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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-15

Set the trees as early as possible A good
tree will have abundant roots and we'll ripen'
ed wood. If there Is nursery IN the viclnl'
ty it may be cheaper 70 arrange with the pro-
prietor to allow you to go and select and dig
the trees personally, the first cost may be
something more but the care in taking up,
and the time they are out Of the ground is so
little, that they will be found profitable.
Many trees which now bear fruit only for
cider, would in few years, if grated, pro-
duce good marketable fruit. The present
month is good one in which to do this.
Cions should have been cut earlier, but 1t
may be done now if the buds have not start
ed, store them in sawdust in the cellar until
wanted for use. Most of the larger nurseries
offer cions of the standard varieties for sale
at very cheap rates, and as they can be sent
by mail, it is very convenient way for Sc
curing choice sorts
Cherry or peach stones which were stored
in boxes or bedded IN the fall, should now
be sown in rows without breaking OFT the
sprouts.
Take especial pains to destroy all insect
eggs found upon the branches and trunks Of
of fruit trees. Examine the ends of the
smaller twigs for eggs Of the tent caterpillar
which may be readily seen before the leaves
appear, in the form of broad rings glued to
the branches. Scrape off all dead bark from
the trunk and large limbs, and wash with
strong solution of lsoit soap. Barkscale is
most destructive insect in many sections Of
the country, and if only few young trees
are affected, it Will be best to dig them out
root and branch, burn them, and set others
in their places.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-15
FARM AND GARDEN.

London periodical pronosnces the fol-
lowing recipe for cooking 81 mach without a
parallel; Given a nice basket Of spinach re-
curing neither to be picked or washed; 1t
Is to be crammed into suitable sized pot IN
which there is u very little boiling water,
seasoned with rather large proportion OF
sat and very minute proportion OF SOFA
The last.named is not wanted If the wafer Is
SOFT but ours is hard, and bit OF SODA the
size Of pea is absolutely necessary. NOW,
the cooking by this simple method Is WORK
Of art, tor there should be a great heat under
the pot and an industrious hand above II TO
keep poking down and turning over The de-
lectable herb so as to have it thoroughly
cooked throughout. 1t may require seven to
ten minutes to cook it thoroughly; but the
cook who looks at the clock looks the wrong
way; the right way is to look at the spinach,
and to supplement looking by tasting, and
the instant 1t is quite tender 1t should be
turned into the colander, and after draining
a few seconds should be diligently pressed
and then dished IN tureen with a drainer,
or IN common vegetable dish with break
fast saucer inverted beneath it. Put in q hot
oven for few minutes, and then drain Oft
any water that may have run from it, and
finally chop it over with a good lump of but.
ter and little dash Of black pepper and then
it is a dish for the gods. 1t should be Of a
rich deep green color, moderately moist, and
a buttery texture, but with no moisture drain
ing from 1t; the odOr emitted should be
combination of aroma, ozone, and sOOtiness;
the flavor should be Il bland, yet with faint
spice of acidity arising from the combination
of the natural bitter of the plant with the salt
incorporated with it,"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-15

The Rev. George Meares Drought, writing
from Ireland to the London Times, says
"For three years have lived IN town, and
during that time my sltting-room has been
free from flies, three or four only walking
about my breakfast.table, while all my neigh.
bors' rooms we're crowded. often Congrat-
ulated myself on my escape, but never knew
the reason Of il until two days age. then
had occasion to move goods to another house,
while l remained for two days longer.
Among the things moved were Two boxes Of
geraniums and calceolarias, which'stood in
my window, the windows being always open
to the full extent, top and bottom. The box
es were not gone half an our before my room
was as full of .,ies as those around me. This,
to me, IS new discovery, and perhaps it may
serve to encourage others in that which is al.
ways source IF pleasure and which now
proves also 10 he a source of comfort, name
ly, window Z, nning."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-15
For Sale.

good n,orils-g R,..--s roeus vel furnished sooi
80 q sAtei n kitchen. lots Al ieoeed eesier 81 town
$50 Cood stock OF srseri-. Qlesnss 49, GAss gsr-
s'oneN ar hieh viii sell :; lou exurss fogcssA rner-
~ lears lesse s.crr ~ icW rtcf. ard u Il
80 out q hnsinsxs. ! CHRfNES
April SIN. issA-sno. Ss-estor. II
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-15

Quick PREsCRIPTIoSs.-Prof Wilmer CT
Cornell University, gives these short rules Tor
action in case of accident:
For dust IN the eyes avoid rubbing; dash
cold water in them; remove cinders, etc,
with round pom; Of lead pencil
Remove insects from the ear by tepid water
never put hard instrument into the ear.
If any artery Is cut, compress II above the
wound: If a vein is cut, compress il below.
If choked, go on all fours and cough.
For slight burrs, dip the part in cold wa
ter; If the skin is destroyed, cover with
varnlsh.
For apoplexy raise the head and body; Tor
fainting, lay the body fiat
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-15

"Daisy Eycbright," whose precepts and re.
clpes are as popular as they are good, gives
the following directions, in the Country Gen
tlensan, for making chicken croquettes: Take
the white and dark meat of a nicely roasted
or boiled chicken 0he former preferred, as 1t
contains the most nutriment), and chop 1t
finely, seasoning it highly with pepper and
gers; dip them into a well.beaten egg and
then roll them in bread or cracker crumbs,
and try in boiling hot butter. Serve on
hot platter, ornamenting the dish with slices
of picked beet root and sprigs of parsley
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-15

Eyes, sir" sad he, as he 'shanked" his hod,
'this thing You call the dignity OF labor is
mighty fine wan man mind is composed
enough to wrr-'lc with 1t; it's almost as sooth.
Jag as cucu,.. ,rr lunch, the thoughts of it;
but somehow or other, when l have to Stake
lime with the thermometer at 100, and carry
a mule.losd of mortar up five stories to be
cussed for not carrying a ton, l can't help
thinking If Adam had had the lock aw when
the apple was offered 10 him, what fine
thing II would be for poor devils like me-
Ind Herald
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slip itOD.

Goose feathers are prepared for use by ex
posing them 10 sunshine or laying them in
the oven of stove until perfectly dry, and
then beating them to remove dust and loose
dirt When carelessly collected and tirtv
they may be cleaned with Line water or, still
better, with a weak solution of carbonate OF
soda, or with water containing little solu.
luton or chloride of lime; after which they
are rinsed in clean water, and dried as be.
tore. Old feathers are purified and cleansed
in the same way.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-15
ERRORS OF YOUTH.

AGENTLENAS Who suffered for years nom Nervous
Debility PremAare Decay. and a. the Effects q youthni
lndscrron r Tor the sake % suffering hun say srrd
tree 20 81 who ness IL tie recipe direcron for rskac
TIE simple rrmety By hch he cured 81 'sre-s
d--ssilz n 9erfect Confidence.
izs>sn-.S joHs b oGbsS. Gear St. Ssw Yors.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-15

As,ory is told of Worcestershire peasants
remarkable curse. He had been wrestling
for long time with a very tough piece OF
oak which he was endeavoring 10 split, and
at last, unable to make any impression on 1t,
burst out: "Dom the pigs that didn't ate thee
when thee was an acorn-'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-15
AhOnt the Hpnsp.

In polishing or washing door knobs or
other articles projecting froma painted sur.
face, protect the paint by slipping over the
article piece of stout pastebOard or cloth,
having hole in the center large enough 10
slip Oh.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-19

their interest. "Ile may be summai up
in Lunnon, remarked the prosaic Jehu,
''but down ere he makes no show at
all. lie lives mostly alone. He keeps
only one man, and lac sleeps out Of the
'ouse." Such is fame.
Cardinal Manning has caused a
great commotion in London by his full
limitations against all kinds Of theatrical
representations. At a meeting Of the
Roman Catholic Temperance Society,
at Exeter Hall, on the 2lst Of March,
his Eminence denounced all establish
ments for dramatic performances,
''from the costly theater Of the rich 10
the penny-saf of the poor" AS .'one
vast scale Of corruption" and counsel
ed and strongly advised all his hearers
"never, on any account, TO set their
feet in one of them
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-19
The Belknap Trial 10 he Squelched by
the Radical senate.
IFrom the New York sun. I

WAsHINGToN. NAY 3.-The Republic
cans ~ the senate intend In some way to get
rid ~ their elephant. and. II possible. with
out exciting suspicion a. TO their motives.
II was first proposed % postpone the trial
until after the Presidential election. but a.
that would provoke harsh criticism. IL was
abandoned with great show Of unanimous
virtue. after Matt Carpenters Wild harangue
10 the Court u Impeachment.
There are two plans now under cunsidera-
ton by these political iudges-frst. to deny
the jurisdiction entirely: and secondly. 20
acquit upon atcchnical plea or prctcxt. The
former offers the shorter cut. and can be
urged with a certain plausihility by skilled
tactician-. like Mr.. Edmunds and Mr.. Conk-
ling. The other j. supported by another
class. who fear the popular judgment, upon
any proceeding that may seem summary.
Two-thirt- are required TO convict upon
the articles ~ impeachment, but a majority
may DENY ~ admit the jurisdiction. sup
pose the court should decide to try the case
by vote not much exceeding a majority
That would leave a large margin out 81
which a fraction over one-ihird might be
made UP 90 defeat conviction. The thick
and-ihin pariisans and the carpei-hsgxers
could easily muster that force on a 2 nca.
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OUR MODEL CIVIL SERVICE.


III
WssHfNGToS. ID. c., Nav : Miss Ada
q. sweet, Pension Agent AZ Chicago, te-ii-
ned before the Committee on Civil service
This morning in relation 10 the csafgr - paw
lDg money for her position A. Pension
Agent. she testified that she Wa the ap-
piicant FOR the position. and In con-id-
GRAFTON for receiving the appoint
ment sgreed 20 pay David Bl4keley.
Pension Agent. s2,l0o. and was directed
by him 10 pay the money over 10 u.
III. Campbell. then, a. now. United States
Marshal for that district. When she had
paid -. 100 she notified Blakeley and Camp
bell that she had performed her part 81 the
contract, but Campbell told her that was
not correct: that he had a note against
Blakeley for - 900, and she Wa 10 paw the
whole 81 that note. The witness stated that
Campbell j. Gen. Babcock's father-in-law.
Considerable correspondence passed between
all the parties on the subject. Bi4keley was
also defaulter a. Pension Agent infhe sum
Of -, go. When he turned the Office over 90
Mis-Sweei.~ he turned over TO her So coo,
and induced her TO give him a receipt for
40, 600, 10 cover up his deficit. and promised
10 attend 10 IL in a few weeks. He did not
do 30. and when the Office was visited by an
official from the Pension Once, and Miss
sweet told him the whole story, the agent
told her he would delay the examination Of
her ofilce until he was on his return trip,
80 a. 10 allow some further time for paying
this defcii. One day after the Minnesota
election, Gen. j. IL. Baker. Of
Missouri, Commissioner 81 Pensions. and
Blakeley came into the Office and demanded
that the deficit be paid that day, and charged
il upon her a. her own deficit. She went
10 Campbell, and between them the amount
was raised. Campbell gave her a note for
about Il so, which she Endorsed and got
discounted, and she raised the balance on
that occasion. Blakeley and Commissioner
Baker were great friends. and Baker
knew Of the arrangement she made
with Blakeley. When the Presi-
dent found out that she was paw
ing out money for her appointment. he no.
titled her that a continU ance Of IL would be
sufficient cause for removal. This was az
ter she had paid the 5000. She had paid
out 80 much on that account that 30 far -he
had received no benefit from her appoint
meni a. Pension Agent. but had run into
debt and was still behind about - 600. Ba-
ker j. now Suryeyor-tieneralf for Minneso-
ia. Blakeley il publishing the ST. Paul Pr
guerr- Press
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OF course these patriots would not decide
upon the merits Of the ease. Spencer, Pat
tersOn, Clayton. Dorsey and the rest II
them would be suddenly troubled With legal
scruples about the Jurisdiction. and assign
that a reason for withdrawing Belknap.
y ny expedient viii be employed 70 eyade
The direct issue. ia order 70 silence the ease
before the country and 10 prevent a renewal
Of the exposures which have di-graced the
Administration.
II public osficer. with the knowledge Of
charges Of corruption against him and com
mittee u Congress prosecuting the inyesfi-
gatien, may By his own act, or by collision
with the appointing power. reign 20 escape
the penaity imposed by the Constitution.
then impeachment j. a farce. Belknap
sought 10 escape in this way. Al the very time
the committee were proceeding and when he
was in their hands.
Tie President accepted that resignation
upon Beiknap'- statement slone. and with
out making any inquiry whatever. He must
have known the accusations were grave 10
have demanded that precipitate action. Yet
he took no pains 10 inform himself, con-
suited no one and on the spot cO-operated
with fhi. corrupt criminal 20 cheat justice
out Of it, rights.
These facts aud others. which are a vet
imperfectly understood by the country. must
come out II trial be allowed. Grant would
be placed in another wkward predieament,
and his party would - fier II the whole truth
Were TO be disclosed by Sitnesses who have
not heretofore appeared. Therefore, the
Republican leaders are anxious 70 get out %
thi. scrape on the eve Of a Presidential elec-
tion, and will usual open a back door for
retreat. The form j. nOw the only question
10 be considered. The substance Is virtu-
ally decided.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-19
school and Church.

The cost per capita in the Cleve-
land (Ohio) public schools is only 80
cents per pupil.
Rev. Burdett Kemper died recently
at his home in Garrard County, Ky, in
the S5th year of his age. He has
preached the gospel over 80 years, and
it is said he has baptized over cooper
sons.
Within the space Of three months
the North Georgia Methodist Confer
ence has lost ave Of its most useful and
honest ministers by death: Rev. J. NJ.
Parker, Rev. Is. j. Johnson, Rev. X. +.
Jones, Rev. G.. j. Pearce and Rev. John
II. Harris.
The Southern Presbyterian Mission
at Matamoras, Mexico, has Sc members.
There are two Sunday-sc hools connect
ed with the church, each numbering
abost 30 pupils. A lot has been pur-
chased for the erection of achurch edi-
fee
The Methodist Conference, in ses-
sion at Brooklyn last week, refused to
take new candidates for the ministry,
on the ground that there was no de-
mand for more ministers. This was
honest dealing. Ii is very wrong to
encourage young men to press into the
ministry, if there is no call for them
". D. Observer.
Bishop Smith, of kentucky, who
has spent nore than fifty years of his
ministerial life in Virginia and Ken
lucky, recommends that Episcopalians
provide separate churches for the freed
men, 10 be ministered to- in most cases
by fairly educated ministers of their
own race, and presided over by Suf-
fragan Bishop Of their own.
Charles Il. Nolan, of Missouri, took
the first prize in the interstate orato-
real contest at Chicago, on the 4th.
Fifty scminaries and schools, compris-
ing 10000 scholars, in Indiana, Wis
consin, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and
Ohio Were represented in the contest.
Miss Laura Kent, Of Ohio, carried of
the second prize. The next contest
will be held in Madison, Wis, May 9,
1877.
According to statistics presented
before the NJ. r. Episcopal Conference
at Baltimore, the Church has l9,2S7
Sunday.schools and 2O7,ls2 officers
and teachers. Present membership of
the Church, including 1928 ministers,
l,6i2, 4jG. The whole number of
churches reported in the general min
utes of 1879 were l5,633, whose total
estimated value was - $50, 234, being
anincrease of l,l93 churches and OF
IN. ~. IL.
number Of parsonages was 5,Ol7, and
estimated value 9,13l, 62s, being an in
crease in the number Of parsonages of
'Os, and of Sl,9ii,Sii in estimated
value.
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Odda and Enda.

-"Who frew dat peanut al me?"
asked darky when struck on the
Uranium with sand-bag thrown out Of
balloon.
"A young boy who had been fishing
in Jordan all day was slowly vending
his way through the city last evening
when he was heard To complain: "If
was a horse, now, I'd be rubbed down
and well fed; but I'm a boy, and I've
got TO 90 home, milk the cows, bring in
wood, tote water and rock the baby for
an hour and half Sail Lake Herald
The growing superfluity of briga-
diers in the army recalls what O'Con-
nell said 10 a British officer when he
was being cross-examined. "Well,
soldier" said the Irish barrister. /
am no soldier; | am an officer" was
the indignant interruption of the irate
Briton. "Well, said O'Connell; swell,
officer, who is no soldier"
"A good mother was trying TO ex-
plain to a young hopeful, the other day,
about fighting against the devil. After
telling the little fellow who the devil
was, and how hard he was 10 success
fully resist, he turned around and said /:
"Mamma, I'D be scared Of the old
devil, but il was to come across one
Of his little devils, I'd knock the stufing
out of him. "-SyracuSe Journal
Just before the war young lawyer
put out his single here upon which was
printed "Lander Thomas, Attorney-at-
Law" He owned a negro named Bob.
who was a notorious thief, and he wa-
soon detected in burglary and arraigned
before the City Court. OF course his
owner defended him, but the evidence
was convincing, and he was sentenced
10 an acquaintance with the whipping
post. As he was marched off by an
officer some one remarked TO him,
"Well. Bob, they found you guilty
EYES," he answered, s'my character
and Massa Lander's pleading would
hang any body. Iieks6Lrg Herald.
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A Puzzle for Medical Men.

Says the New York Sun: The as
tonishing cure of a supposed fatal dis
ease BY the manipulation of hands on
the body of the patient is reported in
the family of Mr.. Charles H. Benson,
one of the editors of the Jersey City
Eqening Journal. The patient was the
eldest child of Mr.. Benson, girl of 9
years. Her recovery from dangerous
illness, and her complete restoration to
health, as described by her parents, may
be considered by some rs a manifesto
ton of spiritualistic power, and by 9TH
ers as the result of animal magnetism.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benson say that their
daughter was Frustrated by acute
bronchial affection in the early part of
last August. She had all the symptoms
of consumption. Her cheeks showed
the hectic flush of disease, the pulse was
quick and irregular. and night sweats
and daily fevers reduced her body 10 a
skeleton. A hard, racking cough at
night. and constant expectoration in
the day, marked the case. Three
physicians said that she could not pos
sibly live.
Early in January, when the girls
death was daily looked for, Mr.. William
Winslow Bennett, next door neighbor
of Mr.. Benson's and an avowed believer
in spiritualistic manifestations, called
into Mr.. Benson's house at 362 Fifth
Street, Jersey City, and said that the
little girls cough kept him awake at
night, and he desired to have il stop
ped He said that he could hear her
o..,2h.nnr -. ha xr-k.ro h. elnr.@
Mr.. Benson told him that the noise of
the coughing would not trouble him
much longer. Mr.. Bennett replied that
he had come to cure the child through
the aid of spirits, and he asked the par
ents' permission to lay his hands on the
invalid. Not having any faith in spir..
itualism they refused to consent to his
mode of treatment.
Mr.. Bennett renewed his offer with
such persistency that both Mr.. and Mrs.
Benson decided to let him try his pow
ers. He at once went 10 work. He
first bathed his hands in salt and water
The child was placed on his lap, after
being clothed i'm a loose garment which
would admit Of the manipulations over
the flesh. Said the medium. al will
not move my hands, but will await the
action Of the spirits who are present. a"
In few minutes his hand began 10
move around the throat Of the sufferer
That night her cough was not so bad As
il had been.
Mr. Bennett continued his laying on
Of hands every night for three months.
lie began his operations regularly at =
O'Clock. One evening he was twenty
minutes late, and he said that he could
not move his hands, as the spirits were
not in the room.
Mr.. Benson says that his daughter j.
entirely well.
II j. said that Mr. Bennett has made
other equally astonishing cures, one be
ing that of ex-Congressm Lawrence,
Of Ohio, who had pneumonia.
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ITEMS or INTEREsT



Roscoe Conkling aad Horatio Sey-
mour are brothers-in-law.
-Bristow is said to be quite as inyet-
crate smoker as Grant.
Olive Logan's husband, Writ Sykes,
has been nominated for Consul at Flor
ence, Italy.
Ole Bulls wife lives in Madison.
Wis, with her invalid mother, and
translates Morse novels, some Of which
are about 10 be published.
Benjamin r. Bowles. one of the
publishers of the Springfield Mass
Republica,s, died in Paris on the 4th.
Governor Rice, of Massachusetts,
has vetoed the bill TO legalize the mar
rage Of James Parton, on the ground
that the act is not within the constitu-
tional power of the Legislature.
Mrs. Anna Chambers ketchum, the
.. Southern poetess," widely known in
America a. the author of the " Bonny
Blue Flag, Bennie,n etc, has enter
ed upon the novitiate at "A convent in
kentucky.
Mrs. Mary A. Ford, wife Of Angus
tine Ford, Of the New York IRISH World,
known throughout the country AS a
poeiess. under the nom de plume Of
..Una,r is dead. She was formerly a
school.teacher in st. Louis
Gen. Early, in letter TO the Rich
mond Enquirer, suggests that the Con-
federate soldiers in the Southern States
form themselves into associations for
the purpose of collecting funds for the
monument to Ger. Lee, to be erected at
Richmond, Va.
Marie Won Elsner, of Bloomington,
H., who has for two years been study
ing music in Paris, has signed a con-
tract for two-year engagement at
Drury Lane Theater, London, where
she will appear May 10 in "Robert lie
Diable,' in the roll of Isabel, with
Christine Nilsson.
Kate Field. the well known Ameri-
can newspaper correspondent and
autheress, made her London debut at
the Gaiety Theater on the 9th ult., as
Volante in "The Honeymoon. The
special character of the performance
was entirely unannounced, and under
the circumstances the success of the
debutante was gratifying to her and to
her friends. She has assumed the stage
name of Mary Kemble.