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will show that their chances of success are
many per cent. higher than those of the most
favored city boys. II Is not intended to urge
the country boys to follow the vocation of
their fathers if they have talent for trade or
mechanics or the professions far from it.
The best advice is to let them follow their
natural incinatons; but never feel because
hard and exercise sefdenial and fairly work
your comnon-school education on that you
ar" d"wn.trodden and abused. These trials
are your advantages and will make stirling
men of you if you only make the most of
your opportunities Free Press.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-30

How TO EXTINGUIsH LAMPS WITH CHM
MESA correspondent of the English Me
cAanac says: Turn the flame up to full
power, then blow a sharp puff horizontally
across the top of the funnel, when the light
will not only be eXtingulshei, but there will
be no after smoke-the formerly ignited wick
will be extnguished by Its own carbonic acid
gas. On leaving my Office at night thus
turn up the flaming wick, and, with a crate
full gladness that the desk labors of the day
(and night are over, give side wave of the
hat past the chimney, which draws up the
flame from contact with the wick, and the
light is gone, and with no after-smell. This
canno' be too widely circulated, as / read in
the 7twaes the other day that q lady lost her
life by blowing down the chimney, and thus
causing an explosion"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-30


CHANGING through our list of successful
business men we find that a large proportion
of them received their early molding for life
work upon the farm. Our leading profession
al men were trained in the common schools
OF the country, and there we're taught habits
OF industry ana frugality which are at The
foundation of their success.
Country boys, farmers sons that work upOu
the farm summers, attend school winters five
days in the week and work at home SATURDAYS
may think their lot pretty hard when com.
pared with their favored friends in the city.
But, did they but know it, this discipline OF
labor and selfdenial gives them an apprccia.
ton of education and advantages that CITY
boys lever possess. Country boys invariably
love to 90 TO school; city boys hate the school
room; and in this very fact largely lies the
cause of the ranks et successful men in all
walks Of life being filled by men whose car
ly boyhood was spent in the country.
Bows verging on manhood IN the city feel
that they have more requirements than the
farmers boys. They spend more money, with
no real benefits accrulng from IT, and The re-
suit is the formation or habits that act dia-
metrically opposite 10 Success. -Four geuer-
ations away from the farm generally spOiis
this stock, ard there must be rev impOrta-
tIons direct from the country 10 give strength
TO business and professionallife. Men forget
TO what they owe their success and IN their
desire to give their children the best OF adj
vaatages do that which eneTvates rather than
strengthens. They may stuffw with privileges,
but the man Is made by having selfdenial
and sprinkling of hardship enter his life
Trials beget character, and work is the par
ent of strength. Farmers sons need not de-
plore their lot and look with wistful eyes at
the wonderful advantages eud easy times Of
their city brothers, FOR glance al statistics
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-30

JERSEY CATTLE.--Jerseys are not espec'
tally desirable for beef, although the COWS
fatten readily when not in milk and make a
superior quality of beef. They are not re.
markable for quantity of milk, but sometimes
give twenty quarts per day. A good Jersey
COW will give as many pounds of butter per
week as she gives quarts of milk per day.
They are not as hardy as native stock, but
with good care there is no trouble in keeping
them. The butter is hard and will bear trans,
portation-is high colored, and hes a high
flavor A Jersey bull crossed spon native or
or Short-horn stock Is of the very best. The
quantity of butter would be greatly incrtas.
cd, and The quality improved fully 40 per cent.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-30

RED ANrs-E s. Yorkville, ILL.,, writes
Will you please Inform me through youl
paper how / can get rid of the small red ants
that are so troublesome in the summer time
An excellent way is to grease plate with
lard and set it where the insects are numer
Gus. Lard attracts them sooner than anything
else They seem to prefer it to sugar. Place
few sticks around the plate for them to
climb up on. Occasionally place the plate
bottom up over the fire, when the ants will
fall IN with the melting lard. Reset the plate
and proceed as before. You will soon get
rid of them. Powdered boraX sprinkled
where they abound will also destroy them
Pyairie Farmer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-30

Autumn is the proper season 10 prepare
gratis and cuttings. OF the latter, cuttings OF
grapes, currants, ounces, gooseberrles, pop.
lar, and many other plants, taken OF in fall
and buried in the ground all winter, will
grow with facility in the spring. Crafts
should always be taken OFT in the fall and
kept in moist sand or sawdust till ready to
use.
Castor oil is found to be the hes! and most
durable lubricator tor buggy axles.
Now is the time to be looking for next
years seed corn.
The average cost of fences in the State of
Pennsylvania is $1l.40 an acre. In Rhode
Island 1t is $3.50 an acre.
The cost of fences in the United States is
estimated to be greater than the national debt,
or more than two thousand three hundred
millions of dollars. The cost of repairs and
interest is more than four hundred millions
of dollars year. Are all the cattle they are
built to fence out worth that enormous sum?
Is there no chance for reform and economy
here? What say the Grangerss
England washes most Of the Runure made
by her people into the ocean, and then hunts
over the globe from Egypt to Peru for more
But the natives of japan and China maintain
the fertility of their soil by saving what those
who pretend to be civilized throw away. They
have no worn-out, abandoned fields.
The surplus heat wasted from common
stove will, if conducted through drum into
another room, warm The room as much as a
stove would, and will compel the fuel to do
double the duty and give double the results.
Beyond any sort of doubt, seeds soaked in
weak camphor water will sprout and grow
vigorously, when the same seeds, not thus
treated, will refuse to show any signs what
ever of vitality.-Pyutr5e Farmer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-30

RULES FOR MILKING.-The following rules
are issued from New York cheese factory
for the use of Its patrons, and are worthy OF
a wider dissemination:
l. Mich COWS should have flee access, al
all times, to good running water.
2, They should never be heated, by being
run, stoned or dogged.
3. The utmost cleanliness should be OBJ
served in milking, and by ne means wet the
hands in the milk while milking.
4. No can of milk should stand where il
will absorb the barnyard or stable Odor, or
any other aeent.
5. The milk should be strained and well
aired, Immediately after having been drawn
from the cows.
g. Some arrangement for effectually cool
ing Is at all tlmes very desirable, and when
the milk DIS kept at home over night, is indis-
pensablc.
Scalding all vessels used about milk at
least once day with boiling water, and
rinsing with cold water at night, is essential.
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An ANTI Hog CHOLERA REcErPT.-Asthcre

An ANTI HOG CHOLERA RECEIPT.-Asthert
is so much hog cholera in the country we re-
publish the following:
2pounds Sal Soda, pounds Sulphur,
pound Saltpeler, , ounce Arsenic. Mix into
sloP-either bran or shorts. 1t makes two
does for forty hogs.
If your hogs are lousy, apply carbohc acid
and Lard. You can procure the crystalIzed
acid OF the druggis; and mix it yourself. II
Is not very costly one ounce viii 90 for d
pound OF lard. If you have reasons to know
that your hogs have worms, give the pulyer
lied poplar bark in their slop; one pound
VIII do for twenty hogs. Il is not injurlou:
in large doses
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Note, Letter and Bill Heads

Printed first svle the Free Trader oace west
OF Court House SsuNrr. OSNAN a HApENhS
.rIii; oI''I'AwA HUILDING A.
SOtlAllpN has Money Loan on the
first TUESDAY OF every month T-lnCipaI and 0fr.t ay
abe in monthly nstsllnen,s, Far further Al
i q UAIIlfC -.r,.s.- -
Nov. 7.iy SN'0li'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-30
FARM AND GARDEN.
Agricultural Poem.
by OUR PAID POET.

by OUR PAID POET.
~ mornings light Early Rose,
And proud Prince Albert scorning,
Peeped DER the distant hills, and babe
The Sun bright good morning.
The peach upon distant bough
Cried out, 20, aren't this Chill!
Just hear this "tater" greet
THE Sun in phrases silly.
otis me the bright Sun cares to see
My children l will teach so,---
ale loves but me-" A beet replied,
Just hear the woody Peach Blow"
The "tater" hung its little head,
Aud said, "my home is billy,
"But nice and warm; I'll go inside
"Th' Peerless Early Rose is Chilli
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-30

CURE FOR SICK HEADACHE.-One-half tea
spoonful of the hest ground ginger, as much
soda as will cover a threecen piece on thi.
pour a ~ino-glassfull Of cold wale-, and
drink
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09
FtblsEISi n.

The Madrid senate has elected Romero
Rubio, president and Senor SaNycdrI vice
pcsident The lower house has elected
Vidal Castancda president, and Sebastian
Damacho viccprcsidcnt. The compulsory
cJubation bill hnS been introduced in con.
gress.
Official information has been received
showing that in consequence OF war ~
Liberia, between the llhcranS and nat
tives, much distress has been produced. The
Libcriuns in the interior are almost in state
of starvation. 1t further appears that several
natives, students at the theological college
ut Cape paInlas, are in sympathy with their
fellow.nativcs, and give them encouragement
IN their attacks on LibcranS, aud that Il
number of EngiShmcn'arc trading with the
natives, supplying them with firearms am
munition and other means OF war.
The Spanish minister has been oiIici-
allv advised from Madrid, that his govern
mcnt has conceded that in future, American
citizens ON triad before courtmartal in Cube,
shall have the priyileSc of selecting counsel
for defense. The treaty of l79j, in the opin-
ion of the Spanish government, was not sui
ticicntly definite to meet the ease OF courts
martial in the event Of war or insurrccti0n
in the Island, but the present arrangement
settles the question in accordance with the
desire expressed in friendly note addressed
by secretary Fish to the Spanish government,
and disposes Of the exaggerated rel orts ON
this subject.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09
WEST.

Disastrous prairie fires are sweeping
over portions of Kansas. They can be seen
in almost every direction every night, ana
the damage bids fair to he enormous, proving
more disastrous to many than the drou'h'
Reror,s from the west show a heavy
fall Of snow, and very severe storm extend
ipr from Laramie City on the east, to beyond
Corinnc and EIko on the west, during the
past week. e,
The official count for members OF the
Colorado territorial legislature shows that
the republicans will have four aud the dem
ocrsts nine members OF the council, and
that the republicans will have sixteen "n'
the democrats ten members OF the house
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09

The new constitution of Alabama mas
been ratiged by Il majority Of over hity
thousand.
Six Italians were arrested in New Or
leans last week for passing counterfeit
nickles, and jailed.
The failure of Wallace & Co., whole
sale dry goods, of New Orleans, is reported
Liabilities $75O,0OO; assets half a million.
The bonded debt of st. Louis at the
beginning of its present municipal year was
81, ,g92 600, and is now sl6,27O,0OO. With
the floating debt added, tho entire liabilities
OF the city foot up 81, ,ii7,000.
The Galveston News says: sit l.
learned that the total value OF the City o
Wacos cargo did not fall short of eight hun
dred thousand dollars, which, with the valu
of the ship, makes the total loss by the dis
aster over a million of dollars-ten time
the loss in and about the city by the lat
Storm"
The Jetty commissioners report ad
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09
1 MODEL MAIDEN.

Little maid with lowncaSt look,
And glance not yet love laden,
Stand within yon shady nook
BE nm old mnn's model maiden
Listen whilst he tell, you stories,
Tells Of life and all It's glotics,
Opening now upon your view
Past for him-tO come for yoW
Years ago one lived for him
CGruciolls, how existence passes
Sure she light is growing dimi
Something has hrlcw'd his glaNSS'~
Onc there lived, ram him 10 claim
Earth'S most ycucratcd name!
Ere hi, darling lcarnl 10 ioldlo
She became his maiden model
Years she Nayd with him how few
Socmd they when their course was lIowln|
Lived to be- ~ old as yuuH
Lives ON mAny u CmlyNN HloWinSi
Lives IN pictured memory,
Though nis sGr, no longer aoC
since aluit the angles caught her
His beloved model daughicN
Little maiden, yuu Nust smile
Why, | vow, ANY model crying -
Nay, its purely pagan style
When We sDpul ui children dying.
WhoWuIlld bid the lost ones roam
Earthwnrus from tha, brighter home
Rather live to join the chorus
OF the loved ones gone before u.s.
So, my model smiles again:
Clouds and sunshine blend together
Like clear shining after rain
In the pleasant April weather.
Such Of life the motto be,
still keep childhood purity.
Happier lot than earthly Ad"ll-
ALWAYS be model maiden
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09
NEW IEE'E.

Where are the songs aud laughs Of May?
Nor June might live nor July stay;
To southern caves our birds have llcd
From lilies low and roses dead
The swallows long have taken lllghl
From waters wan aud lost doliEhli
Al things Of summer sweetness d!",
Yet Joy why droop and life why sigh
Color and hue and sunshine wanc,
But only die to live again;
Ever again the lost is found,
The found is lost in ines swift round.
WHY mourn for loss why hold ii strange,
Beauty should dim aud fairness chngo?
That, for blue heavens, gray skies should come
For warhing hOughs hut woodlands dullH
why 50 should fair things fleet? wc say;
Whyshould white winter tomb sweet May
An, Scnsclcss sorrow Death supplies
\ dcnrcr charm To all that dies,
Were rose aud lily always here
Lily and rose were both less dear;
Hue, ulor, bloom, and leaf but wanc
And die, more dear To live again
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
EAST.

New York has 4jO miles of street rail-
way, /, 800 ears, drawn by 1900 horses, and
carving annually 0OOOOoPeopIc'
Full official returns from all the coun-
ties of New York state show u majority Tor
Bigclow, the democratic candidate lor sccre-
tary Of state, over Seward, republican, Of
14,Sl2. The temperance candidate received
q $50 votes. The total vote of the state was
-G5 57l
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09
Rank Imposes ObIiga-
ton.
" Hang Miss Ashurst.'
{. Nh philW

"lIang Miss Ashurst"
con, Phil"
"WcIl, can't help il. Why does
she come to spoil everything? Don't
know how it will hc?-aIwayS Miss
Ashurst to be considered, taken about,
included in everything. No more drives
and boat-rows, Just you and me, Amy;
no more evenings ON the doorstep. !
declare l'yc great mind to 20 over to
Uncle pills at Goshen for a month
Now, Phil, pi"osc (coaXlngIyD ut
won't I've 50 bad us you think. Besides,
you may like her very much, Mother
saws her mother was the greatest beauty
in Connecticut" ,
"Shc isn't Il beauty, though; III bet
ON that. A talking, writing, society wo-
man hate the kind. Amy, will you
90 out for row? Wen have one more
while the boat is all our own.
This contamination was held on either
side of the Widow MauranS garden gate
"A model gate for purposes OF CONVERSE
ton, lust high enough and wide enough,
to accommodate two pairs OF elbows, ana
allow the owners of the elbows to look
easily into each others eyes. PllIl
smiled into Amv's rs he swung wide the
barrier. He offered his arm, She took IT,
and they sauntcrcd down to the shore.
They were picturesque couple to looK
at. Tall Phil, in spite OF hi. momentary
ill.tcmpcl. possessed frank, handsome
face lit with fine eyes and the sweetest
Of smiles; while little Amys modest,
wiId-howcr beauty was exquisite in ITS
wav. second cousins, intimate friends
all but declared lovers, it was a pleasant
matter Of course that they should he al
ways together; and i'll spite ot Amy
disclaimers. she was at the bottom OF he
heart as sorry as Phil at this interruptlo'
to their fcfe.a-htc-as sorry or Sorrlcr
for blended with her regret was the IN
stinctiyc apprehension of a glrllsh hcar'
which, pledged in fact though not Il
nnnc. arlevcs with the unspokcn drea
that some other woman may yet pass b
to snatch from her very lips the coyctc
untastcd cup in whose depth lies, o
seems to lie, all the best sweetness o
coming life 1t was u comfort to hay
Philip 50 cross about it, however; anu II
the effort to soothe him, she, wom'h'l'ko
forgot her own annoyance. 20 the even
ING ended happily.
Next day brought the cNPcctr" gueI'
Amy's first glance sent her ne, hearS
woman in the least like tins Kos
Ashurst was one of those born chchi''
rrsSps who reign not only by lntchtloI
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09

viscs the use Of more and heavier stone 1t
states that much has been done, but much
more will have to be done before any good
results are obtained They regard the South
Pass of the Mississippi as more susceptible
of improvement than was the Sullna mouth
of the Danube, where II twenty feet channel
has been secured by icttics.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09

SECRETARY BRIsTow has closed II con-
tract with the syndicate for taking the
whole of the remainder Of $500, 600
five per cents. The Secretary will take
no action in regard to disposing of the
four or four and half per cent. until
congress meets.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09

Totals s2lo.5OO,OOO S2oo,25oO" 9''''"o'"o
If is estimated that the product Tor
,S-S viii Inc increased from thirty to
f,rtv ncr cent. over that of 1871.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09

WHISKY straight has ruined thou
sands, but the "crookcd' article is what
is now playing the mischief in various
localities.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09
Co,p AND SILVER PRoDuCrIoN.-Th,

GoLD AND SILVER PRODUCrloN.-lh Inc
San Francisco Bulletin presents some
important statistics relative to the treas
ure product and movement at California
and Nevada for series of years past,
including the following statement cover
ing the production from 1868 to date:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09

The interest in fish culture is in
oro,s;nr rapidly, and there are more than
,loublc the fisheries now established III
the country than there were couple ol
years ago.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09

cncc with the authorities at Washington
Inquiry has been especially made in
relation to 'Thc Philadelphia University
of Medicine and Surgery and 'Ihe
Livingston University of America '--ln-
situations, so calcd-of which there are
proicsscd agencies in London and other
English cities. The latter institution
never existed, and the charter of the
former was revoked in 1872, on account
of the issue and sale ofsp"rious diplomas
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09
Conflicting Reports of the Cotton Crop.

The New York Herald calls attention
to a matter of supreme Importance to
nil growers, dealers in, and manuiactur-
ers of cotton-the apparently irreconclla-
BILE difference between the reports ot the
national cotton exchange and those OF
the agricultural bureau at Washington
and gives the annexed table, comprising
the estimates of the crop of the United
states, based on October and November
reports from those sources, as showing
the inconsistencies and contradictions
complained of -,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09


In New York, the impression seems 10
,raw,;I that the report of the national
cpotton exchange for October was manlp-
uIsteJ in the interest of the bull party
10 the speculation which was then IN
NJ and it is also believed that the
construction which has been put upon
the November report of the bureau IS
forced and unnatural-ignorlng' Peri,ap
the increased acreage, and the iae, ma ."n.
the increased percentages oil yleiu ,'ae ''rn
place in sections where the great, PpnJ
portion of the crop is usually grown, ,;uns ;'l,~
the decreased percentages III is. So., NO.,
where the growth of cotton Is AZ os;o .;,,a,e nVo
Iargc. should the November es'ln.a.' lllrout
of the agricultural bureau prove co,is.i' sN,S
n the re receipts at the po. : must henceior'n
show Il falling of.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09

THE bank of England clips every light
sovereign that comes into the banK'
Three thousand are weighed in an hour
with one machine. Last year the bank
weighed coin to the amount of Sll5,5Oo,-
600, and rejected $4,20o,ooo, or about
3.6 per cent, as being light gold. For
this amount the bank paid the full value
making deduction for the deficiency OF
weight, which is generally about six or
eight cents per light sovereign. Mr.
Hodgson, NJ. p, a bank director, says
that in a box of 5000 sovcreigns the
number which will be found to have
turned the point of light weight Will
generally be about eight, if they have
not been disturbed, and he adds; " You
are aware that the sovereign which Is IN
vour nocket at s o'clock in the morning is
not the same sovereign at y O'Clock at
nirht." After this rather alarming an
nounccmcnt it is satisfactory to lind Mr.
Hodrson stating also that the charge tol
lipht weight on the eight deficient SOY
creiuns would be about four cents pei
COIN making only thirty-two cents OF
the box of S25, 1000; so that" 1t rcall.
amounts to nothing" g."-Ecchange.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09

VALMAsEDA's latest order presents an
interesting view of life in Cuba. He
prohibits people from travelling at night
because they are liable 10 be shot by the
numerous patrols through the country,
As the unfortunate Cubans are afraid to
travel around during the daytime for the
same reason, the will probably have to
stay at home and reflect upon the grand
eur of Spanish domination.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09

THE famous submarine tunnel OF the
English channel will soon be begun The
members of the French commission, COM
posed for the most part of practical men
and engineers, declare that an under
ground communication between France
and England is only question OF eX-
pcnsc, and their report leads to the
belief that the project can be carried out
with less expense than was at first
imagined, and that the danger of leakage
and infiltration will not be so great as
was at first supposed. A shaft will short
ly be sunk on the French side of the
channel near Calais, to depth of $50
feet for the purpose of hauling up the
earth and rock from the excavation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09

MINISTER SCHENcK has addressed a
ctter to the London press in regard to
false degrees. Having ascertained that
persons have been engaged in England
in selling degrees or diplomas purporting
to have been conferred by certain Ameri-
can colleges and universities, and being
satisfied that these distinctions and hon
ors were pretended and spurious, he made
the imposture subject of correspond