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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
iI.tITEI, II

Two days have passed since his arrival
at Currag hdcne. and Major LIewelIyn
only notices il rs an agreeable fact that
as YET Miles has not thought proper to
introduce him to his sister; this sister who
seems. by all her brothers accounts Of
her. to be such a wonderful ana admirable
young creature. MuricIs abilities. Mn
rici's clcycrnes>. Murici'~ literary genius.
are themes for Miles Celtic enthusiasm.
III show you the articles she wrote
t"r the baltimore Chronicle, Iewellyn."
h" says with his voice trembling with
proud emotion. "A Christmas story, =
lovely thing, on my word and honor, and
poems as well. yonli be delighted with
them, | know
"Ne gods groauS Major LlcweiIyn. III
warily, II school girls poems. Really"
~ says. aloud. with smile Of polite en-
enlargement. a little blue stocking"
Major LleWcliyn las not met during
fhe~c two days any member Of the family
besides Miles, with the exception OF his
stop-brothcr. Sylvester O'IIara. an i'll
bred. unpleasant lad of sixteen. who
lounges IN 10 the dinner table. and be
HAYES with = mixture Of Cringing defer
cucc ana impatient presumption towards
his step-brotheTs guest and with mingled
defiance and surIiness towards Miles him
self.
Il wouldn't rouse an evil feeling in that
young fellow mind if we're you. Miles.
, Eric says in warning tone. aS they
sm"}" 10y tie open window in the still ,pur-
pie twilight
You mean tll#t You think Sylvester viii
scrN" me out-WEcn | can never raise a
word. or strike = il,g- ia 1pfnusa- by and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
\ Strnuyc Freak CT Nature.

We hope to sell 100000 packages
Golden Rind Watermelon, the most
wonderful freak Of nature-smooth,
shiny. yellow rind. crimson flesh. deli
cious, Its sensational Took 800 first
prizes in 1896. You must have II To- he
in the swim Melons 90 like wild fire
at 81 90 apiece We paid $500 fer one
melon, 500 prizes for earliest melon
-rippucd il 1896 in IL days. Lots Of
money made in earliest vegetables.
Salzcr'S seeds produce them. Thirty
five earliest sorts, postpaid. 81.
Send This Notice AM Is Cents for
Package Of Golden Rind and wonder
full seed book. 1iG big pages to John a.
Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse. Wis.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
Millions Living Idle in IuSj,

IN authority computes that S1.35n.-
o3o,eoo is the amount Of money ling
Idle in India in the shape Of boards or
ornaments. IL -AmritSar, a Puniah
cry. there are jewels 10 the value Of
$f",o0"GVa. y wealthy jewel merchant
ot ReEares has, 1t is said. always =
stock worth S5.0oo000 Oh hand.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
RrcvcrIcs in California.

There are more hrcWpr;:.S i'm California
rhau tlcrr are in Illinois: more di~tillrv;.S
in NIs~Ie hu~rIt~ than there are in lieu.
uuchy ANA more cigarettes manufactured
in NV York state ham in all the other
states of the country combined.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20

The most unhealthy city in Europe IS
barcelona, Spain The number Of
deaths there at present exceeds the mum
LII Of hirths.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
Twins in Size. Shape and Activity.

This is what those important little organs,
the kidneys are when healthy. IN disorder
they may differ in al thee particulars.
not simultaneously. and one may be active
while the other is scni-paraiyzcd. Give to
10th 4 hca'thfuI Impulse, without exciting
them. with HUstettor'S Stomach BitscrS,
which forestals such dreadful naad.es Is
nright'S disease and diabetes. Use the
Filters aiso, for maiara,. billions. rIgu-
matte. nervous. bowel ANA kidney trouble.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20

The ,p,ri;uali-ts Of Boston hay, won -
victory Their temple in that city cost
more and was assessed at S24n.tFD for
taxation. II has now been dccrccI 10
place it in til, lists Of church property and
pXrmp; il from taxation,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20

Kemps Balsam vii! stop the cough n
once TO to your druggist today and aet
a sample bottle free Sold i'll - and 20
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are
NHnrnrNNS.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
9 Z r. 6 6. Z.
rs isgs. Per ACrt

i7S iSGS. Per Acre,
JGo. BREEDER, 1lIshiCO.r,
- -, grew, IN 500, -
bIfS. Of -aifCr' ~liIeFX III :
harley from en- = meas
Ur.i acre. sworn To bE
five witnesses. hats i'm
I.IgnsS. but You sue sal
HtFsS seeds AR" bred :,
produce tusi =. - iiH you
Ut such big yields. JUST
TTN IEIs
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
dangerous.
No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents

Tie thieves Of Great Britain steal
about SiU0Un.OGO worth of property cy-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
Delights o. Arizona Climate

Arizona has the greatest daily change
Of temperature on the aarth's surface.
There is frequently a Change Of 50 de-
-r.es in tho II hours.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
1907 BUS. POTATOES pEKACRE.

Ike fernaln brain commences 10 de-
nl.r Is weight after tho age Of 20, the
ms. s.ot III i,u wears later.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20

Tie only real concordance between
sun spots and terrestrial happenings Is
the fact that magnetic storms are morn
numerous and vary in Intensity in a
remarkable manner with the Size and
number Of the sun spots.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
OATS,

zee SuS Per Acre.
Sslxpr'~ Silver Mine oats
stan ic30- the oT'fi, Vytti Il
a RECORD TiR. IL mere in
" t,rUn@Ii3 af ..Si Ia .l:Fi-
per acre ia 1896. =, Ea1
more 40 Eoy Isl' e sBEiI :
ghfs beat ait' EosI zee.
s-EIyFr'~ seeds are bred III
10 Ii ,iniH.t
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
CORN

26G bus. per acre hat
wonderful. " ell. SAFER
seeds are bred to Si4i,iSi
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
Or Spring

Is the Best in fact. the one True Blood Purifier.
HooI,S Dil:G cure Liver Il!-; easy 10
f'Ss = t''S take. easy - operate. %.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20

largest growers % fresh.
live Grasses an Il lover
seeds IN the world hence
our seeds ere guaranteed.
' on can hCt on our lover
and Grass cCd = wing !,
And such yields . TONS OF
hay per acre. " ell. Won
see sailors seeds are bred
10 big Yields.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
20 q 20 S.
.SS? BUS, Per Acre
OR as 5 >

W. know yo1 cant he
liese is too higi BuI
SalYer'S seeds are bred 70
, big Yields.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
f.alo'- aniily 3Ic1Ir,nc

IT, some IF the farming districts Of
thina pigs are iaruy>~s.d to small Wa-s-
uf.- ,., uIl.ia t. draw tLam.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-23
FILE FOR RECEIPTS.

is most appropriate. Don't put ribbons
on to tie it either, but make a leather
band, with button on one end and a
rubber loop and buttonhole on the
other, so that it can be easily fastened,
or broad silk elastic band Will do
nicely. Men do not like to tie and unite
ribbons. If the cover is of leather it
should look as much like book as pos
sible.
Make sthe decorations quite simple,
and do not forget to mark each en-
velope with the name of the month, the
receipts of which it is intended to hold.
a variety of suggestions as to styles
OF covering will occur to the minds OF
those undertaking the work, but the
use of durable envelopes and the meth
cd of fastening them together with tape
OF bands of linen are two essential
points to be observed if the case is to
be really successful, as ordinary envel-
opes wear out quickly, and when prop
erly bound the whole thing keeps in
much better shape and the envelopes
turn more freely like the pages of a
book, when handled.-Boston Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-23
ABOUT MILK FEVER.
How to Prevent q Disease That Ha.
Killed Thousands of Cows.

How to Prevent q Disease That Has
Killed Thousands of Cows.
Milk fever is a disease to be dreaded
by the man who has first-class dairy
| COWS, and who feeds and cares for them
| in such manner rs to make them large
producers. The man with scrub cows,
that have to rustic for themselves dur
ing the winter round the straw stack,
never suffers from loss by milk fever
VIXEN his cows come in in the spring,
1t is true he gets no profit out of his
cows. and he rarely gets product enough
from them to pay for the little feed and
care they do have But he can and does
console himself by saying he never has
milk fever with his cows like those
men do who stuff and pamper and
baby their cows"
We have lost. within the past Is years,
several va1ua BILE COWS with this disease.
We think we now know how to prevent.
heifer with her first calf never has il
and very rarely with the second half
a COW that is MIXED continuously.
right up TO calving. is not liable to have
milk fever, at least, we have never
known one to. We hesitated to write
that last sentence for fear some one
would accuse us of advocating continu-
GUS milking. That we do not, but still
feel bound to state that fact. A cow tina.
is starved. or fed just enough to live on,
will never have milk fever.
Our way is to dry the COW up six or
eight weeks before she is due to caIve
(unless she is such a persistent mixer
as to make that impracticable); at the
same time reduce her feed. by taking
nearly if not quite all the grain from
her. Her bowels should be kept loose
If the cow is in flush pasture, and she IS
one you have reason 10 believe likely
to have milk fever, the only safe way TO
do would be TO keep her upon dry feed.
De know it is hard for the man who has
been in the habit of 'babying' and pet.
ting his COWS and feeding them to their
full capacity TO refuse them all they
want to eat, but it is the only safe way
to do with some of them After cow
las had milk fever once she is more
liable than other cows to have it again,
and it she does have il a second time
she will be always most sure to die
uoard's Dairyman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-23
KITES PUZZLE BIRDS,
Amusing Experiences of Scientists
While Making Experiments.

Many amusing experiences have been
the lot of the scientists who have been
manipulating kites for scientific pur-
poses. Large birds are always inter-
ested in the strange devices fioa ting in
the air and cannot make out quite what
they are.
No bird, however, has ever alighted
on kite or attacked one, says the Chi
cago News. While one scientist was
flying a train of five kites a couple of
years ago, large silver-tipped eagle
came suddenly out of the higher air and
swooped round and round the first kite,
looking against the sunset sky like a
was pulled i'll the eagle followed, visit
ing one kite and then another, seeming
uncertain just what to do. In a few
minutes, when he seemed to have de-
cided that they were not good TO eat,
and he knew nothing about them any
way, he Indignantly few off and was
lost to view.
Another experience was had with a
stork that came from the New Jersey
side of the Hudson and few straight for
the queer object in the air. He appar-
emily had made up his mind to go
straight through it, but changed and
dived underneath. He went around and
above it, and through glass it could be
seen that he cooked his eye at the in
truder in a most comical manner He
started away few hundred feet,
changed his mind and came swooping
back. He finally reluctantly went
away, mystified over this queer addi-
ton to the inhabitants of the air
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-23

things outright, and there is really no
need, for here are a divan, at five o'clock
tea table, and work or reading stand,
all to be made a home.
This is made of box covered with
mating. The box chosen for this pur-
pose should be of a convenient height
and with square ends if possible. After
the mating has been neatly tackled on,
shelves made of wood and painted white
are secured to the box with either iron
or wooden brackets as shown in illus
tration. In put "g on the brackets it
is best to screw 10 the box two narrow
strips of wood just below the place the
shelf is to occupy. When the bracket
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-23
BURIED THE SNAKE.
How Prairie Dogs Disposed of an
Evil-DispOsed Reptile.

How. Prairie Dogs Disposed of an
Evil-DispOsed Reptile.
In converse ton with gentleman who
has just made a trip through western
Indian territory l picked up something
new and interesting to me in regard to
the habits of the prairie dog and rattle
snake. This party said that few weeks
ago, while resting under a small tree
in the territory where there was dog
town, he noticed conlmotion among
some dogs near him; they4would run
up to place and peep at something and
then scamper off. Looking to see what
was the matter, he saw that there were
about Is to 90 dogs around a rattle
snake, which at length went into one of
the dog holes. AS soon as he had disap-
peal.,d the little fellows began to push
in dirt, evidently to fill the hole up,
but about the time they got enough
dirt TO cover the entrance the snake
stuck his head up through the dirt and
every dog scampered off to safe dis
lance, all the time keeping up an in
cessant barking. The snake slowly
crawied to another hole about rod dis
tant and went in, and then up came the
dogs again and went to work to push
the dirt up before them to the hole.
This time they succeeded in their enter
prise and completely covered the en-
trance to the hole, and then went to
work. using their noses to lamp with
and pounding the dirt down hard, after
which they went away. My friend went
to the place and said he was surprised
to find they had packed the dirt in solid
with their moses, having sealed the
snake we'll to the ground.-Forest and
Stream
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-23
Sorghum for the siIo.

persede corn in cheapness and value,
sorghum is a formidable rival to it for
fodder, especially when put up in the
silo. 1t stands drought better, which is
likely to make it popular in the arid
portions of the west, where corn often
fails. The sorghum has too tough n
stalk to feed green, but when cut and
put in the silo there is enough fermen-
tation to soften the stalks SO that they
can be eaten. The sweetness of the
sorghum furnishes carbonaceous nutri-
mcnt just as does the starch of corn
grain, and in even more palatable form.
Wherever cane sugar is made in the
south the workmen who attend the
grinding always grow fat from the
sugar they eat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-23
YOUR SILK UMBRELLA.
1t Can he Easily Ruined by Careless
Treatment.

I Treatment.
Many a fine umbrella is cut off in
youth through the carelessness of its
owner. Take, for example, good silk
| watershed. If you will examine the
weave, usually twill, you will notice
that it is extremely sensitive.
| Silk is moderately strong and elastic,
| long and patient sufferer, but when it
| does begin to give out it gives out very
| rapidly. You will notice that it is not
bomb proof, neither is it hand proof
New, the more you put your hands on
| the silk the worse it is for the umbrella
1t is therefore great mistake to catch
your closed umbrella around the silk
and go swinging along as if it were "a
club and could endure any amount Of
rough usage.
The moisture of the hand Injuries the
silk far more than does the occasional
transforms. When carrying an UNI
brella, whether for protection or for
style, hold it by the handle. Another
point regarding the umbrella: When
closed do not hammer the walk with the
ferrule as you pace along. This spoils
the top of your umbrella and is not
good for the ribs.
Close-rolled umbrellas are now the
rage-have been for some time. The
modern silk umbrella is intended to be
a graceful addition to mans style, as
we'll as his protector. The way to roll
an umbrella is simple, but the rule Is
commonly ignored; hence the number
of those badly rolled.
To dry an umbrella, open it, secure
the catch and rest it with the end on the
ground. To roll an umbrella shake out
the silk until no part of it is confined
between the ribs but all hangs free.
Then place the top of the handle in the
palm of the hand, with the fingers
closed to form circle. With the right
hand, palm down, grasp the tips of the
ribs; turn the umbrella from you with
the right hand, at the same time turn
ing the left hand toward you with a
downward motion. Then hold the UNI
brella firmly with the left hand, while
with the right you take fresh grasp
at the same place as before and turn,
until the left hand reaches the right;
then when the strap or ribbon is Sc
cured the umbrella will be perfectly
smooth, with every fold neat and snug
and the tips in an orderly circle near the
handle.-Chicago Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-23
Love Me..age. ON Flowers.

South American lovers have pretty
custom. 1t is well known that when the
petals of the great laurel magnolia are
touched, however lightly, the result is
brown spot, which develops in few
hours. The fact is taken advantage of
by the lover who pulls a magnolia
flower, and on one of its pure white
petals write motto or message with
a hard, sharp-pointed pencil. Then he
sends the flower, the young lady puts il
in a vase of water, and in three or four
hours the message written on the leaf
becomes quite visible and remains so.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-23
Grain Cheaper Thnn H.x

It is undoubtedly a serious loss to
have SO much OF the hay crop in jured by
excessive rains, as has been the case
the present year. Yet this may be in
part made an advantage to farmers if
it turns their attention to grain as
a cheaper source of nutrition than
even the best hay can be- More than
this, if given with enough hay or straw
or cornstalks to distend the stomach.
grain is better food because more easily
digested- In the coarser fodder so much
of the nutrition goes to sustain ami
NAL heat or the processes of digestion.
that comparatively little is left to
make flesh Or milk or fats. The knowl-
edge that some grain with hay makes
cheaper nutrition is not half so widely
extended as it ought to be. If IL were
there would be a better demand for
grain and it would sell al better prices.
American Cultivator.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-23

circular black spots on the platform
represent openings for vessels. The
piece that holds the wheel, over which
the rope passes to the windlass, is pro-
longed so that when the platform is
just even with the top of the curb, an
iron pin is inserted through it and the
top bar of the platform frame, and
holds it there. There is another rope
and two wheels. This rope has a
heavy weight attached, to assist in
raising the platform from the bottom
of the we'll with heavy loads. These
weights go down inside a box formed
of four wide planks which occupy the
gutter or groove One lid opens up
against the weight box, and fastens
with a thumb bottom. The other is
hinged so as to hang down beside the
curb when open.-Farm and Home
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-23

how much romance was in after years
10 attach to the story of the fight, they
might have kept the old ship in re-
pair, as Admiral Nelson's old Victory
has been preserved. The Chesapeake
was sent to England. where she must
have been the object of great interest;
but in 1920 she. too, was taken to
pieces. This was probably done in the
harbor of Southampton, for her tim
bers were sold to one John Prior, the
owner of a flour mill in the little town
of Wickham, near Southampton. He
pulled down his mill, and used the great
beams of the American frigate in build
ing a new one. The great deck tim
bers, 80 feet long and IS inches square,
served for floor beams in the mill, and
the smaller ones for uprights, all with
out being cut or altered in any way.
OF course many of them were full of
the shot fired by the Shannon in the
fight, and the shot are there still.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-23
THE cost DIVIDED.
New Jerseys Road Improvement Law
Is Just and Fair.


Is Just and Fair.
The farmers of the country are grad
ually going over to the belief that good
roads are for their personal benefit and
there is a decided change ofssentinfent
along the line in many of the states
One of the chief obstacles to the reform
has been the fear of the farsners that
the cost of highway improvements
would fall chiefly on them and as they
feel that they are already burdened
heavily enough they resist the passage
of good-roads laws with their local in
fiCence and their votes often to the de!
feat of these worthy projects New
Jersey has law now in force, however.
that illustrates how properly this bur
dSC can be divided between theindiyid-
ual and the community so that it falls
lightly upon the farmer. This law APP
portions the cost of all road improve
ments as follows: One-third is paid by
the state, one-tenth by the individual
beneficiary of the improvement, the
owner of the AUDITING property, and the
remainder by the county in which the
improvement occurs. Reduced to a
scale of thirtieths the state pays ten
parts, the individual three parts and
tn county seventeen parts. Stated in
still another way the Various burdens
are more easily appreciated. The aver
age. cost of repairing a road with
macadam finish is ABOUT So ZOO a mile.
Of this sum the county would pay SIS
700, the state 81 900 and the individual
$500. 1t is to be remembered that the
$500 in this case is usually divided
among several persons. as few proper
ties in this section of the country ex-
tend for much more than quarter or
half mile along a highway, and the
tax is assessed on the owners on each
side of the road. Thus it will frequent
Is occur that the individual will pay di-,
reetly for first-class road in front of
his property and for a mile adjacent
such a small sum as $40 or $50. To be
sure he pays as well his share of the
county tax and in less proportion his
part OF the state tax, but these burdens
arc comparatively light and easily
borne. These Improvements, in New
Jersey are undertaken on the petition
OF the owners of the AUDITING property
Such laws as this, if copied in other
states, would probably result in an i'm
mediate betterment of the country
roads in every section. an improvement
&C untold benefit to millions of people.
Washington Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-09-23

is screwed to the shelf the edge of the
shelf is placed resting on the cleats OIL
strips of wood, and the bracket is
screwed to the box and the shelf to the
cleats. Thus securely fastened the shell
becomes immovable, and there is not
the slightest danger of its slipping or
tipping.
A work table can be made of any or
binary square topped table one may
happen to have, or a small kitchen table
with legs painted white is even better,
as one may drive tacks into it's wood
without conjunction.
The illustration shows how the table
is covered with mating. with flaps
hanging from its four sides. These
flaps are turned up at the bottom tn
fern pockets for papers, magazines
or sewing. The tea box mating will be
found best for this use, and any folds
or creases may be pressed out of it by
just dampening the mating. then
spreading it out and placing on top fiat
boards and heavy weights. When the
mating is dry it will be smooth and
fiat. The pockets can be made to cling
closely TO the flaps by pressing in this
way. The edges of the mating are
bound with turkey red cotton.
How convenient such bepocketetl
little stand must be anyone who has
tried to keep her possessions together
when enjoying a breezy day on the
piazza will understand.