up in
despair, as some men might have done
when the lady declared that she
wouldn't open her mouth about the
matter.
THAT is right said the reporter.
blandly, stick to that. No one can
make you talk if you don't want to"
Il know that" said the lady, "and
I'm not going to mix myself up in
little disagreement between my neigh
bors. Both of the gentlemen are
neighbors and friends of mine, and |
wouldn't for the world speak word
against either OF them, for one was
was just as much to blame as the
other, as far as I could see, and I saw
the whole affair from beginning to end,
and could tell every word that was
said if l wanted to. But I've nothing
to say about it, and that's the end of
it."
THAT is right" the willy reporter
said. 81 admire your discretion and
your fidelity to your friends.
well, if l do say it myself, I'm a
woman that can hold my tongue when
| want to. No one but me saw the af-
fair, and 1 don't choose to speak of it.
I'd be ashamed to tell that two such
prominent gentlemen as Major Dilley
and Captain Barker fell out over a bet
they'd made at the Fourth of July
races. The Major said that Fleetwood
won the race fairly, and Captain
Barker said that the other horse won.
and that was all there was of it. I'd
not tell that two friends of mine called
each other all kinds OF frightful names
and that the Major hit the Captain
with his cane, and that they clinched
then and rolled over and over on the
ground and fought and swore awfully.
I've simply nothing to say about it.
1t would mortify the Major, | know, if
/ told that he cried 'nuff' first, and
Captain Barker's wife is too good a
friend of mine for me to tell that her
husband bumped another mans head
on the plank walk and swore at him.
No, sir; you may as well go; I've
made up my mind to simply say moth
ing about it, and forty horses couldn't
draw a word out of me if l don't want
to tell it,"
u believe you, madam" said the
hardened reporter, blandly. II re-
spect your delicacy, and will not
trouble you any further"
And when complete account of the
affair appeared in the evening, the lady
said:
well, who on earth could have told
that reporter about it! He never got
a word of it from me. | just told him
I'd nothing to say, and 1 didn't. San
| DieOO Coronado.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26
ARJOHIE.

1Oh, dear, said Farmer Brown one day,
Il never saw such weather
The rain will spoil my meadow hay
And all my crops together"
His little daughter climbed his knee:
1 guess the sun viii shine, said she.
But if The sun, seid Farmer Brown,
Should bring dry September.
With vines and stalks all wilted down,
And fields soorched to an ember'-
Why, then it will rain. said Marjorie,
The little girl upon his knee.
4Ah, mel" sighed Farmer Brown, that fall,
Now, what's the use Of living?
No plan OF mine succeeds at all
Why, next month comes Thanksgiving,
And then, OF course, said Marjorie,
We're all as happy as can be-.
Well what should be thankful for?"
Asked Farmer Brown. My trouble
This summer has grown more and more,
Ny losses have been double,
I've nothing left'--Why, you've got mel"
Said Marjorie, upon his knee.
-NelO England Farmer.
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but did not see hum returning. Her
lonely meal was eaten, and the table
was cleared.
In the pleasant April sunshine she
sat outside the door half the afternoon,
the long stretch OF the crossroad down
to the highway.
About three o'clock she saw Edgar
approaching. He moved unsteadily
and slow.
She fastened down the road to meet
him. His eyes we're bent on the
ground; his knees threatened to sink
under him ut every step.
Eddie, dear boy, what is the mat
ter?' she anxiously asked.
He raised his face. Its CHASTITY pallor
smcte her with fright.
She wound her arms about him, she
called him endearing names, she even
kissed his cold hands as she supported
him back to the house. He only said,
in voice raised a little above whis
per:
AZ am not we'll. | must go home"
$50 you shall; and you shall lie down
and rest, and I'll make you some of
my nice cordial to strengthen you.
What has happened, son? Is it any
thing about that girl?"
Il shall never see her again." he
whispered.
"Have you two quarreled? l feared
you would, sooner or later. Don't take
it to heart, Eddie; cheer up; perhaps
you'll make it up next time; if you
don't it may be the very best thing
for you that could happen. / never
thought"
His hand was feebly lifted in silent
protest against her chatter. She
ceased. Supporting him through the
gate, she was leading him to his bed
room, when his strength wholly gave
out. He sank listlessly into the rock
ing-chair that she had Just vacated, and
his head dropped to his breast.
Thoroughly frightened by his looks
and actions, the mother flew into the
house for a restorative. The strong
salts at his nose revived him a little.
The fearful woman had flung herself
down at his feet, and now held his
hands, imploring him to look at her,
to speak to her.
A weary smile lighted his wan face
for an instant only as he saw her. He
tried to speak, but he could not utter
syllable.
40, Eddie, my darling boy, don't
look so don't act so! You haven't
been well for long time. 1 have seen
it plainly. That girl never loved you;
you wouldn't have been happy with
her; don't grieve yourself about her.
/ must nurse you back to health and
strength. We might take little jour
ney as soon as the weather becomes
settled; you want change. Shall we
go across the lake2-or would you
rather"
She stopped abruptly. His hands
lay limp and cold in hers. his eyes
stared in stony way down upon her.
The troubled soul had taken the last
journey-the silent voyage beyond the
river
Not the shock of his rude overthrow
in the wood by the stalwart arms of
Randall Belmont had wrought his
death. The physical pains of that as
sault had almost passed; he had slept
them off beneath the tree.
If ever men die of broken hearts,
that fate was his.
The discovery at the Bryson house;
the conflict of anger, modification, and
despair that had since ragged in his
breast; the conviction, emphasized by
the language of Randall Belmont in
the wood, that Jessica was lost to him
forever-these had united to snap the
cords of his existence, and his suffer
ing heart stood still.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26
In for Temperauce

1t has been the custom for small YES
sells known as "copers,' loaded with all
sorts of grog, to cruise about among
the North lea fishing fleets selling
liquor to the sailors Five European
powers have now entered into an agree
ment for the suppression of this bust
ness, and have declared rum selling ille-
gal upon the high seas
just Hear That Child Scream -,
Said Mrs. Smith to her sister, Mrs. Davis. as
the sound Of childs shrieks came across
the garden from neighbours house.
What kind of a woman have YOU for a
neighbor? Does she abuse her children !"
mo, indeed. replied Mrs Davis. ''She is
one the most tender mothers in existence.
But you see, she believes in the old-fash-
Toned styles of doctoring. When a child
needs physic, she fills a spoon with some
nauseous dose lays the little victim fat on
her lap, holds his nose till he is forced to
open his mouth for breath, when down goes
the dreadful mess. Then come the wells"
mo WONDER said Mrs Smith, WHY
doesn't she use DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purga-
tive Pellets? They are effective without
being harsh, and are as easy to take as
sugar plums always give them to my
children. And so do l." said Mrs.
Davis
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26
Lung Troubles and Wasting

Diseases can be cured, properly treated in
time, as shown by the following statement
been a great sufferer from pulmonary at
tacks, and gradually wasting away for the
past two years it affords me pleasure TO
testify that SCOTS Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil with Lime and Soda has given me great
relief, and | cheerfully recommend it to all
suffering in a similar way to myself In adj
dition, would say that it is very pleasant
to-take"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26
IeanreIle Oil nravents tandancy to MrinklAA

LeAurelle Oil prevents tendency to Wrinkles
or ageing of Skin. Preserves youthful plump,
fresh condition of features. II you desire q
Transparent, clear. fresh Complexion free from
blenish, or roughness, use Leaurelle Oil, it
cures and prevents cracking, chapping. rough
ness or coarseness Of skin. Keeps faco, neck
and hands soft, plump. Preserves the tone,
life and transparent glow of the skin in
youth. This is remarkable article though
called an oil is more the nature of expressed
juice, and is superb tonic and elegant dressing
for the Hair aud WhiskerS. which it stimuli" tes
and whiskers SOFT glossy, luxurious and vigor-
GUS. 81 at Druggists or by Express, free of Ex-
press charge. E. S. WELLS. Chemist Jersey City
Get Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners applied
to those new boots and they will never run
over.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

HAPPY couple" unused Pompour, as
Mr.. and Mrs. Fresh passed by. "Wh It
trusting love! Why, / have known
that man to wear homemade smoking
jacket, and imagine that it fitted him."
It'd BITS.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26
Consumption 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. l shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy FREE to any of
your readers who have consumption if they
will send me their Express and P. o. adj
dress. Respectfully,
Z. a. SLOCUM. NJ G.. Isl. Pearl St. ".
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

HENRY CLAY traded a lot in Washing
ton City to Commodore Rogers in ex-
change for an Andalusian Jack. The lot
is now valued at 100000. 1t was in
front of 1t that Gen. Sickles shot Judge
Barton Key; and here Payne tried to
assassinate Secretary Seward on the
night that President Lincoln was shot
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26
Not So Deaf as All That.

-, From NE Boston Transcript
Carrie Carrie Carrie. come and
see this pretty little ring with stone in
1t, Uncle George has brought you. Car
RE, why didn't you come the first time |
called you?'
Mamma, | 'spects I'm kinder hard
of hearing"
But you heard quickly enough when
L spoke of the stone ring?"
Yes, mamma; l said kinder hard of
hearing, but | isn't stone deaf, you
know"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26
CHAPTER XVII

iNA OL4 1hk l1IhI.
Mrs. Van Wyck had observed the di-
rection OF her sons steps that morning,
and could not help knowing whittier
he was bound.
The morning passed noontime came,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26
A Great Offer,

In another part of this paper will be
found the advertisement of a prominent
Soap Manufacturing Firm of Buffalo The
offer is a peculiar one from the fact that
this firm will send TO any subscriber of this
paper who will send their address on pos
tai card, a case of assorted Family and
Toilet Soap on 80 days trial. The Soap is
probably as fine as can be made; but yet in
addition, there will be packed in each case,
for limited time, great array of presents,
premiums. extras etc, for which no charge
Is made. You cannot well afford to miss
this bargain, so send your address at once
to j. D. Larkin IL Co., Buffalo, n. Y
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

ADMIRAL and Mrs. Charles Baldwin
will return in the course of month or
two from their trip in Europe, and will
GO to Saratoga for some weeks
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

TEAcHER-John, give me sentence
containing the word contents. John
HE contents of a COW Is milk. -
Teacher.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

RIDER HAGGARD has sent s. to a
woman who wrote to him regarding two
grammatical errors she had discovered
in his novel "She.n
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

The cleansing, antiseptic and healing
qualities of DR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy are
uueoualled
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

OLIVER BEIRNE, who lately died in
Louisiana, was considered the richest
planter there. His wealth was placed
at some $48 100000
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

CHAsKA, the Sioux Indian, who
Siouxted Miss Fellows so well that she
married him, is painter by trade and
was student in the Indian school. His
Christian name is Campbell, and he will
hump himself to support his white wife.
Aim CUyifors;1
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26
WELLS HAIR BALSAM.
LOOK NOINGt

II gray, gradually restores color elegant tonic
dressing Soc, SIC, Druggists, or 81 90 size pre-
pad by Express for 81. f. S.Wells, Jersey City.
ROUGH ON PILES. Quick, complete cure. 500.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26
Been Ont the Night Previous.

ITO sum the case up, your Honor"
said prosy lawyer to the Court, the
dominating point is this--whether the
defendants are obliged to pay Widow
Schleffer her husbands insurance
when their contract reads that suicide
invalidates the insurance"
HIM Schlieffer committed suicide,
did he?" asked the Court, who had
been asleep while the testimony was
given.
Eyes, sir, Numbered the indignant
lawyer.
Fine him one hundred dollars and
costs.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

Such an anable mani was glad had met
For he made short hour most pleasant;
He spoke in way shall never forget
on questions conc erning the present
His opinions they suited my own to 7;
regretted that hours brief durance
Then my coat by the button he took, and
said he:
Are you carrying any insurance."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26
An Assurance of Health.

among the assurances of health afforded US by
the regular discharge of the bodily functions,
none Is more important and reliable than that
which regularity of the bowels gives US. II
there ls any-eyen temporary interruption Of
thls-the liver and the stomach suffer conformity
with inactive organs, and still greater mischief
ensues If relief is not speedily obtained. A lax
alive, above all eavll on the score OF
mineral composition or violent effect, is
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters approved
by the medical profession and most important
Item OF the family matera medica of American
households, 1t is botanic. painless IN action,
and If persisted in, effectual. The stomach and
liver, In no less degree and no less promptly and
thoroughly than the bowels, are regulated and
toned by 1t, and IL is admirable defense
against malarial and rheumatic ailments and a
benign remedy for kidney complaints, nervous
ness and debility
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

ONE of the most strongly marked
traits in Mr.. Gladstone's character, says
tbs Star, of London, is the method and
exactitude which he brings to bear on
his daily work. This is the great secret
which enables him to get through an
amount of labor which would brighten
ten ordinary men.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

Be wise in time. Check the little cough,
cure the little chill dispel the little pain,
ere the little ailment becomes the strong,
unconquerable giant of disease. DR. Pierces
Golden Medical Discovery, taken in time, is
remedy for these ills
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26
The Little Seed.

A little seed lay in the carriers path;
A little shoot bowed IN the strong winds
WRATH;
A little shrub grew, by its roots held fast
Then a stout tree braved all the winter s
blast
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

little cough started-'twas only light;
little chill shivered the hours of night;
A little pain came and began to grow
Then consumption laid all his brave strengt
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

Medical and scientific skill has a. last solved tho
problem OF the long needed medicine for the nsr.
vous, debiitated, and the aged by combining the
best nerve tonics. Celery and Coca with other erec
tive remedies which, acting gently but efficiently
on the kidneys. liver and bowels remove disease,
restore strength and renew vitality. This medicine Ia
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26
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Portable Stationary and Traction Engines, ST.
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-26

A RECENT lecturer warns his hearers to
have nothing whatever to do with a
man of genius. This is going a little too
far. We may venture to shut the door
tier him. or we may try to keep him
from losing his keys without getting
serious harm in return. -LotisriLte
Courier journal.
a 5-YEAR-oLD daughter of John Col
son, of Americas, Ga, was feeding their
young chickens, and they had gathered
in her lap as she sat on the ground. A
large hawk darted down and caught one
of them, carrying it off. The little girl
was very much frightened, and ran cry
ing to her mother.
PHILIP WINTER, of New Haven. ct
smelled something in his cellar. and in
vestigated. He found nice little con-
Migration in progress, and not having
water handy, he smashed bottles of
| beer on the fire until his wife came
with two pals of water, and the flames
yielded to this new half-and-h half.
AN lndian Jungle" is not forest. All
| uncultvated or waste lands in India are
called ''jungles." Forests are scarce in
| that country. The mountain jungles, :"
| where the tiger has his home, and from
which he comes down to carry off peo-
| pie or domestic animals, have no trees
| other than low scattered bushes and
| rocks.
A YOUNG man was discussing with
more spirit than was comely what he
was pleased to call brain food" He
urged that no article of food furnished
| more brain matter than baked beans.
F, Just then an old man looked up and
| SAID Dung man. eat all the baked
beans you can get. '-Ricltmoid RELIGIOUS
| Herald.
| One Fairfield woman knows at least
| how to bring her husband to terms
When she wants funds She called on
| her lord Tor money to purchase a pair
OF shoes the other day, and he snlien-
iy refused. She then applied To the
oVerseer Of the poor. There was a
scene, bnt she got her shoes and her
husband is sadly Jnmhled. Faorffi,i
! Ne Journal
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-05-16
Puzzling the Horse Editor.

care you the horse editor?" inquired
an innocent looking woman, approach
ing the desk of that tunctlonary.
II have that pleasure, Miss" he re-
piled, t"king off his hat.
"Can You answer all sorts of ques-
tions about horses?"
"Well. 1 rather think I can" he said,
with a prideful swell in his bosom. &.
"Oh, I'm SO glud," she twittered
"Will you tell ME the difference between
bay horse and a sea horse?"
AS she went out of the Office she
smiled back at him, but he sat gloomily
at his desk and said nothing Il Wush-
ington Critic.