The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-08-06
MisrrlIanp.
Rarper'e Monthly Magazine for
August.
The contents are:

Light; A Visit to Bangkok; The Auto Da Fe
of 1875 Early History of Colorado; Two Hearts,
Frederick the Great; The Old Love Again, by
Annie Thompson By-Paths to Prosperity; Play
ed to the End American Artists in Italy; As
Easy as Lying; Two Poets; Only Clodhoppers;
Female Suffrage Anteros by the author Of ''Guy
Livingston" etc.: Heartache.
1.-THE Raquette Club is capital take off on
the prevailing fever to visit the Adirondacks.
Here is specimen. The club arrives at Paul
Smiths hotel;
A numerous and motley crowd gathered
around to greet or survey the newcomers. Tip
staff inquired for the landlord
Paul said, Here ~
He reported an abundance to eat. but no beds.
Was the piazza pre.empted: "Yes-every in
dividual plank" No room on the lawn THAT
was occupied, too, by jewellers in tents" The
boat-house, bowling-alley, out-buildines? "All
were full" Hat-racks and clothes.hooks in use
eyes" Tipstaf inquired for Spalding's glue.
The landlord had some. How could he accomo-
date the guests He would do everything in
his power He had already succeeded in max.
ing the house hold twice It's capacity. "Then,"
aid Tipstatf, "You will not have the slightest
ificulty in sticking us up against the wall for
e night. Consider these clapboards engaged
ythe Club.
volley Of cheers followed this sally. and the
Ub became favorites AZ once. Several ladies
fered their extra trunks for lodging. It was
,tonishing what muititudes OF trunks there
ore-iikewise guns, rifles, fshing.rods, creels,
anding-nets, knapsacks, ruboer-overcoats, oil.
cloth suits, casts Of flies, patent mosquito.nets,
waterproof boots sef-acting pocket pistols meer-
schaums, and the likc-standing in corners, hung
On pegs on the door-;osts and walls, and around
loose generally.
"By.Paths to Prosperity" ia no less interesting
than curious. 1t tells how many different WAYS
there are to make fortunes. For instance:
A small garden roller made handsome com.
petence for the owner of the patent certain ne.
troeum lamps supplanted the English msufac.
ture in the East India markets. There was a
churn, operated by means Of gearing, that
connected it with weights suspended outside of
the building, patent rights for which, for three
states only. sold tor $4,000. Patent rights, in
fact are sometimes more profitable to sellers than
buyers, and there is famous instance in the
case of the sorghum manufacturing patents, said
to have been disposed of for 100000 to parties
who never succeeded in bringing their costly
purchase into practical use.
Locks, bolts, catches, and latches if their his
tories were written, would show large proper.
ton of successes An instance is mentioned
where window catch yielded profit of $780,
OO0. paddock to fasten dog-collars fixed the
foundations of small fortune. Of toys, the
-eturn-b9" 70 most frequently alluded to, ON
accounto "eme simplicity and the sud.
denness with ,.'ch it found popular favor.
There Wits iUrtu1ghv during which it was fea.
ture on the stock exchange. Prominent operators
varied the excitement Of calling stocks by sling.
ing red balls at each others faces, not always
controlling the missile sufficiently to make it
return before striking the object of such demon.
STATIONS, who, perhaps, assisted the sport by an
endeavOr to catch the ball before it was pulled
back to its owner. The stockholders of New
York are among the best customers for ingenious
mechanical toys. An air-pistO which exploded
piece OF paper with loud report, found ready
sale in Wall and Broad streets. The Jumping.
jack contrivance, by which small wooden figure
Of darkey danced 'break.downs' with unlimited
supleness, had long run of custom among them
and the various improvements upon It, which
have all been of great profit to their inventors
met attention and investigation from men accus.
toned to manipulate puppets and pull wires
the success or failure of the meres. trick might
involve large amounts of money.
A man well known in engraving establish.
ments seems to make his rounds about once
month. The whole point of his Existence il to sell
diamond points fos engravers' use-one lasting
the best part of a lifetime. An industrious in.
dividual makes barrel bungs tor living. A
Boston gentleman fea I. cred his own nest BY
producing wooden nest-eggs. A new commercial
business is confined to furnishing oil to be used
only on sewing machines.
Edgar A. Poe, the poet, had acquired facility
IN initiating handwriting which he once turned
to account as practical joke. A lady in Wash.
ington left with him her book of autographs
containing those of u largo number of celebrated
individuals, with the request that he would add
his own. The autographs in the book were scat.
tered through it without any arrangement. Poe
AepS the book q few weeks, and when he return.
ed duplicate of each autograph on the page CD.
posite or nearest adjoining. Neither the owner
OF the book, nor any else, was able afterwards
to decide which were the genuine autographs,
and which Poe's fac.similes.
The recent evidence made public in Philsdel.
phia, respecting the operations of dealer in
medical diplomas, has revealed danger that may
require special legislation. It seems that he
furnished the degree of NJ d. to any person who
chose to pay for 1t, and that the sheep.sk;ns
were genuine issues Of collegiate Institutions
that shared the profits Of hesaes Of this unscru-
pulorr .roker But dealing in diplomas il not
"' Aned to this country, though it appears to be
conducted abroad with some reference TO the
mental requirements OF the purchaser.
From "A Visit to Bangkok" we copy the fol.
lowing description of that Oldest city Of the
east
The city extends along the bank of the river,
here very narrow, for several mies--ten, should
thlnk-and by no means appears to be "a popu.
lous as it really is. The river forms the princi.
pal highway, and It's surface is covered thicklv
with boats from morning till night. Here NAV
be seen all descriptions Of water craft from the
tiny canoe, propelled by one paddle, to the royal
barge with one hundred and fifty rowers; from
the native salboat 10 tne tullrigge6 foreign shin