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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

One of the graudcst illustrations of the enter
prise of the times, is the completion of the great
iron bridge over the Mississippi at Louisiana,
Mo. erected in the short space Of five and half
months from its commencement. 1t was formal.
ly opened on Christmas for through trains from
Chicago to Kansas City ria the hicogO an Al.
ton and ST. Louis, Kansas City and Northern
Short Line The route of this line is from Chi.
cngo to Kansas City through Joliet, Dwight
Chenoa, Bloomington, Petersburg, Jacksonville
RoOdhouse Louisiana, Mo-, Mexico, Mo, Mobcr-
", Mo, and over the Missouri river at Kansas
City, on the first bridge ever built across the
Biz Muddy This line passes through an cX-
ceedingly prosperous country, Astounding in
splendid views, through n succession of cultya-
ted farms, and possesses numerous attractive
features to dispCl the mOnOtony that prevails on
ordinary routes, and makes the trip one of pleas.
urc, instead Of a tedious journey. This line has
become proycrbal for the excellence Of its equip.
ment. New Pullman Palace Cars new Reclining
Chair Cars elegantly carpetcd and fitted with
dressing rooms with every toilet convenience for
ladies, gentlemen and families travelling with
children without extra charge; also superb day
coaches, smoking cars and dining cars where
one parakeS of as good meal, while speeding
on their journey at the rate of thirty miles an
hour, as may be had at any trst-class hotel. Any
Ticket Agent selling through tickets to the West
will furnish tickets by this excellent route, over
the Chicago and Alton and st. Louis Kansas City
and Northern Short Line, to Kansas. Colorado,
Nebraska, California, and the Great West. For
Map, Circulars and Time Tables, address either
James Charlton, Chicago, or p. B. Groat, st.
Louis, Md, either of whom will furnish any ill.,
desired. If.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

Too low an estimate is apt to be set on the
domestic value of newspapers. After read.
ing them, and putting ourselves, through their
agency in mental correspondence with the
world, they are thrown aside and forgotten.
But to suppose their usefulness bounded by
their news columns and the wastc.bag Is Il
thriltleSs mistake
In the tirst place, there are the household
recipes, to he found in stray corners often ex-
ccllen', aad deserving a refuge on the fly-leaf
of the family cook book Then come the
pretty verses, the strange and droll stories, the
brict Biographies and "reminiscences which
pasted in scrap book, are IA source of never
ending pleasure, not only to those who do not
care for richer intellectual food, but io those
who have only odd minutes for reading
Notwithstanding the suuihs iocuIor i,ur.
nallstS have pcnned on the use of newspapers
Tor bcdClOthing, We know from cxpcricncr
That these are not to be dcSpiscd They may
not be aS comfortable as your blankets I'M,
certainly they keep out the cold Tow tbicL
ncsScs of papers are better than a nair Of
blankets, and in the case of persons who die
like the weight of many bcd-Clothcs they arc
| invaluable. \ spread made OF n double lavcr
! OF papers between covering of calico or
chintl, is desirable in every household Tho
papers should be tucked together with thread
1hu also pa5ttu 10 inc covering to keen them
from Sllpping-An objection has been made
on account of the rustlIng, hut if soft poncrs
be chosen the noise will not be annovinT os
pecially should the spread be laid beiw cen n
blanket and the cuuntcrpanc
As protection to plants against cold both
IN and out of doors, nothing is better II
newspapers are pinned up over night between
pots and glass, the flowers will not ONLY moi
De.lrozcn, but will not even get chilled. ms
they ale 50 liable to be at this season. In the
same way, II taken 10 cover garden beds, on
me rosy nights OF early autumn, they will
allow the plants TO remain safely out of doors
some time later than il common.
One of The Oldest services TO put our Jour
nails to is the keeping of ice in summer. An
| ingenious houSekcepcr recently discovered
that her daily lump of ice would last nearly
twice as long when wrapped in newspapers,
and placed liz any kind Of covered box. as
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

trade viii allow, for cash This is important
fact No. /. At The present time the L0ckport
grain dealers and merchants are carving
abou, one quarter of million dollars of the
Indebtedness 81 this section, in order to assist
the producers in paying for their lands, and
realizing the highest price for the produc.
ton, u the country. This is fact No. ., and
one worthy Of serious consideration.
iiraG in mind, those Of you who pursue this
ruinous policy towards your own villages,
that when you have bott6d out u few such
places rs his, you will sigh for the good old
tines and wish you had let "well enough"
alone, You will then discover when it is too
late that the city honesty that will offer as Il
bait, 10 sell you calico, cotton cloth and some
groceries at retail, cheaper than they will sell
to upright country merchants at wholesale,
was only bait after all, to enable them to
7wlndlc you on some other goods. The zen
cral disposition to buy goods cheaper than
hey can be manufactured, is about rs reason.
able as it would be to expect to get Il dollar
sreenback fora fifty cent ticket of postal cur.
'rncv
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

Total $5GOO,00 Total $l,5i5,OOO,OOC
The quantity of fomentcd, distilled and
brcwcd liquors drank was sufficient to fill q
canal four feet deep, fourteen tcet wide and
eighty miles long, and if all the drinkers
could be placed in procession, five abreast
they make an army 1870 miles long, and il
AL those killed by the Incorporate use OF
SplrItuouS liquors were there also we should
see suicide at every five miles, and 800 fu
nerals per day; and if all the places where
intoxicating liquors are sold were placed
in row in direct lines they would make a
street 100 miles long.
Their were 100000 more persons engaged
in the liquor business in the United States
than in preaching the Gospel and school
teaChiLg; and from the effects OF intoxicating
drinks 100000 are annually sent to prison
100000 to drunkardS' graves, and 100000
children are reduced 10 want The total
number of persons engaged in the business is
100000, OF which j6663 are employed in
making and selling annually jG35 ,G33 barrels
OF beer.
1t is estimated that the clergy of the United
States cost annually $4,000 900; the law
yers, criminals, prisons, etc, $9OOO0,OOO, and
intoxicating liquors, rs before stated, S1,414,.
600, 900
The state of Pennsylvania spent during the
year 1870, for liquors of all kinds, 1852 G63,-
9i5, and for schools and teaching, 1868, 729
She had engaged in the liquor bushes 7S,S00
pers ons, 1880 school teachers, and $4,000
crlminals-tOur.tiiths Of whom were made so
by strong drink.
The city of Philadelphia had 4,t10 drink
ing places, and spent for intoxicating drinks
S3O,OOO,OOO in one year. Chicago had 1900
liquor saloons, and spent for intoxicating
liquors Sli,OOO,OOO. Newark had S64 drink.
ing saloons and spent for strong drinks $4,.
100000
The city of New York had 1000 licensed
saloons, which if placed in rows in
direct lines, would make q street like Broad
way thirteen miles long. She spent for in
toxicating liquors S60,000,000 during the year
1870, and there were employed in the business
$4,000 persons. She had $50 churches and
chapels, and there were engaged in preaching
and teaching the public and private schools
5000 persons, all ofwhich to support cost 81
5OO,OOO. The total sum invested in the liquor
business OF all kinds amounted Ia $4,000
900; IN the manufacturing bushes S60000,O00
and the banking business SS0000,000. The
Police Department cost $4,000 600, and in
The meat bill was S20y0OO,0OO, -four bill 2S,-
100000, and the daily consumption of beer
10000 Kegs. There were $1,000 arrests FOR
intoxication and disorderly conduct and so.
900 persons were in institutions under care
of the Commissioners of Public Charities
y. J. ErCiHg Post.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

One of our correspondents sends II detailed
statement of the amount Of intoxicating liqu-
ors used In the Vnited States. He says that
he has obtained the figures from official docp-
mcnls, and that he has presented them in the
following compact form, so that even the
casual reader may see how large, both obso'
lutely and relatively, the traffic in intoyirat-
ing liquors is In this country;
Statistics showing the amount Of money spent
in the L, S for intoxicating liquors during
the year 1870, as taken from the official re-
cords:
Imported and domestic distilled
and spirituous liquors 1874, 900 600
Brewed and fcrmcntcd liquors. l23,0000O0
Imported wines 49,. .........,. 100000
Domestic wines. ............., 100000
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28
hoW a. Quit the Tobacco Hnbit.

In reply (" Inquiries from correspondent
rs TO "iIow to Leave on the Use of Tobacco,'
the Science cr HealM publishes the following
from "Tobacco sing" by DIR. Trail:
Touch rot, taste not, handle not" Dc
not think for moment Of substitutes. Aban
Don The foul thing 10 once and forever Dc
not q! abstinence as an experiment, but
adopt II as q duty, principle, necessity
Differences OF opinion exist, and much dis
cussion has been had on the question wheth.
Ter it is better to abandon the habit oftobacco
using AZ once or leave OFT by degrees Nv
answer is, iaiCe If at OAre, The experiment
has uccn thoroughly tested, in cases Of liq.
.uordrInEcrs, OF leaving Of gradually or sud.
denly, and the result has always been in favor
OF breaking of at once
Dr. Day, the Superintendent of the Incbri.
ale Asylum, publishes letter, in which he
advocates the practice Of totally withdrawing
from the habitual driuker all liquor, in oppo
Sltion 10 the prevalent idea that the patient
must be gradually wcaned from the use of
alcoholic substances, and POUNDS his assertion
on the fact that ne has treated $500 cases OF
lncbricty during the past ten years. He be.
licves that man who has been in the habit
Of drinking Il quart of liquor per dav will
suffer more by being allowed only pint, and
gradually less, within the same lapse OF time,
than he will il he is kept altogether from the
use OF it, The blood of such patients is. in
his opinion, poisoned by the substances
which alcoholic liquors contain, and he does
not, therefore, see the necessity of admins
tcring amy more of such poison, even in in
dnItesimal doses. He believes that nothing
short of absolute abstinence will keep the
incbriatc cured after he is raised up from his
former life Of degradation.
The morbid desire for tobacco will be Ov-
ercome with much less suffering On the
whole by discarding the poison at once. The
least indulgence pcrpetuatcs the disordcred
condition Of the nervous system on which
the desire depends. There is no safety for
the patient until the morbid ir23tabttity of
The nervous system Is subdurd, and It's nor
NAL SGHS{btlty restored and this can never
be accomplished SO long as the least particle
)f tobacco is habitually used. An infniesi.
NAL dosc-thc least quantity that the organic
instincts can appreClatC-lS sufficient IT, pro-
long forever the shattered state of the nervous
system and, until this is restored, the patient
IS net safe for II moment Until then, the
smell of tobacco, or the sight of cigar may
reproduce the morbid craving with irrcsisti-
BILE force.
Much, however, may be done To mitigate
the miserics Of the sufferer during his tran
sition state; and having had Il large expert
encc in the management ofthcse cases may
venture the following practical
suggestions.
For few days the patient should be en-.
iirely quiet. He should abstain from bust.
ness and do as little thinking as possible
He should take a warm bath daily; and when
'ver he has severe headache, or feels dis |
Tpp wit IN yl,, ,,ll Ipu
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28
THE GOIDSMITH'S DAUGHTER.
~ JOHN G. SANE.


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~ spohJ , 'n i uIius.t tin f'o'"'''
M iN'I .'N t"'''S -"
ana ruples rlch anu raTe'
but none WIN thee' my nc'eh'
III ocauty can compare
H.
III .a'no , u hnish. SO sayiJ'
Vim 4 "ouu ha'o = "''""
Inc hhest Ger was sceii'
spare neither cost nor aoo,'
lis Tor my priuai-q"ec"'
-, ~ uo,or
me W0rk Is u9no, nv j. sho
"no "oa'' 80 P-;.' - -
Ah'IWouiu ~ ~. so
"A S'iiiP,e "iu%'n ahnu,d he,r
no" h"PP9 '''o''
an, III, A.. ~. odo Angular
US I've We'll t M N rrss ~ had had seen
hiu VI .io puitSp iohor.
'D ,T;s f HU.,mT' t vJ 1 ousrn'n
10 ''' my o''''
yrho ,.,. i dana. and Uelcp
Gried nJnckv bride il she
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

There were 100000 licensed liquor saloons
in the United States, each having (estlmated)
forty daily customers, making 100000 drink.
ers, who, it is estimated, spent their money
during the year IN the following proportions :
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

Add to this 9O,O0O0O0, the cost obligation
crimes, prisons, etc, caused in part by intern
perancc, and we have for single year the
enormous sum of 1873, 49l, SGj.
The cost of flour and meal was. $j3O,OOO,OOO
The cost OF cotton goods ......... 115,000,0O0
The cost OF boots and shoes ...... 90,000,000
The cost of clothing ........ o.. 100000
The cost of wooden goods. ....... G0,000,000
Cost of newspapers and printing. 100000
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

when trusted solely to rcfrigcrator-This
is very convenient, since it is possible to have
the best and cheapest refrigerator constantly
at hand
To polish all kinds of glass after washing,
except table glass, no cloth or flannel is half
so good as newspaper; and for bakers
dozen of other uses quite foreign to lis primal
purpose, it is without rival.--"Usmc amt So.
cietV;' ScTJAer'S for Mdrch.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

Petersburg has a curiosity in the shape of
, saloon.keepcr who has prevailed upon five of
his old customers, who have heretofore been
to throw themselves outside of
large quantities of the "crittcr," TO abstain
entirely, and has bound himself to pay each
If them yearly stipend in consideration for
bn Same
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-28

The Swiss feel the full value OF trees, both
for shade and fruit And IN Switzerland
there is a law which, without any sinking.
compels every newly married couple to plant
six trees Immediately after the ceremony. and
two on the birth of every child They are
planted on commons, and near the road and,
being mostly fruit trees, are both useful and
ornamental The number planted amounts
10 ten thousand annually.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-02-12

How SuALL A WOMAN FAsrgs Ur0
SroCKiSos ?--lIow shall woman fas,en
her stockings 80 as MT to interfere with
| the circulation of the blood, or spoil the
shape Of the le-lct US sce--of the houi
soft qui maliy pense. After the most care.
ful research. rs fnr rs our limited facilities
would allow, we arise from our humble
explorations. and humbly tender tho fol-
lowing suggestions
Wear them shor; and lei the tops bubI
bic over The shoe Ia the form Of lace, q Ia
heer>mus.
n yon have EN- long put mucilaee In
side and stick 'sm to you.
Have them long enough 10 tic nbout the
waist, and use The top for q panier.
Edge the tops with sieel aud fasten &
loadsione to your corset.
Fssten . strap TO each stocking, ss,end
them gracefully up each side Of the body
and attach, with bfNc ribbons, to the cur
rings.
Fin them in some other article Of cloth.
ing In the immediate vicinity.
Hold tiill now, we are doing this for
your own good.
Fas'en them TO nail and 30 barefooted.
Atisch . small balloon TO each stocks
ing.
Make them out OF material that will
draw up.
lfyou are ihiriy-6vo and unmarried,
make hole near the top Of each stocking
and hutton II to your knee cap.
These are all the methods that suggest
themselves TO us at present. aud Of the
number some one or more may be deemed
worthy Of adoption. We have taken .
sudden and lively interest in this matter,
and shay not rest until the needed reform
is brought about. Womnp's limbs shall
not be bampered. and knotted, and de-
formed. IL we have enough inventive
faculty 10 bring about new and heahbful
ways " wearing The stocking, and We
think wc have. We shall continue our
invest cations into this subject, even at
the hazard of getting our neck into the
matrimonial moose. What the women Of
this country most need is not suffrage. but
symmetry not rights, hut raiionaliiy
not . place in legislative halls, but q
place to fasteu their stockings.--[Ex-
change.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-02-12
WHAT AND How TO FEED BEE

WHAT AND How TO FEED BEES. -
Simple white sugar, coffee A, is best,
dissolved by pouring boiling hot
water upon it, II really makes little
difference whether il is fed thick or
thin, when the bees can fly and get
water. We have fed sugar dry, sugar
simply moisiened, sugar dissolved.
and sugar made into candy. But, il
we must give a rule for the syrup.
we will say gallon Of water to four
pounds of sugar. No glycerine, no
cream Of tartar. We don't say they
are injurious, but they are unneces-
sary. Fifteen or sixteen pounds OF
sugar are amply sufficient to winter
q colony from November to April, il
they had not pound honey. Ii is
Just as good as honey--we don't say
better, but some people do. 1t may
be fed in shallow tins, with floats in
them. or by throwing it into empty
comb. "Noyice's" tea-kettle feeder,
which holds just enough to winter a
colony, and from which they take it
all in "a hours, il the colony be strong
is the best Of all arrangements for
the purpose, It is best to give them
the syrup in October, but it is not
too late at any time when they can
fy.-NdtionI journal.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-02-12
SHARP on a LAWYER.

Tho spectators in court room al
ways enjoy the retort, when lawyer
badgering witness, receives short
replies at his own expense. Sympathy
is always against the lawyer. Even
the half'witted sometimes hit tho
weak point in harness.
William Look-Tell us, William
who made you 2
William, whowas considered q fool,
screwed up his faco and looking
thoughtful, aud somewhat bew ildorsd
answered, "Moses, I suppose"
"Ihat will do said Counsellor
Gray addressing the court. "Wit-
ness says he supposes Moses made
him. That is an intelligent answer |,
moro than l thought him capable of
giving for it shows that he has somo
faint idea of Scripture. / submit it
was not sufficient to entitle him to
be sworn as q witness capable OF Civ
ing evidence.
"Mr Ju'ge," said the fool, "may
1 AK the lawyer a, question =
Certainly, said tho Judge.
swell, then, Mr.. Lawyer, vino do
you suppose made you |"
"Aaron, / suppose said The Coun.
sellor Gray, initiating that witncss
After the mirth had somewhat
subsidized tho witness drawled out
well, now, we do read in the book
thaSharon once made q calf, but
who'd thought the critter had got
in here y
The Judge ordered tho witness 10
be sworn.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-02-12
AN INTERESTING RELIC.

The Scranton Republican relates
tho discovery, by miner, q q cop
per whistle embedded in vein Of
coal, one hundred feet beneath tho
earth. II was discovered by Michael
I.onghery, working in No. 10 mine
Pennsylvania Coal Company's works
at Pittston. In the centre Of mas
sivo piece Of coal he was breaking, he
found embedded what appeared 10
be n small wooden box OF an oblong
shape, which, upon being touched,
crumbled into dust, and disclosed .
copper whistle with flint mouth.
piece, and in shape like the ordinary
tin Whistles blown by children. The
miner frightened il mp (says tho Re.
pu6tican), applied it TO his mouth,
and made IL sound doubtless for the
first timo in centuries. Tho spot
where it lay is about one hundred
feet beneath the surface of the earth.
How many seasons bave been swept
over the terrestrial sphere, by the
never ceasing tide Of time, since this
memento was laid carelessly aside,
by some hand Of a former age, is .
question 10 form food for the re-
Elective mind. The voice that was
won't to charm the single pipe into
music, must have been hushed in the
age Of long ago. Yet the copper
whistle remains to attest in favor Of
the science Of geology. II should DO
preserved in some OF our museums,
or by some historical society, together
with specimen Of the structure in
which it has slept for ages. Who
shall say in the face OF such fact
that our country has not known a
civilization anterior 10 that imported
here by Columbus, or that a race of
enlightened human beings did not
flourish and fade ON this grand hon.
isphere ages and ages ago1
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-02-12
"A clergyman, named Davis, W,

"A clergyman, named Davis, was
convicted in court last week for hav-
ing committed adultery, with one OF
the sisters Of his congregation, a
young girl II years of age. Davis
has wife and three children residing
at Cherry Tree. He was sentenced
to the county prison. This clerical
scoundrel has been preaching all
over the upper end of the county, for
several years, aud was credited with
being q sincere christian. When his
time is out in prison he should be
ridden out OF the county ON o rail
road.-C2edrheld Republican.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-02-12
HOUSE,
McC ur'c City Pa.
NICHOLAS SIMON, Pr0prietor.

This q ne~ house. newly furnished snd
10 now open TO the travelling public. II IL
located near the depot. No effort will he
spared by the proprietor 10 make the stay
Of his guests pleasant and agreeable.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-02-12
despatch from Minneapolis,

A despatch from Minneapolis, Min
nesota, says the Indians at Vermil
lion Lake, are dying Of starvation
They have eaten two children and
one man.--The scarcity of grain and
the failure OF tue wild rice crop are
the causes. They claim that the
government failed to send the usual
supply Of provisions. Eighty In
dams are coming into settlements
for relief.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-02-12
DAVIS HOUSE
George Tlory q Son. Propriesors,

r~0pen Day md Night for the accom-.
modaiion Of travellers. A hrs, class Res
iauraut 10 attached 10 the hotel. whrre
MEAS ~ all hours can be had. Temes
lrcascnable. 9.43-tf
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-02-12

Woman suffrage promises to come
before Congress for debate in q novel
way. General Maxwell. who con-
tests Mr.. Cannons scat as delsgnts
from Utah. claims that tho enfranch-
isement OF the women there by the
territorial legislature is null aud void,
When the Committee on Elections
reports, the subject will probably
give rise to lively debate.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-02-12

II Is said that one Of the most fussy
and interesting scenes In the world
is to see two old maids waiting on
sick widowsr- especially u hA i uks-
| y 70 tooeyas. n.a !,
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-02-12

Two inches cut of the hind logs
makes . chair more. comfortable.
This sort Of amputation only appliss
o shaiyA
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-02-12

Women are said 10 make bettel
postmasters than men. They have
more tongue for stamp Taking pur
poeeA M
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-20

DIR. Sharp's Specific cures Dyspepsia, Liver
Complaint, Consti patton, Vomiting OF Food,
Sour Stomach, Water Brash, Heartburn,
Low Spirits, Etc. In thirty-five years never
falling to cure the most obstinate cases
Agents Jackson, Tenn.
Depot, lis Eighth Street, y. Y. Circulars
mailed ON application. my3O-6m.