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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03
HUMCR OF THE HOUR
just as He Thought For.


ITS all right to talk and to say you
would do this or that" said the man
who had been telling cowboy stories,
"but did you ever look into the muzzle
Of Il revolver?"
81 have. SIR" replied the fruit tree
agent
"Was it pointed at your head?"
ct was"
And good man behind it?"
"Hc was man who had cut eleven
notches in the butt of that pistol tc
ially up his dead"
And how did you fcel?"
"As cool as at this moment"
But was ne il anger. and did ba
mean 10 shoctT
x had called him liar. SIR, and he
meant to blow my brains OUT
'Wcll, how did it come out?"
Just exactly us | thought it would
from the start" said the fruit tree
man. 'IIc began to shoot, and | began
to talk fruit trees TO him, and in five
minutes he was dead, and had only
to walk away and look for another vic
tim. Cowboys and loaded revolvers
may be dangerous under certain cir
eumstanccs, but don't make the mis-
take ot putting them against man
who has Travelled for n nursery for
thirty years"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03
A Young Inventor,

A youthful inventor has just built /
wireless telegraph apparatus which he
has operated with success in the phys.
tcal laboratory of the indianapolis
Manual Training High school. He is
Arthur Berger, nineteen years old.
who will be graduated with the June
class. Berger conceived the idea four
years ago of making a wireless tele-
graph system. lie gathered all the
knowledge he could of the Marconi
system from scientific periodicals.
When familiar with the apparatus and
the fundamental principles he began
his first machines. They were crude
affairs, but demonstrated the sound
ness Of the principle on which he had
built them. Last year during his study
Of electricity in advanced physics Ber-
ger began the construction of n second
set of instruments, with many i'm
proyements upon his former system.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03
Flower HEnt-A Game.

This is a game that boys and girls
will enjoy. If you are planning to
give party you will want TO know
some games that can be played in the
house, In case the day of the party
proves to be rainy one. This is one
Of those games:
Either make or buy lot Of tissue
paper flowers Cthey can be bought in
many of the city shops and fastep to
the stem Of each flower piece of can
dy or an animal cracker Then hide
the flowers all over the rooms that are
open TO the party.
Wien your little guests arrive give
each one a cunning little basket with
s nice, long handle that Is tied with
pretty ribbon and say to the children:
"Now, let's go out to hunt flowers
See who gets the most"
The children will be delighted with
the game.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03
Women and VUOSs.

Professor York-poWcll is Il deyout
lover Of books. We remember hear
ing him read paper to Il society in
Oxford which Illustrated both this de-
votion and his pretty wit. Touching
upon the dangers to their treasures
against which book lovers should be
on their guard, he denounced the ir-
revereni treatment of books by woman
kind. A woman, he said, if she were
interrupted in her reading and wanted
not to lose the place she had reached,
would put the book down, open and
face downward, on the table or on the
lawn or anywhere. Woman, in fact,
was one of the great standing menaces
to books. The other. by the way, was
insects london News.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

People who had alfalfa hay for their
hens during the winter report great
results and benefits from II. Next to
alfalfa or clover hay rs Il green food
for hens are the manGc beets, of which
the large white maneel wurzcl is tho
best variety. The hens Ike them, and
they can be grown in large quantities
on very limited space. They are good
feed, good for egg production and far
ahead Of cabbage, turHips or bcets.
Look out for having some OF these.
even though you may have some nlfal-
IA. A few Of the mangels mixed in
are very beneficial and are Graciously
received by the hens. Feather.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

stHmped For /" Substitute For Slang.
ITS pretty hard to avoid the use Of
slang these days" remarked well
known professor of English literature
".At any rate there are certain express
stons which aren't found in the diction-
airy that can't be duplicated very well.
The other day after had just given u
lecture to my class, advising them
against the use of slang, bright
young fellow came to me with this
query:
"'What would you substitute in
place Of Jumped over" in the SEN
tence. He jumped all over the UNI
pire"'
well, l have to confess that that
sentence was too much for me. | tried
substituting various words, such as
criticise, complained about. etc. but
they all failed to give the adequate
meaning. | gave an excuse to my pu-
Pill that this was baseball expression
and couldn't be altered, but that didn't
satisfy my own conscience as to the
growing use of slang. g.'-PLladelphla
Press.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

1t is estimated that about 20 per cent
of the young men who recently applied
to enter the Naval academy have failed
in the physical test. and the failure
was largely due to the use of tobacco,
resulting in the irregular beating of
the heart. Nowadays physicians speak
Of ''the tobacco heart" trouble caus-
ed by the excessive use of the weed.
When Il smoker develops into Il "ciga-
rette tiend," the services Of a physician
are necessary, but before this point is
reached the heart may be permanently
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

JadGe Gary at the recent meeting Of
steel trust stockholders In IIobokeu.
\. j., said IN the course of an argu-
mcnt;
"Nour objection reminds me Of the
objection II lawyer once made to
judges sentence. This judge had given
n prisoner. convicted OF second dcgree
murder, thirty years solitary contine-
ment. whcrcupon the lawyer cried out:
"'But, your honor, my client Is old.
lie won't live thirty years
"WclI, then said the judge, III
shorten his sentence to life imprison-
ment II y0a prefer lt'"-Cleveland
elain Dealer
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

Three of the best murksm6n in the
United States navy. culiously enough,
hail from far inland Oklahoma. One is
G. W. Johnson, who made the world S
record with The huge sixteen inch gun
recently installed at Fort Wright, on
Fishers island, Long Island sound. J.
w. Creltz of the new battleship Maine
made eight shots in a minute with q
six inch gun and hit the target eight
times at 1,G00 yards, the ship meantime
going twelve knots an hour. Bart
Barnes. son Of Ex-Governor Barnes Of
Oklahoma, is now first lieutenant in
the navy, but previous to his promotion
he made an excellent record at the tar,
get, He is now on duty at Panama.
Boston Transcript.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03
Eccninm Nature RAMS.

The object in feeding mature rams
should be to keep them in thrifty, very
vigorous condition and not too fat, and
this can only be brought about by rea-
sonablc. wholesome food and sufficient
exercise, says American Cultivntor.
When once a ram has been made too
down again without impalring his VI
tallty, and in every case reliance
should be placed on additional exercise
rather than on lcsscnng the food sup
ply. An orcrfat ram IL likely to beget
only comparatively small progeny If hs
breeds NJ all.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03
A ProGreE,fv~ Letter.

This game is started by one of the
guests announcing, 81 have letter ad-
dressed to Alma Allen, and ii is 60 20
to Amsterdam" thus making the name
and place alliteratlye.
The next person must take the last
letter of the place mentioned for The
name on the letter she has addressed.
In this case. "Amstcrdam' ending IN
TN, sle must say, 81 have letter ad-
dressed to Minnie Moore, ana it is to
20 to Minnesota"
This can be carried on endIcssly.-
Money MaE.hg and Merry Making En-
tertaumcnts.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

The practice OF seeding land to
clover with some small grain crop is
often criticised on the score that we do
not treat the valuable clover plant as
fairly as we do the ordinary crops of
the farm, says National Stockman.
The latter are given the land alone.
But if we stop to think, the criticism
is not well based, because corn, oats
and potatoes are aunuals, requiring q
single summer to reach their maturity,
while the common clover is biennial,
requiring two years TO make full root
growth. If it were Il mere annual it
would indeed be foolish to retard its
growth In It's first few months Of life.
but it is entirely good practice to start
these biennial plants in Il small grain
crop provided the latter does not kill
them by using all the water and sun
shine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

A summer visitor in the mountains
wanted to buy certain kind Of paper
at the village store.
1--WE amt got it, said the store
keeper.
Haven't got it? Why, it's such n
popular kind. Every one uses ii. 1t
would pay you 10 keep It,"
81 did keep it for awhile replied the
storekecpcr, but found it too much
trouble and stopped"
"Too much trouble? What do you
mean?'
'Why, people asked for il so much
! couldn't keep it in stock. .'-Lippln-
colts Magazine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

WiIlet L. Cook, advertising manager
of judge, tells the following Story OF
an incident that happened at Science
tady park recently, says the New York
Times. In Il spirited baseball game
the first baseman was knocked sense
less by the swift running Of one of the
players. For some time it was thought
the man was actually dead. Relays of
ball players were employed in working
. the arms of the prostratc man. After
considerable time he began TO breathe
feebly. When consciousness returned
he slowly opened his eyes and remark
ed:
Has any one got a cigarctte:"
Great Scott said one of the by.
standers. Tie has just come from the
jaws Of death and now asks for mai!
for his coffin"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

A short time ago the Rev. Thomas
r. Slicer of New Yorl: was on what
tnay be termed parlor car missionary
trip. His itinerary included Atlanta.
where Il large congregation turned out
to hear him. He had iust finished bis
sermon, aDd as the congregation sang
the last hymn Mr. Slicer stood in the
pulpit with his hands folded on the
open Bible.
As the last verse Was reached ana
the New York clergyman was begin
ming to think Of The bcncdiction he
glanced at the page Of the Bible open
before him, and the first line he saw
was:
Tho fool hath crossed his hah,le.r--
New York Times.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

Our language and vocabulary, with
our growing s!acllness. are changing
We are carrying things otherwise in
supportable) with a laugh and coming
phrases for the purpose. AS has been
said, we are still sensitive to such
coarse words as thief and steal"
but it is vain to deny among ourselves
that certain unchallengcd doings of to-
day forcibly suggest those terms. SO
We save our face with an indulgent
gayety not devoid of humor We give
a twist and turn to the rapidly chang
Ing English language, and the ugly
words disappear in the process
When Il conductor steals Il fare we
jocularly remark that he is knocking
down on the company" when we steal
ride from the same company and con
ductor we laughingly refer to our sue,
cess in heating the game" when we
bribe we merely Influence" or square
things when we are brihed we col
lect "asscSSments" or "rebateS" or
commissions or ''retainerS." and so
on until we reach grave definition Of
"honcst graft" which would be more
humorous If so many people did not
feel that the term supplied them with
long felt want. Now, these express.
sions and others Ike them may bear
strong resemblance to thieves slang.
but they merely reflect the language Of
q people unconsciously retreatlng to
lower moral level.-Eyerybu budy'S Maga.
zine. .
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03
MARRIED. In Two Languages.

Because The bride could not under,
Stand Ernghsh and the groom could not
understand German County Judge G..
". Murray of Springfield H.. found it
necessary the other day to perform a
wedding in the two languages.
The couple ga~e their names as Lou
Is Maudra and Miss WSIte Wetti. the
former twenty-slX and the latter nine
teen years of age. The ceremony was
first said in English, the groom giving
the responses. and then in German. to
which the bride made replies. .---Detroit
Tribune.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

The blackbirds that come early In the
spring to the Eastern Shore Of Mary.
land take possession Of all The locust
trees In thc vicinity and proceed 20
build their nests. OFTEN one may see
a s.7glc trca HlIcd with nests, but the
birLy 90 not seem to interfere with ono
another in the least It is a laughabie
eight to happen along on a Gnc day
when tie parents are teaching their
young to fy. First the litle birds are
tempted out Of tie nest, and they ait
huddicd together on branch, hungry
and frightened Soon the old bird ar
rves with Il worm and pcrches on a
nearby iranch Then le calls the chill
dren. AMI very soon their hunger coli
ouers fer. anu they take hop toward
the fooG. This is tie first lesson III
fy.Ur
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

Last summer Ned went to the coun-
Try to visit his cousin VIII, and one
day the two boys walked out into the
woods. They We're sitting on log,
poking around with a stick, when sud
denly crowd of yellow jackets
swarmed out from Il hole, intent upon
punishing the disturbers of their peace.
Ned took to his heels and ran, waving
his hat in all directions, while VIII
stood perfectly still The bees pur-
sued poor Nod and stung him fright
fully and paid absolutely no attention
TO VIII.
This will invariably happen. If you
keep perfectly quiet bees will seldom
attack you. but if you run they VIII
surely follow.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

Most children know that Columbus
discovered America on Friday, Oct. L.
1852. But it is supposed that a north
ern man named Eric the Red Discover
ed America in 1000. Eric was driven
from Iceland for murder. While out
on the water he was caught in storm
and was driven on the northern coast.
Here lie planted a colony, which was
driven away by the Indians. Eric haf
a son who explored the northern coast
of North America This mans name
was Leif. The Norsemcn took OacE
to Greenland grapes, lumber and May
niltnt. tI.ir...
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

AT picnic dinner young lady pass
Ell her plate, asking for tho limb" of
chicken.
Mary Lou listened in ama2oment, but
seeing the plate adorned with 4 leg she
passed her plate, saying modestly
please give me a twig."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

Professor Dum CT BucEncH uairrr.
sity, LewisJur- Pa. went Oh q fish
ing excursion Mean fial Day. while
on his way home lie fcll In with an
afable stranger, Vic. seeing tic pro
fessor's fishing tackle. asked him.
What luck:"
The doctor showed his catch. where
upon the Stranger remarked:
"MpAn. I'm Fish Warden Burkley
You've been fishing on. Of ,s.a.1n. /"
And tie days outing cost ts5o professor
roeethins close to sJ0.-Cmaha Bee
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03
Il TurLisn EidiIn.

Here is an old Turkish riddle which
has been handed down for many cen
turie8 and yet has never beeu answer
cd: There was once 4 beggGr who a.
ways dreamed he was Il pasha. and
there was pasha who always dream
ed he was beggar. Which was the
happier?"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

Enyious Contemporary Oo Miss Bud
long)-And 50 you are really engaged
to Mr.. I'inid SmithkinsE
Miss Budlong quite proyoiingly)-
Yes, dear, ana | want you TO suggest
something sweet and tender 20 20 in
my engagement ring.
Enylous Contemp1rary-If | were in
your place I'd just have the simple
word Eureka. ."-Tit-Bits
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

Landlord Make charge Of a dollar
against Mr.. Grumbly for wishing him
good morning.
Clerk-Surcly you don't mean Il, Nj.
KramGll. Pleasant words cost nothing.
Landlord They cost great deal in
the way OF effort wlan addressed TO
CrumIy. Put down q dollar. II ought
to be twc.-Bosteu Transcript.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

The following interesting advertise
ment is published in the Church Times
Of London:
Lady is anxious to find a home or
place for girl, seventeen utterly dis
obedient and frivolous, but honest and
strong, where her services will be given
3or training and care required"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

4 ut.le girl a. the 'raakfnst table
was very decoaoua wasn n,'e papa was
asking Il blessing OF tss zeal ana put
her head on The table. with folded
hands. but juSt as the "grace" was
about closing Size looked up and called
out, Aunt Kate. what kind cf pray-
er DO you have in Newton gllleT'-- .soa~
ton Traveller.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

The fishermen Of Brittany, so we are
told, are wont to utter their simple
prayer when they launch their boats
upon the deep: Keep me, my God; my
boat is so small and thy ocean is so
wide"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

Small Howard, accompanied by his
father was visiting the 200 for tie
first time.
"Oh, papa" he exclaimed, rs they
stopped in front of the elephant, look
at the big COW with her horns in her
mouth eating Lay with her tail.'
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

There is lyuy.u varr familiar
looEilg about thal cushion sI.l the
co!leae youth. ia:aTtns llHsalt IN the
hammock.
"Well there ueht to be. jack" re-
piled tle sumner girl It's stuffed
-ith tie football. hair you wore last
falI"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

''When married you | thought you
yrcre IA angel
'Aud Low =
I've fJuad out my mistake, but I
still have hopes tilat you'r be one b.
fore long" indianapolis Sur.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03

Vlrgina-lm surprised to see you
here. | thought you were in Europe.
Cholly-Wcally, I-aw-did think Of
going, doncher,mow, but Mt the lawst
moment I-aw-changcd me mind
Vrg'nia-Indccd, But I'm sure you
couldn't have lost anything by the
change.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03
Thunder KRIS OYSTERS.

Oysters are such nervous creatures
that sudden shock. such as q loud
thunderclap, will kill many hundreds
Of them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03
An Illusion.

"He married money, dilDt hef"
mo; he thought he was marrying
n1oucy. hGt he merely married some
ting Csc tlaL l4lks. = Philadelphia
Press.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-03
The Morning Ccre.

Cook the cereal or breakfast food
the day before in simmer tmc, mold
It Ii small individual uoi3s and serve
cold for breakfast with whippe
crco m. The addition Of little frn,;
it:st about Eve minutes before taking
from tbe fire gives 2 dainty favor rel
lshed By many. Chopped dates, orange
or a few strawberries WIZ serve The
purpose.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-10
Bids to Publish Code of North Carolina

The Code Commission will receive seal
ed bids for printing and publishing The
Code of North Carolina up to April 18th,
1904, at IL o'clock m.
The body of the book will be set solid
in IL point type of face to be selected
by the Commissioners. Preferably No 3
Mergenthaler. Sideheads to be set in II
point Gothic (Mergenthaler) run in with
body of section. Chapter heads and foot
notes to be set in Z point type OF face
to be selected by the Commissioners
The pages to be As plea ems long includ-
ing head and foot lines, and &c plea ems
wide.
The printer to furnish five revised
proofs of all matter, and to guarantee to
set at least 90 pages per day, if required
by the Commissioners, beginning not la
ter than June 18th, 1904, and until the
Code is completed, under penalty of ten
dollars for each days failure
Prices for press work to be by token of
16 pages
The Legislative Edition of 500 copies
to be bound in half binding Permanent
edition in full sheep.
The State will furnish the paper.
Bids for composition shall be in the
alternative: /. At what price the printer
will Go the composition and furnish the
metal, which will not be preserved for
future use. 2. At what price the State
to furnish the metal, which will be pre-
served at the expense of the State for
storage and insurance until after the
Legislature of 1905. Bids will include the
price per hour to be allowed for changes
made necessary by that Legislature. If
new composition is necessary the original
prices to continue
The right to reject all bids is re-
served
Good bond required to secure faithful
compliance.
A sample page of proposed Code fur
nlshed on application
THOMAS B. WOMACK,
Chairman Code Cnn'rniseinn
Raleigh, N. c., April 5, 1904
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-10
THE WAKE FOREST STUDENT.

The Easter Number of the Wake Forest
Student is one of the very best numbers
of that excellent school magazine. It's
contributions from the student body shows
that the students are trained to become
good writer's as we'll as capable public
speakers. Mr.. G. W. Paschal contributed
a strikingly good poem on ''The Spring
Poet" as follows:
"The wind came out of the wanton South,
And the poet stepped forth in the brighter
air.
The greening grass showed through the
brown.
And a violet purpled here and there;
The happy lambs climbed rock and stump,
And from budding branch of apple and
pear
Ihe first sweet notes of hooking birds
From his heart charmed all of winters
care.
'The ploughman turned the mellowed soil,
With rod and line came a whstling lad,
And lit with the beams of the ardent sun
maid in springtime garment clad
The poet drank in these things OF joy
And the poets heart was warm and glad,
And the poet forgot his own lone life,
For all that he saw and heard he had
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-10
the great church whose sons they

OF the great church whose sons they
arc.
me presence on our publication lists of
Jew books OF this sort would be an in
centlve felt throughout the whole church
1t would enlist in the work of the
church class of young men whose ser
vices are urgently needed. 1t would
bring our publication house to the atten.
ton OF college and university circles. 1t
would make the publications of the com
mittcc know in places where they have
hitherto been unknown. 1t would show
to the world that the Southern Presbyte-
rian church has a history and is proud of
it's history.
1t is not enough that our church has
made history She must write if or it
will remain unwrtten. 1t is a duty that
We owe to the past, to the present and
to the future. We owe it to the brave
men and women who at death committed
their souls to God and their memories to
Us who survive them. We owe it to the
men and women of today who feel them
selves the living link between the past
and the future and who have a right to
ask that their own trials and triumphs be
recorded as well as the trials and tri-
umphs of others. We owe it to those
who shall come after us and who, in
crises OF church history, will seek to re-
light the torch of faith and patriotism not
at the stored tomb of Scotch Covenanter
or French Hugenot, but at the shrines of
their own church and the affairs of their
own f1thers.