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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30

A cyclons Travelled twenty miles through
Arkansas the other day without doing
further damage than blowing down two
Negro cabins and upsetting baystack.
Has the cyclone had its dayi
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30

The mustache is said IN be losing its
popularity as a part of the hirsute ardor
ment TO the masculine face. 1t is. always
getting ''in the soup"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30
Rust i'm Wheat.

After thorough examination as TO the
cause of rust in wheat and other grains,
the Guelph (Canada) agricultural college
has arrived at the following conclusions
/. Seasons are the chief cause of rust !;
accompanied by close, still weather, are
favorable TO its increase.
=. Low lying, rich soils are most liable to
attack
3. An excessive use of manures rich in
nitrogen encourages the disease.
4. Late scwn grain is NEST subject TO at
tack.
;. Thinly sown crops seem most liable'to
injury
Is. Red wheats are less affected than
white varieties.
Z. Rust is more common i'm the vicinity Of
barberTy hedges titan at distance.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30

The world is full of devices 10 gain an
advantage over the unwaRy; there are men
on the watch for an opportunity to ''beat"
some poor old carpet, even.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30

II afflicted with sore eyes use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30

The "Bs" that buzz in the spring are
with US again-Bock Beer and Base Ball
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
A Sad Mistake

Brander Matthews tells good story
IN the Washington Post of the ethical
influence of the East on the wild and
Wooley West. A young Bostonian, rear
Cd beneath the brow of Beacon Hill
end educated at Harvard, went to
texas and turned cowboy. He rapidly
caught The spirit of the country. and as
rapidly shook the outward semblauces
of enderfooted eastern habit. Rough
bearded, leather clad, sombrero as
wide % the widest, 42-caliber Colts on
his hips, he was wild as the widest.
I ct within his bosom still burned the
lame OF Boston culture and refinement.
One day he was riding with stranger
across the prairie. Turning his head
suddenly (he was slightly ahead) he saw
his companion make suspicious motion
toward his pocket. Without hesitation
be drew his revolver and shot him.
The stranger dropped like a log. The
cowboy dismounted and looked at the
body of his victim.
II wonder if he was really going to
shoot me-" he soliloquzed. "Ill see. .
Turning the body over, he discovered
a flask of whisky protfudlng from the
pocket.
Poor fellow" he said in tone of re-
greet. "l've made a mistake. I've
killed an innocent man, and gentle
man at that. He wasn't going to shoe
me; he was going TO invite me to have
a, drink. WE'LL" he sighed, drawing hi
sleeve across his mouth, 1.-The las
wishes of the deceased shall be re
spected.p
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
Wiped the Floor With a Whyo
From the New York World.

From The New 1ork W OrlQ.
l.. G. Riggs is the proprietor OF a res
in the neighborhood as a quiet, unas-
Stunning young man, who attends very
strictly to his own business. About S. "A
last night tall, burly fellow staggered
to table in the place and ordered a
meal. The waiter recognized the GUS
| toner as Dan Flynn, one of the Whyo
| gang.
After Flynn had finished he received
check for 50 cents. With this in his
hand be sauntereC up to the desk, be-
hind which sat Riggs. Then, with q
| leer, he passed over the check, and in
choice Whvo dialect remarked:
"Say, put dat on de winder. ltll dc
for number. See ?"
Il don't want any nonsense" an
swered MIR. Riggs. Pay the amount Of
that check, if you plelse.'
Nav" returned Finn, Il don't pay
when eat. | got half in me pocket
here, and dere's a friend of mine look
| in de winder, an we're going over &c
| the schooner house and get couple oil
beers"
Flynn drew a fiity-cent piece from his
| pocket and held it up.
Proprietor Riggs again demanded
payment, and remarked that if Flynn
did not comply there would be trou
| BILE.
"Say," said the Whyo, with q patron
| izing air-"say, old man, ! don't want
ter hurt yer. Now if you come out
| from behind dat desk ! might fall or
you and kill yer. See?"
Mr.. Riggs is nota robust-looking man
| He has hollow cheeks, and his complex
| ion is pale, but people who know say
| that when he takes his clothes off his
muscular development is extraordinary
However, Whyo Finn didn't know
that. He simply grinned when Riggs
stepped out from behind the desk and
| locked the door leading to the street.
| Now" said Riggs, ''you pay that 81
cents"
"W hat fur?" asked Flynn.
Bifl Riggs left shot out like a batter
| ing ram. His right followed like &
| fash. Both hands were soon going like
| trip hammers. Blood was pouring
| from Films nose. His ear WAS split
He couldn't see. Riggs opened the
| door, chased the bully into the street
then chased him back into the restaur.
ant, and t'.umped and pounded him un
til he not only begged for mercy but
paid his bill. Then Riggs kicked hin
out, and the gang of jackals on the 9th
| er side of the street, who were watch
ing the punishment their leader was re-
| ceivIng, SUNK away into the shadows.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
Carriages Run by Gas.

A Munich firm has made a carriage
propelled by gas, which it generates
from benZine or analogous material.
The motor, which is not visible from
the outside, is placed in the rear of the
three heeled carriage over the main
axle, and the benzine used in It's pro-
pulsion is carried in a closed copper re-
ceptacie secured under the seat, from
which it passes drop by drop to the
generator, and which holds enough
benzine for a journey of about seventy
five miles. The gas mixture is ignited
in a closed cylinder ty means of
an electric spark. After regulating
the admission of the gas, the motor can
be started by simply turning a hand
lever. Power is applied by the medium
of a link chain belted to a toothed
wheel on the rear axle. The speed of the
motor can be increased or diminished
at will by turning the lever backward
and forward, and it can be stopped by
pulling on the lever. The vehicle is
steered in the same manner as a tri-
cycle, by small front wheel. 1t can
attain a speed of about ten miles an
hour, but in crowded streets it can be
made to move as slowly as an ordinary
vehicle. A quart of benzine is sufficient
for an hours trim
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
stopping" Horses Feet.

Horses that are used on hot pave
ments or other situations which induce
a hot, dry condition of the feet, require
special treatment to palate the evil.
This generally consists of filling the
concave sole and all the space within
the shoe at night with some moist sub
stance. The most usual material for
this purpose has for long time been
fresh COW dung, either alone or mixed
with clay. While no one can Question
the value of the practice, the substance
named is utterly unfit for the purpose.
Strangely enough, 1t is recommended
by many eminent veterinary writer's,
though all admit that it is a fruitful
source of thrush. One of these, after
stating that thrush is caused by the
horse standing in its own dung or other
filth, recommends wrapping with COW
dung as palliative. Another, equally
eminent, remarks that it should be used
with great caution where there is any
disposition to thrush" As if there ever
was horse without such a" disposition
if its feet are kept in contact wit h filth.
Prof. Law denounces the use of this
substance by implication in a sentence.
He gives as the causes of thrush, "ex-
posture to wet aud filth; standing on
dung or in a dirty, wet yard; stuf1ing
he feet with COW dung" etc. Then
why fill the feet with the filthy, corrod-
ing stuff! 4 clean and inolfensive ma
.erial is made by mixing linsced meal
with an equal part of clay and wetting
the mixture to the desired cons istence.
This accomplishes the object, without
danger of unpleasant etfects.-Ameri-
can IgTicuIturist
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
THE STOCk-RA NCB.
Tie Heifer's First Calf.

If heifer is herself spring calf, it
is not generally best to allow her to
breed, so as to drop II calf much before
she is two years old. But, if she was
herself born in the fall, she may be bred
when nine or ten months old thus drop
ping calf when she is eighteen or
nineteen months old. There is gen
eral idea that heifers first calf is not
worth raising. Possibly for making a
beef breed it may not, but some of the
best cows | have ever known were thus
bred. Jersey COWS are noted for their
earliness in coming to breeding age. In
the warm climate of their island home
they breed at an early age, and this helps
to explain not only their small size, but
their acknowledged excellence for the
dairy. The vitality of the young heifer
is so soon diverted to milk production
that it becomes the most important func-
ton in the animal ECONOMY.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
Sir Julian a Musician.
From the PHILADELPHIA News.

Sir Julian Pauncefote, the new En-.
glish minister, is seen to the best ad
vantage after dinner, when the strains
of music are heard IN the drawing
room. He is a technical musician
of high quality for an anna
teur. In bis younger days
while waiting for work, he
used to compose, and played the
piano with considerable skill and talent
lie has a sonorous baritone voice. and
used to sing, but of late he has not
been induced to try his vocal powers
Whether the ladies of Washington vii
break down his reserve remains to pe
seen. but certain it is that Sir Julian looks
forward with much pleasure TO his term
of residence in q country where ne nat
already many close friends.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
4 (IleIc Child.
4 atpprl.
BY |. 3. WALFORD.
Author of Mr.. SMITH" THE BABY's GRAND
MOTHER, Etc
The UsusDaDeT Library.
4 NEW PUBLICATION.

In January we commenced the publication Of
THE NEWSPAPER LIBRARY. This publica-
ton is printed in the form of what has been
known heretofore as our Free Library and will
be published bi-monthly: each number will
contain a complete novel, biog Apply or travels,
and viii be presented to every subscriber OF
the WEEKLY WISCONSIN. The works to bc
printed Will be original and select novels ana
biography from the current literature of the
day. This method Of giving to the readers Of
the WISCONSIN a number Of serial stories
during the year viii relieve the columns of the
main paperfor other matters more appropriately
within the province of a newspaper. 1t has
become the custom of many Of the leading
newspapers of the country to publish from
week to week iustalments Of serial stories IN
the column of tho paper. The WISCONSIN
has not been in the habit OF publishing this
kind of literature, but in order TO meet Z
popular demand for this class of reading We
determined upon the publication of a work
such as We have above described. THE NEWS
PAPER LIBRARY is novel idea and has never
to our knowledge been undertaken by any
other publishers. II practically gives to the
readers Of the WISCONSIN two publications
for the price of one. The first number Of the
Newspaper Library contains a story entitled
THE GAMBLER" translated expressly for
the Newspaper Library, from the celebrated
Russian author, FLO. DISHONESTY. II was
issued in January. Number was issued the
18th of March. and contains the highly popu-
lar novel entitled NAPOLEON SMITH. by
New York gentleman. The number of the
Newspaper Library for Nav contains charm
ing English novel, by L. r. Walford, entitled
A MERE CHILD. July 18Th viii be issued
sulendid novel cntitleC
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08

Force their way into many household that
might be protected from their inroads by the
simple precaution of keeping in the house that
benign family medicine and safeguard Of health,
HOstetter's Stomach Bitters. Particularly where
there are children, should it be kept hand
as prompt remedy for infantile complaints in
their outset easily comparable but which, if al,
lowed 10 engran themselves on the delicate
childish organism, are not easily dislodged and
speedily work grievous mischief Irregularity
of the bowels, indigestion and biliousness, are
ailments of common occurrence in the house
hold. Children, living in malarious regions,
are more liable to be attacked with chills and
fever than adults, and the rayages of that fell
disease in their system are speedier and more
serious. In remote localities, far from profess
sional aid, il is especially desirable
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
INSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR oUn
RURAL READERS.
Come Information OF Value to the Farmer,
Stock breeder, Bee-keoPor, HOUSEWIFE
and Kitchen Maid.
THE FARM.
Learn to Graft.

Every farmer should himself under
stand grating, and be able practically
to do it. The art is simple and easily
learned. 1t may not always pay the
farmer to do all the large jobs of graft
ing that he has to do, since his own time
may be worth more at something else.
But it is the little jobs, the setting of
half dozen CRAFTS not worth sending
for a professional CRATER to do, that
thus are neglected from year to year,
simply because no one is at hand quail
fed to do the work. Professional graft
ers make good wages setting CRAFTS at so
much apiece. Most of them have an as
sistant who saws off the limb to be
grated, while the CRATER fits the scion
to the cleft which he makes, and covers
the wound to exclude air. This and
connecting the scion with the outer
wood of the branch is all the art there
is in grating.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
A Boy Spoiled.

The Emperor of China is almost a
child in years. His imperial mother,
who has managed ior twenty-five years
the destiny Of that wonderful and in
deed almost gigantic empire, is only 80
years old now, and is great boxer and
fehcer, almost as much, indeed, of an
athlete ss the famous Empress Eliza
beth of Austria, who has lost her rea-
son since the shocking death of her
only son, the heir of the throne of the
Hapsburgs, the Crown Prince Rudolph.
The young Emperor of China is yelled
from vulgar eyes by miles of palace wall
and vast expanses of vari-colored silken
hangings. He never WAS a boy, and al
ready lahors under the grave RESPONSE
bllities of mans estate, when mans es-
tate means the paternal care of nation
many times more numerous than the
people of the United States. The Young
Emperor of China has never played
foot ball or base ball, or cricket or hook
CIV or marbles. He never even played
truant Who knows what splendid
boy was spoiled in the making of this
EInperOr
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
Hints TO ousekeepers

10 PURIFY the air in a newly painte d
room, put several tubs of water in it,
and the water will absorb a great deal of
the smell. Milk will absorb moro than
water.
To CLEAN brass. use fine rotten stone
and et-oil. When the spots have
been removed, rub off all the oil with a
clean piece of flannel and the dry rot
ten-stone. Polish with channels skin.
KEEP the -four barrel raised few
inches from the floor, so that the air
may circulate underneath and prevent
dampness. Keep the barrel covered. If
barrels are not used, get a nice, clean
box with cover and empty the -four
from the sack as soon as opened. Flour
absorbs as quickly as milk and butter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
CHAPTER Nv.

Fortune favored me; before l had been
tNenty-tour hours III S.n Diego | learned
that one OF the best fruit farms in the State
was to be sold. 1t l4y in Elysium Valley,
about twelve miles back of san Diego City,
ana was tine property of Colonel Kinks On
hearing this hired ahorse at once and rode
10 the estate. The road ran between irri-
gated plantations OF lemons. citrons, or
auSes, and other fruits that perfumed the
air; the higher slopes were covered with
Vines, In the distance before me were the
.now-c0pped Leaks of the Sierra Nevada,
andlUrn ne in ny saddle as / assembled the
semitic rise ON which the house stood, my
eyes were dazlled with the beauty of san
Diego Bay.
The house was large and wcll-built in the
Italian style-a style not unsuityd TO that
lhtloudtd sky and the surrounding s. emery.
I ae view from the belved, - VS. ii,c.escrih-
&bly beautiful. and, indeed, justified the
hEh- sounding name given TO the valley it
overlooked.
There We're flowers everywhere about
and around the house; they iestooued the
terrace fronting the facade: they hung
from the windows; they edged the paths;
teey even twined from hough 10 bough of
tie great cedar that lent shade 10 the lawn.
This is n house worthy of Edith" I
thought. Oh that It may be mine TO offer
1t would be time wasted to enter into nv
business transactions with Colonel Kinks.
sNhIlcH III tQ say tNUI my ardent wish was
realized and that in less than 2 month
nom my arriving in san Diego l entered in
10 possession Of the beautiful property.
Doubtless IL was a hazardous undertaking
Tor one who knew nothing whatever OF the
business; but what hazard is too great for a
11&n whose object is to win the woman he
loves. That the money I invested was not
i2E own Uld not lessen the risk l ran, but
increased II: for, unless l could show a rea-
@anatta probability OF repaying Sir Ed
HunaS loan, | could not demand Edith :
.and. However I had every reason TO be-
heye that Colonel Kinks was gentleman.
ant an honest and conscientious man of
business; added to this. l had confidence
IN my own perseverance, energy. and
strength. and that buoyant feeling Of hone
with which nearly every one who brcatheS
the healthlul air If this delightful continent
seems 20 be inspired.
Larry in November I received a letter
iscin SIR Edmund. Among other things, he
wrote.
= The robbery Is still mvsterv-to me il
= f greater mystery than ever. Van Hoeck
t.s97 taken lodgings in the village. l have
met lim twice in the woods. a wild. de-
llorabie object. and, indeed, pitiable. if
one may doubt his completely in the
robbery. Once he was upon his hands
and knees, gropng among the ferns,
- II he expected to find there the lost
diamond; but he chooses the night for
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
Hrtr q Wife Was Lost.

4 pair of Berlin lovers whose union
was opposed by the girls parents,
eloped and set out for Engllsh SOL on
Heligoland to get married. When they
got to Hamburg they found that no
steamers were running, 50 they hired a
sail-boat. The waves were pretty high,
and before they had been at sea an
hour he excused himself to go below 10
lie upon a sofa. She, left alone above
deck, thoughtabout it awhile, concluded
that she didn't want to get married
after al, and ordered the captain 10
turn back toward Hamburg. There hef
lover was unable to induce her TO stay
| with him, and she went back to Berlin
alone on tire first trair,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
Is it auy Wonder

That DR.. Piercc's Golden Medical Discovery
outsells all other blood and liver medicines
since it possesses such superior curative
properties as to warrant It's manufacturers
doing through druggists under conditions
such as no other medicine is sold under,
viz: that it must either benefit or cure the
patient, or the money paid for it will be
promptly returned. 1t cures all diseases
arising from deranged liver, or from impure
blood as biliousness, Liver complaints"
all skin and scalp diseases, salt-rheum, tet-
ter, scrofulous sores and swellings, fever
sores, hip-joint disease, and kindred all
npnfS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Shirt and Collar Polish,

Laundry polish for shirts, collars ant
cuffs, etc, is made in the following
manner Dissolve on slow fire one
ounce of white wax and two ounces o,
spermaceti with one large tablespoonful,
OF salt. Turn into wet cup to cool
Make boiled starch as usual, cookins
slowly for twenty minutes, and for ever,
tablespoonful of dry starch used put il
lump of the preparation the size of {
cherry. Use no cold starch and do no
sprinkle. When the starched pieces arr
dried, lay them in wet towel for tive
hours, and with rough polishing iro1
bring out the gloss.-Good Housekeep
inn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
Rules for Butter Making,

l. To make butter, the milk from
healthy cows only should be used.
2. Avoid excitement of the COWS, pro-
duced by chasing with dogs or any other
manner. Harsh treatment lessons the
quantity and Injuries the quality of milk.
3. Cows should have an abundance of
suitable food and pure water, and salt
kept where they can have access 30 it
every day.
4. Cows should be kept free from all
fonl odors, and not be allowed to eat or
drink anything that will give faint to
the milk.
5. Milking should be done at regular
hours, with clean hands, clean udders
and clean stables, and the milk kept
away from any contaminating odors.
6. Milk should be strained immedi-
ately after being drawn, and aerated to
eliminate any Objectionable odors; this
done, the milk will make more and bet
ter butter.
T. Milk vessels should be thoroughly
cleansed, scalded with boiling water and
aired, to keep them perfectly sweet.
JOSIAH SKULL.
Tliop n Y
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
Back to England,

The bones of nine British officers who
fell at Waterloo, and were buried in
the cemetery of the Quarter Leopold
al Brussels, have at last been trans
ferred TO an English cemetery. The
skeletons are all finely preserved. All
were very tall men. The old tomb
stones were set up over the new
graves
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-06-08
Evergreen Hedges.

In orr northern region early spring is
the best time to plant. When planted
early in May, the young plants are
rooted and started before the hot, dry
weather of July and August strikes
them. Early autumn, paintings, farther
south, have been at ended with success,
am told. Trees or plants that have
been once or twice transplanted in the
nursery row should be selected for hedge
planting; twelve to fifteen inches is a
good height to select, and the plants
should as stocky and full of branches
as can be had at that size and age. Set
them tritie deeper than they originally
grew in the soil, and water we'll when
planted. Water occasionally during the
hot dry weather of the first summer. 1t
is a good practice to plant two rows a
foot or so apart, and have the trees of
the two rows alternate or break joints"
This gives thicker ground work with
out crowding the roots. If seedlings
are used instead of the transplanted
stock they must be shaded the first sum-
mer or considerable loss will be expert
enced. Better pay little more and get
the transplanted stock in all cases.
But little cutting can be done the first
year or two, as the hedge must first be-
come we'll established, root and top.
Struggling shoots far out from the body
of the plant may be nipped off, and any
extreme upward growth checked. The
growth of n hedge is slow. IT takes
years of waiting to get a good one; a
thoroughly good hedge cannot be had
in less than eight or ten years. The
form of a hedge is a matter of indi-
vidual taste. There is, however, a
| natural form in which the hedge best
thrives; that is, broad at the base, mar
rowing to the top. This form gives the
lower limbs chance to obtain light,
air, and moisture, which they do not
have in the square trimmed hedge. The
beauty of hedge depends upon its
solidity and even distribution of limb
| and foliage. If the lower limbs are
forced to reach far out for light and air.
the lateral twig growth will be light,
and the lower part of the hedge rather
open, and if kept cut back in square
form, these lower limbs Will frequently
die out from eyercrowding and lack of
light and air.-AmericGn AgricuIturist.