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The Ottawa free trader., 1874-06-06
Germ and Cut Worms.

A correspondent of The Country Gentlemen
SAYS Your valuable preycntive-one anC
one.Ealf pounds OF copperas to one bushel o
corn r.. tried as follows, with great ease
cheapncss and certainty, and most marked
and astonishing results to all my hands II
pulverized Two pounds copperaS at night, and
the next morning put 1t IN soak, and Ii put one
and One-haf bushels corn in soak III separate
vessel at night After soaking twelve hours
| poured of the water from the corn into Il
tub; then added rs much water as will GOV.
er the corn, and add to it the copperas water,
and thoroughly mix and pour over the corn,
and let it remain in copperas water twelve
hours | then poured OFT the scopperas water
from the corn and rolled the seed corn in j
j. T-'s Excelsior or plaster; and if early for
planting open deep burrows, say four or
| five inches, and cover light with corn cover.
er; but if late cover deeper. tried this ex,
| periment on sod field Of three years stand.
| ing, plowcd in March and April of 1878. |
ploughed with u threehorse plough, seven
| inches deep on the average; the gound WAS
nicely pulverized Planted on the 1st of May,
three and 0ne-half by three and one.half each
way. Two days planting Oen acres. dam
pencd the corn and rolled it in the plaster.
The third day | had the corn prepared with
copperas and ready to plant
| planted the corn across tOrty-aCre fleld,
by the side OF the second days planting and
there were between two and four days plant
ing; all treated alike, except the application
OF copperas on the two bushels seed corn. To
the surprise and satisfaction Of myself and
hands, II came up regular, green and vigorous,
and grew rapidly, | soon found it necessary
to replant | found on examination not a
hill cut nor worm to be found where the cop
peras was used, and the entire field, except the
two bushels of seed thus treated was cut from
Two to three hills out of five and | often found
from one to fifteen cut worms in Il hill. |
was SO worried could not determine which
plan was the best, rcplant, plough and plant
over, or check of between rows. | have
heard of such being done, but never tried it.
have ordered l50 pounds, and | am urging
ali my friends to give 1t a trial. One busheI
Of corn will plant five acres, and one and one
halfpounds ofcopperas Will prepare the bush,
el Of corn. Copperas can be bought IN quan-
titles to suit farmers at six or seven cents per
pound. 1t would cost l.2 cents per acre. 1t
is cheap, simple and certain with me and
others who tried it last year, and | regard
this a valuable preventive.
The Ottawa free trader., 1874-06-06
THE .dAIDEN's LAST FAREWELL.
IN THE DAY OF CREMATION.

IN THE DAY OF CREMATION.
Then the night wore on, and we knew the worst
That the end Of it all was nigh:
Three doctors they had from the very first
And what could one do but die;
"0h, Wiliam" she cried, "8trcw no blossoms o
spring,
For the new apparatus might rust;
But say that handful OF shavings you'll bring
And linger to see me cOmbust.
"Oh, promise me, love, by the Grc-holc youll
And when mourners and stolcrs convene,
You will sec that they light me some solemn
slow match,
And warn them against kerosene,
1T would cheer me to know, ere these rud,
brCCZCs wait
Ny essences far to tic pole,
That one whom love will look to the draught
And have fondcyc on the coal.
aThen promise me, loyc"-and her voice fainter
grew
while this body Cf mine calcifcs,
iOu will stand just as near as you can to the fine,
And gaze while my gases arise.
"For Thompson Sir IIcnry--has found out way
(Of his process you've surely heard tclD
And you burn like paror.match gently away
Nor even offend by smell.
"So none Of the dainty need sniG in disdan
When my carbon flats up to the sky;
And Pm sure, love, that yOu will never complain,
Though an ash should blow into your eye.
snow promise me, lOyc"-and she murmurcd low
"When the caciilcation is DER,
You will sit by my grave in the twilight glow
mean by my furnace door
eyes, promise me- love, while the seasons rcyolye
On their nosloss aXlcs the years,
You will visit the kiln where you saw me re.
solve
And leach my pale ashes with tears"
JotH Paul IN Ha,pG'S Naga:jne for Jpnc.
The Ottawa free trader., 1874-06-06

TIE tATAsTROPHE N MAssACHCsETrs.--
/ Careful investigation make the total number
OF victims ny TIC Mill River disaster 1893, Of
whom 81 lived in Williamsburg, 4 in Skin.
ncryilic, 26 in HaydenY.l.c, and 81 in Leeds.
OF these the bodies of all but IA have been
recovered and identified. The contributions
to the relief fund up to the 22d, exceeded SO
900, About 100 families, including 700 per.
sons would have been rendered utterly desti.
American Society of Civil Engineers of New
York has appointed committee consisting
of j. B. Francis, of Lowell; Gen. Theo. G..
Ellis, of Hartford Vim. H. Northern, of Pitts
burgh, and +. G.. Davis, of Northampton, to
investigate the disaster and report to the soci,
ETY., The work of clearing up the debris and
preparing for rebuilding is algo being active
ly prosecuted, and the restoration Of the desc
late villages is already assured.
The Ottawa free trader., 1874-06-06
SINDBAD DISCOUNTED.
Description of u Remarkable Magnetic Chan
ber in "a California cave,

Description of n Remarkable Magnetic Cham
Der in California cave.
The author OF "Sindbad the Sailors Adven-
lures" must resign his lauIels One w. II
Stokes has been exploring recently discov-
cred cave, near Pine Grove, Amador county,
Cal, and writes to the Sutter Creek Mdepend-
ent an account of his Investigations. Mr..
Stokes youches for the ruth OF his narrative
in every particular, and we doubt not the
reader will readily credit it, from the follow
ing specimen description of one of the cham.
bers the party entered: After journeying for
a mile and quarter through the underground
passages, Stokes and his party found them
selves in "long, but rather narrow chamber
the walls of which are not limestone, but Il
yelOwish brown and black iron ore" This
chamber beats Sindbad's magnetic mountain
which drew all the nails from his ship, and
thus caused It to fall to pieces, all hollow
Listen to Mr.. Stokes Upon entering the
chamber, we noticed most peculiar disturb
ance OF the magnet, the needle constantly vi
bra,iny from side to side, and frequently
whiring around for minute with a velocity
which rendered it invisible We also expert
enced singular sensational sort OF chill ap
bearing to commence at the back of the neck
and extending TO the very tips of the fingers
and toes. As we advanced in this chamber
IN intensity. until it became almost unbear
able We vcntured on still further, however
though it became evident that we could not
long remain in that mysterious place. i
omitted TO mention that the walls and floor OF
this chamber, especially particular rocks
therein contained, were highly magnetic, and
became more so the further we advanced TO
wards the north One of the party who car
ried hatchet had it suddenly wrested from
him by a magnetic rock near which he pass
ed, and the combined strength of four of us
was insuifient to detach it, \ pocket knife
which accidentally dropped to the floor, had
to remain there, none OF the party having suti
cient strength in his fingers to pick 1t up
Mason, who had put on for the occasion a
pair of miners boots, the soles of which were
| filled with nails, could walk with difficulty
and happening 10 step on portion of the
floor unusually magnetic, found himself sud
denly affixed thereto and unable TO move
He was compelled to withdraw his feet from
his boots and leave them there, tearing W
his coat and wrapping the pieces around hi:
/ feet To protect them from being cut by Tho
rocks We had remained in this chamber
! about ten minutes, when suddenly the chill
The Ottawa free trader., 1874-06-06
The Champion Corn Crop or Nebraska.

The soil and climate of Nebraska are most
favorable to farming, Indian corn grows
luxuriantly, and the smaller cereals also
thrive. The productions Of Nebraska do not
appear IN the |. ). census reports before 1860
and then the whole corn production Of the
TcrritOry-which was much larger than the
State, its western limit being the sumit o. the
Rocky Mountains-was only 4S2 $50 bushels
In 1870 the corn crop of the State of NeOIaS
ka-thc western limit of which is the base OF
the Rocky MontainS--waS 4, 4,136, 110 bushels
and the Agricultural returns of the Depart
ments at Washington for 1873, give the corn
for that year, which was bad year for In
dian corn at 2l,OO0O00 bushels.
| These figures exhibit the rapid progress of
agriculture in Nebraska, for what may be
said of corn is equally true Of other pToduc
| lions. In the fertile soil and genial climate
of the State, corn yields abundantly, and is a
safe crop, There are broken lands where
year after year, the produce has averaged 50
bushels to the acre; but this is outdOne by
the champion corn crop of 1873.
The ailldayits on which the $50 premium
for 1878 was awarded, have just been pub.
lished by the State Board of Agriculture
The owner was Magnus NJ. Nelson of Cass
County. His champion crop was grown on
a field of thlrty-tive aCres-the second crop
on the same ground, which was prarie bro.
ken in 1871, The ploughing cost $l,2j per
acre; the planting 10 cents; the cultivating
$l,S 80; the harvesting sl,25-total expense
per acre S415. The yield was an average OF
81 bushels per acre, which was certainly
worth not less than 40 cents per bushCl on
the farm. The variety of the corn was tie
Mahogany; and the weight G3 lbs. to the
buShe
The Ottawa free trader., 1874-06-06

WOMAN's DREss-"A young lady" writes
to the Grupdic IN defense of the present mode
of dress adopted by women. She says: "All
the attacks made upon our dress at the pres
ent are founded in Ignorance. Years ago our
women wore paper shoes and board COrscts
OF course, these were unhealthy. But nova
days we wear thick shoes and corsets that
are no more injurious than mems waistcoats
What nonsense, then, it is to attack woman's
dress for reasons that have now become obso
lete? claim that our dress is rational because
it is becoming, and that is the chief object OF
woman's dress. We hang our skirts on our
hips, and not on our shoulders, because the
plan Of wearing skirts suspended by braces
from the shoulders is impracticable, except
for tlatchesed old maids. AS your CORES
pondent has said our skirts are so arranged
that they keep our bodies cool, whereas
trousers would produce the opposite effect
If women were intended to jump fences and
ride astride there would be IL reason for dress
REFORM As they were not intended for any
such purpose, insist that their present dres:
is just what it should be, both in point o.
health and appearance"
The Ottawa free trader., 1874-06-06
FRED'S PROBATION.
BY WILLIAM II. MAHER.

Ia William IL. MAILER.
"And you believe in that dandy?"
"I believe in him"
"Well, you are as big fool as he is"
"Thank you, sir"
She did not finch under her guardians
sctrnful gaze, but looked at him as screnely
as If her dong SO was necessary to show that
her faith was strong
Mary Ellison was not girl to give her
heart lightly, as her guardian, DR. Burgess,
well knew; and il was this knowledge that
made the present Intelligence all the more
aggravating. He had brought her to Swamp.
scott against her inclinatiOn; had reioiced
when he saw her enjoying herself among the
young people; and had even been glad when
Fred Seward began to devote himself to her
Yet here he was now in fury with himself
and every one else because Fred had asked
for Mary's hand.
What was there against Fred?
Everything the doctor would have told
you; he was the idlest OF all idle young men
he was ioppish in his manner of dressing
lie was somewhat loud in his conversation
IN word, he was Of no use to himself or any
other living being
Mary would have told you that hc was the
best companion she had ever met; at all
times her beau.ideal of gentleman; well
~S"SNNi ScHtIc UianucIcu' pOSScSscu Ol
good taste; very unseltish; and with temper
that nothing could rufile.
FRED answering for himself, would un
oouDtedly assure you that he was equal in al
respects TO the average young man Of society
his family was among the best he had
comfortable fortune; he did not drink o,
gamble and he had graduated at Harvard.
But with all these things in his favor, Doc
tor Burgess did not think HIM worthy of hi
niece and ward, Mary Ellison.
you say you love him." continued th,
doctor.
"Yes. sir"
"And what do you know about him.
1T is not necessary to go into that, Uncle
have learned to love him. and Ihave ncarl,
told him So"
"But, my dear, am sure nc is unworthy O
you as | am that am sitting here"
"Hayc you any good grounds for tina, opir
iony"
II have grounds for il in my knowledge O
human nature. You fancy him a well-educi
ted, brillian. man, because he can talk in
glib manner Of the thousand and one nothing
that make up society talk; but can see thS
his five years at college have left him no res
knowledge, and that be has nothing in hi
head but f.oih."
The Ottawa free trader., 1874-06-06

The OPPRESSED SEx.--An occasional
glimse of how their sisters are governed in
some other countries might perhaps soften
the woes of those dissatisfied females who are
clamoring for more privileges. The Hindoo
bible forbds a woman to see dancing, hear
music, wear jewels blackcn her eyebrows,
eat dainty food, sit at window, or view her
self in mirror during the absence of her
husband and it allows him to divorce her if she
haveno sons Injuries his property, scolds him,
quarrels with another woman, or presumes
to eat before he has finished his meal.
The Ottawa free trader., 1874-06-06
THE COLORADO MAUD MULLER.

"Maud Mailer, on a summers day,
Raked the meadows sweet with hay
Her clustering tresscs, backward flung,
.idown her graceful shoulders hung.
Beneath her rustic hat Of straw
Her eyes shot glances that would thaw
An icebcrs's frozen heart; or, felt,
Their fire the snow would melt
Upon you cloud d-cappcd pile, Picks Peak,
And tricklc down his rugged cheek.
Her lips, like ripe, red cherries CLEANED;
Her cheeks with health and beauty beamet
Her hands, oh dainty brown were they,
And deity rakcd the new-mown nay
Her form, perfection's self cnthro wned:
A breathing Psyche, golden-zoned.
III.
The Judge came riding slowly by;
A tear stood in his bright blue eye.
His thoughts were on the checkercd past;
Five loves, five graves, ana on the last
The wild flowers scarce fortnight old
His latest, kccnest anguish told.
Nor wealth, nor power, nor laws rcnown,
His stately home in Denver town,
His fellow townsmen's love and praise,
The proudest fame, the grccnest bays,
Held aught of happiness for him.;
For death, the spoler, cold and grim,
Had snatched with all their wifely charms
Five loyltg spouses from his arms.
All. wretched man! Five times bcrcn,
TO him what earthly JOY was left.
III.
With heavy heart and fearful eye,
The Judge came riding slowly by
When like a sudden burst Of light,
Maud Muller" flashed upon his sight.
on Love, mysterious power divine.
What elasticity is thine!
He gazed cntranced, straightf from the skies!
She seemed to his cnrapturcd eyes,
A gift from Jove from heaven sent
To cheer this vale Of discomfort.
Snch sweet simplicity! such grace.
Such qucenly form! such peerless face.
He gazed, he sighed his heart away,
He kneeled before her on the hay,
And breathed tale of dcathcss love
That must have moved the gods above.
She softly smiled and looked away,
Still rakisg up the ncw-mown hay.
Then paused; and grandly, like a queen
She pointed DER the meadow green
To where stalwart ycoman stood
That's Bill" she said; ',obsaryc him good!
"Unlcss you've got uncommon grit
/ guess, old chap, you'd better git
cIlUeJ' Ne,rs.
The Ottawa free trader., 1874-06-06

y very singular style Of walking prevails
to great eytcntamong the ladies of New York
who are pleased to call themselves tashiona-
bes. Arms akimbo, head tossed on one side,
and eyes turned heavenward, they sauntcr
down the street-an embodiment of impu.
dence and sang froid painful to see among
the ladies. The girl Of the period" is un.
uuestionably bold in looks, if not in manners.
The Ottawa free trader., 1874-06-06

PEOPLE who, on account Of health, arc par
ticular about knowing that their claret is pu
in their cellars just as imported from France
may be interested to learn that 800 barrel:
OF wine for expectation, lately contiscatec
in Paris, contained, with little alcohol OF
wine, which was even wanting in some oftht
barrels, water, carmine, cochineal tincturt
of logwood, sulphate ofalumina, potassa ami
line, fuchSine, etc"
Middletown transcript., 1874-01-31

A LAUaHABLE ADvENTURE.-Dur a
hard winter clergyman in Vermont be-
ing apprahensivs that the accumulated
weight Of the snow upon the roof Of the
barn might do some damage, resolved to
prevent it by seasonably shoveling it off,
He therefore assembled it, having first, for
fear the snow might all slide of at once,
and himself with it, fastened to his waist
one end Of the rope, and giving the other
end to his wife. he went to work but
fearing still for his safety, he said -
my dear, tie the rope round your
waist" m8
No sooner had she done this whom Cd
went the snow, poor minister and al, and
up went his wife.
Thus. on one side Of the barn the a..
tonixhed and confounded clsrgyu man hung
while on the other side hung his wife,
high aud dry. in majesty sublime. dangling
Nthe other end Of the rope At tha,
moment. however, a gentleman passed BY
and delivered them from their perilsu,
situation.
Middletown transcript., 1874-01-31

A QUAKER WoMAN's SERMON. my
dear friends. there arc three things very
much wonder at. The first is, that chill
drsn should throw stones and brick bats up
into fruit trees to knock down fruit; If
they would let it alone it would fall itself.
The second is, that men should be SO fool
ish and SO wicked as to 60 to war and kill
each other; if left alone they would die
themselves. And the third and last thing
that wonder at, is that young men should
be SO unwiss as to go after the young wo-
men; if they woulibut stay at home the
young women would come after them"
Middletown transcript., 1874-01-31
dQit and Sunur.
An Expensive Joke.

A nan ,vho plays practical jokes upon
liz sxils deserves , to be puDishsd, and
Sla,terly of Muncy was punished. His
wife has . dread Of eats. and before retir-
ing at night to rest she always looks un-
der the bed to see that no stray puss and
NO man, on robbery intent. are concealed
there. A few nights ago, after Mr.. and
Mrs. Slatterly had retired Slatterly, who
has been learning ventrilequism. thought
he would amuse himself and scare his wife
by gently yowling and making the sound
from under tho bed Mrs. Slatterly in
stantly sat up and exclaimed:
,'Josiah, / do believe there is a cat in
this room"
''Oh. nonssnse." gruntsd Slstterly; and
then be made the noise again.
81 tell you, Josiah" (" exclaimed Mrs.
s., Il hear cat under this bed. l wish
you'd get up and drive it away"
"Oh. 60 to sleep Matilda" said Stat
terly. I don't hear anything. There's
no cat about"
Then Josiah with his mouth beneath
the covers, uttered louder screech than
before.
well. if You don't clear that cat out.
you brute. will," said Mrs. Slstterly.
Sc, she reached over, picked up Josiah''
boots, and put them on in bed in order
to protect her feet and ankles from the
infuriated animal Then she took Stat.
tsrly's cane and stopped down to sweep it
around beneath the bed.-Just az she did
20. josiah emitted fearful yell which
might como from cat in the last par
oxysms Of hydrophobia. This startled
Mrs. Slaiterly so that she sprang back
ward and, in doing 70, she stumbled a.
gainst the baby's cradle, which was over
turned, and she went headforemost against
the twenty five dollar looking glass on the
bureau, while the cane flew out of her
hand and lighted with considerable fsrcs
on Slatterly's head.
The screams of Mrs. Slattsrly aroused
the neighborhood and even brought ou,
the fire department, SO that by the tins
the baby was rescued from the wreck and
the broken glass picked up, two engines
and streams played upon the house and
the front door had been burst open by the
police; and the 6remen were engaged in
dragging wet hose over the entry carpet
and up the front stairs just as Slatterly
came down to explain things. Tha,
feline vsntriloquism cost him just ninety
dollars for carpets and looking glasses
and confusion on the head, which th,
people Of Muncy to this hour believe ht
received in a pugilistic encounter with hi'
wifs.-Mar Adeler. s{-
Middletown transcript., 1874-01-31

A young lawyer, who had long paid
his court to lady without much advauc-
ing bis suit. accused her one day of being
'.insensible to the power of love-"
"It does mot follow" she archly re-
piled, "that / am SO, because am not to
be won by the porer Of Attorney"
Forgive me" replied the suitor :s"bui
you should remember that all the vetarie,
Of Cupid are solicitors"
Middletown transcript., 1874-01-31

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k9Ess kk F or SASSAFRAS RIVER,

L complete order, will resume her trips on Sat
urday the LIST of March, 1873, leaving Pier No.
8, Light street wharf, Baltimore, every Tue sday,
Thursday and Saturday, at lO3 A. NJ, arriving
in Georgetown at Pm Returning will leave
Georgetown the alternate days at A. NJ, arriv
ing in Baltimore at2P NJ; touching at Buck
Neck, Barnards, Be,terton, Turner's Creek, Cas-
sdays, Shallcross, and Fredericktown, going
and returning.
We sincerely trust that the friendly relations
hitherto existing between the steamer Trumpe-
ter, her patrons, and the public generally, may
never grow less for the perpetuation of which
we will ever be found striving our very best.
mar lily WIN. CUNDIFF, Capt.