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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02
Japanese Miracle Workers,
From the san Francisco Chronicle. !


Among the arrivals yesterday on the steam
ship City of Picking were two priests from the
interior of Japan, claiming to be endowed with
miraculous power. They are on their way to
the Paris exposition with IA party of their
cOunrymcn, conducted by two English gen
tlcmcn who have for several years resided in
Japan 4 ChrOREci6 reporter interviewed these
gentlemen at their hotel last evening and was
courteously received. They informed him that
these priests are religious enthusiasts, who pro
feSs, through the power of faith and by the
medium of prayer, to be enabled to do the most
remarkable things-Such as are recorded in
the Christian gospels as in the power of the
followers OF JcSuS-rciCrring To those passages
which speak of their being able to remove
mountains, and to swallow deadly poisono with
out harm. One of the miraculous things that
these priests are able to do is to walk with
naked feet over the edges Of swords ground to
the kcenncSS of Il razor, and also over Il bed
of live Goals. They never attempt this with
out Il formal and tervent appeal to their divin-
ity for protection, and they assert most posi-
lively that it would be impossible for them to
perform the works they do without the divine
interference in their behalf. They intend to
exhibit these remarkable powers in Paris dur
ing their stay, and will challenge the dcvotces
Of the Christian or any other faith to do the
things that they do. In answer TO the report
crs inIiry if they would exhibit their powers
in TIL, country, the gentlemen said that such
was not their intention, but to spend few
week. in seeing objects Of interests on the Pa
citic and Atlantic slopes. Thanking the gen
tlcmrn for their courtesy, and assuring them
that their request not TO mention their names
should be complied with, the reporter with
drew, regretting that he would not have the
opportunity to witness this revival of one of
the lost arts
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

In an address before the Western Reserve
Dairy Association, by Mr. Sherman Tracy,
some statistics are given, showing the amount
Of capital invested IN the daily business in the
United States, which are a rather startling eX-
hibt TO those who have never given the sub
ject thought In the year 1915 there were
100000 cows used for dairy purposes, which
valued at S45 per head, would represent cap
ital OF $4jOOO0,O0O. If it requires three acres
OF land to support each COW, then there must
he 300OO,0OO acres devoted to this interest,
which ut a low average cost of $50 an acre, re-
presents Il capital of $900000,000. Adding TO
this the capital in teams, wagons and dairy
implements, say $l0O,000000, the total invest
ments would be S1450,0000O0 for this single
industry. Compared with the banking CAPT
tai Of the country, as reported for 1877 by the
comptroller of the currency, the aggregate cap
ital of the national banks exceeds by $3O,OOO,-
600 only the single item of cows; and the cap
ital invested in banks, other than national
banks, is but - per cent of the investment by
dairymen in lands. Adding to the amount IN
vested in banking, the amount of all individu-
al deposits in all the banks of the country, 9th
or than savings banks, the amount of banking
capital and deposits is 190,964536, or less
than 20 per cent greater than that invested in
the dairy business.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02
FARM AND GARDEN.


We shall be glad to receive, for publication
in this department. short and pointed commu,
nications from farmers, gardeners, stock-rais
crs and others on any topic of general inter
est to agriculturists. The name and postofiice
address should accompany each letter, no
necessarily for publication, but us a guaranty
of good faith. 1t is our purpose to open this
column to a free exchange OF experience and
opinions between It's readers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

There has never been an established value
Of salt rs II fertilizer, given to the public; and
the question, us salt fertilizer in any degree =:
remains unanswered, so as to settle the ques-
ton forever. If we refer to all that has been
said about its use by farmers, in the agricultu-
raj press during the twenty-five years, we shall
find Il large number who claim that they have
used it to advantage while as many more say
that they could see no benefit from its use
and the facts in the case appear to be about as
follows: In the vicinity OF the ocean, where
the dews are somewhat impregnated with it,
salt is Of no value AS Il fertilizer; but in the
interior it is of slight benefit to all crops, but
not sufficient to warrant its purchase at the
regular market value. At the salt works at
Syracuse, n. y, damaged salt can be bought
for about Ten cents bushCl, and at that price,
with short transportation, it will pay TO use it.
1t may be used to good advantage when mixed
with ashes, as a fall top-dressing tor grass
lands; and also on lands to be plowcd in the
spring, rs the virtues of both salt and ashes
during the winter become disseminated through
the surface soil. Ifapplied in the spring to
land that is to be plowed for any crop, it should
be spread by hand upon the surface after pillow.
ing and narrowing in.-RHrML n. Yorker.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

1t is a necessary preparation before sowing
seed to test its quality. This may be done in
the following simple manner: Take an ordi-
nary dinner plate, and lay "A circular piece Of
fine flannel, just large enough to cover the
lower part upon it. Place the plate on table
before window on the sunny side of the
house. The whole mass of seed to be tested
should be thoroughly mixed by hand, so that
II fair sample can be taken from it by small
spoon. The seeds so taken should be careful
ly counted but without selection for quality,
and a number, say 200 seeds, then be spread
evenly on thr piece of flannel before named ;
after which n little cold water may be gently
poured over the flannel until it is saturated
but not quite covered. In this way it is allow
ed to stand for Il few days exposed to the intlu
cncc of light and air, when the swollen seeds
will have terminated, and thrown up long and
slender white shoots of half an inch or more
IN height. All that Is then necessary is to
count the number of dead seeds that lie expos
ed on the flannel in the same condition in
which they were placed there, and hence the
precise percentage OF live and dead seeds may
be accurately aSccrtaincd.-Lhicago Trib'ne,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

The North British -lgrjcpltvrid reports that
a well-known English stock breeder has offer
ed to the Earl of DunmOre the enormous sum
of ten thousand guineaS for the twoyearold
shOrthorn heiter the daughter of Duchess sith.
by 9th Duke of Geneva This extraordinary
offer is conditional upon the coming calf of
the heitcr to De purchased being alive and a
hoifnr
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

Insects must be looked attcrnow. The cluS-
ter Of eggs of the Tent Caterpillar may easily
he seen against the sky in dull day; they
are to be looked for aS y ring, about three
iourths of an inch wide, near the end of the
twigs. Cuttingand burning one ofthcsc destroys
about 800 Catcrnilars
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

Bordeaux journal states that wine grow.
or in the Gironde has discovered means Of
Getting rid OF the phyloXcra. Hcha- remark
Cd that parasite of the strawberry plant carl
al on war Of determination against that in
sect and that where the strawberry i grown
among the vines they have not been attacked
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

In late lecture with this title. DR. b. W
Richardson, of London, made the following
points
FIRST-That the substance now called al.
COhol and which has been 80 called for cen.
turtles, could not be considered as II food, as
most people uppoScd-standing alone i'm the
world rs something which was to be taken as
if it were food.
SECOND-That common alcohol was. therefore
not Il special gift sent to them to he used as
food any more than the other chemical bodies
coming under the head alcohol"
THRD-That when, As Psychologists and
biologists they look on the construction of the
animal kingdom. and considered how il was
made up of certain fluids and solids they
were struck with the fact that there was no
provision whatever made for the use of such
an agent ~ alcohol. Nature had prOdu Ccd
the organization simply Of one fluid, and that
fluid was water
FOURTH-That CthyliC alcohol acted on the
bodies ofmcn and animals in the same manner
as other chemical substances. 1t did not act
after the manner of food at all, but produced
effects which were phenomenal in their char
aCter. He found that a fatal dose meant q
proportion of draChm of fluid TO the pound
weight of the warm bloodcd animals. In a
man Weighing 100 pounds, dose of fifteen
ounces would certainly be- fatal unless scien.
| ttic means avcrtcd death. The lecturer then
graphically described the phenomenal effects
of various doses of alcohol on the organism
and remarked, in conclusion, that Iithc alcohol
did anything that was Of Use in the animal or.
ganization, it was only in the first stage Of this
action.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-03-02

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According to the latest adyiccS Prussia has
only S10OOO,O0O in silver marks left 10 sell.
Let congress authorize the secretary Of the
treasury to send over part Of the Sl2j,OOoOUO
81 gold he holds and buy those marks, if Ger.
many really wants to sell them. Make them
quarter dollars and dollars nf the United States
and pay them out Ia any one who wants 30 give
ErecnbackS for them. That will bc rcSump-
ton, and every one will be surprised to find
how easily it has been accomplishcd.-.Sf.
Leujs Republican.
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CLEAN PEOPLE

ncusokeepers, gilders Painters remember that keep.
large stock OF Leads, Paints, Oils, furnishes Pain,
brushes, and all kinds OF material for painting will a<
be undersOld 4. GRlGGS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
.AD Dumb Doe.

A story is told in the German papers
about the manner in which an intelligent
dog adapted himself to his condition
A deaf and dumb lady had as a compan-
ion q younger woman also deaf and
dumb. They lived in a small set of
rooms opening on the public corridor of
the house. Somebody gave the elder
lady a little dog a a present. For some
time, whenever any body rang the bell
at the door, the dog barked to call the
attention of his mistress. The dog o
discovered, however, hat neither the
bell northe barking made any impression
on the women, and he took to the prac-
tice of merely pulling one of them by
the dress with his teeth, in order to ex-
plain that some one was at the door.
Gradually the dog ceased to bark alto
gether, and for more than seven years
before his death he remained as mute as
his two companions" When express
sion by sound was useless, it fell with
him into absolute disuse.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
Something for tine New year.

The world-renowned success of Hostetter's
Bitters, and their continued popularity for
a quarter of a century as a ~stomachic, is
scarcely more wonderful thar the welcome
that greets the annual appearance of Hos
letters Almanac. This valuable medical
treatise is published by Hostetter & Smith,
Pittsburg, Pa, under their own immediate
supervision, employing so hands in that
department. Ten cylinder printing presses,
8 folding machines, 5 job presses, &c, are
running about eleven months in the year
on this work, and the issue of same for
1879 will not be less than ten millions,
printed in the English, German, French,
Welsh, Norwegian, Swedish, Holland.
Bohemian and Spanish languages. Refer
to a copy of it for valuable and interesting
reading concerning health, and numerous
testimonials as to the efficacy of Hostetter's
Bitters, amusement, varied information,
astronomical calculations and chronological
items, &c, which can be depended on for
correctness. The Almanac for 1879 can be
obtained, free of cost, from druggists ant
general country dealers in all parts of thu
bcountry.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
FashionabIe FooIishness.

There is no modern fashionable notion
quite SO absurd as the generally received
idea that to be beautiful and attractive a
woman must possess a wan, spiritueue face,
and a figure of sylph.like proportions a
fragility in nine cases out of ten the result
of disease. By many fashionable bellies it
is considered a special compliment to be
spoken Of as frail and delicate. They for.
get that the naturally delicate face and petite
figure are very different from the pale and
disease stricken faces that meet us in the
city th~oroughfares, look out from the lux.
uriant carriages of wealth, and glide Ian.
guidly through our crowded drawing-rooms.
If disease were questionable, as It ought
to be, not a lady in the land but would take
every possible p~recaution to secure the
fresh, blooming face and wellrounded fig
ure that only health can give. Ladies
should remember that much as gentlemen
may profess to admire the face and form,
pale and emaciated by disease, when they
choose a wife they prefer a blooming
healthful, buoyant-spirited woman. DR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the &C
knowledged standard remedy for female
diseases and weaknesses. 1t has the two
fold advantage of curing the local disease
and imparting a vigorous tone to the whole
system. 1t is sold by Druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
Wonderful SPIDERS Web.

"Across the sunny paths of Ceylon,
where the forest meets the open coun
try, and which constitute the bride
roads of the island, an enormous spider
stretches his web at the height. of from
four to eight feet from the ground. The
cordage of these websis fastened on either
side to projecting shoots of trees or
shrubs, and is SO strong as to hurt the
travellers face, and even lift off his hat,
if he is so unlucky as not to see the line.
The nest in the center is sometimes as
large as a mans head, and is continually
growing larger, as it is formed of sue
cessiye layers of old webs rolled over each
other, sheet after sheet, into a ball.
These successive envelopes contain the
wings and limbs of insects of all descrip-
tions, which have been the prey of the
spider and his family who occupy the
den formed in their midst. There seems
to be no doubt that the spider casts the
web loose and rolls it round the nucleus
in the center when it becomes over
charged with c~arcasses, and proceeds to
construct a fresh one, which in its turn
is destined to be folded up with the
rest"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
s,eeplnx Beau,y.

Mrs. Holmes, of Lebanon. ILL.,, had at the
10th slept for twenty-five days, and was
still al it. She returned to consciousness
for about half an hour On Saturday, and
then returned to her nap. A special to one
Of the doubled named papers at st. Louis
says the case has acquired wide celebrity,
and that inquiring letters are coming in,
and that several st. Louis and Chicago
physic men have come to see, and that
two of them shave pronounced the case
one of the most remarkable in the annals
of pathology" This is remarkable patho-
logical prescience. Furthermore, ga re
markable fact in connection with this cas-
is that the patient, although having eaten
comparatively nothing, has not lost a single
pound during the whole time."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

to I Gom sun H. Esll pS os psans ssd s method ois vii Be- the same
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than was ever enjoyed BY any ofner American
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
War In Tennessee.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
sette writes from Nashville, Tenn December
II: A man named Bates, who arrived to-
day from DeKalb County, reports that a
s~anguinary encounter occurred in the edge
of Overton and Fentress counties, on Fri
day afternoon, between a force under com
mand of Captain Davis and illicit distillers
headed by Campbell Morgan, the re-
nowned leader of violators of the revenue
laws in that section of the s ate.
Davis had about forty men, and Morgan
nearly sixty. Davis forces were attacked
about sundown by Morgan's band, and from
the friendly cove of trees poured volley
after volley into the ranks of the distillers,
who, protected by a bluff overlooking a
hollow in which the revenue men were
caught at a disadvantage, kept up a steady
fire upon them. Fer over an hour the con-
fict continued, reaching al end only when
darkness fell upon the scene of sa%nguinary
battle. An examination by Davis resulted
in his finding five or six Of his men dead
while an equal number of Morgan's band
persisted. Bates thinks the fight was con-
tinued the next day, and there is strong
probability that both sides suffered ad.
ditiona1 losses. Collector Woodcock has
not received any intelligence of the battle,
but regards Bates statement rs true, as he
gave Davis imperative orders, before start.
lag ont IN the expedition against moon.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
Trichina in Chicago.
Cincinnati Enouirer.l


Two eminent microscopes of Chi
cago q. F. Atwood, President of the
State Microscopieal Society, and DIR. w.
I. Belfeld, Demonstrators of Physiology
at the Rush Medical College), have
submitted to the Health Commissioner
the results of their examination of the
flesh Of one hundred hogs, in response to
the following questions:
"To what extent is the pork supply of
Chicago affected with trichina 2"
40 what extent are these parasites
dangerous to health or life? ?"
Are trichinous animals generally out
of health ?"
"Can reliance be placed upon thorough
sailing or smoking of the meat as de-
structive to trichina ?'
Are there any practical means by
which our Meat Inspectors car detect
parasites in a carcass of meat?'
The scientists report that thew took
two pieces from each hog-one from the
tenderloin and the other from the ham
cutting the pieces into thin longitudinal
sections, which were placed under a
Bullock binocular instrument with an
application of about seventy-fve diam.
eters. Eight of the hundred hogs were
found to be infected, some badly, while
in others comparatively few parasites
were found. In all cases the hams were
apparently free from trichina, those
found always being contained in the
tenderloin. In one specimen there were
thirteen thousand to the cubic inch, the
smallest number being thirty-fve. II
the. question as to whether trichinou,
hogs are generally out of health, the mi
%croscopists answered in the negative, cit
ing their experiment with a white ra'
three weeks old, to which they fed trichi
nous pork tillit was nearly three month
old. The rat thrived amazingly on tn,
food, and when it skilled wasf6und I,
be literally alive with trichina from tn,
tipof its nose to the end of its tail.LAst'
the means by which inspectors can detec
trichina in the carcass of meat, the,
reply that a microscope is the only in
fallible means 1t is found, however
that sulphurous acid not only kill
worms instantly, but readily permeate
the entire ham, and is as readily ex
PEELED. They recommend the use of
small quanty of this acid in the pickl
for curing hams. Ordinary sailing an,
smoking does not destroy the parasite
but a thorough cooking of the pork is
safe and sure precaution.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
Another BANK su.pen.lon.

The Indianapolis Savings Bank, Colonel
John W.. Ray, Treasurer, turned up its toes
to the December wind, and is now among
the institutions gone before. The Directors
publish q statement in explanation of the
close, in which the fault is attributed to the
low rate Of interest now prevailing in the
banks of that city and ON United States
bonds, the great reduction and uncertainty
in value of real estate, upon which security
the loans Of the bank have been largely
based, and the unexampled scarcity of un.
doubted paper for discount. It is claimed
that the money on hand, and assets unmis'
takably good, will nearly, if not entirely,
pay every dollar Of Indebtedness, and a div.
idend of twenty-five per cent. has been de.
clared from the start.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

Bayard Taylor, Minister of the United
States to the Court of Berlin, died on the
10th inst, in his ffty-fourth year. His
death was unexpected, for though he had
been suffering for som months from an
affection of the liver and dropsical symp-
toms, late reports spoke hopefully of his
case. He was born at Kennett Square,
Chester County, Pa, on the 18th of January,
1926. He was apprenticed to a printer at
the age of seventeen, and early began to
write verses. Since then he has acquired
more than average celebrity as a poet,
traveller, and lecturer. A few months age
he was appointed by President Hayes as
Minister to the Court Of Berlin.