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The Western Settlers Chosen Specific.

With every advance of emigration into the
far West, new demand is created for Hostel.
ter's Stomach Bitters. Newly peoplsd regions
are frequently less salubrious than older set
tied localities, on account Of the miasma
which rises from recently cleared land, par
ticularly along the banks Of rivers that are
subject to freshets. The agricultural or min.
ing emigrant soon learns, when he does not
already know that the Bitters afford the only
sure protection against malaria, and those dis.
orders Of the stomach, liver and bowels, to
customed or unhealthy water or diet subject
him. Consequently, he places an estimate
upon this great household specific and pre-.
ventive commensurate with Its intrinsic mer.
it's, and is careful to keep on hand restorative
and promoter Of health so implicitly to be
relied upon in time Of need.
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Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming so we'll
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise. A purer medicine does not ex-
ist and it is guaranteed to do all that is
claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all
diseases of the liver and kidneys, will
remove pimples, boils, salt rheum and
other affections caused by impure blood.
Will drive Malaria from the system and
prevent as well as cure Malarial fevers.
For cure of headache, constipation and
digestion try Electric Bitters-Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money re-
funded. Price so cts. and $1.00 pei
bottle at Mcfarland & Co.'S. drug store.
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MarltNi s.

We desire to say t,t.u.r.l
Tor years we have b.'u
Kings New Discover
ton, DR.. Kings New, l.s' f.,
lens Salve and Elnctrics Bier.
have never bandelct rcn g..
sell as well, or that have r>o,
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hesitate to guarantee the .rr ~ Il.
and we stand ready t. i,fnd iht
purchase price, if satisfactory results
10 not follow their use These RENE
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purely on their merits. For aale by Nc
Farland Co Druggists
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WANTED,

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months, beginning at once, and sell a
special implement needed by every
farmer in the county,
Agent to furnish his own horse and
wagon. Good references required
with the application.
Address, B. F. AVERY & SONS,
$685. Louisville KY
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James r. Thomson, a prominent cat
tleman of Coleman, Texas, has fed,
after committing forgeries to the
amount of $4,000
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-26

Secretary 1illman, Of the Farmers
Alliance, spoke against the third party
idea at the meeting of the supreme
council of the order at indianapolis,
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Treatment sent G. o. d. to All parts of the Unit
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To Generators of MACHINERY.

We now carry in stock all sizes Of
gum betting of the New York stamp
and can furnish without the custom
AIRY delay of ordering.
356.tf SEAvER & SUMMERS.
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WANTED--hnAdRs1F5ssr 1 ha~ fEST jo6nioS
Sullivan and Washington counties, and all
through Virginia . enter into our employ, Per
manent positions and good salaries given 10
right parties Correspondence solicited Call
on or address P. E. CHIN0WETH,
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South Dakota railroads can not han
die the grain brought to them for
shipment.
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If Sufferers from Consumption,

II ONIIOI q , II OIII OUTI5UTTI DLTOIlV
Coughs and Colds will try Pan-rina Cough and
Consumption Cure, they win tud quick rellei
and permanent benefit The medical rrofes
sion declare 1t a remedy nj .he highest value
Try it. Price % and so cents Trial bottl free
large proportion of The iseases which cause
human suffering results from dera cement OF
the stomach. bowels and liver Dr. Lees Liver
Re- ulator removes all these troubles Trial
bottles free at Mcfarland & Co.'S drug store.
There are 35,218 Odd Fellows in In
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A A
A A SYS EN- MAKING STOCK AND GRAIN
"A Speculation practicallyan Investment Prof
It's large aud almost certain; Joss improbable
Explanatory letter mailed by addressing THE
SYNDICATE, 6 Wall St., New York.
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San Diego, Cal, has just shipped
100 tons of honey east.
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Ohio has 1929 saloons, which paid
a Dow Law tax of $2,625,342 Is. One
county-Geagua-has no saloon.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-02-07
$ August
Flower

Mrs. Sarah NJ. Black of Seneca,
Mo, during the past two years has
been affected with Neuralgia of the
Head, Stomach and Womb, and
writes: my food did not seem to
strengthen ME at all ard my appe-
tite was very variable Ny face
was yellow, my head dull, and had
such pains in my left side. III the
morning when 1 got up l would
have a flow of mucus in the mouth,
and bad, bitter taste Sometimes
my breath became short, and l had
such queer, tumbling, palpitating
sensations around the heart. Iached
all dav under the shoulder blades,
i'll the left side, and down the back
of my limbs. 1t seemed to be worse
in the wet, cold weather of Winter
and Spring; and whenever the spells
came on, my feet and hands would
tu1n cold, and l could get no sleep
at all l tried everywhere, and got
no relief before using August Flower
Then the change came. 1t has done
ME a wonderful deal of good during
the time l have taken it and is work
ing a complete cure. y o
G.. G.. GREEN, Sole Man ir, " 0odbury ].
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-02-07
The Ocean Ga b.pS OF the World

According TO the latest report of the
International Bureau of Telegraph
Administrations, the subn arine tele
graph system of the world consists of
l2D, U10 nautical miles of cable. Govern
ment administrations own L 35224
miles while l07 ,5i6 are the property of
private companies The total cost OF
these cables is in the vicinity of $500,
10000. The largest owner ofsubmarine
cables is the Eastern Telegraph Com
rany, whose system covers the ground
from England to India, and comprises
u $50 miles of cable. The Eastern eX-
tension, which exploits the far East, has
1858 miles more. Early in that wear
the system of West African cables,
which started from Cadiz cniy six years
ago, was completed to Cape Town, so
that the dark continent is now COM
pletely encircled by submarine tele
graph, touching at numerous points
along the coast. More than Il ,GC0 miles
of cables have been required to do this,
and several companies, with more or
less aid from the British, French,
Spanish. and Portuguese governments,
have participated in carrying out the
work.
The North Atlantic is spanned by no
less than eleven cables, and laid since
1879, though think not all are working
at the present time; five companies are
engaged in forwarding kilograms be-
tween North America and Europe, and
the total length of the cables owned by
them, including coast connections, is
over $1,000 nautical miles.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-02-07
To Break OF Bad Habits.

Understand the reasons, and all the
reasons, why the habit is injurious.
Study the subject until there is 10 lin
gering doubt in your mind.
Avoid the places. the persons, and
the thoughts that lead TO the tempta-
ton. Frequent the places. associate
with the persons, indulge in thorghts
that lead away from temptation. Keep
busy; idleness is the strength of bad
habits. Do not give up the struggle
when you have broken your resolution,
once, twice, thrice-a Thousand times
That only shows how much need there
is for YOU to strive. When YOU have
broken your resolutions. just think the
matter over and endeavor to under
stand why it is you failed, SO that you
may be on your guard agains. a recur-
renee of the same circumstances. To
not think 1t an easy thing that YOU
have undertaken 1t is folly to e1-
pect to break off habit in single day
which has been gathering long years
RAMS Horn.
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more lifted her in his arms, and so passed

more lifted her in his arms, and so passed
into the passageway.
Remembering that his presence there
must be kept a secret, the young girl
whispered:
"Step softly: let no one hear"
Il WILL" he breathed back, and, guided
by the dim light uuder the door indi-
Gated, he passed through, emerging from
the open wardrobe into the bedroom be-
yond.
Placing her in large easy chair, he
stepped back, closed and fastened both
DOORS then returned to her side.
please, Doctor" she murmured, sex
anime every part Of this room, before
you go, to be sure the dreadful-the
dreadful" she hesitated.
Eyes, I know" he interrupted, "and
you will soon see that you are perfectly
safe"
Obeying her wish. he then made
thorough search of room and closet
But. as he supposed, nothing was to be
seen.
"Now, how will you you leave the
house?" she murmured, anxiously.
A sly look back toward the corridor
caused her to eXclaim, in whisper, as
she laid her hand entreatingly on his
arm:
Not there, Doctor; promise me you
will not return to that place this night,
but will go directly home"
Again Earle yielded to the pleading Of
the sweet girl beside him, and again an
swered:
Then must either drop from your
window or go through the hall. Stay!
/ see strong strap around your trunk.
Sc hn I will 70 10
balcony, and SO slip down by its aid to
the ground. Are you willing?"
Perfectly, Doctor" she whispered;
edo you know l should have died from
fright had you not been there?"
"Yes, l know; and now, before l say
goodnight, ! shall mix you a composing
draught, and then you must promise me
to go instantly to your bed as soon as
you take in the strap aud close the win
dow, and the last thing, swallow the
preparation l shall leave. Will you do
this, in return for my not investigating
further what l see you do not wish eX-
plained?"
Ethel hesitated, then, remembering
that she could not see Sir Reginald that
night, she gave the promise.
\ moment more passed, and then the
strap had been fastened. the Doctor had
whispered, Goodnight, and God bless
you," and she watched him disappear
amid the darkness and storm.
Darling out, she secured the strap
without trouble, fastened down the win
dow. and soon slept under the effects of
the anodyne he had SO thoughtfully left
for her use.
Well indeed was it for her that she
could sleep, for without some rest she
could never have borne the terrible ex-
element that awaited her in the nearing
hours of the coming day. But why an
ticipate new troubles? All, why, when
the words of inspiration say. SO pointed
". sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-02-07
Smoking and Chewing.

Joseph II. Bisbie, revenue collector
Of North Carolina, is at the fremont
House. Mr.. Bisbie at one time was a
tobacco manufacturer. knows a good
cigar when he sees it, and what he says
about the weed is not at all pleasant
information to the smoker.
do you know what a cigar con-
tains ?'' said Mr.. Bisbee, as he took his
memorandum book from his pocket and
read the following:
valerie, acetic. butyric, formic, pro-
prOnic, prussic and carDolic acids, creo-
sote, ammonia, sulphureted hydrogen,
pyridene, viridine, picoline and rubi-
dine.
isn't that enough to make man
stop smoking"' said the collector.
''All those acids are found in a pure
cigar. What then must be found in the
adulterated article? Connoisseurs i'm
agine the little freckles that are fire.
quentlv seen on cigars indicate su-
perior quality of leaf / want to dispel
that idea. The pure natural leaf in its
yellow hue is undoubtedly the finest to-
bacco in the market. But so many ac-
cidents consplre to render the finest
leaves scarce that even the natural leaf
Is initiated. Coarse leaves are
bleached by the use of chlorine to the
yellow color of the natural leaf, and
sulphuric acid properly diluted will
produce the little freckles you SO often
see. So, don't ever be misled by the
treckled cigar.
But the men who chew are in even
more danger Of being poisoned than
those who smoke. The real nice plug,
with the pretty pieces of tin on it.,
which looks so inviting, is soaked with
ali kinds of vile stuff. | know of fac
tory where New England rum is used to
sprinkle the tobacco used to make the
plug; another where Jamaica rum is
put on TO flavor it, and also another
where the rankest kind of corn whisky
is used
Il know of a negro in our state who
drank a wineglassiul of mixture of
Tonqua bean and wintergreen and died
half-hour a!terward. Bnt this same
stuff is used largely to adulterate the
leaf that makes up the plug tobacco.
tell you hat almost the only chemically
pure tobacco is that which the planter
dries on his own roof and smokes in his
pipe. after crumbling ii himself in his
hands. But the simplicity apparently
doesn't please the smokers. They pre-
fer to be poisoned
During the time Mr.. Bisbee was Civ
ing the foregoing warning to smokers
he was putting away at a cigar that from
its odor was simply execrable, and the
hotel clerk will swear that he saw the
South Carolinan take generous chew
from huge plug half an hour before he
told what it contained.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-02-07
THE 10Y OF ,NcOMPlETENess

If all our life were one broad glare
OF sunlight, clear unc .oudod,
If all our path were smooth and fair
By no deep gloom enshrouded:
If all life's flowers were fully blown
Without the slow unfolding.
And happiness mayhap were thrown
On hands too weak for holding:
Then we should miss The twilight hours,
The intermingling sadness.
And pay perhaps fer storms and showers
To break the constant gladness;
If none were sick, and none were sad.
What service could we render?
i think if we were always glad,
We hardly could be te der;
Did eur beloved never need
Our loving Manifestations,
Love would grow cold and miss indeed
Its finest consultations;
If sorrow never smote the heart,
And every wish were granted,
Then faith would die and hope depart,
And life be disenchanted;
And il in heaven is no more night,
In heaven no more SORROW,
Such unimagined pure delight.
Fresh gIacS from pain Will borrow.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-02-07
How RaiSinS Are Made.

California is now making extensive
experim ents in the grape-growing dis
tricts to ascertain the best methods of
driving grapes for raisins. The st. Louis
Globe describes the two methods now
practiced. In one the bunch-stem is
cut about half through and the grapes
allowed TO dry on the vine; in the other
the bunch is removed from the vine
and the grapes dried in a drying house
or In the sun.
The former produces the best raisins,
but great many are lost through the
breaking of the stem by wind, when the
bunch fails and is damaged; by the
latter quality of raisin is produced
which will compare favorablv with any
European or Asiatic product. When
the punches are quite dry they are
dipped in weak solution Of I've made
of wood ashes, little salt being dis
solved in the solution; they are again
dried and packed. Such success has
been attained in the driving that not
many years will elapse ere California
will supply this country with all the
ralSIDS II needs.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-02-07
Manners of Men.

If man gets everything else he
wants. he can't get any Younger.
With no water in sight, any man will
boast of his skill at fishing.
1t is some mems ambition to be great
men before they learn to be men
With most men life is made up of GO
ing in debt, and then struggling to
get out.
The man who keeps his word has no
trouble in keeping his countenance.
The genius Of man is admitted
more readily after he is rich than it is
when he IS poor.
Men seem ashamed of everything
natural in their instincts. Perhaps
they have reason to be.
The first thing man does when he
gets drunk is to go around and tell peo-
pie that he Is perfectly sober.
The average man takes up so much
of his time talking about his ambition
that he never has time to realize it.
As long as men are SO created that
they cannot be satisfied with cup oil
tea and rocking chair, some women
will be dissatisfied with them
How natural it Is to hate the man
who, when he hears that you have
sworn to reform. reminds You that be
has heard you take that same oath be
fore.
You can usually calculate a mans
worthlessness by the number of wives
ne has had: the more worthless man
is, the more often he has been married
-4tcAiSon GlOte
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LOVE OR DEATH.
By WIN. W. LONG.

You cannot send me from you. sweet-better
To smite me where l stand dead at your
Feet, / have no fear-see. with all my LIES
Great love, my breast l bear, white
womans,
And as pure as God-death at your feet
Will be supremely grand. Strike! strike
deep,
Let your dagger's point go to my hearts red
Core up to the hilt. Pause not, but
Strike-strike swift; set the keen point
here
Where my hearts pulse rise and fall doth
Only beat for you. Strike to the bright
blades
Rim, and let the rich blood of great Love
With crimson stain my body's death. l
Am not OF this puny race OF men-half
devil,
Half God am l. therefore Stay me. or give
yourself
To me, for all my heart toward you
Aches: my soul Is fed with love OF you; my
Body burns with loves desire for you'll
then
be not worthy Of your love. give me what
Most men fear-death. here at your feet,
Else will tear you from Lust's arms,
Who long hath rayished your pure body to
His beastly need, though hell capped red,
All the earth did cry: Murder have you
done
Most FOUL Strike, else claim you mine.
PALMYRA, Va.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-02-07
Gen. skinner and the Rod.

In writing about year ago of his
school days. the late Gen. +. L. Spinner
said: Teaching, in those early days.
vas principally by induction, and ii was
induced by rod and ferule from behind.
Spare not the rod was the edict at the
home and in the school. Spare the
rod and spoil the child came from the
pulpit, the school-room and the nursery.
Perhaps this is the reason why l did not
spoil, and that l am now al the age of
IS years so well preserved The rod
was never spared on me at home or in
school-and now, with erown-up great
grandchildren, I can truthfully say l
have never in all my long life, struck a
child a single blow. / was licked
enough to last through the whole four
generations of self and nv posterity. l
have found it safe, through life, 10 prac-
tice the reverse of what was taught me
70 do"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-02-07
AN AGREEABLE MAN.
The True History of Mr.. Biggs's
mestic Generalship.

The True History of Mr.. Biggs's
mestic Generalship.
Stay down to the club until twel'
O'Clock, would he; and leave his patieL
suffering wife at home He had lost al:
his love for her, he had
ooh, Mr.. Biggs; l wish that | were
dead -
"My dear, l wish you We're -
Then Mrs. Biggs, discounted, par
alyzed agreed with, tiounced away to
her room Biges lighted a cigar and
drew his easy chair up to the fireplace.
And he thought. And he thought He
said nothing for a long time; then a look
of determination came over his
countenance. He arose, threw the
stub of Ills cigar in the fire, and
murmured:
"Now, Mrs. Biggs regards me as a
mean, ungratetul, unapprecative nus
band. Hereafter | mean to agree with
her"
Then Biggs tounced off to bed.
He arose early the next morning. 1t
cannot be truly said that there were no
twangs of conscience darling through
his brain, for he sat down to the piano
and played the only accompaniment
he was acquainted with. Then Mrs.
Biggs tiounced in and said:
Il wish that piano were in the
cellar
Biggs went to the Office after break
fast. At 10 O'Clock small body of men
entered the Biggs mansion, and, in
spite of the protests of Mrs. Bggs, the
family musical instrument was con-
signed to the region of pickle jars and
butter-tubs.
When Biggs went home at noon his
wife informed him that h9 was a-a-
monster But Biggs's countenancc
remained as placid as the surface of
the mlll-pOnd. She hoped she would
never see him again; then Biges took
lodging at a downtown hotel. At the
from his wife solicited him to come
home. And home he went
Then Mrs. biggs, woman that she
was, took advantage of her husband
disposition to agree with everything.
She wished for horse and carriage,
two silk dresses, a sealskln sacque, an
onyx clock, a diamond brooch and a
twenty dollar bonnet.
1t was then that Biggs threatened to
strike; he stopped agreeing, and exhibit
ed an inclination to founder back into
his old ways. He took care that Mrs.
Biggs saw her mistake before it was
too late. thereby averting another family
catastrophe.
Biggs is staying at home evenings
now. the piano is in the accustomed
corner, and the Biggs mansion is
inciosing season of domestic tranquil
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-02-07
CHAPTER XIX.

Niping away her tears. poor Ethel
placed the basket of food and knife upon
the floor. by the entrance of the tower. as
Sir Reginald had told her To attend To the
business in that quarter before admins
terng TO the wants of the concealed
quadruped.
The wind ragged furiously without:
the thunder rolled and lurid lightning
flashes entered the windows Of the
tower as she crept mp the stairs, on and
on, np and up. ever up, while her heart
beat faster and faster as she thought of
the loathsome task before her.
At last the weary steps were climbed.
and She stood painting on the broad land
ing, Just below the upper windows of the
place.
1t was standing on this landing that
her part of the ghostly work was to be
performed
Taking then a long handled torch,
with which the colored lights above were
10 be touched in order to light them,
She applied the candle TO it, and reach
ing up soon had every one illuminated
and flaming away in the usual unoarlhly
looking glare.
Ia doing so She never observed she
tall, silent figure OF the man who had
crept after her and now stood in the
shade below, intently watching her every
motion
Tie stuffed form before her was next
to be attended to Taking. therefore,
the lamp from within the head she
lighted it, and putting il back almost sX-
claimed at the effect the colored light
gave the eyes.
Winding the crank slowly, she saw
tina il worked as she supposed il would.
ard soon the impish figure was swung
aloft. and stood dancing 10 and fro. to
the terror and dismay OF all outward be
holders.
With tears still falling over her pale
checks. Ethel 81 Of with her eyes fast
cned above upon the swaying motions Of
that frightfui- looking image. when her
heart almost stopped within her. and a
wild cry burst from her lips as these
words fell upon her ears:
is il possible that this is the occupa-
ton Of Miss Ethel NevcrgaIl this stormy
ni-ht2n
Turning, she saw advancing toward
her, and fully revealed BY the lights
above. the form OF DR.. Elfenstein.
s-Oh Doctor,s she walled, a. she bur-
led her face in her hands. and burst
into low sobs of pain and disnay, "how
came you here to witness my disgraceful
work."
Then suddenly remembering her
charge, and true 10 the interests OF her
employer. she again seized the crank
and, lowering the image, extinguiShed
that head lamp as well as the others,