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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-01


The s,cady decline in the wool market dur.
ing the past wear has been unable to check the
intcrcS, taken in sheep y few years ago
after The Wharf.-The depression in prices, al
though not So severe ~ now, CAUSED rush out
of the business. Hundreds ~ thousands OF
sheep were slaughtered for their hide and tai
low. Not 80 now, Ivy any means. To-day the
average gratcs II wCci .gC 22i FER cent lower
Than one wear ago. Medium. GRADES, or those
about half merinn blood, alc II percent, while
fine or full blood meriuO and S0N"ny liccces
have declined 20 pci ccl,. iI..-@!ng woods
have fallen OF during the year 30 per cent,
Still the interest gains in the f"ckS over All
other productive Industries. 4 Missouri man
writes: My snccp have p&iG ING well, while
my cattle have paid me nothing The atten'
ton ol capitalists is more ana NOR" called To
investments in sheep. The cause OF ali TINS
conGti,ncc ia ia, l'.tnlc ii aiicyp HAS 10 be the
solid foundation ui lic market. 80 long rs
people are bonn naked, 80 long VIII WOOL he
used for clothing. The market Is SOLID, ana
seems likely to STAY 80. Until there Is more
general employment for The passes who huy
wooden goods, there is nu prospect ut better
prices for WOODEN goods OF wool
II requires good sheep, with .,ood handling,
10 make the growing Of wool profitable. With
these two combined, woolgrowing is better,
safer and faster than cattle, horses, or hogs, ON
cheap lama or on u,sl land - gentleman in
Bureau County, M. ON anu worth eighty dol
lars per acre, and grand improvements, sand
hi, lwcnty-tvc Cotowoid ewes were the best
paving stock on his farm His sheep were
nearest the barn, receiving his best care, while
the shOrthOrns were taking III the stalk field,
with the thermometer 10 der h-|,y zero. lie
claimed on land worth EIGHTY dollars per acre,
sheep were the very best stock 10 keep.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-01
In a recent Monday Lecture" Rev. Joseph

In a recent monday Lecture" Rev. Joseph
Cook, of Boston, spoke thus:
There stands noble statehouse in the corn.
fields near Springfield Illinois, and Lincoln
grave lies under its shadow. Above his grave,
Ia legislature will be pctitioncd this winter by
ladies Of Illinois to give women of legal age
the right to vote in cases of local option under
temperance laws: Il = In New
Hampshire the line has already been broken
as to the exclusion of women from participa-
ton in the settlement Of questions closely
touching the home Let 1t be noticed that
New Hampshire, "a conservative New England
state, has just given to women the right to
vote on all questions concerning the school
laws. | am not woman sutfragist. Do not
applaud this platform under the mistaken idea
that am defender Of extreme positions as
to woman's rights | am mediating on that
theme But this dare say, that one of the
fragments Of selfprotcction for Nomen--nalne-
IT, right to vote, concerning temperance
laws, when the question of local option is up
| am willing to defend, and intend to defend,
to the end of the chapter. Great natural jus
ticc is on the side of such demand. WOm-
ans interests are among the chief ones con-
cemed; and as to family divisions, why they
come largely from temperance laNncss. NOm.
M surely has political intelligence enough to
understand the difference between license and
no license, especially when she has suffered
under a lax execution of temperance laws.
The difference is so plain, between local free
dom and no local freedom TO sell liquor, that
woman without any great participation IN the
Turmoil! of politics, might be expected To have
an intelligent vote on this subject Know
that many cultivated and refined women say
thoy do not want wOmun To woe nccausc they
do not want to increase the amount of ignO-
rant suffrage. Well, | respect the intelligence
and the refinement of the ladies who make
such remarks; but believe that on most NOR
al questions woman is likely TO be more intel
IlIgent and Ce tainly more dISintereStcd than
man. | am told by many of the best aUthori-
ties that women. who are opposed To- female
suffrage at large are usually in favor of this
modified measure. | am assured that Il ma
jority Of the thoughtful, cultivated women of
The United States. or certainly of the northcrn
state. can he expected to favor hi, demand
for vote to bC given 20 woman in questions
Of local option, concerning temperance laws.
If Il majority of women want such vote.
Heaven grant their desire, Women would he
united on this topic. Woman's vote would be
to city vices depending on intemperance what;
the lightning is to the OAK God send us that
lightning" tApplause)
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-01

Mr.. E. J. Lowe, the astronomer, in n letter tc
the London TImcS mentions curious instance
of the value Of small birds in agriculture
''Thirty.tive years ago counTyman LETT here
for Australia, taking with him al our popular
hardy fruits and vegetables; but the produce
was yearly destroyed, until the English spar
row was introduced, after which there Wa
plenty of fruit" Natcrton celebrated that Il
single pair of sparrows destroyed as many
grubs in one day as would have eaten up halt
an acre Of young corn IN week. The swal-
lows. ilycatchcrs and other summer birds come
too late to destroy the grubs; it Is only the ma
tive blrGs, ike the sparrow, which really dO
the hgcuaa.ly work Frost does not Kill thcso
grubs Even in the severe frost of lSG0-6l
When tie thermometer stood in some places
eight degrees below zero, the grubs were not
injured. II is the little birds which are the
true undergraduates, though they do take Il
certain portion of the produce by way Of wages
for their work -Sjtctatcr.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-01

BALTIMORE PUDDING.-One cup of suet
chopped fine, or two thirds cup of butter, one
cup Of boiling water, one cup of molasSes, one
cup Of stoned raisins, three and onc-half cups
of flour, one teaspoenful of soda, little salt
and all kinds of spices. Steam three hours
Sauce. One large tablespoonful Of flour We,
with cold water and beaten very smoothly, opc
and onchalf cup of boiling water; let these
boil gently for half an hour or longer; while
boiling add one cup of sugar and a little salt
Have ready in the dish the sauce is to be sery-
ed In one egg beaten very light; strain the con
tents of the BASIN over the egg, stirring rapidly
Flavor with vanilla.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-01
m.irylau0.
A Baltimore correspondent writes;

\ Baltimore correspondent writes:
"The temperance cause III the city of Balti-
more and vicinity is still progressing favora-
bly,, and we are beginning to reap some of the
results of our labors in the past two years. We
have now three large tabernacles erected for
the purpose of holding temperance meetings,
and they alc well TILED every evening IN the
week, and sunday afternoon and evening, be
sides many temperance meetings held IN the
churches. The results of these meetings are
apparent on every hand. During the holidays
just past there was less dissipation than has
been seen for many years in the city OF Balti.
more. The license year commences on the
first day of May of each year.
an May 1877 there were Issued 100 retail
Licenses in the city; in May 1878 1884 fall
ing of of 1870 The reduction of the licenses
in tive county is still greater than the city, as
We have local prohibition in many districts of
Baltimore county. The villages OF Wood
bury, Hampden Mount Washington and War.
rcn, with nearly 1000 inhabitants, have not
one single licensed Iiquorshop, and drunken
ness is almost entirely unknown in these vii
lIses. | have recently attended two public
temperance meetings at Warren, and at the
last one held a week or two ago, we got the
last fifteen persons TO sign the pledge that had
not previously signed, and now they have a
teetotal community Six of the largest distil-
lcrirs in the city of Baltimore and vicinity
have fallen OFF in the past year, one!third in
some, one-half in others, and in the largest,
where they used formerly $50 bushels of corn
daily, distlll!ng 3,0OO gallons OF whisky, are
now reduced to 2J0 bushels and di-illing but
900 gallons per day, and many Of the smaller
dlsilierics are closed on account of the small
demand.
But, what is still better, we have the sym.
pathy and cooperation of the public, and, as
soon rs we get the opportunity to vote upon
DIE subject, We shall free our old state from
tnc Suhjcction of the rum-power and its attend,
ting Vices
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-01
To prevent rheumatism hui away lhc .hects

To prevent rheumatism put away the sheets
and counterpart, and sleep in blankets, under
and over, and no counterpart mt all. The
sheets and counterpart do great deal Of mis-
chief The cotton keeps the sour heat and
perspiration from the body in the bed, and SC
you breathe poisoned air all night, summer
and winter and that poisoned air makes youl
rheumatism ten times worse. If you were in
blankets they would not absorb the perspira
ton it would pass through from one to the
other but III cotton, if it absorbs 1T had bet
ter say soaks into it-there it remains, cold, or
hot, or clammv.-.VrS. Warren.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-01

}. Burnham gives the PUirie Farmer an
account of some experiments of his own, and
of neighbor with girdling fruit trees TO cause
abundant bearing Different modes were tried.
some by simply cutting well through the bark,
and Others by cutting out small ring of the
bark, sixteenth of an inch in width. The first
has proved most satisfactory, and limbs thus
treated IN trees long barren have given profuse
crops The work is done in spring Cutting
around the trunk of the tree is preferred to
treating branches only. Mr.. b. recommends
this practice for trees otherwise worthless from
sterility
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-01
EASM AND G.,T@rN.


We shall be glad 20 receive, for publication
in tins department, short and pointed commit
nicalions from farmers, gardeners, Stock'ralS'
crs and Others, ia any Topic Of general later
est 20 agricu,uv,ts. The name and poStoiiioc
address should accompany each letter, not
necessarily ior publication, hut as - guaranty
of good faith, II Is our purpose to open inns
column toa free exchange OF experience ana
opinions between it, readers
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-01

At meeting Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union committee on that sub
icct reported that quite large majority of all
the churches in Chicago are using non.intoxi.
eating wine at the communion service. 1t was
added that not Methodist church in the city
was using alcoholic wine III the observance of
the ordinance. This is IL good report Of pro-
urpSS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-01

According to Hon. J. Stanton Gould, clover
has been used as human food for generation,
by the Indians Of the plains. The Digger In
dians of California eat It raw, and also cook il
by placing thick layer Of the green clover be
tween stones that have been previously hctel
When young onions or chivcs and grasShop
pers are mingled with the clover, the GiSh is
considered great luxury. The Apaches min
gle together clover, pigweed and dandeiions IN
ii vessel, which is then filled with water
Stones that have been heated in the fire arr
then thrown in. and when they have impaired
their surplus Leat to the water they are taken
out and replaced by hotter ones, until the
mass is sufficietly cooked.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-01

Two teaspoonfuls Of finely-powdered char
coal, crank IN half tumbler of water, will il
Is said, often give relief to the sick headache,
when caused, as in most cases tits, by a super.
abundance of acid ON the stomach
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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-15
The Way to Handle Sheep.

There is q right and a wrong
way, and an easy way, an awkward
way and a sskilltul way, to catch
and handle sheep. A great many
men will catch the sheep by the
wool on the back with both hands,
and lit the animal clear from the
ground by the wool only. Barbar-
0uss Let some great giant grasp
you by the hair of your head and
lift you from the ground by the
hair only Would you not strug.
gle aud squirm worse than the mute
sheep does when lifted by the wool :
And would there not be complaint
of a sore head for week or twOf
Ii you do not believe it try the ex-
pertinent. We have slaughtered
great many sheep in years past,
and when removing the pelts of
such sheep as bad been handled by
the wool, we never failed to observe
that beneath the skin wherever the
animal bad been caught by the
wool, blood had settled. In many
instances, the skin had been sep.
arated from the body so that intla.
nation was apparent. We have
known prOprietOrs.of sheep to be
so strict in regard to handling them
that he would order Eelper from
the premises ii he were TO catch u
sheep by the wool on any part of
the body. Some owners of sheep
direct their helpers thus: "When
about to catch "A sheep, move care
fully toward the one to be taken,
until you are sufficiently near to
spring quickly and seize tho beast
by the neck with both hands, then
pass one hand around the body,
grasp the brisket, and lit the sheep
clear from the ground. The wool
must not be pulled. II the sheep
is a heavy one, let one hand and
wrist be pnt around the neck and
the arm pressed against the leg"
We have always haifdled sheep in
the way alluded to. We never
grasp the wool. Others seize the
sheep by "A hind leg, then throw
one arm around the body and take
hold of the brisket with one hand.
But ewes with lambs should never
be caught BY the hind legs, unless
they are handled with extreme
care. When sheep are handled
roughly, especially if their wool is
pulled. the small bruises aud inju-
ries will render them more wild and
more difficult to handle. -Drorers'
Price Current .-.---
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-15
NUMBER 81.
THE Last Wonder.

Little Rock Gazette.
An esteemed friend Of Webb City
sends us the following:
sOf the seven wonders of the
world the United States furnishes
tive--the MamWoth Cave, the Nj
agra Falls, the Natural Bridge, the
Hot Springes, and last, but not
least, The Ethiopian vino il chang
ing his color The two last belong
to Arkansas, and are pre-errinetly
the most wonderful. Tbs former are
common in a small way, their mag
nitude making them remarkable.
But the latter stand unaDproached
in the history of the world. Thepub-
lie nave seen or heard Of the Hot
Springs, but this radical, positive
aud permanent change of color from
very black to a very white man
is freak of nature unparalleled IN
the history of man. This indi-
vidual, Frank Jones (e&-otiicio col
ored), having lived quiet life OF
thirty years(hnU now titty-fFe years
OF age) five miles south OF Ozark,
Franklin county. Arkansas, .the
public know nothing of this phe-
nomenou. He was born black, of
black parents, and remained so un-
til he was about grown, when a
white !spot, resembling that of "a
lamb, appeared on his breast and
from that the spots spread in every
direction. He is now a spotted
man, being about half white and
halt black, and becoming more aud
more white all the time. The spots
are very decided, white being very
white, and black very black, ex-
cept those that are undergoing the
change from black to white, which
are of a grayish yellow. He is in
perfect health every day. Iregard
him al absolutely the greatest won
der of the age. We ask the ply
sicians of the world to give the
cause of this phenomenon, and the
wise ones to give him name. Ua.
til | hear from them l will assign
the Fifteenth Amendment as the
cause and call him Darwin the sec.
pud.r
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-15
MOTHER'S WORK.
BY MARGRET sANGSTER.

Dear patient woman, DER your children
bending
To leave a goodnight kiss on rosy lips
Or list the simple prays to God ascending
Ere slumberv wells them in its soft eclipse
l wonder, do You dream that seraphs love
you,
And sometimes smooth pathway fol
your feet;
That oft their silvery pinions float above
you,
When life is tangled and the cross roads
meetY
So wan and tired, the whole long day SC
busy,
To laugh or weep at times you hardly
know,
So many trifles make the poor brain dizzy,
So many errands call you to and fro,
Small garments stitching, weaving fairy
stories,
And binding wounds, and bearing little
cares,
For hours pass, unheeded all the glories
OF that great world beyond your nursery
stairs.
One schoolmate's pen has written words of
beauty,
Her poems sing themselves into the
heart;
Another's brush has magic; you have duty;
No time to spare for poetry or art,
But only time for training little fingers,
And teaching youthful spirits to be true;
You know not with what famine woman
fingers,
With art alone to fill her, watching you.
And yet, think you'd rather keep the
babies
Albeit their heads grow heavy on your
arm,
Than have the poets fair enchanted
maybes,
The artists visions, rich with dazzling
charms
Sweet are the troubles of the happy hours.
For even in weariness your soul is blest,
And rich contentment all your being dow
That yours is not hushed and empty
nest!
--Christian Union.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-15
How to Get Rid of Book Agent.

Danoufy news.
The following novel way of get
ting rid of book canvasser is val
liable to know. Besides this, there
is pleasant feeling IN seeing &
photographer annoyed-even it il
is of reyengetul cast. .. ....
The subject is Danbury photo
grapher. The canvasser is a wo
man. He told her he didn't want
to buy. She said the book was
just adapted to him in his business
and he would gain it's value hun.
dred times over. He told her he
had no time to read it. She sug.
gested that he buy it for his wife.
1t was just the work for a woman.
a woman would be benefited by it
to a degree beyond computation.
lie answered that his wife had
more books now than she could
read. She asked him if he had a
son. He said yes. She told him
if this book was chiefly noted for
one thing above another it was in
shaping and inspiring the mind of a
young man.
Several customers had now ar
rived, and the artist was plainly
showing marks of exhausting.
"Madam," he said, "what is the
price of your book 7"
''One dollar and a half"
"You sell these books to make a
living N .. ..
"Yes, sir.n
"Well, madame, | don't want the
book. L have no use for it, and L
can't spare no more time talking
about the matter. All your object
in selling the book, l suppose, is to
get the per cent allowed you by the
publisherW
"Yes, sir"
swell, here" he said, handing
her the bill, sis a dollar. Take
your profit on the sale out of that
and let that end the matter.n
? "Thank you," she said, rolling up
the money and storting it in her
pocketbook, "that is Just the prot
it," And she departed with a very
greatful expression on her face.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-15
For 1879 (see acts 1878, p. 3 the
appropriations for the several de-
narttnante UarS 40 followq.

SO much for the pledges AS 10 ex-
penses. The democratic. .conserva-
tive party platform also pledged
the party to reduce taxes.
RADICAL RULE.
During the Last two years OF
radical rule, the State taxes were :
In, 1874, IA mills on the dollar S14 on. 81 900
In 1854 mills on the dol. 80 25on.. 1000
DEMOCRATIC RULE.
In 1876; 6i mills on tn dol. Sc so on 81 900
In 1875, S mills on the dol S. 90 on. 1000
In 1873, 81 mills on the dol. $3 SO on. 1000
This is a reduction in 1878 from
the State taxes of 1875, the last
year of radical rule, of $5 70 on
the thousand dollars.
Section 10S of the revenue act
approved March 5, 1878, declares !:
"That the State tax is hereby
fixed at 81 mills, including the tax
to pay the principal and interest
on bonds; and boards of supervi-
sors are hereby prohibited from
levying taxes which, added to the
State tax, would exceed twelve
dollars and fifty cents on each
thousand dollars, provided that to
meet some outstanding indebted
ness, the amount herein indicated
may be exceeded, but in no case
shall the total tax exceed fifteen
dollars on the thousand"
1t will be borne in mind that the
principal and interest of the bonds
we're obligations created under
radical rule; and that the county
leyies under the rule, were some
times five hundred per cent. beyond
the real necessities of the county
governments. Under existing laws
this abuse has been corrected.
With such record as the fore.
going, we have too much faith in
the patriotism and intelligence of
the people of Mississippi, to believe
that they are prepared to turn the
State government over to the ene-
mics of the democratic party,
they are sailing under the
colors of open and undisguised
or operating behind mask |
ed batteries as independents, ma
or greenbackers.