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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-16

If we could approach the sun at the moons
distance from the earth says Prot Young, ap
parent jets Of flame would reach Us. Corld
we reach its apparent surface, we would find
it composed of clouds of fine particles OF Clio
bules of molten metal tossing and hcaving
rising and falling. Thousands of flashes OF
lightning or of peals of thunder would be a,
nothing to the light and noise But the nearer
the center should be approached, the more quiet
all would become, and we would discover that
the main body Of the sun was composed OF mol
ten metal in a sort OF gaseous state, which
bursting out here and there into eccentric &c
ton, produces the strange appearances we 81
often observe. It's estimated that the sun is
contracting at the rate of 125 feet per year Al
this rate, after the lapse of Il few million years
ii would I've no longer Il sun.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-16

\ little girl, three years old, put an insect
called ladvbirl into her ear Sharp cries
agiia,ions and ConvulSivo symptoms cnSucd
Injections ofwutcr were made without result
The physician then conceived the idea of rs
phvNiaiing the insect 10y means ofchloroiorm
lie dropped four drops OF chlorufom upon u
small piece at cotton which hc introduced
into the ear Immediately the child ceased
crying. and complained no further ~ any
diSagrrcahlc sensation; the insect had become
asphyNialcd An injection OF warm water
brought il away dead and no further trouble
cn>uct
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-16

Mr. FORBES. in his book on Africa, writes
The bird which guards the Buffalo and tine
rhinoccros i very intelligent. The grass Is
often So tall and dense that one could 20 close
up 10 these animals quite unperceived. but the
guardian bird. sitting un the beast, secs the
approach of danger flaps its wings and Scrcams,
which causes it, bulky charge To rush of from
a Toe he has neither seen nor heard For IT.
reward the vigilani little watcher hiss the
PICK of the parasites OF his fat friend"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-16

Part of a negro boys work i'm Cumberland,
Md. is Ia build fire every morning in Il very
large furnace. The weather was cold a few
days ago, and, after putting "a match To the
kindlingS lac crcpt into the furnace to get warm.
The door swung shut behind him, and fastened.
The fire blazed up rapidly, there seemed Il Ger
tainty of cremation for the lad. He yelled.
but nobody heard him The flames began 10
scorch him. and he was almost Suflocated \
dc>pairing kick unhingcd the door, however
and he craMlc,l out. singcl and scarcl
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-16

About 40 miles northwest of BrlndiSt, in
the ncighborhood of Manfredonia, on the Ad
riatic coast of Italy, the ancient city Of Sipun.
tum has been discovered. 1t was not buried
under showers of volcanic ashes, but it gradu.
ally sunk into the earth through some subtcr-
rancan disturbance. Its preservation is re
markabc Some of the buildings are now
about 30 feet below the level of the surround
ing country, and part of the present town Of
Mantrcdonia is built over portion of Spun
Itum. Exploration has already brought to
light temple of DIANA and colonnade 80
feet long, and an underground metropolis.
Many minor objects of interest have been de
posted in the National Museum at Naples.
Systematic research is in progress under the
new rules of the Italian Government relating
10 archaeological discoveries
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-16

Two hundred and twenty street lamps at
Providence. r. l., which extend over distance
of nine miles. arr now lighted aud eNiil
guished 10y electricity, in less than fifteen
seconds, hy one man.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-16

ANIMAL, AND STEAM.-A writer in Ger
man engineering journal contrasts the behayio
Of different ANIMALS towards steam machinery
That proyerbially stupid animal, the OK, stands
composedly on the rails without having any
idea of the danger that threatens him; dogs
run along the wheels of a departing railway
train without suffering any injury; and birds
seem to have Il peculiar delight in the steam
engine Larks often build their nests and real
their young under the switches of II railway
over which heavy trains are constantly rolling
and swallows make their homes in engine
houses. \ pair of swallows have reared their
young for years in mill where noisy three
hundred horsepower engine is working night
and day and another pair have built nest in
the paddlc-hOX of a steamer which plies during
the season between Pcsth and Semlin.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-16
vEGETIME
Purities the Blood. RcrO-
Yates and InyigOratcs
The whole System.
Ir, MEDICAL rGorEUItE, NGH
Alternative, Tonic. Solvent
and Diuretic.
Reliable Evidence.

Mn. Il. II. STEVENS
Dear SB'-l will most Chrcrfully add
my testimony 10 the great number YOU
have already received in favor of your
great and good medicine. NEGErINE. for
do not think enough can he said In it,
praise; for | was troubled over thirty
years with that dreadful disease. Catarrh,
and had such bad coughing spells that IL
would seem NJ though | never could
breathe any more. and NEGETtNE ha-
cured me; and do feel TO thank God all
the time that there is 50 good medicine
As NRGETINE, and also think ii one OF
the best medicines for coughs and weak
sinking feelings at the stomach, and al
wise everybody 10 take the NEGETINR
for can assure them IL Is one of the best
medicines that ever was
MRS. l.. GORE.
Cor. Magazine and Walnut SITS,
Cambridge, Mass.
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GIVES
Health, Strength,
AND APPETITE.

Ny daughter has received great benefit
from the use OF NEGErINE. Her deClln,
ing health was n source of great anxiety
To all her friends. A few bottles of VEG,
ErISE restored her health. strength and
appetite. y. II. TILDEN,
Insurance and Real Estate Agent,
No. 10 Sears Building,
Boston. Mass.
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CANNOT BE
ENCELLED.

CHAELEsToWN. Mass.
Mn. II. l.. STEVENS
Dear SV-This is to certify that have
used your Blood Preparation IN my
family for several years, and think that
for Scrufuln or CankcrOus Humors OF
Rheumatic affections it cannot be cN.
Ccllcd and rs blood purifier and spring
medicine il is the best thing have ever
used, and have used almost everything
can Cheerfully recommend II Ia any one
in need of such medicine.
Yours respectfully,
Mrs. \. \. DINSMORE.
No. 10 Russell Street.
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9)rufeSsi0nal CarDs.

HHASS. IL. BRUSH, Attorney and Counselor at
Y Law. Office in Opera House Block Ottawa, Ill. mari -
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u +. LINCOLN. Attorney Al Law. Office over
d. No 10 La Sale street. west side IT the Court House
OttnMn. III. iulNSi5
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
Domestic Animals.

While few farmers are really hard
hearted, many of them perform
cruel acts TOWARD their domestic ami
mails by reason either of mistaken
economy or intended mercy. Many
owners of dairy will tell you that at
no time is it good to allow shade
trees in pasture lots, because the
mich cows will spend their time in
the shade, when they should be
grazing in order to give a fair por-
ton of milk. Place these unthink-
ing men in the same position
deprive them of all shade ard rest
during the heat of the day that they
may not neglect their work, and
how long will they last Animal
structure is very similar throughout
the whole species. Proper food,
good exercise, and the sleep and
rest to recuperate its energies are
required by each animal, whether
human or otherwise. SO, too, the
protection and shelter which a man
gives to himself against excessive
heat or cold and rapid changes of
temperature, are quite rs necessary
for his domestic animals, with such
notifications as difference of struc-
ture and habits will naturally sug-
gest to every thinking man.
But much too frequently the
thinking and reasoning part Of the
proposition is held in the back
ground, and some wise saw of the
grandfather becomes the prompter.
Hence, the poor animals are the
immediate sufferers by physical
pain, and the unfortunate owner the
ultimate sufferer by loss either Of
the animals or their usefulness. \
little careful thought bestowed upon
the subject will at once show the
fallacy of many of the ancient saws.
and then, by the addition Of Il fair
degree of what is called horse-sense,
the average farmer will at once dis
cover that care for the comfort of
the domestic animal is a precaution
against the sickness and failure in
this sphere of usefulness. Mr..
Bergh's humane intentions may be
entirely ignored in this proposition,
and it will prove itself on purely
economical grounds. Then add
Bergh to economy, and a team is
made which must insure Success
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
The Old Fashioned Little
Girl.

She flcurished thirty or forty
years ago.
She was a little girl till she was
fifteen.
She used to help her mother wash
the dishes and keep the kitchen
tidy, and she had an ambition to
make pies so nice hat papa could
not tell the difference between them
and mama's, and vet she could fry
griddle cakes at ten years of age,
and darn her own stockings before
she was twelve, to say nothing of
knitting them herself.
She had her hours Of play, and
enjoyed herself to the fullest extent.
She had no very costly toys, to be
sure, but her rag doll and little
bureau and chair that Uncle Tom
made, were just as valuable to her
as the $50 Wax doll and elegant doll
furniture children have now-a-davs.
She never said q can't" and 4
don't want to-" to her mother, when
asked to leave her play, and run up
stairs or down town on an GRAND.
because she had not been brought
up IN that way. Obedience was a
cardinal virtue in the old-fashioned
little girl.
She rose IN the morning when she
was called, and went out into the
garden and saw the dew on the grass,
and if she lived in the country, she
fed the chickens and hunted up the
eggs for breakfast.
We do not suppose she had her
hair IN curl papers, crimping pins,
or had it banged over her fore
head, and her hounces we're no
trouble to her.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05

bowels and liver, worms, fever, ETC.,
and that such a result Is produced
BY breathing air laden with veget-
able and animal impurities, drink
ing stagnant and dirty water,
tilthiness Of sleeping quarters, etc.
\ cure is hard to eLect. IAN
ounce of prevention is worth pound
of cure" If the disease is OF the
lungs or bronchi, the symptoms
Will be a cough, variable appetite
and general languor. A good medl-
cine IS pine tar placed IN their swlll
troughs or smeared over their pro
vender. If the hogs are affected
with worms, they Will "thump,"
eat very little, die at a quick rate,
or be sick but a very short time.
We have never discovered a cure.
\ good preventive of cholera IN
all its forms is to give your hogs a
gentle physic once a week. Bl-
carbonate of soda Is excellent. Tur-
pentine will accomplish the desired
effect, but must be administered
carefully. Apples and pumpkins
are the best of all. We shall feed
u fattoning hogs two hundred
bushels of "cow' pumpkins this
fall.
Another great foe Of disease
among swine is charcoal and ashes.
Burn a brush pile or two, once a
week, and give the ashes to the
hogs. Hogs will also eat astonish-
ingly large quantities of rotten
wood, and should be furnished with
it when they cannot procure IT
themselves. Salt never was designed
for hogs or any other animal to use
as food, and we should like some
n to try and prove that 1t was.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
A Few Words From the
Horses.

The Tunbridge Wells Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty TO AMI
mails publishes tor circulation a slip
from which We make an extract =
If they could only speak for them
selves wouid not the horse and ton
kew say
Don't beat our sore SIDES 80 hard
and 50 often. and we shall be
stronger and better servants TO you.
You know how oppression only
makes You set up your back. but you
will do anything for a kind master.
Don't ride and drive Us about
until we are ready to drop, and our
wind is almost broken. and we are
reeking with heat and rough usage.
PRAY let us have a Little more
water when we stand, weary and
thirsty, with our poo. dry tongues
unable to ask for 1t. You have felt
the suffering of thirst.
And for PHYS sake the horse
would say, loosen this toltuIing
bearing-reln we toss and shake our
heads, OF We try to keep them still,
and nothing gives IL Il moments
ease. You, master, would suffer
severely if your head were held IN
such a position, and we could do
more work and much better without
it."
Please remember that we can al
WAYS hear your voice, and under
stand what you want US to do much
more quickly if you speak to us
quietly than if you roar at us, and
drag our tender, worm mouths
about. We get SO puzzled and
frightened when YOU are in "A rage
with rs that W only founder and
plunge, and make You more and
more angry.
Our last entreaty is, that when
we get old and past Il work, you
will not let our po-r, wasted bodies
staggeralong under some load, when
our lives have been spent Ia your
service, but that you Will reward us
by having us immediately put out
OF Our pain.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
Christmas Gifts.

A very pretty present is a toilet
set, made of silver or plain card
board, and wrought IN worsted. A
hairpin cushion, hair receiver and
match safe comprise the set, and
are neat, pretty and useful. A piece
of cardboard five inches square,
sewed together in a roll, and stuffed
with curled hair, with ends crochet
ed, some pretty design on one side,
worked with tie same shade of
worsted that is at the ends, and sus-
pended by a cord, with balls Of
worsted to match, is for hairpins.
A straight slip Of cardboard, five
inches wide and five IN length, with
a crocheted bag at the bottom, the
upper end cut either pointed or
square, a crocheted edge around it,
and trimmed with cord and bells,
hung on the other side Of the mirror
frame, is for the combings of the
hair. The match safe is made Of
very pretty design, trimmed in the
same style. Little mats to match.
for the top of the bureau, on which
to set alamp or glass Of water, make
a very tasty finish to a chamber,
and every young lady or housewife
would value such a gift, made by
loving hands and nimbIe fingers for
loves sake.-Euymer's Wife.
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9be farnl.
For the FARME AID NE
Rich Lands.

Thousands 90 West because tine
lands are rich ont there But
suppose it is, is that all the farmer
reeds After he raises a crop he
must sell it, or it is OF no use 10
him, except the small portion TO
he consumed at home.
The great grain and meat mar
kets Of the country are at the East,
and when farmers of the West, or
in North Carolina, have a surplus,
the railroads take advantage OF
transportation, and put up the
freichts to a figure which leaves
the grainer no profits.
TO force money from the pro
ducers simply because they have 1t
in their power to DO so, might be
called extortion, but in the potter
phrase of these days it is only con-
sidered "business." This is the
unfortunate relation that farmers
at present occupy to the railroad
monopolists who are lordlng 1t
over them by controlling the leglsla-
ture, that has been invested by the
Supreme Court of the United
States, with full power to give re-
lief. But Nus. free passes, or some
thing else has prevented action IN
favor of justice and right to the
producers of the country.
Times are rather hard III North
Carolina, still they are always hard
i'm a certain sense. But work IS
work the world over, and the more
labor is oppressed. the more sub
missive it is. But let me go back
to the heading of this article and
say if our lands are not as rich as
in the West, We enjoy the blessings
of civilization, where we have the
best of social society and a climate
equal to any on the globe. What
we need is more thoroughness IN
farming, that which prevents it,
IS our immense area, which Is a
curse to us. 1t is a constant
temptation to inefficient culture,
to a waste of time and energy IN
searching for a better place, rather
than to better the one we have. 1t
is no time now to spend money IN
distant hunts for erich lands, ="
when the products + wanted
more for fuel than for food. The
money, the time, the energy, the
thoughts and endeavors necessary
to get comfortably established on
the rich lands of the West, next
door to Indians and Buffaloes,
where prairie winds sweep down
upon the emigrant often with ter
rifle force, where neighbors,
churches and physicians are all
distant, if, l say, all these were
judiciously used in improving our
present homes, would make garden
spots of them, with the social, lit
erary and moral surroundings, in
surfing e~migrants, which hundreds
of thousands are strangers to in
the far West. ID. A. NJ.
Go. SHOPS, n. c., Nov. rs, rs.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
Shropshire Sheep in England.

At the sales of Shropshire sheep
IN England, during September, the
figures realized show a remarkable
raise in prices for these sheep. One
flock of 100 head averaged nearly
70 ; another of 60 head averaged
over IS +; a flock of 400 averaged
nearly IS j; a flock of so averaged
nearly go another flock of - aver
aged over t6. These prices
for ewes. The highest prices paid
for individual ewes were a, is, 81,
p and s guineas. Rams sold from
20 guineas to 120 guineas each.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05

Rockingham Spirit: l.. w. Me-
Laurln, Esq, of Laurinburg, in
forms Us that there are SIX one-horse
farmers IN that vicinity who made
this year, between them, 102 bales
of cotton-the majority O. them
making also corn enough to do
them. This is an average of L
bales of cotton to the horse. We
allude to these farmers as being
one-horse, BY which we mean that
each plows but one-horse: in re-
suits they are four-horse farmers.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
Malaria VS.. Hog Cholera.

A new theory of the cause of the
swine disease is advanced by Il cor
respondent of the Ohio Farmer in a
recent number. He says We have
no in allible cure for hog cholera.
But we believe that we have a pretty
correct knowledge of the matter SO
far as it goes, and that knowledge
gained in the bitter school of expe-
rience. We have noticed it as a
remarkable fact that in a season Of
unusual tendency to disease, espe-
cially fever, among the human
family, the hog cholera Was also
equally prevalent. Almost every
reader of The Farmer can call to
mind some season, more especially
autumn. when there was an unu-
sual amount of sickness ]; and does
not he remember that at that self
same period hog cholera prevailed:
We believe that the same causes
that produce malarial affections
among human beings produce like
results in swine, and hat such d.
seases are generally known as hog
cholera. In view of this fact we
assert that the primary cause Of al
forms of disease among swine, and
termed "hog cholera" is a de-
rangement of the system, produc-
ing, as it does in the human family,
tubercular and other forms of con.
sumption, constipation OF the
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She learned 10 sew by making
patchwork. and we dare say she
could do an over and over seam as
well as ninc-tenths Of the gro"n-up
women can do now ,a-days.
The old-fashioned little girl did
not grow into a young lady and talk
about beauA before she was IN her
teens, and she did not read dime
novels, and was not fancying 4 hero
in every plow-boy she met.
She learned the solid accomplish
ments as she grew up. She was
taught the arts Of cooking and
keeping. When she GOT a
husband She knew how to COOK him
a dinner.
She was not learned in French
verbs or Latin declenslons ana her
lear neighbors were spared the
agony of hearing her pound out
The Maiden's Prayer and ''Sil-
e Threads Among the Gold,
twenty times a day on the piano,
but we have no doubt she made her
family quite as comfortable as the
modern young lady does hers.
1t may be "a vulgar assertion, and
we suppose that we are not exactly
up to the times, but We honestly
believe, and our opinion is based on
considerable experience, and no
small opportunity for observation,
th,r nhnn n nan,nc tn lrnn,,l 10 -
family happy, a good cook and
house-keeper Is to be greatly pre-
fcrred over an accomplished scholar.
When both sets Of qualities are
found together, as they sometimes
are, then is the household over
which such a woman has control
blessed.
The olI-fashioned little girl was
modest III her demeanor, and she
never talked Slang or used by-words.
She did not tiirt. She did not laugh
at old people or make fun of Grip
piles, as we saw some modern little
girls doing the other day. She had
respect for her elders, and was not
above listening to words or counsel
from those older than herself.
She did not think she knew as
much rs her mother, and that her
Judgment was rs good as her grand
mothers.
She did not 90 to parties by the
time she vas ten and stay till after
midnight playing euchre, and dan
cling witt any chance young man
who hap ned to be present.
She went to bed III season, and
doubtless said her prayers before
she went, and slept the sleep Of in
nocence, and rose up IN the morn
ing happy and capable Of giving
happiness.
Aud if there be an old-fashioned
little girl IN the world to-day, may
heaven bless her and keep her, and
raise others up like her.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05

Mr.. Ebert 5. Carman recon-
mends protecting trees from mice
during winter by means of lath
tied on with Irvine. Dry bark has
been successfully used for the same
purpose.
Young and quickly-fed animals
have more water and fat in their
flesh, whilst older and well-fed
animals have flesh of a frmer touch
and fuller flavor and are richer in
nitrogen. The former may be
more delicate, the latter will be
more nutritious.
Frequent. perfect and regular
milking is a very efficient means of
promoting the flow of milk and
preventing change in its quality,
for, SO long as a large flow is main
tanned, SO long will 1t maintain It's
earlier characteristics.
To plant peach stones. dig a hole
in the ground (say SIX or eight
inches), plant us soon as the pulp
is off; let them remain in the
ground all winter. In the spring
take them up, crack the stones,
plant the meat. The first vear
they will grow five feet.
For some SORTS of vegetables, as
lettuce, cress. radishes and others,
the Chinese system of keeping the
soil continuously wet is the best
that can be adopted. 1t produces
a crispness in the vegetables that is
obtained only when there has been
no check in the growth.
Dahlias, gladioli. tuberoses and
other plants that require winter
protection for their roots in cellars.
should be taken up at once on
their leaves getting injured by the
first white frosts. Dahlias may be
put away at once, but gladioli and
tuberoses should be pretty well
dried before storing away, Q r they
may rot.
The gate receipts at Louisville
on the Fourth Of July, the day
that Ten Brock and Molly McCar-
thy came together in a race of four
mile heats, amounted to more than
$4,000. They were in the shape
Of smal4 bills and silver, and one
who saw the mass dumped from
the iron safes on the room in the
Gait House, says it was the most
fearful wad Of money that human
eyes eve beheld.