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EARLVuIE PARK A>SoCuTIoN.-Thc Fifth
Annual Meeting of the Earlyi!lc Park Asso
citation commences August 18th and Will con
tinuc four days The premiums offered
amount To 5000, and include prizes for
speed and excellence in horses of all grades.
There i, one purse Of $1,000; there are sever
al of $500, and numerous others of 800, $500,
&c. The entries are to close at Or. VI, Aug.
18th. To be conducted under the rules oithe
National Association.
The Earlville Association in their proceed
ing meetings, have always managed so well
that they have won an excellent reputation
for fairness and honorable dealing. They
have always paid their premiums directly
from The stand Immediately after The decision
of the judges, and have never been accused
of iockeying or unlairness We are advised
that their list Of entries Is already quite re
spectacle and that the prospects for large
c.<.1r{< sf1<sc favorable than NJ any Tor
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-08-08

The noted Lord GoIdon-GOrdon, about
whom we came near having fuss with Eng
land few years ago, because some New
York policeman captured him on British soil,
s.ot himself at Manitoba a week ago on be
ing arrested by two English detectives.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-08-08

The following, since July /, Is one of the
avs Of Illinois. Trespassers and frnit thieves
please take notice:
Whoever wiliully enters and passes over
any garden, yard, or other improved held
after being expressly forbidden So 10 do by
the owner or occupant thereof shall be fined
not exceeding -.
Whoever shall hereafter enter the enclosure
of any person, without leave Of the owner
and pick. destroy or carry away any part ol
portion of the fiuitof any apple, peach, pear
plum. or other fruit tree, vine or bush, shall
be fined no; exceeding 500"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-08-08

& is all accounted for now. 4 loose thcoio-
gy naturally bcgets loose morality. ltwould
be better if all modern theology had u little
more hellfre end damnation in it,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-08-08

Money Is offered ION call" in New York,
at the rate Of 2 per cent. per annum, gold
Gold Is quoted at lO9ii, Government bond.
active and stocks steady.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-08-08

For nltecn years, BcCcher has been preach
ing loose theology in Plymouth Church
lie didn't believe in personal devil, liter
al hell, a garden oC Eden, OF the fall OF man
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i rance.

In the chambers, on Saturday, the discus
sion on the motion to adjourn from the 9th of
August to the Both of November was again
ably debated. NJ Gambe,a, protessedy op-
posing the motion, said that although the
assembly arrogated constituent powers il had
done nothing but successfully reject al known
forms Of government The right was rcspon-
sibe for whatever might happen. The or
ganization OF the scptcnae was rs impossible
as that of the monarchy. He made n power
full appea! for the establishment of the repub-
lie, which would give peace and union 10
France, and concluded by demanding that
the state of siege be raised
The motion to raise the state OF siege was
lost, and then the adjournment carried by
large majority.
On the 9th the assembly met anu voted the
entire budget, upon which President Buffet
declared the closed session.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-08-08

Thy GRAssHorPERs.-The grasShoppcrs
have taken full possession of most of Kansas
and Nebraska west of a line drawn north and
south through Lincoln, and no corn, potatoes
or cabbages of any account will be raised in
all that vast region, though good wheat crop
has been harvested and there will be no star
vaion.
The grasshoppers have also appeared in
the neighborhood of St Joseph, No, where
they have proved exceedingly disastrous tc
fruit, in many instances eating the meat all
of the peach pits.
North, and in the immediate neighborhood
Of Dies Moines, Iowa, the winged scourge has
also been doing incalcuIable damage.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-08-08

Blank books, stationery and printing furnished
promptly ard 81 fair prices by osman X Hape-
man.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-08-08

ANOTHER CAsE.-Thc Mendoza Bf!'stit o.
last week says:
4 lady visitor in this neighborhoOl ha.
aroused quite a curiosity in many minds
Size sits quietly down among her parlor audi
en,e oi friends ami total strangers, and in
few moments gocS into trance, claiming
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-08-08
Our Clubbing.

Our Clubbing.
We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing
both at the prices named. The offer is open
10 old subscribers or new at any post Office
in the country:
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. IN,
Tribune 300
Prairie Farmer. $50
either of Harper's Publica,5 %
,, Scribner 52j
Gody's I.ady's Book. 20
Live Stock Journal. 300
chronological Journal. 4.25
Woods Household Mag. $50
All subscriptions to be paid in advance.
Remittances may be made through money
order or registered letter.
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A grand base ball tournament, for the anna
teur championship Of this state, is TO take
place at Peoria August II, 12, 10 and H. The
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Drlx tt g 111o 17003o 7I71.sav

~1A0S~ - AD01O4OO 1o0DN1yo
A French writer, who has evidently Civ
the subject careful study recently, arrives
at the conclusion that the horse is indigen-
~ous to the great plains Of, Northern Asis.
where the Wild; representatives of the race
are still found. These are known by the
name Of asttarpans,'' never going farther
south than the. 80 parallel, and always re-
7truning TO the north during the summer.
He states also that these Tartar tarpans are
beyond al doubt the type Of our equine
races, and cites as the evidence Of it, the
fact that the .alzadoss of America brought
over BY the spaniards are exact reproduc.
tions Of that5type, in form, size and char
:acteristics. Like the terpans, the alzadoa
are small, have eparse heads and limbs
have long ears, thrown veil back and are
covered With coarse hair, long and ii
ufts. In defending themselves from The
attacks Of their enemies, their habits pre
quite similar There =, however, one %
sential. q ii,I 7 aerd The
Wild horsss q Asia and those 81 America.
The f y, In e 8 !, never fo1set
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white ~vlalow oa the Pnalrles.

white 1v1lDoNW a. the RnQir1os.
Samuel Edwards, Bureau county, ILL.,,
writes to the Germantown Telegraph Of
the white willow as a timber tree as fol-
lows 1T has been grown here since lS45,
and the more we become acquainted with
it the better We like it. No other tree has
made as rapid growth; a cutting set out
in 1s45, never having any cultivation, is
over four feet in diameter. Many are
planting it all over the prairie region for
timber; much is being set for hedge
screens, which are cut down every few
years, at four feet from the ground, afford
ing great amount Of material for fuel,
and various uses for which such poles are
required on: farm. Formerly small-sized
cuttings were set, but for some years stakes
five and half feet in length, from one to
three inches in diameter, have been pre-
ferred, setting them some 1e inches deep
and foot apart. By hanging brush Of
Usage grange along the exposed side it is
useda onosstor feldc,s.,,ss & ~ 1S &ss
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that they were once free, nor cease to make
efforts to regain that freedom; they never
become entirely subdued and willing ser
wants whereas the others are readily
brought into the service Of. man, and gen
orally seem to lose all recollection or de-
sire for the freedom Of their native plains.
They are thoroughly docile and remain
so for hfe after being once fairly con-
quered.
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AGRICULTURAL.
alt - 10R4Fo.

Various experiments have been made by
N. Peligot and others in Europe, to test
the value of salt Is manure. The fol-
lowing summing up seems to have been
arrived at: Salt should never be applied
other than in pulverous state, and never
-employed on impervious cold and humid
soils. The best manner to use it, is to
combine it with other uaanures, dose Of
200 weight to the acre being sufficient.
When selected to destroy insects, it should
he applied before sunrise. In tho case of
cereals, salt strengthens! the stems and
causes the ears to fill better, and favors the
dissolution and assimilation of the phos-
pilates and silicates. It acts vigorously on
potatoes, and can be detected in their
ashes to the extent Of one-haf Of one per-
cent Asparagus is veritable glutton in
the presence Of salt. A dose OF 3OO
weight per acre acts without fail on beets,
injuring its value for sugar purposes, but
enhancing it for the feeding Of cattle.
:Colza has as marked prediction for salt as
asparagus, and in Holland, where the cul-
ture Of peas is SO extensive, salt is some-
thing like necefsity. Mixed with hay
in the proportion Of q quarter Of pound
to 100 weight, the fodder is rendered more
:appetizing; but the best way to feed it to
animals is to allow them to enjoy it in the
form Of rock salt. It is calculated that a
horse appropriates daily one-tenth Of an
ounce Of salt, an OK one-half that quanti-
ty, and sheep and pig one-hal: that re-
quired by an OK.
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rates Of freight or property transported
entirely through the State to and from
other States, includes within its terms
property and persons transported on
railroads from other States into Wiseon-
sin, and from Wisconsin into other
States. This act either establishes or AL
thorizes the commissioners to establish
fixed rates of freight and fare on such
persons and property. The case Of
the State freight tax reported in u
Wallace, 232, decides that the last de-
scribed traffic constitutes commerce
between tho severel States. and that
the regulation thereof belongs exclu.
sively to Congress. 1t becomes there
fore q very grave question whether it
IL competent for q State arbitrarily to
fix certain rates for the transportation
Of persons and property Of this inter-
State commerce. As the right to lower
rates implies also the right to raise
them, there may be serious doubts
whether this can be done. This
point was not fully argued by the
counsel for the State and scarcely at
oil by the counlA of the defendants,
and under the circumstances, we do
not at present feel warranted, on this
ground alone, to order the issue of an
Injunction. II desired by, the plain
tiffs it may be further considered at q
future time, either on demurrer to the
bill or in such othef form as may fairly
present the question to our consider
alton.
The motion for Injunction is over
rn1ed
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or merchandise, upon wharf or place
of storage, when the quantity specified
therein hes not in fact been delivered
or deposited, shall be imprisoned in the
penitentiary not less than one nor
more than ten years. Furthermore,
whoever, having -. given any
such receipt Of deposit or
storage, or being in the possession
or control of such property, shsll in
any manner ship such merchandise or
material, without the written consent
of the holder of such receipt, except in
cases Of necessity for the purpose of
saving such from fire, flood, or other
accident, shall be imprisoned in the
penitentiary not less than one nor
more than 10 years.
Whenever any property is received
by q common carrier to be transported
from one place to another, within or
without this State, it shall not be law
full for such carrier to limit bis common
law liability safely to deliver such
property at the place to which the
same 10 to be transported by any stip.
ulation of limitation expressed in the
receipt given for such property.
The law regulating the inspection of
Illuminating oils prohibits, under q
penalty of $500, the sale of coal oil,
nspths, gasoline, benzine. and other
product of petroleum until the article
has been inspected. It also raises the
standard from 10 to $50 degrees Fab
renheit, and oil inspectors are required
to mark all oils that explode at q less
temperature, CONDEMNED for illumi-
mating purposes. Under the new law,
any person who sells oil Of grade be-
low the standard, or neglects to give
notice to the oil inspector two days
after the oil was made, refined. or re-
ceceivd by him shall be liable to q fne
Of 5000, and the package of oil in his
possession shall be forfeited and seized.
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Rastenlnx Oh1clkens BY MacAlae1y.
The Scientific American had funny
picture, lately, representing curious
French contrivance for the wholesale
cramming Of chickens and other fowls by
machinery. It is huge cylinder with II
faces, each in five stories Of three compart-
ments each. It holds, therefore. 2l0
fowls. The cylinder is hollow and empty,
except for the axis on which it turns. This
hollow construction renders it easily ven
tilated and kept clean. Before it is box
for the operator. This box, or carriage,
moves up and down by pulleys. The
gaveur-that sounds less offensive than
crammer-operates thus: Commencing at
the bottom Of one of these IA faces, he
seizes With the left hand the neck Of the
chicken, and. pressing on each side Of the
back, the bird is forced to open its mouth,
a. any lady knows who has doctored sick
chicken or canary. The gaveur then in
PRODUCES the metallic end Of the rubber
tube into the throat Of the chicken, and by
q pressure of the toot on the pedal the
4OOU 11SCo4 0uu ~ VIC SesAAAC tAAAAV bAAS
amount passing through the tube is indi-
Gated on dial in front Of the operator.
The three chickens duly fed, he turns the
cylinder on its axis little, and the next
face of it is before him. When he has
completed the round he turns the crank,
and the carriage rises to the next story
and 50 he goes on to the top. Having
completed the upper circuit, every chick
en- IN the epinette is duly ted. Then h
turns the crank in the other direction, and
the carriage descends to the door, where
it rests on railroad. It is then moved
along before the next epinette, and tn
whole operation sa on S1o more chicken,
cram, 400 chickens in an hour! Unde
this epine:te regime, it requires an aver
age Of Is days to fatten duck, Is for I
chicken, 20 for goose, and Is for tur
key.
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The President and Mrs. Grant
were to leave Washington for Long
Branch Saturday afternoon.
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tine IOWA LAW.
What the Sioux City and st. Paul
Company Will Do.

The following circular has been issued
By the Sioux City and st. Paul Company.
It applies to the railroad line extending
from the Minnesota State line TO Sioux
City, the Iowa law prescribing four cents
per mile as passenger fare having gone in.
% effect on the lst inst.
GENERAL Managers OFFICE,
Sioux CITY & ST.. PAUL RAILROAD,
ST. PAUL, July l, 1874. }
To the Public:
During the year 1878 this road was op.
Grated at . heavy loss on both passenger
and freight trains, but no accurate divi.
sion Of the expenses was made between
them.
For the frat Eve months of 1874, such
division hes been carefully made of the
operating expenses proper. not including
taxes, interest, insurance, or rent paid 1lli-
nois Central Company.
The gross earnings of !. our passenger
trains (iacludirg mail and express earn.
ings, have been, for those months, "a 6 10
cents per train mile, and the expense of
those trains (includlng only ordinary OK.
penses,) have been "a LILO cents per tram
mile.
If taxes, insurance and Illinois Central
rent wero added, our Iowa passengers
carried during those months, have act
ually cost us about six cents per passenger
mile.
Our passenger trains are irst-class trains,
run at over twenty miles per hour, make
Ill desirable connections, and run at such
hours Of the day a. will generally best &C.
commodate the people all along the line of
the road, and the local fare is five cents
per mile.
We cannot run these trains any cheap
than they have been run, nor nave we any
money in reserve to pay expenses not earn.
ed. We cannot reduce the fare to four
cents per mile and keep these trains run
nlng.
Without desiring to invite any contro.
versy with the people along our line whose
convenience We are trying to accommo-
date, aud whose good will We especially
desire to retain, we propose to continue
these trains on their present time, and at
| the present rates of fare.
If it shall appear that the people, or any
considerable number Of them are unwill.
ing to pay this price for this kind of &C.
commo dation,, these trains will be discon.
tinued, and such accommodation will be
given to passengers as We can afford at
l four cents per mile.
This company has shared with the peo-
pie the disasters and poverty Of the past
year, always doing its utmost to make
these misfortunes a. light as possible to
the public It will ever be its policy to
afford to the people it serves the best &C.
commodation at the lowest price within its
means.
We shall esteem it favor if the several
newspapers published at stations on oul
line will publish this communication, and
We are willing thus to leave the ultimate
decision Of the matter to the good sense
Of the public. #'j j. w. BISHOP,
= s,3s t. General Manager.
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junction.
First, on the assumption that the
ACT OF THE 11TH MARCH, 1874,
relating to railroad, express and tele.
graph compahies, in the State of Wis
con lin, is inYalid.
We think the court has Jurisdiction
is filed by bondholders, citizens,
of Europe aud of other States, to en-.
force their equitable rights and to pre-.
vent action by the railroad commits.
sioners which may result, as
alleged, in serious injury
to their rights. It was not
necessary to wait until the commits
sioners had put the law in full opera
ton and until its effect upon railway
companies had become complete before
application against them was made to
= court of equity. A very important
function Of that court is to prevent
threatened wrong to the rights of
property.
TUE ACT OF MARCH 12-
Second, We are of the opinion that
tho act of the 11th Of March, mentioned
above, was not repealed by the act of
the 18th of March, 1874, the second
section of which declares that all exist.
ing corporations within the State shall
have and possess oil tho powers and
privileges mentioned in their respec.
tive charters, and the act of the 18th of
March, 1874, and the ninth section of
which imposes penalty for exorbi-
tsnt charges.
There are apparent Inconsistencies
between this last named act, and that
Of the nth of March, but it becomes .
question of intention on the part of the
Legislature. On the same day joint
resolution was passed, March 10Th,
directing the Secretary Of State not to
publish the act of March 11th until the
28th Of April. Acts OF 1874,-p. 500. I
In this State no general law is in force
till after publication. We think We
may consider the joint resolution in
order to determine whether the Legis.
lature intended that the two acts
passed on the same day should repeal
the act of the 11th Of March, and from
that it Is manifested such was not the
intention Of the Legislature.
THE REsxRvED POWER.
Third. The charters of
railroad corporations under the
constitution of Wisconsin may be al
tered or repealed by the Legislature
at any time after their passage. In
legal effect, therefore, there was incor-
porated in all the numerous grants un.
der which the Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad Company now claims its
rights of franchise and property in
this State, the foregoing condition cun-
tanned in the constitution. It became
. part, by operation of law, Of every
contract or mortgage made by the
company or by any of its numerous
predecessors, under which it claims.
All share and bondholders took their
stock or other securities. subject to
this paramount condition, and OF which
they in law had notice.
If the corporation, by making con-
tract or . deed of trust Of its property
could clothe ito creditors with IN abs
solute interchangeable right, it twould en-.
able the corporation by its own act to
abro9ate any Of the provisions Of the
fundamental law of the State.
Fourth. This principle IL not
changed by authority from the Legis'
lature of the State to corporation OF
another State. The corporation Of this
State il still subject to the constitution
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aUDalDIE4'.

Sixth. The tact that grants .
land were made by Congress g q
State cannot change the rights ot e
c0rp0fati0n, or OF the creditOrs
the State hasnot pefff Cd fhs trust
must answer t. tho uaited State ss
, 1874-02-22

against corn bread and for their neglect. or re-
fusal to learn how to mako it. Those who are
familiar with good com bread consider it equally
palatable with Bheat bread It is always
healthy, and can be eaten by old or young at all
times. Compared with ordinary bakers bread,
which is the only form Of bread used BY multi
tudes OF consumers in the large cities, it has
the recommendation Of being always sweet, al
wayB pure, and it costs but one-afth a. much.
It can be prepared easily, baked quickly, and Is
whole, is more wholesome than white bread
made from wheat hour.
The price Of good flour, such as families use
for the bread they make ut home, averages s11
per barrel in this city, or 619 cents per pound
Pure white corn meal can be had at ~ cents per
pound. The s11 expanded for barrel OF -four
will purchase 1872 pounds Of nutritious wheat
four, whilo the came s11 will purchase 1856
pounds Of equally nutritious food, contained
in 799 pounds OF corn meal a; while it will pur~
chase not over 140 pounds Of ordinary bakers
bread. AL tho considerations Of health. nntri-
1nent, convenience, and economy point to the
more general and universal use OF corn as an
article of food, and to the study and improve
ment of the mode of making it into bread.
, 1874-02-22

just said, to utter public and notorious falae~
hood before the entire world, aince it Is well
known that there are hundreds OF thousands IN
this country who reject it, and other hundreds
Of thousands who, although they may not reject
it. certainly do not 40 far accept it as to warrant
g public profession Of it--a falsehocd which could
certainly not bo very acceptable to God, unless
He is q very different Being from our conception
Of Him.
In all this we are not arguing against Gods
existence, or the Christian religion, but only
for the propriety OF keeping both out & the
Constitution. which, after all, is u profane and
human inBt1ument-no relgious one. l. con-
stitution Ii not creed. A creed is not a cousti-
tuition. Politics are not religion. Religion is
not politics. We have kept our religion mud our
politics separate hitherto, and the separation
has worked well. There is no reason now to
change our course. Let the majority make cur
laws. Let tho majority adopt the cree'1 and fol-
low tho faith their conscience approves.