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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-10-31
Carl SChurz's Speech.

One 0f the most notable meetings Of
the present campaign was that hold in
milwaukee, on the evening uf the 2lSt
inst. under the auspices Gf the Honest
Money League" nrn-parfI>an or@auIZa-
ton. and which was addressed by Carl
SchurZ of New York City. Cen. S"hurz
is we'll known to the people Of this cuun-
try. and especially to those of NIlWaU-
k,c. a~ ON" of th" cIeaTost thinkers md
most effective Sp"u kcTS that has ever
figured in our politics. He was intimate
~ associated with the soldiers from Wis
con>iu in the War of the Rebellion and
the veterans of the TWcnty-Si Trgi-
meur gave him most touching reception.
which he fcclingly Acknowledged The
large Turner hail was filled to its utmost
capacity and hundreds were turned away
for lack Of even standing room. Tho
significance of this speech was not so
much that il was a maSterIy discussion
of the honest currency question, but hat
it was delivered hy one who has not, for
years, been in sympathy with the Repub-
lcan party. and WHO does not claim TO
b" a Republican,. Vet 1t was. in sub
stance. identical with what Republican
papers and speakers have been Utforlug
since the presentation OF the utterly !al-
laciGuS character of the So-caIcd argU-
m,utS of the nomo-Pouulists and IF the
dire effects that would result from the
adoption Of their wild theories. In This
last respect it was. perhaps. one If the
cIaarcSt and most convincing utter }n6"S
OF tho campaign. II should have wide
reading and pTuduc" n deep impression,
for cen. Schurz Is one IF the ah'rst Of
oUr public men. and has for some wears.
bet8 nUt of active politics. and cannot
therefore lee charged with partisan bias
in the discussion of tn" silver question.
4 great Republican meeting was re-
Gently held ar RIUpu which was presided
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-10-31
PROTECTION AND RECIPROCITY.
Prosperity Of Farmers ana NiIIcrs De
ncnds tpnm Their Ke-enactment.

p,;I,f II ~: W..
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brief nap"r 4 statement of tbr losses snf.
rrrnd L,. farmers n,iIIor. u,au,tf,.t,,r
r ,,,i',l r. ;,' - =, ~
- iidh'%ii+h ana N"fhlI-Hltil through
the the n rrlE2i LOT, Of ih@ % rge,gTH|Gty clauses OF
This statement is comDTrhrueiyn and
shows T,- G,,,ir... th n,t,,,f ,r ~ ,..,I., m,
-, With ifIi I,,,.,i.,.,, 'I
~ " 'll,i, i''I'Il A'll,l l'',n lI'''lNllH ana
I''" NHtH reciprocity was dbhn!phrd
through Inc enactment ot IN" W ll>on-
German act / he argument which these
figures IrrrSrut is most Drr>IIaSiyp far tho
r,.sr,,r1ti,u nf thr R.,,ul,Ii,.,i u,,tl- =,
-, XXI ~, -, It l 70 -
o"Ttr ana t9r f'-rIar'mrnl OF protection
'f" ''''pI"''H- VI i'IFi7 say
Under the rcciprocttv of the Mckinley
law. our exports of roIr. wheat ana other
farm ,r,,.lll.rS increased steadily ana r,,nr,
moiiSIv, because. VI, were able - .-rf tIJn
into foreign countries at lower tarif
rate thln the -Ilin aud flour from other
parts "I w" N"fd haj To pay tor entering
d.">, ,oG"l . Li,S. ;" WE G"uin ='i htutr
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rrptton. It's cflrct would hay" been frIt
upon the income Of every farmer in the
rI"ht# Of every merchant. and in the wages
81 every mechanic ana iah"r"r III ihl3 land.
Under the Mckinley tariff and the reel
Procit} feature, our exports of agricultural
rI,gl''l> ~ - - @ nA'''d'd our experts IA
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norris Of al,rirrituraI prnJucts i'm 1S9s ,T
ceedcd those Of 1892 by $G5 OuO.uuo
Comparing the Two years. the loss to the
American farmer amounts to %:&oooo.nun.
lhI' 'r' i,.''..,r'u arms iil me hlISn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-10-31
The Farmers Best Market.

In crc of his speeches last week Maj
Mckinley said to the farmers who con
~tituted large portion Of his audience
that what they wanted Is to haE" some
body want. and want badly. what y9,u
produce on your farms. That Is the
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23
Monroe county, Indiana.

Fred Fess.

Cotton-seed meal is so rich in nro-
teln that it is one of the best foods
WIN which to balance. rafions. It
mas become a standard food for cattle
ana sheep. Why not use it for horses
and mules? Thousands of work ami
mals IN North Carolina can be better
ana more cheaply fed if cotton-seed
meal Is used for part or all the grain.
mo experiments that we know of had
Deen made when we began to agitate
tne question, though some cotton-seed
meal feeding to such stock may have
Deen done. Two old horses were Sc
cured for the purpose of ascertaining
the erect of cotton-seed meal in a
ratlon. They were fed a good ration
lor ten days, consisting of clover chaff
'nreshed out with crimson clover seed,
corn meal and ship-stuff. One horse
gained and one lost weight on this ra-
uon' while both were kept at usual
work. No. ] gained II pounds daily,
and No. 2 lost ,97 pound daily. The
ration fed during this period to both
horses is given as No. | below. Dur
ing the second period both horses gain
ed weight-No. at the rate of 1.0
pounds per day and No. 2. Ill pounds;
or, II the apparent loss In weight of
No. : during the first period were due
to reduced stomach contents. conse-
duent on change TO better than pre-
vious ration, and this gain distributed
over the two periods, II would be
equivalent to 1.66 pounds per day. The
daily weights show Irresularity and
falling back during the FIRST period.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23
Dis isfnfectants.

The diluting of disinfectants with al
cohol, glycerine and oil makes them in
effectual. DR.. Lenti, of the Hygienic
Institute of Naples, has found that cor
rosive sublimate dissolved in alcohol
has proved useless; even in 1850 solu-
tion on spores, which were placed in
solution for forty-eight hours, their
virulence was only weakened. By add
ing 10 per cent water to the alcohol,
thegerms were destroyedin a 900 So
luton. A 2-per-cent solution of corro-
sive sublimate in pure glycerine was
useless even after subjecting the spores
to it for four days. By adding 40 per
cent water they were destroyed in a
solution of $1,000 in twenty-four
hours. A 10 per cent solution of car
bolic acid in alcohol is useless, and re-
mains so even up to so per cent. BY
adding 80 per cent water the germs
were destroyed in forty-eight hours. A
10 per cent solution of carbolic acid in
glycerine proved Intellectual even after
seventy-two hours; 10 per cent water
added did not change it, but after so per
cent water was added it destroyed the
germs in forty eight hours. A20per cent
solution of carbolic acid in oil, and a 10
per cent solution of lysol in oil, are
both useless.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23
A Pretty Experiment.

A very pretty experiment in com
Elementary colors" may be made as
shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton. In front of an upright white
screen place two lighted candles, and
between the candles and the screen a
long book or photograph album.
Having fashioned out of cardboard a
little imp, place him upon the book,
and you will have two images thrown
UPON the screen. Now hold between
the candle on the right and the imp a
glass filled with redeemed water, and
one of the images will appear red while
the other will disappear But look a
little more attentively and you will see
the second image in pale green, the
complementary color of the red.
Use yellow water, or beer, in the
glass, and while one image will have
that color, the other will be violet. Use
blue water, and the complementary col
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23

two feet below its normal level. Dams
have been proposed and various pro-
Jects have been thought of, but most of
them are too costly, while others do
not promise to meet the requirements
OF the situation. AS a result of recent
observations it is stated that the fill
ing in of the lower ends of the lakes
Will accomplish this purpose, and at a
very moderate outlay as compared with
the expense of dam-building or any of
the other ways that have been sug-
gested. AS matter of fact, the lock
is the only practicable and final out
come of the problem. Filling up in
one place and dredging out in another
are but makeshifts, and will only put
OFT the great day when locks and their
environments will be the gateWays of
this great water system.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23

Cotton Seed and Cotton By-Products.
1t is now estimated that the cotton
states export to Europe cotton seed.
meal and cake to the extent of 81, ,00O. 900
to $8,O0O,O0O. A generation ago cotton
seed was in the way, a useless offal;
now the exports of it's produce reaches
the immense figures given above, in
addition to which we have the vast
quantity of cotton seed meal used at
home, as well as the cotton seed oil used
at home and exported, the total value
of which exceeds that of the cotton
seed meal. Certainly, we must admit
that a country has vast resources
when the offal of one of its staple crops
brings in revenue of fifteen or twenty
millions of dollars.--Southern Farmer
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23

but wher two pounds of cottonseed
meal had replaced two pounds of corn
meal and shipstuff of the ration in
the first period, there was an almost
regular advance in body weight. Af-
ter the first two periods the same chaff
was continued two days and the grain
changed by reducing corn and ship
stun one pound each and increasing
the cottonseed meal one-half pound.
Then, with the grain fed regularly as
thus changed, timothy hay was fed in
place of the chaff. Horse No. 1 re-
fused the hay and ate only what meal
he could pick off, leaving hay, saliva
and meal in excess of the hay fed. He
was discarded after four days of this
kind of feeding. Horse No. 2 was con-
tinued eight days, but did not eat the
hay well, although he nearly held his
weight. Neither horse showed any
symptoms to indicate that the cot
tonseed meal disagreed with them,
but both objected to late-cut timothy
hay after crimson clover straw and
chaff.- North Carolina Experiment
Station.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23

In such matters. Even the eyes are NOT
to be trusted, as there are cases on rec
ord where bodies have become almost
black and yet life was not extinct. In
one instance burial was delayed by
unavoidable circumstances until the
friends became alarmed by the color
which they mistook for modification,
and, fearing some outbreak of disease,
they sent for disinfectants and santa
ry experts. Before they arrived, how
ever, there was a marked change in
the appearance of the body. From
purplish hue like bad bruise it grad
ually became lighter and assumed
hfe-like color, and within few hours
there were evidences of returning an-
imation. Although several physicians
had been in attendance, and the person
was pronounced dead, the result proved
the unreliability of their decision.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23
tured, the sanguine inventor claims its
advantages are great speed and ease of
locomotion.
Kite Flying According to Science.


A good deal has been said of late
ABOUT scientific kite-fying. This does
not mean particularly as to method,
Dut as to results. The explora-
tlon OF the upper air by this means
is conducted in the search for knowl-
edge. There are two sorts of kites,
Doth tailless. One is simple convex
surface, somewhat in diamond shape;
another is described by a scientist as
TWO boxes of cloth, without top or hot
tom, and fastened together on the same
frame little distance apart. The con-
vex kite has been for many years
known to the Chinese and Malays, but
its modification and present form are
the invention of Mr.. Eddy, and the kite
is called by his name. The cloth-box
Kite is the invention of an Australian
gentleman, and is the outcome of ex-
perlments in the direction of a flying
machine. Kite-fyers are well aware
that a kite in motion in a stiff breeze
has tremendous force, and the pull of
large kite has been likened to the
tug OF whale on line. It has fire.
quently taxed the strength of four men
to hold large kites that are used for
making explorations in the air a
couple of thousand feet above the
earth's surface. Wind currents and
furries are the greatest obstacles in the
way of these Investigations A kite
that will float in a light breeze must
necessarily be slender and delicate.
When this is caught in some of the
strong currents that it encounters, it
Is simply twisted into fragments.
Large kites are more easily handled
than small ones; the wind gets much
better purchase on them, and they are
much more steady and controllable.
In gale Of forty miles an hour. the
pull is from five to eight pounds per
square foot for kite of forty square
feet of surface. Kite-fiying is great
sport under ordinary circumstances.
but when one flies for ideas and infor-
nation it is infinitely more interesting.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23
a New Antiseptic.

We are willing to admit that the ia
panese can give us points on various
industries and mechanical arts, but we
have scarcely been prepared for the
announcement that they are ahead OF
us in certain points in surgery. An
tiseptic dressings are among the abso-
lutely necessary surgical appliances.
There is more or less difficulty In ure-
pairing them, and they are for
the most part expensive, and
many of them are not at all
satisfactory. During the war Ja-
panese surgeons used the ashes of rice
straw as a dressing for wounds. and
met with most remarkable success.
the wound was cleaned, the ashes ap-
Piled freely then suhllmate gauge or
linen was used as wrapping. These
sshes are said to be a perfect antisep-
tic, and owe these qualities to the pres-
ence OF potassium carbonate. Enelleh
and American surgeons are trying thia
dressing, and II It Is as auceesaful IN
their hands as IN the Japanese. Il GER
talniy Is wonderful stride In antlaep-
TIC surgery, and ia unqueationabiy the
cheapest dressing that has ever been
prepared.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23
Certificates of Death

Who can tell how many persons are
buried alive every year? How many
cases Of suspended animation are there
on record, and how many horrors that
are never known save by accident.
when once in O while some grave is
opened and discoveries are made that
shock whole communities. There is
not, up to date, any certain test for
death, although there have been ex-
perlments and trials innumerable.
After exhausting all of the resources
of science, medical experts have ar
rived at the conclusion that the only
certain test OF death Ia the condition Of
tho body. Until there are unmistakahIe
signs OF decay death Is by no means q
foregene conclusion, The sense Of
btaall is the very best possible guide
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23
Poultry Experience.

For the last twenty years I have
been actively engaged in poultry rails
ing. During that time have handled
several of the most prominent breeds,
but the best fowls for all purposes
consider the white Wyandottes. They
mature early. and l have had five
month old pullets lay nicely. My
poultry houses are good and warm
and the windows in summer have wire
screens to them. The houses have wire
doors for summer use. have plenty
of windows on the south side of the
house for sunlight In winter. AS for
markets, we have found that good
fresh eggs and good plump fowls never
have to look up markets. Tho mar
kets come to them. could not raise
fowls for profit unless I got good sup
ply Of eggs In winter. never lose
fowls from disease or lice. Last year
! raised over 200 chicks, and am sure
that | did not lose over ten or twelve,
most OF them from accident. Good,
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23
This Is an EnicYcIa.

The inventive mania in the direction
of cycling improvements is not alone
confined to this country, which has OF
late developed any number Of patent
unicycles. England now comes to the
font with what is called by the Britons
"the latest novelty in velocipedes, the
epicycle.' The epicycle is an immense
wheel spoked to an inner rim, within
which is fitted a V-shaped contrivance
whose ends and averted apex ara
rigged with wheels, the lower and
larger one of which is fitted with pedal
With pushing start
and the added incentive of the friction
by the youthful operator pic.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23

The dairy laws of the various states
have accomplished far more than many
of their friends supposed they would
do. The general sale of oleomargarine,
except as itself, has been greatly cur
tailed. This is gratifying to all the
friends of honesty. Fraud does not al
ways keep the upper hand, though 1t
too often gets that position for q time,
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23

Russia as a Wine Producer. Russia
already ranks sixth among the wlne-
producing countries In the world, and
will probably soon snrpass Germany In
this respect, In the province OF Bessa-
rabla alone there are 2i6,OO acres
under vines, or nearly half the arabic
land. ''~
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23

Straw for Feed.-Where straw is cut
before it is too ripe it is of value as
food, especially for store cattle. In
Germany it is valued at more than half
the price of the best hay. But to Sc
cure the best results in feeding straw
some material rich in albuminoids
must be fed with the straw. such as
oil-cake, shorts, middlings or clover
hay. The straw alone does not con-
tain enough of the albuminoids to Sc
cure the complete digestion of the car
bohydrates which it contains. If the
straw is fed with substances rich in
albuminoids the manure will be as
rich as that made of hay.-Prof. r. G.
Kedzie.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23
SCIENTIFIC CORNER.
CURRENT DOINGS IN VARIOUS
PROGRESSIVE FIELDS.
A Project on Foot to Raise the Level of
the Great Lakes-An Experiment For
Home Amusement-The EpicycIe One
of the Latest Novelties.

7 is proposed to
seek out some way
by which the water
in the Great Lakes
can be kept at a
higher level than
present. The Mag
ara River is said to
six or eight inches
lower than it was
last spring, and
Lake Erie is fully
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
nov successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm-A Few
Hints as to the Care of Live Stock snd
Poultry.

HE French cham
Der of deputies has
passed a very strin-
gent measure with
a view to prevent
ing fraud in the
sale of butter, and,
in the event of the
senate indorsing
the bill, it seems as
if it will be impos-
Sible to palm off
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23

or will be orange. This gives you a
margin for variety of pretty effects,
and it is hardly worth while to tell
you that they astonish people that are
not familiar with the law of color.-
Philadelphia Times.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23
French and Swiss Cattle Rarred.

A lot Of French cattle were on their
way to the United States, being about
to be shipped from the port of Havre,
France. The United States consul
there stopped the shipment and noti-
fed the authorities that they would
not be allowed to enter this country.
as disease exists in France. Like
stand has been taken in regard to
Switzerland. Most Americans will up-
hold the government in this matter.
The fact is that both France and
Switzerland, wishing to please the
agrarians farmers) of their countries,
have stopped the import of American
cattle, using as a pretext the same
plea that has been used in England
that there is disease among the cattle
in the United States. 1t is fact that
there is more or less disease among the
cattle of every country, and if Amer
ican cattle are to be excluded for that
reason there is no objection to applv-
ing the rule around.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23

oleo or any other composition as being
the genuine article" 1t is made illegal
Ior dealers in butter to keep oleo for
sale, or vice versa; the fraudulent COM
positions are only sold at places es-
peclally assigned by the municipality
OF each town. Moreover, all boxes,
hrkins or other packets containing oleo
must bear the word margarine" in
large characters, and a full description
must be given of the elements employ
ed IN making the composition. In the
retail trade all oleo sold must be
paced IN bags, On the outside of
which is to be found a description of
the article, with the full name and ad-
dress of the vender. Full authority is
given to inspectors to enter butter fac
tories and shops, and take specimens
Tor analysis; in the event of the speci-
mems being found pure the cost will
be borne by the state. The penalties
Tor an infraction of the new law will
vary from six days to three months
Imprisonment, and a fine of from $40
to $1,000, while, in the event of the
same person being convicted a second
time within year, the maximum fine
VIII always be imposed. There will
also be a heavy fine imposed on per-
sons who place hindrance in the way
OF the inspectors-Ex.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23

hsalthy stock, we'll cared for, will not
die. Years ago when 1 had a sick
foWi Thought the only way to save it
was to dope it, but now l depend on
giving it the best of care and find that
generally saves it, but l scarcely ever
nave one i'll from any cause. But If you
nave a real sick fowl, the hatchet is
the pest doctor. For early maturity
and remarkable egg production I think
the white Wyandotte leads and l now
Keep no other fowl.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23
La Grange county, Indiana.

originally had the Brown Leghorns,
but have disposed of them, and now
have the barred Plymouth Rocks,
which 1 like better. l have for my
fowls frame house with tarred paper
to keep out the cold and a cement floor,
In the morning I feed warm food. with
chopped feed and potatoes at noon and
corn at night. We have a home mar
ket, for which we hatch early and ship
while the fowls are young. We get
eggs all winter, keeping early hatched
pullets for that purpose. We have
good luck Tor pluck) as to the health of
our fowls. We sometimes use poke
root in the drinking water and spray
the premises with carbolic acid and
coal oil. For raising the chicks we
use the old hen, the best all around
brooder have found. We have never
tried doctoring the fowls, as we regard
the hatchet as the best remedy when
any of them get sick. AS to LAYERS
and early maturity we have tried the
single comb Brown Leghorn, Black
Spanish, White Leghorn, Buff Cochin
andsone others, but the best all around
fowl we have decided to be the Ply
mouth Rock. I live in the city and
have one and one-eighth acres of land
that I call my experimental land. I
kept correct account of all expenses
for eleven months on two pens of
fowls, one containing sixteen single
comb Brown Leghorns and the other
nineteen B. P. RS. The eggs in that
time amounted to 2,OS9. The Barred
Plymouth Rocks laid 4O8 more eggs
than the Brown Leghorns and cared for
the chicks, which numbered 1T. They
had hatched out 129 chicks and reared
lit and made neat profit.
Fred Fess.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-23

Correct Feeding.-The main princi-
pie to be observed in feeding the milch
COW is to feed moderately. No matter
what you feed, do it in reasonable
quantities, and no sudden or radical
changes should be made, but in chang
ing feeds do it gradually and with
moderation. A sudden change from
dry food to succulent pasturage often
causes serious disturbances of the di-
gestive organs, and therefrom results
serious loss to the owner of the
cow.-Ex.