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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-06-27

FLIEs.-A hundred or more remedies have
Leen given to keep the flies from annoying
horses, but the right one has not been found
unless Rochard, French veterinary surgeon,
has hit it. His method consists OF painting
the inside of the ears, or any other part es,
pccially troubled, with few drops of empy-
reumatic oil Of juniper. 1t is said that the
odor of this substance is uncomfortable to flies.
and that they will keep at adstance from the
parts 80 anointed. If this treatment should
accomplish the alleged results it may perhaps
be equally applicable in repelling mosquitoes
from the face and hands of tourists and sports
men, when passing through woods or mead
OWS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-06-27

All houselleepcrs have some time realized
the difficulty of lighting fire on still,
damp morning, when the chimney will not
draw and vigorous blowing proves Intellectual.
Science explains the trouble as caused by
the difficulty encountered in overcoming the
inertia of the long column Of air in the pipe
or chimney by the small column Of air that
can be forced up through the interstices of
wood and coal at the bottom of which the
fire is klndlcd" This may be remedied by
first lighting few bits of shavinss or paper
placed upon the top; thus, by the heated air
forcing itself into the chimney and establish
ing there an upward current, the room is
kept free from the gas or smoke which is so
apt to fill the room, and the fire can then be
lighted from below with good success.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-06-27

The following Illustration OF the power
possessed by insects to communicate ihe!reX-
periences to one another Is given by Il lauy
correspondent of the London Spectator: VI
was staying in the house OF a gentleman who
was fond OF trying experiments laDd who was a
bee-keeper. Having read in some book on bees
that the best and most humane way OF taking
the honey without destroying the bees was to
immense the hive for n few minutes in tub
of cold water, when the bees half drowned,
could not sting, while the honey was unn-
jured since the water could not penetrate the
CLOSELY waxed cells, he resolved on trying the
plan. l saw the experiment tried. The bees,
according to the recipe, were tlshed out or
the water after the hive had been Immersed a
few minutes, and, with those remaining IN the
hive, laid on sieve in the sun to dry; but as,
by bad management, the experiment had
been tried too late in the day, as the sun was
going down, they were removed into the
Kitchen, to the great indignation of the cook,
on whom they revcnged their suffering as
soon as the warm rays Of the fire before
which they were placed had revived them
As she insisted on their being taken away
they were put back into their old hive, which
had been dried together with a portion of
their honey, and placed on one of the shelves
of the apiary, in which were five or six other
strong hives full of bees, and left for the
night. Early the next morning my friend
went to look at the hive on which he expert
mented the night before, but, to his amaze
ment not only the bees from that hive were
gone, but the other hives were all dcserted-not
a bee remained in any Of them. The half
drowned bees must, therefore, in some way or
other, have made the other bees understand
the fate which awaited them"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-06-27

For cleaning wall paper, take piece of
wood Of the shape of a scrubbing brush, nail
handle on the back, then upon the face nail
piece ofdrled sheep-skin, with the wool up
on it. or fax or tow will do, or cotton-hannel
Of several thicknesses will answer very we'll.
Dip this brush into dry whiting, and rub the
smoke lightly with the brush, on the upper
parts of the room first, protecting the carpet
with mating or newspapers, as the whiting
dust is hard to sweep off the carpet The
whiting that remains on the wall Is easily
brushed off with soft cloth attached 10 a
stick. 1t is very etfectual if the room is not
damp and the whiting is dry.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-06-27

The Augusta (Ga) Chronicle and Sentinel
says: Few people, perhaps, are aware of
the multitudinous uses to which kaolin is
put. Hundreds of hogsheads of the white
earth are annually ent.frOm the kaolin works
in South Carolina, near this city, and return
in hundreds of articles. The notepaper on
which we write, the Northern manufactured
candy which the children eat with so much
relish, powdered loaf sugar, Northern flour,
and numbers of other things which we see
every day, contain more or less kaolIn. A
thriving business is done in this article.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-06-27

To CLEAN CLOTH GARMENTs.-Wet a
sponge in warm water, and squeeze it out till
nearly dry: then sponge one place after the
other until all the garment has been cleansed
All the dust and soil will be absorbed by the
sponge. But il the garment is very much
soiled, wash the sponge in clean water several
times, squeezing it as dry as possible by
wrapping it in a piece of black alpaca. This
method of cleaning is more effectual than a
hand-brush, and many spots will disappear
by the use of pure watcr.-Dai.y EyeJrglt
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-06-27

BosT0N BRowN BREAD.-Take equal guam
titles of Indian meal and rye-four. Scald the
meat with boiling hot sweet skinned milk.
and when lukewarm add the rye -four Stir
in enough lukewarm milk TO form a dough a
little softer than for wheat bread. Add half
a pint OF good yeast and half a teacup OF
molasses for ten-quart pan loaf, when it has
risen, bake It well in moderate oven.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-06-27
How To TELL MUSHROOMS. Sprinkle sal

How To TELL MUSHROOMS. Sprinkle salt
on the spongy part of the gill OF the mush
rooms 10 be tried. If they turn yellow
they are poisonous, but if they turn black
are good. Allow the salt to act a little time
before deciding upon the color. Every eat
able mushroom has decidedly pleasant odor,
and is never Shiny, while those that are dan.
gerous have a bad odor, or are quite devoid
ofsmell -Festsra RUrpi
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-06-27

Tor SALE.-TsesuOsc Oilers Tor sale. on
sonabe terms the following lands and town lots stua
teiin La Sale county. 10 Wit;
LANES.
10 Acres-wX swK OF E4 EEs Sec. 2,T.s3,R.S.
32 AcTes-b ~. ofcslal) III NEA Sc. l., T 80. l. Z
80 Acres-W4 SWh sec. q, T. 81, RS.
16O Acres-NWa Sec. %, I. 81, L. 3.
TOWN LOIS
Eots5, s, Blocks, states Addition 20 OTTAWA
UnfH Lot IL, Block I, S,Ate's addition 20 Ottawa.
Lots So s. -. Ia Block "a States Add to Ottawa
LOtssa 10 IL - Is o. %, Block 2s states Addition
Lot {. Block g, states Addition TO Ottawa
Lot Is. Block -, Ottawa Centre.
Ths above viii b sold for down aad the resds
time suit purchasers For further partCutArs apply
10 Albert 2. Dow. Car al once. Ottawa. Illinois.
OTTAWA MsY isss-n r q GooDRLT.
GARD BON 80, WHIST. Bcziuue
Y ani Euehr" 'IateFs siOsmzBs iIsssuan's.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-07-29
MISCELLANY.

A FABLE.--In the depth of a forest Their
lived two foxes who never had cross wore
with each other One of them said, in tn
politest language possible =
sIet's quarrel"
ssyery well, but how shall weiset about it :
said the other.
ssOh, it can't be difficult, said fox No. ],
1.-TWO legged people fall out why not we =
So they tried all sorts Of ways; but 1t could
not be done, because each would give way
At last No. fetched two stones
.sThere.' said he "you say they're yours,
and I'll say they're mine. Now III begin
Those stones are mine.
"yery well, said the other you are well
come to them !.
sg,t we shall never quarrel at this rate,
cried the other, jumping up and licking his
face. uYou old simpleton, don't you know
that it takes two to make quarrel any
day ?''
So they gave it up as bad job, and never
tried to play at this silly game again.
>.-4op--->-----------
"He is one of the few journalists who can
mt an enemy into his mouth without a fear Of
its stealing anything, !" is the roundabout way
adopted by Milwaukee editor to call
brother editor an idiot.
Beneyolence and feeling ennoble the most
trifling ction.-Thacksray.
All orators are dumb when beauty pleadeth.
Shakespeare.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-07-29
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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-10

A cheereful view comes from the
East in reference to the financial
prospects of the Government: The
revenues are expanding, the inter.
nal revenue being back to almost
the volume reported previously to
the financial crisis, whilst the i'm
port duties are also increasing in
amount. The panic paralyzed the
manufacture of whisky and tobac
co, from which the internal taxes
are chiefly collected, whilst it check
ed importation and caused larger
amount Of goods than usual to 20
into bond As the depression is
alleviated, affairs are returning to
their normal condition, and hence
the increase of the revenues. It
looks now as if no increased tax
alton of any kind viii be necessary
and the fact, as reported from
Washington, that the estimates Of
the departments can be reduced
twelve millions without injury to
the public service, ought to make
this relief from additional taxation
certainty.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-10

Hereafter the Pacific Mail Company
will dispatch but one steamer per
month from San Francisco for China
and Japan.
The Omaha Republican complains
because the Mayor of the city has re-
moved to Chicago, and still holds on
to his Office.
One hundred and ten car loads a.
100 tons) Of fruit and vegetables were
shipped East from Sacramento during
the last season.
A valuable mine of cinnabar has
been found near Virginia City, Mon
tana. A thousand pounds of ore has
been sent to San Francisco t. be tes-
ted.
Rufus King, ex- Postmaster of Sill.
yer City, |. T. indicted for embexzling
$1,000 postal money orders, on ar
raignment, Nov. q, entered plea Of
guilty"
The Danbury mans last is: The
churches were we'll filled Sunday.
The shape is an improvement, but the
trimming is not wholly satisfactory.
They set little further back on the
head than the summer styles, we
think"
California pays greater internal
revenue tax than Eve of the New
England States together. Thus Maine,
Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, and Connecticut pay altogeth-
er 81, 4,549, or 1853, 900 less than
California pays.
In Castro Valley, Alameda County,
CAL, there is forest Of Australian
gum trees covering over 100 acres.
The trees were planted only three and
half years ago, and some have at
tanned height Of fifty feet and a
diameter of twelve inches.
A volcano has broken out in the
Piute Mountain, ten miles east of
Eureka, New. There is heavy black
smoke constantly issuing from the
crater. Several gentlemen visited the
place and brought back specimens of
lava which had been thrown out.
A yonng man at Austin, New, the
other day made serious mistake. He
bought a nice dress pattern for his
sweetheart, and pair Of red flannel
drawers for himself. He delivered
the wrong bundle to the young lady.
Result; . broken head and a ruined
frying-pan.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-10

A writer in a paper at Newbury-
port, Mass, mourns the religious
degeneracy Of the times and relates
the following: "There is bitter sar-
casm in the story told of a minister on
our seaboard, which. though very
likely to be hypothetical, has terri
BILE under-current of truth. 1t is said
that in the afternoon service he found
but a handful of hearers, the rest
having gone on . steamer excursion
for pleasure. He entered the pulpit
and said thus; as the story goes: My
hearers, have brought a sermon, but
it is useless to preach it. l find my
duties as . minister are very much
simplifed; the times have changed;
there is but one virtue to be recon-
mended, and that is money; but one
sin to be rebuked, and that is power
ty; so you see my occupation is gone,
the ministry is played out, and | must
90 to farming. Receive the benedic-
tion.'
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-10

WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, JAN

learning PrudentS "kevell deS fees.
He accomplished the whole of that
difficult study in two sittings. When
the professor is playing for him his
antics are grotesque beyond express
sion. He hops on one leg with his
head almost touching the floor for
eight or ten minutes, then stands up,
begins a seesaw kind of dance, Kisses
through his teeth, rubs his ears,
shakes his extended fingers before his
eyes. and then, trembling with pleas
ure and expectation, rubs his hands,
whispers That's easy, takes his seat,
and plays precisely what the teacher
has just executed. If he misses the
lingering the teacher gently rectifies
the mistake, and Tom takes it patient
ly and obeys implicitly. The land
lady of the house where he has stop
ped for the last ten years. whenever
he comes to New York, says he ia the
most amiable creature in the world,
and so pious and conscientious that
everybody loves him. He says his
prayers every night before he goes to
bed. Mr.. Bethune thinks be is not
much attached to any one, but the
reporter observed that he was attach
ed to Mr.. Bethune. He acts on the
slightest hint from him, and there is
no doubt but that the desire to please
his guardian has Influenced Toms
development in the taste for classical
music.
EDUCATION NEEDED.
1t is to be regretted that he has
been SO much INDUCED in following
the bent of his own inclinations.
There is no doubt that if he had been
placed under tuition for the blind and
imbecile, or rather idiosyncratic, his
powers as a musical artist would have
been better developed. The fact that
he so readily acquired vocabulary
and then learned the use of words
shows that he conld have learned
other things. Indeed, it seems that
his mental powers are extraordinary
| in many respects. His eccentricities
are those of genius. He should be
given the usual education for the
blind, and supplied with books Of
raised letters. He should be controll-
| ed in his inordinate taste for incessant
expression of musical ideas and train.
ed to exercise his other intellectual
powers, which may be dormant, but
are certainly not entirely extinct.
Such teaching would make composer
of him sooner than the exclusive
course of study he now pursues. His
health is perfect, his moral suscepti-
bilities fine, his disposition excellent
and there is not a doubt but what Mr.
Bethune and his family have done
everything in their power to render
him happy and provide for his tastes
necessities, and idiosyncrasies. II
there has been an error it has been in
too much indulgence. He rusticatei
on Gen. Bethune's farm in Virgins
every summer, and while there enjoys
the same kind of pleasures he has
from childhood. He converses but
little with any one; never takes lone
walks; does not care to ride or drive
| is happy jumping and dancing in hi
odd way about the grounds; listening
to the moving machines, the winds
the birds, the trees, and all the soundl
of nature, playing the piano and churn
ing the butter.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-10

When Abraham Lincoln had to
defend fellow charged with steal
ing half Q dozen prime hogs, the
case against his client was 90 clear
ly proved that he told him as much.
Not at all discounted, the accused
said: ssNever mind about that; just
abuse the Witnesses, and spread
yourself on general principles, and
it will be all right" Sure enough,
it was 20; to Iincoln's astonishment.
the jury brought in . verdict of not
guilty. Congratnlating his client
on the result, he could not help
saying the affair was past his under
standing. The rouge's explanation
set his wonder at rest. "Well,
squire" said he, "you see, every
one Of them ere fellows had
piece Of them hogs'
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-10

BY STANLEY.

III 6GA0A6ns
They talk OF the town and Its gay delights,
Its Ap1lies and fashions and tinsel show,
Bot give me the country and rural sights,
With songs Of the birds where the forests
grow,
With murmuring streams and the Wild cas-
cade.
The beautiful vale and the hill-tops high,
The green sunny slopes and the sylvan
shade,
To temper the heats Of the summer sky.
You jOstIe along in the citys throng,
A stranger to those that you see each day;
With pride and conceit you are sure to meet,
Tho much that Is lovely il there, they say.
Tis nobler by far than the city's strife,
To watch, to attend to the growing plants
Expanding in beauty with wondrous life,
Away, fAr away from the city'shaunts,
Those fountains from which come the fiOw-
ing streams,
That poasap ,pollu&e md destroy and sprsei
To such An extent, that 1t almost seems
That virtue and honor and truth are dead;
The happiest spot in the world is rot
Where envy and hatred and vice abound;
II must be confessed that the homes are
blest,
Where Kindness contentment and love are
found.
A home, such ~ these Is the home for me,
EmbOwered away in some quiet dell,
And dearer by far than home could be,
with giittssing p0mp where the heartless
dwell;
With nature around us-0n every hand
Her beautiful, glorious works displayed,
As well in minute as the great and grand,
The storm beaten oak and the tiny blade
What volumes Of thought to the mind are
brought!
The wonderful space whore the worlds re-
volve,
The blades of the grass over which we pass
Are mysteries deeper than man can solve
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-10

The following paragraph appear
ed lately in the Medical Times and
Gazette, and has been copied into
some of the newspapers:
M. Gimbert, who has been long
engaged in collecting evidence CON
cerning the Australian tree, Euca
lyptus globulus, THE growth of
which is surprisingly rapid, attain
ing, besides, gigantic DIMENSIONS ]
has addressed an interesting COM
munication to the Academy of Sci
ences. This plant it now appears,
possesses an extraordinary power
of destroying miasmatic influence
in fever stricken districts. It has
the singular property of absorbing
ten times its own weight of water
from the soil, and of emitting anti
septic champhorous effluvia. When
sown in marshy ground, it will dry
it up in very short time. The
English were the first to try it at
the Cape, and within two or three
years they completely changed the
climatic conditions of the unhealthy
parts of the colony. A few years
later, its plantation was undertaken
on a larger scale in various parts
of Algeria. At Paddock, twenty
miles from Agiers, farm situated
on the banks of the Hamyze, was
noted for it's extremely l,estilential
air. In the spring of 1867, about
$4,000 of the eucalyptus were plant
ed there. In July Of the same year
the time when the fever season
used to set in-not single case
occurred; yet the trees were not
more than nine feet high. Since
then, complete immunity from fever
has been maintained. In the neigh-
borhood of Constantine, the farm
of Ben Machydlin was equally in
bad repute. It was covered with
marshes both in winter and sum
mer. In five years, the whole
ground was dried up by $4,000 OF
these trees, and farmers and chill
dren enjoy good health. At the
factory of thh Cue de Cons tantine,
in three years plantation of euca-
lyptus has transformed twelve acres
of marshy soil into a magnificent
park, whence fever has completely
disappeared. In the island OF Cuba,
this and all other paludal diseases
are fast disappearing from all the
unhealthy districts where this tree
has been introduced. A station
house at one of the ends of rail
way viduct in the department Of
the Var was so pestilential that the
officials could not be kept there
longer than year. Forty of these
trees were planted, and it is now
as healthy as any other place on
the line. We have no information
as to whether tbs benefcent tree
will grow in other than hot eli
mates. We hope that experiments
viii be made to determine this
point It would be good thing
to introduce on the west cost ol
Africa
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-10

It is singular what faith and de
votion still exist in the Southern
mind for Alexander II. Stephens.
He Is the Grandfather Smallweed
Of the American Congress, and has
been for half . century. In his
halest and best days the breath of
his own voice was enough to knock
him down, physically. His style is
that of superannuatsd Cicero,
with NO togs knocking against his
shrunken ehaDks, but dressed in
gumbogin nankeen vest and mod
ern clawhammer coat, and talking
the indescribable half breed which
is called English in the Southern
States: The lnoetremarkable man,
sah.r says our enthus:ati, friend
Col Culpeppah, from Cuipeppah
Court House.: one of the mastah
minds brow that is mo- than mo
tal-fresh from naturs mon d. He
is . true born child of this he mis-
phere, sab! Verdant as the noun
tains of our country; bright and
flowing a. our mineral icks; unspil-
ed by withering conventionalities
AZ air our broad and boundless
praries. Rough he may lie, sab.
So air our barrs. Wild he may be,
sab. So air our buffaloes. But he
is Q child of Nature, and child of
Freedom, sah, and his boastful an
swer to the Despot and the Tyrant
is, ttat his bright home is in the
sunny South, sah, by-.' This,
or something like it, every South
ern born gentleman believes in his
honest, gushing soul to be true,
and his touching faith in the quiv-
ering old gentleman who blnks in
the Washington of to day like an
owl..scared out cf his luins, is enough
to disarm criticism. if it does not
always insure respect.-Ohio State
Journal.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-10

A great religious movement has
taken possession of Wabash College.
Rooms where two weeks ago stu
dents were won't to congregate to
pass their time away in idle amuse-
ment, now are made to resound
with the voice of prayer and thanks
giving. Men who one week ago
were trying to fortify themselves
in unbelief are now earnestly work
ing to save souls for Christ. This
awakening has been very sudden
and spontaneous, and is all-prevail-
ing.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-10

The Commerclabgoes into estacies
over the economy Of the Swiss Repub-
lie, which pays its President only q
nothing. The Republic Of Ohio, with
800, 600 more people, and more than
twice as much territory, pays its Gov
ernor only $4,000 in currensy.-Cin.
Times.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-10

Schuyler Colfax is to day, as he
has always been, the most popular
man in the United States. Malice
and slander do not effect his fair
reputation; and socially he is RS
warm q favorite with the majority
of his political enemies as with his
friends. The oft quoted Biblical
proverb that 20 prophet is not
without honor, save in his own
country does not apply to Mr..
Colfax, for in this county, where he
has been 30 long and favorably
known, he is fairly idolized by the
people. e.-Mishawaka Enterprise