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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-13

Vests and their respective admirers.
The opposing teams were well
matched. Enthusiasm reigned SUI
preme But Bobby sat silent on the
fence. lie was called hon, sub" for
the Easts. There was a little argu.
ment, and the game started. The
Vests had scored and the Easts had
failed Then the Easts held first
place and then by some mysterious
chance the game became a tie.
IF | could play just once" thought
poor Bobby.
1t was Jm's turn to bat The boy S
freckled face was flushed with ex-
element. he understood that SO much
depended upon him. He grasped the
He paused then, strangely attracted
toward Bobby, he looked at the little
fellow The longing in the boys face
stirred within Jim's heart deep I'M.
derstandng that startled him in its
intensity. He dropped the bat, and
held out his hands toward the boys.
Boys" he said. q cant bat And,
say, let Bob Case bat in my place"
There was a deep silence. Such a
thing had never before happened in
the annals of Ilillsdales baseball his.
tory, The game tie, Did the law al
low such queer thing?
Why" stammered the captain OF
the Easts
"Oh, Bobby can bat" replied Jim,
wondering at his audacity in the face
OF possible defeat I've seen him
bat heaps of times, practicing In his
dads orchard" And this was true.
Il say. fellows, he's a sub, SO it's all
square, you know"
Your arm tired % jeered the Vests
bleachers.
IN tnc meantime Bobby sat. con
fused. on the fence. He was strange
~ happy 10 know that he had even
been considered by Jim, for he had
no hope that his wish could be graft
fed
I'm risk Bobby" continued Jim.
Please, fellows. say yes. I'll run
for him, too"
Go ahead" shouted the Vests
All right" answered the Easts.
confidently,
Another brief discussion of ways
and means and Bobby was given a
place OF honor Enthusiasm aud dis.
approval were shown by he audience
Rut Bobby was couhicn He would
show his comrades his worth He
~ a lf a stg,t a
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-13
Aard.Workinq Chinese Official.

Everybody in China works hard,
even those who have reached the high
est positions. 1t is related of a mem
her of the Chinese cabinet that he
left home every morning at Two
o'clock, as he was on duty at the pal
ace from three to six AS a member
of the privy council he was engaged
from six to nine. From nine until
IL he was at the war department. OF
which he was president. As the mem
Der of the board of punishment he
was in attendance from II till two,
and IS a minister of the foreign oil.
fee he spend every day from two TIL
five or six there. In addition he ire
quently served on special boards or
commissions.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-13
Saws Health Does Not Exist.

Health. one Of the big English au.
thoriuos sir Michael Foster puts it.
does not exist 1t is like happiness.
Each has a goal or limit which while
seemingly attainable. oludes perfect
possession The body consists of a
number OF meChanisms which have
the closest and most exact relations.
and as they approximate TO harmony
there is health, but when disosdered
there is III health
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-13

come taut and the toy returns OF its
momentum.
The pinwheel auto is made of a
pasteboard box. both wheels of card
board and aXles of knitting needles.
The pinwheels, which most children
know how to cut. are cut from stif
paper The little car is set in motion
in the manner described above
When the auto is going the pin.
wheels reyolve in the air. making =
pretty sight
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-13
TOYS FROM OLD BOXES.
How Simple But Entertaining Play
things Can Be Made.

No material offers better opportu.
mites for making amusing toys than
ticularly happy is the combination OF
boxes and elastic bands, for by this
means many toys of home manufac-
ture can be made to move. The ideas
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-13
CHASTITY Foreign Pun.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, the
noted American clubwoman, has been
received abroad by royalty, and some
OF the foreign papers have the te,
merity to declare that she has
proyerbial right to look at king.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-13

Hurt, Bruise or Sprain
St. Jacobs Oil relieves from pain.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-13

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES produce
the brightest and fastest co'ors with less
work and no muss.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-13
Those men who ride on the water
wagon get some awful 1oltS.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng sotens the gums, reduces In.
damustion allays pain. wind collie 25c bottle
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-13

People with real troubles never ad-
vertise item.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-13

bHOES FOR EVERYBODY AT ALL PRICES,
Mems Shoes, SIS to 81 SO, Boys Shoes. SO
to$ 1.25. Womens Shoes. 81 90 to $l.5O.
Misses & Childrau's Shoes, So IS to $l.OO.
Try w. l.. Douglas Women's, Misses and
Childrcn's shoes; for style, fit and wear
they excel other makes.
Ill could take YOU into nv largo
factories at Brockton, Mass. and show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
why they hold their shape, fit better.
wear longer, and are Of greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you csn obt,,n w. L.
Douglas shoes. His name and price Is stamped
on the bottom which protects you against high
prices and Inferior shoes. Take substi.
tute. Ask your dealer for w. l.. Doug las shoes
and insist upon hav ing them.
Fast Color Eyeists used they pH not wear byassy
Write for Illustrated Catalog OF Fail Styles.
W. L. DOUGLAS, Dept. IL brockton, Mass.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
A MUSTARD POULTICE,
1t Made Lot of Trouble and Didn't
Cure the Cold.

Lord Darlington used to be a great
practical joker, but he was once the
victim of his own reputation. Accord
Ing to the Dundee Advertiser, he was
at a hotel in Cape Town. In the same
hotel were a young couple, and, the
husband having a bad cold, the wife
left her room to obtain for him the
solace of mustard poultice She left
him asleep and, thinking she knew her
way, descended the stairs and, procur.
Ing particularly virulent concoction,
made her way back to her room. But
@oors are much alike In hotels, and,
seeing one ajar, as she had left her
own, she entered. Creeping quietly to
the bedside, she saw, as she thought,
the form of her sleeping lord and mas
ter. Hastily bending over him, she
placed the fatal irritant upon his chest.
No sooner had she done so than
movement of the sleeper revealed, to
her horror, that she had made a terrible
mistake. Too frightened to recapture
the discriminating poultice, she fed
from the room and, rushing down the
Pe9SdSCS O1SCONCIGu OWu uOOE anu
bolted herself In. 1t was but min
ute, and the storm broke. The hotel
was in an uproar. The mustard poul-
ttce had been placed on the chest of
the elderly governor. general! The ex-
plosion Of his wrath, his howls of rage
as the mustard did it's work, brought
servants and manager to his bedside.
The situation did not permit of an
explanation. Furious with Indignation,
he declared himself the victim of
gross Joke, and the efforts of the mai
tire d'hotel to pacify him were in vain.
He swore that the practical joker was
nobody else than Lord Darlington, and
he next day, fuming and indignant,
left the place. SO did a very contrite
young wife and husband whose cold
was no better.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
His Visits to the Earl.

There is we'll known English bishop
who writes a very bad hand. This bad
hand caused a sad error to happen
some years ago. A young clergyman
had written to the bishop to inquire
about vacant curacy, and the reply
that the young man got informed him
that the salary was small and the work
difficult But there was one mitigating
circumstance. The incumbent, among
his other duties, would visit the earl
every morning and spend two hours
there. The curate would have rejected
the post but for the daily visit to the
earl. That attracted him. There would,
no doubt he told himself, be many
fashionable dinners to which he would
naturally be invited. He would make
many friends among the rich and
powerful. These friends would be able
to help him in his career. The earl,
perhaps, had daughters. One of them
who ws?-stranger things had
happened. And so the curate accepted
the difficult and poorly paid curacy to
discover on his first visit to the town
that he had misread the bishops letter
and that his daily two hours visit was
not to the earl. but to the Jail
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
BE a BUSINESS MAN.
Do Not Ignore the Money side OF
Your Vocation.


Your Vocation.
No matter what your vocation may
be, you must be q business man first
or you will always be placed at great
disadvantage in the practical affairs of
life. We cannot entirely ignore the
money side Of existence any more than
we can the food side, and the very
foundation of practicel, successful
life is the ability to know how to man
age the money side effectively.
It is infinitely harder to save money
and to invest it wisely than to make
it, aud if even the most practical men,
men who have had a long training in
scientific business methods, find it a
difficult thing to hold on to money aft
er they make it, what is likely to hap.
pen to people who have had practically
no training in business methods?
If every child in America had a
thorough business training tens of thou
sands Of promoters, long headed, cum
ming schemers, who have thrived on
the peoples ignorance, would be out of
an occupation.
l believe that the business colleges
are among the greatest blessings in
American civilization today, because
they have saved thousands of homes
from being wrecked and have made
happy and comfortable tens of thou
sands of people who might otherwise
be living in poverty and wretchedness.
Success Magazine.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15

Most people have probably seen jade
ornaments without having very clear
idea of the material of which such
things are composed. Jade is an ex-
ceedingly tough but beautiful mineral,
much of which is found in China. 1t is
of five colors, the most highly priced
Jade being the white, yellow and green
varieties. The rarest of all is red jade,
but this is so scarce that it has no place
in market valuations. The mineral is
frequently found in the beds Of streams,
and in searching for it Mohammedans
are generally employed, as it is be-
lieved that people Of this faith are SEN
sitive to its presence, and, like the
dowsers or water finders, are affected
with shuddering fits when passing over
a place where jade is to be found.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
PGDuiOUS Cheese.

\ professor Of the Swiss Dairy school
at SoAntal has compiled statistics Of
the number of micro organisms found
in cheese. His experiments lead to the
conclusion that every gram (one-thir
tieth part of an ounce of fresh EN-
menthaler (SWiss) cheese contains be
tween 10000 and 100000 living germs
After two months the number has in
creased to 100000. Cream cheese CON
tains a still larger number of animal
culae, a gram harboring after three
weeks 100000, rising to 100000 after
a month and half. These figures ap-
ply only to the center of the cheese,
while close to the rind families num-
bering 5,500000 bacteria may be found
in every gram of cheese. In about
one and half pounds of cream cheese,
the professor estimates, there are as
many germs as there are human beings
on the face of the globe. It is sup
posed that all or most of these mi
crobes are friendly" ones and assist
in the digestive process. We hope So
Grocery.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
Too Lively.

He was solemn Scotchman, with an
equally solemn and somewhat down
trodden wife. The fact that they were
receiving an excellent price for their
second pair 'front.' from an American
lodger did not blind them to her fail
ings
Dear me, Mr.. Macleod" said the
lodger, one Sunday afternoon, when
an errand took her to the parlor where
the family sat, 81 should think you
and your wife would be stifed sitting
indoors this hot day with the windows
shut. If you'd just open one and get
some fresh air, I'm sure it would do
Mrs. Macleod good; she looks pale"
Mr.. Macleod looked at her with his
usual stern and unbending gaze.
eve can hae fresh air ony day." he
said calmly. We've no need to hae
1t rushing aboot the house on the Saw.
bath"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
Kings Duty and Kings English.

Exhibited in the window of a watch
makers shop in Manchester is a faded
letter Of Nelson's. 1t tells an old, old
story, reminding us of the time when,
to defend the shores of their native
land, Englishmen had to beg and i'm
plore for the bare material means to
do it. 1t was SO in the days of the
armada and in Nelson's day 1t has
been so in our own. The letter reads:
My Dear Sir-If you will order the Aga
memnon to be supplied with 200 fathoms
of three inch rope and 100 fathoms of two
inch rope purchases will be rove to drag
the guns. We have not fathom of rope
in the ship. If you could spare us two
threefold blocks and two twofold blocks
l am to be much obliged. Yours most
faithfully, HORATIO NELSON.
Evidently In his care of the kings
ship the national hero was at the time
somewhat careless of the kings Eng
lish.-London Chronicle.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
A Sailor on Sea Pictures.

"Ill take sailor along with me the
next time buy a marine painting"
said millionaire. II bought two ma
rines last month, and yesterday my old
friend Captain Salthorse had a look at
them
"Salthorse said:
In this first picture we've got a
trading schooner in charge of a tug
towing away from a rock bound coast
through a fearful jumble of sea. The
schoOner's maintop mast is gone, and
all sails are lowered except her stay
sail, which is kept hoisted, though she
is towing head on to the gale. Why
that hoisted staysail? All hands,
suppose, are drunk.
" In the second picture,' continued
Captain Salthorse, the principal boat,
an eighteen footer Is racing, yet has
no flag flying. That's as incorrect as 1t
would be for you to go to a dinner
party minus shirt. The crew Of this
boat are getting in the spinnaker, and,
If they lower away, both spinnaker and
boom will be in the water, for they
have neglected to let the boom go for
ward. But know what the trouble is
with them. They, too, are drunk st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
A Queer Cure.

"Riding on an elephant in Ceylon, be-
hind native prince on hunting eX-
pedition," said a clergyman, ''the con
versation chanced to turn on indiges-
ton, to which l said l was subject
The prince at once pulled out black
leather button kind of thing, which he
was wearing on string round his neck
under his clothes.
whats this? said l.
ga hyena's snOut,' was the startling
reply.
"'What for?
TO cure Indigestion
GLOW can it do thisY
"It is very simple. a hyena gets its
living by digging up and crunching old
bones Now, it possesses in-its snout
this peculiar ylrtue-that when it's nose
approaches anything hard, such as
bones, these tough substances instantly
grow soft and enable the animal to eat
them with comfort and benefit SO you
will find that if you keep this charm
hanging round your neck the proximity
of the hyena's nose, though dried up
and lifeless, will soften your food
however indigestible, to such an extent
that you will never again suffer from
Indigestion
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
A Rhapsodx ON a Mutton chon.

When primitive man wants break
fast he takes a sheep, kneels upon it,
holds it between his legs and cuts it's
throat. He skins it, and, taking a slice
out of 1t, fries it on the Goals for break
fast. We also demand not less imper-
atively outlets for our breakfast, but
we manage it another way. We pro
cure an individual some way off to
kill the beast and another out of our
sight to cook it. We have paper frill
put around the bone to disguise it, and
set pot of flowers straight before us
to look at while we eat it; but, to the
sheep-to the sheep-it can make little
difference which way it is eaten. We
still do our unclean work, but we do it
by proxy. And it may be questioned
whether what we gain in refinement
we have not lost in sincerity.-Fort-
nightly Review
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
Germany the Modern Rome,

Let the German people keep lesson
from antiquity before their eyes. Once
before an England and a Germany of
no less different character have con
fronted each other. They were Car
thage and Rome. And old Rome with
its policy of force and power finally
conquered the cash politics of Carthage
and raised itself to the position of the
first power upon earth. We have bis
torical example when we say that the
German people must return from the
imitation of the un-German Carthagin-
ian-British finance policy and must go
back to the ROman-German policy of
power and might. In no other way
can really great Weltpolitik be pro
NOTED in the hope perhaps of making
ourselves ultimately the leading peo-
pie in the world.-Berlin Grenzboten.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
THE REAL VALUE.
How All Literature Is Contained In m
Few Great Books.

How All Literature Is Contained In m
Few Great Books.
Young people must every now and
then heap it said or see it written that
all the real value in literature can be
put upon a small shelf-that is to say,
the really important part Of all that is
written is contained in a very few
good books, all the rest being either
unimportant or different ways of say
Ing the same things that have been
said before. The statement, of course,
Is not true if it be taken literally.
There are certainly many hundreds,
perhaps thousands, of books that con-
tain original thoughts or experiences
that are truly valuable; but, generally
speaking, the best part of all that has
been written is to be found in a few
volumes. To understand how this is
possible we must remember that near
~ all rules are the same as other and
simpler rules. In arithmetic, for ex-
ample, the whole science consists of
only four simple ways of treating num-
bers. We can add, subtract, multiply
and divide, and that is all we can do
to numbers. The rest of the book is
only the working out of these four
rules; thus all of the arithmetic could
easily be put into a little page that
one could carry in the vest pocket.
All behavior, all right living, is also
set forth in few simple laws. These
Illustrations will show what is meant
by saying that all literature is contain
ed in few great books. The Bible
and the works Of a few famous poets
and essayists contain all human wis
dom, and these are within the reach Of
every Durse.-St. Nicholas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
Love Plants of West Indies.

'Did you ever hear of the love
plant? asked a sea captain who was
showing several visitors over his craft
ghe other day. II have several in the
cabin"
He showed three small leaves at
tached to the ceiling by strings They
were without any soil or foundation,
but were green, and from each there
sprouted a dozen or more little leaves,
greener and fresher than the main leaf
itself.
During our last cruise in the West
Indies" the captain continued, 'I Wis
tied deserted English fortress, which
was grown over with shrubbery. A
native plucked several leaves from a
vine and told me to hang them some
where and write the name of my best
girl on them. If they die,' he said,
she does not love you. If they sprout,
she does l put my wife's name on
one and my two daughters names on
the others. You see, although they
have been without nourishment for
three months, all three are sprouting
well and my family's affections seem
assured. d."-Philadelphia Record.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
THE NATIONAL FLAG.
No Possession of Country More
Loyalty Loved and Revered.

NO POSSESSION of Country More
Loyalty Loved and Revered.
Inere Is no possession of a country
which is more deeply revered, more
consistently loved or more loyalty sup
ported than its national flag In our
country is this especially true, for in
that one emblem are embodied all the
principles which our forefathers up
held, all the benefits Of century and
a quarter of enlightened progress and
all the hope and assurance of q promis-
ing future.
Ihe stripes of alternate red and white
proclaim the original union OF thirteen
states to maintain the Declaration Of
independence. It's stars, white on a
held of blue, proclaim that union of
states constituting our national constel-
Iatlon which receives a new star with
every state. Thus the stars and stripes
signify union and 'in union there is
strength"
The very cOlors have a significance
White stands for purity, red for valor
and blue for justice, together forming
combination which it is our inherited
privilege to honor and uphold
1t is not the flag Of a king or an en-
peror or a president. 1t is the flag of
the people, brought into being by their
will, defended when necessary by their
patriotism and to which they turn
for protection in time of danger. No
matter into what parties our people
may be divided, due to political beliefs
and leanings, they all stand united
under one flag. 1t is the emblem of
unity, safety and faith.-~St. Nicholas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15

White is the emblem of light, reli-
gious purity, innocence, faith, joy and
life. In the judge it indicates integ-
rity; in the sick, humility; in the wo-
man, chastity. Red the ruby, signifies
fire, divine love and royalty. White
and red roses express love and wis
dom. Blue, or the sapphire, expresses
heaven, the armament, truth from a
celestial origin, constancy and fidelity.
Yellow or gold is the symbol of the
sun. Of marriage and faithfulness.
Green, the emerald, is the color of
spring, of particularly of the
hope Of Immortality and of victory, as
the color Of the laurel and palm. Vio-
let, the amethyst, signifies love and
truth or passion and suffering. Purple
and scarlet signify things good and
true from a celestial origin Black cor
responds to despair, darkness, earth
liness, mourning, negation, wickedness
and death
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
Animals Clever with Their Feet

Goats are the most sure footed of our
native animals. They can walk up
right where the average human being
would not crawl. Horses are the dain-
tiest treaders, however, though they
cannot climb. No horse will step on
a man if it can possibly help it. It
is standing rule in cavalry regiments
that If trooper is dismounted he must
remain perfectly still, when the whole
column passes over him without inJur-
ing him. Camels are careless, on the
other hand, and the man who came
out unharmed from under the feet of
camel corps was not born to be run
over by any beast or vehicle.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-15
why Thunder sours Mi1k

To many persons the curdling of
milk in a thunderstorm is mysterious
and unintelligible phenomenon. Yet
the whole process really is simple and
natural. Milk, like most other sub
stances, contains millions of bacteria.
The milk bacteria that ia a day or
two under natural conditions would
cause the fluid to sour are peculiarly
susceptible to electricity Electricity
inspirits and invigorates them, affect
Ing them as alcohol, cocaine or strong
tea affects men. Under the currents
influence they fall to work with amaz-
ing energy, and instead of taking a
couple of days to sour the milk they
accomplish the task completely in a
half hour. With an electric battery it
is easy on the same principle to sour
the freshest milk.