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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

! II may be interesting to a large class of read
ers 10 know ust what menagcrle would cost
/ them There are, no doubt, many deserving
people IN this country who would like 10 add
"A tiger or hyena to their list of household pets
| if they only knew where these dOCle creatures
could be obtained and what the expense would
/ be- England does large trade in wild ami
| mails. and they are rather cheaper there than
IN this country. Still. the unhandiness Of get
ting them here more than makes up the differ.
ence. Don't expect to get snakes and such
things by mail; they dislike to be stamped by
the active clerk, and the clerk generally feels
embarrassed when the package breaks open.
A tiger or lion can be had for 800 each ;
$50 gets a very good article of leopard, al
though 800 will buy an inferior kind; black
panthers cost $50; clOudcd tigers come rs
high as $500, and economy would suggest "a
sparing investment in animals OF this class; u
LYNX in England costs $50, but they can be
had for nothing in Canada Canadians miss
lots of good chances to catch lynx, tor the
Kanuck generally has foot.racc against time
the moment he sees one, and thus negiecls 70
seize him. The lynx that he doesn't catch Is
the famous missing lynx. One hundred and
twenty-five dollars will get you polar bear,
and $50 brown bear; brown bear is just AS
satisfactory as the others and much cheaper;
siOlllS CDsi SD' UlL YOU Nil ENt IiNhHy Va WY
IN America, sitting around groceries and talk
ing politics; $25 gets very good volt al
though many persons can get them cheaper IN
fact. they have hard work keeping the wolf
from the door. Aard wolves cost as much as
$500, no doubt because they are so Aard to
get. Monkeys cost from 81 up to $500, or
course for the latter price regular Darwin
can be had A zebra will cost you $500 BE
sure and get one of the right stripe. kanga-
roos cost from $50 to $500. Feed them on
hops Every family needs an elephant, and
will be pleased to know that one three stories
high can be bought for the tritie OF 81 800. a
two.storv elephant costs $50 cottage ee-
phant $500 while any amount of shanty ee-
plants, for paror pets, can be bought for S3oO
Now we come to Injuries A rhinoceros
should not be INDUCED in unless the purchaser
has a good bank account, \ very ordinary
rhinoceros costs $4,000, while pretty desira-
BILE article comes to over $1,000 A person
must have the rhino to indulge in rhlnoce-
ros. Now 90 ahead and make your selections.
you pays your money and takes your choice. "
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23
Buffalo and boundaries,

! Save for us more serious phase in the lives
and treasure ii has wasted, the late campaign
against Sitting Bull and the buffalo might fur
nish IA theme for comic opera,
| What could be more absurd than 10 find two
great nations, Canada and the United States, IN
"A fermcnt because II thousand or two Indians
were hunting buffalo AS they and their ances-
tors had always done:
Canada, as Ottawa advIces declare, no sooner
learned that the buffalo had C. ossed the border
and gone south, than she at once began to make
arrangements tor forwarding supplies to her
western Indians, which would have cntalled
heavy expenditure public money" Hayes :
Government, on learning the same tidlngs, dcs-
patched regular military expedition to the
border, at great expense, and succeeded IN Kill
ing few Indians who were dong no harm to
anybody.
Meanwhile the buffalo, UNCONSCIOUS OF all
these formidable preparations, military andmon.
ltary, having become satisfied with their brief
escapade southwark, turned and recrosscd into
Canadian territory; whereupon the invading
Indians followed them, and the war was over.
Thus We find Canada and the United States
drawing line on the map between their do
mains-a line not made perceptible to anybody
by river or range of montains, nor by even
a ditch, or bit of twlnc, and then rushing 20
arms on learning that presumptuOus buffalo
have dcsecratcd this invisible boundary by
crossing it, with breechclouted Indians tumb-
ing after.
Probably not to this day have either the pur-
sued or the pursuers realized the enormous fact
that they crossed and recrossed the Forty-ninth
paralel-wth all that this term implies Had
the present been the first time in the history OF
Indians and blsons in which the latter had NOV
ed south from Canada, with the former in pur
suit, there might have been somGexcuse for the
despalring conclusion of the Ottawa authorities
that the buffalo would never 90 back, and for
the equally firm persuasion ofthc Washington
wlseacres that an army mus, be sent out to drive
them back
As the case stands, the only remedy against
the annual International fright is for Carl
Schurz to open post schools to instruct buffalo
and border Indians in the rudments of geog
raphy and in the history of the Canada bound.
ary.-N. Y. Sun.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23
Italian WIne-Pressing.

These peasants were winemakcrs Then
splendid dark woman climbed the steep noun
tans and carried the grapes down in great has
kets on their backs; then they cmptied these
baskets into great round Hat tub or vat; then
they got into this great shallow tub, in Their
short red pettcoats, with their naked brown
feet; then they joined hands and began to GO
round and round, singing and laughing and
dancing as they went. They were treadlng out
the wine They were blackeyed and beautiful
they were lighthearted and happy They had
storms of black and abundant hair over their
shoulders They showed the prettest white
teeth IN the world, as they lifted their happy
faces and circed round and round, and tramp.
led the grapes, until they stood knee deep In
the wine At first did not like to drink this
WINE, because | did not think it was clean,
But afterwards watched them at their work
more closely and saw with pleasure that they
invariably and always washed their teet-atter
they got done treading out the wine
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23
Democrats patterpn.

Osman lIapeman have just received the ney
spring and summer styles of the above ceebrat
ed patterns, and will keep constantly on han,
all the sizes af the different patterns
The patterns are highly praised by the pres
and the people. They comprise all the lates
and best styles of ladies' and childrens dress
are graded in size and put up in envelopes OF
which are printed illustrations and full descrip
tions Of she garments in French and English
they are sold at prices ranging from 10 to 81
cents and the catalogue is said to include thu
largeSt and only complete assortment of useiu
and fashionable designs. Catalogues sent on ap
pllcaiion and any pattern sent post paid on re
eeipt of price as marked in the catalogue
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

WOOD ASHES AND SALT FOR CATTLE.-Re
allzing the necessity of an occasional relish OF
salt and wood ashes for all kinds of stock, the
IForM suggests that the most convenient form
in which these materials can be offered, Is in a
solid mass, which admits dilgent licking or
the part OF the animal without gaining more
OF the mixture than is desired. In order tc
mix the ingredients so that solid mass may
be formed take salt and pure wood ashes IL
the proportion of pound for pound, with water
sufficient to hold the mixture together To
preserve the mixture in solid state, place it in
troughs or boxes sheltered sufficiently to ke.r
rain and snow from reaching it and convert
ing it into An alkaline pickle, These troughs
with their tempting contents prove efficient a,
bats for aluring animals, turned out on long
runs during the day, home at night.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

A schoolmstress in aneighboring township,
who had long been annoyed by the pcrversities
of male pupil 10 years old, on one of the clos
ing days of last term kept him in and under.
took to whale him. He, however, disarmed
her, and returned several kisses for each blow,
The schoolmistress, unable to forgive this
breachof discipline, looked at him sternly in the
face, and, shaking her ioreflnger at hun in a
menacing manner, said solemnly; William,
will give you precisely fifteen minutes TO stop
hugging me; and if you disobey me | shall
punish you severely
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

They make cucumber pickles in Minnesota
by adding one pint OF mOlasses to every gallon
of rain-water The cucumbers are carefully
washed and placed in the sweetened water, a
little vinegar being added to hasten matters.
The keg Is put in a cool place, and the sedl-
ment which gathers upon the pickles Is remov.
ed by occasional washing.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23
DANDELION.

Who does not know that this harmless little plant which
with It's bright green leaves and golden colored flowers
adorns grass-pats and pasture grounds? Dr. Whites
Dsndeon Alternative is prepared from the Dandccn root,
in combination with other valuable roots barks and herbs
and safe and certain specific for Liver Complaint Chis
and Fever Ague Dyspepsia, Kidney Diseases Rheumatism
and Constipation OF the bowels; and Blood Purifier and
Renovator is positively uneQuaed removing ppics and
sallowness. and prolu, ZIG clear complexion Pint bot
ties only dollar and every bottle warranted Sold IN
OttAWa bY FORBES Il t;ehring
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

A mountain in Northern Georgia has partly
disappeared beneath the surface Of the earth, a
bout one-third of the elevation having split of
and sunk cut Of sight. 1t seems that the
ground supporting aportion ofthe base sudden
ly gave way, and vast mass Of rocks, earth
and trees was precipitated into the chasm, fill
ing it up to level, but at last accounts the de
tached bulk was gradually sinking futher int
the hole. 1t will be an interesting problem fol
the scientists 10 explain where that mountain
has gone TO-"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

The canal commissioners, at their meeting
at Lockport, last week, arranged for rebuilding
locks ! and between Lockport and Joliet, al
an expense of $4,000, and the contract was LEI
TO rebuild The superstructure of the aqueduc
over Fox river at Ottawa The earnings of ca
nal are in excess of last year, and from present
prospects IL is expected that the tolls will b,
ample to run the canal and make needed re
pairs Henry Republican,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

To all who suffering from the and inciscreons
youth weakness early decay loss Of manhood
&c. will send recipe that will cure you. FREE OF
CHARGE This great remedy discovered BY mission
airy In South America Send sclfsddressed envelope 10
the REV. JOSEPH + ISxAs. Station %. Ne,c York Ci'y
Janis-iy-s
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23

Dolls. DOLLS! Wax dolls, china dolls, AM
rubber dolls, cheap, cheap, at Osman IL Hapc
mans.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23
Mem a0hPrtiS ementS.

InDS L. Send y cents IN stamps or currency tor u
1ORSE new HORSE BOOK, threats all diseases,
has IS nc engravins showing positions assumed by sick
horses table OF dOses large collection of VALUABLE
ROCK RECIPES, rules for telling the age OF horse,
DOON with an engraving showing teeth of each
year. and large amount of other valuable horse Informal
lion. DR., VIM. II. Hall II have bought books that
paid IS and $40 for which do not like well rs do yours
SEND FOR CIRCULAR. AGENTS WANTED Il. j. Ken
dali, VI. d., Enosburgh Falls Vermont.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23
AFTERNOON.

The convention met and adopted series OF
resolutions, which will appear next week.
Short speeches were made by Mrs lIagan, Mrs
Pechin, Mrs. Plumb and others.
The afternoon was spent in Il most delightful
manner by the large audience that completely
filled the Red Ribbon hall.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-23
A CARD.

Hides with one or pore gruhs are classed a.
20 At two-thir,ls price
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ottawa Wholesale Market.

OTTAWA, Aug. y, 1879.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-05-22
NO. Is.
Curious Items.

fla tallow candle be placed in q gun and shot at a door, it will go through without sustaining injuryj but if musket ball be fired ih- to the water, It will not only rebound but be flatsened; if fired through 8 pane of glass, it will make 8 hole the size of the ball without cracking the glass; if suspended by thread twill make no difference, and the thread will not even vibrate. Cork if sunk two hundred feet in the ocean, will not rise on account of the pressure of the water. In the Arctic regions, when the thermonter is be- below zero, persons can converse more than a mile distant; Dr. Jam ison asserts that he heard every word of sermon at distance of two miles. We have written upon paper manufactured from iron, and have seen book with leaves and binding of the same material.-En- change.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-05-22
Kissing by Proxy.

Some time since one of the smar- test and wittiest of Cincinnatl's girls went abroad, and when she returned home about the first person to congratulate her safe re- turn was Mir. B--, a young blood of the city, whose dollars ex ceeded his sense in the ratio of about a million to one.
 "Aw, Miss X----," he said permit me to greet you. l know you have had 8 very pleasant trip abroadr'
 "Yes, she answered, very pleas ant indeed. l was all over the con tinent and through England Scotland, and Ireland" +t
 "Ah, in Ireland, and did you sec the Blarney stoncF'
 'Yes," was there"
 sOh, l should so delight to see 1t. It has always been desire of mine to kiss that celebrated stone, but l have never had the opportunity.
 .'Indeed! then you should"
 Il know, but l have not done so; but why shouldn't kiss it by proxy? You have been there and kissed, why should l not take the kinhuence of the Blarney from your ! ljpsp and the smart Aleck stepped forward to proSify the young lady. But she drew back, and, looking him square in the face said.
 q beg your pardon, dear Mr. B. hut I sat upon the Blarney stone.'
 Like man with great sorrow, B. sank down in q heap, and he hasn'L said Ireland" since, and the very word sBlarneJ .inakrs him de- ligious
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-05-22
Why Dick Catlin Does lot Bathe.

It was Sabbath in the little town of Frisco, and a holy quiet settled down, as though a mist from heaven, with the sunlight OCT the Wasatch mountains, wrapped all in peace. Out from the little town came the stage. Dick Catlin was the driver, and better one never whaled the flank of a broncho. The warm sun thawed the old mans heart, and the memory of old times stole into his soul, bringing back again the days gone blythe swimming, apple steal' ing, dog fighting days when he was a boy. Rounding a. point in the river, the shade fell across a nook, Dick pulled up, and, as he had no passenger, concluded to take swim. Ae knew his team and they knew him. They had been together for years. and as Dick dropped the lines he said to himselfi "There is noth. m like knowin' stock that is posted. Stay still now, boys" (this to the horses) "and the old man will have Q good wash" Undressing and pill
 ing his clothes on the seat Dick left the stage and plunged into the cool waters. But the stock twas posted" No sooner had Dick plunged in than they plunged out, and when he crawled out on the bank streak of dust away off through the sage brush was all that the poor fellow could see. Now came the tug of war. The team kept the road, and Dick knew that by cutting across the country and running he could head them of. There was no one there to witness that race, and 10 laugh at that big, burly starknaked man out running the jack rabbits in the val ley of Beaver. When he overlook the stage and got the team under control he didn't say much, but picking the cactus and the sage and the greasewood from his limbs, he swore that if the good Lord would forgive him that time he would nev- CT wash any more. And to this day Dick has kept his promise.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-05-22

Eve was the first and we reckon the only woman who did not gather up her dress in both hands and yell at the sight of snake.
 It is now intimated that the req son that Samson carried off the gates of Gaza was becase they would not give him the gate money.
 Tramps would be more numerous than ever, were it not for the self sacrificing woman of the land who marry and support so many men. The cool nights during the past week developed cut-wornls to alarm ing extent. Our farming friends in the near vicinity. believe general replanting of their crops will be necessary.--Osceola Times.
 The supreme court.of the United States has not exactly decided the jurors test oath to be unconstitution- al, but It has pretty much eyiscera- ted it. The other day in the case of an appeal from the United States district court for the southern dis trct ofFlorida, they decided, Justice Strong alone dissenting, thnt juror cannot, under the constitution, be re- quired to answer the questions which the United States district at torncy is impowered to ask him un- der section 820 the revised statu- tes. Justice Field, who delivered the opinion of the court, said that for himself he went further than this, and considered the act of con gress imposing the test oath (revised statutes, section 82l "as not only oppressive and odious, and repug- nant to the spirit of our institutions, but as clearly unconstitutional and oid."-Memphis Appeal.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-05-22
THE BURIAL.
BY MRS. ssx,s rp.,s; Ii.

It was the Holy Sabbath day,
 Our village kept it's sacred rnst, Even the winds did softly play
 Lest they should move the snowy crest That capped in grace the hawthorn trees, And bent them gently to the breeze. g The first sweet strains from the church be Morn awoke to test it's power, Were echoed in n solemn knell
 At mondays brighter hour. Sad the first Sabbath that 1t hung The bell should toll for one so young. We bent onr steps out to the grove
 Where VIC place our dead away Bitter grief the last rite of love
 Is to consign them to decay. Yet, ashes held in deaths domain Gems of immo; tality contain. mixed crowd was gathered there
 or infants, youths, and ripcr age, looked and To! picture fair
 Of death, and life in every stage, Deaths shadow on life's brightcd scene Comes all earth's purest joys between. He'll in silence most profound
 At the sad scene before me laid- A gentle touch, looked around
 Where on grave wee one played. Twas well he could not realize What hopes beneath that hillock lies. His busy hands in joyf,l glee
 Would hide some tiny pebbles there, And then would plant mimic tree
 Whose fragile bloom it's fruit did bear, Unto that scene gave sweet relief Made us forgetful of our grief. Russellville, May 4th, 1879.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-05-22
NEW HOPE HAPPENINGS.
MAY 6. 1879.


 MR. EDITOR: Everything is going on Tn our valley quietly and peacea- bly, and our farmers are getting on very well farming; we have had plen- ty of rain and our ground is too wet to blow. Our farmers do seem to be more interested in going ahead at their work on their farms than I ever saw them before
 Wheat is not so promising as some time ago; it has been damaged by the fly and see some rust in it. I don't think that there can be more than a half crop made.
 The cut worm has been worse this spring than saw before. They have nearly ruined the Irish potato crop. l think our merchants would do we'll to bring some late Irish pota- to seed, as there won't be many early ones made. 1 hear some complaint of them in cotton that is up.
 It does seem that the worthless dogs are going to kill all of our sheep. l wish we had had some dog law men in the last legislature, for I do think the dog law was the best law we have had for many years; but as It was we did not get anything that was a benefit to a portion of the people. l say let us have more sheep and less dogs, there are plenty of men this year buying their bread and meat and have from two to thr, e dogs. This won't do for hard times.
 Young men, whoever you are, try to respect the place of worship at Newhope and at Mt. Zion a little better than to go there with a bottle of whisky in your pocket and go out occasionally to take snort. Every body should go to church, but they should in every respect behave them selves; if they do not there IS a law to protect such places. I will draw of for this time. CT. SUBSCRIBER.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-05-22
rs get light pay.

I. rs get light pay. '.tD S-Begining to prosper. a gorgeous times, says  you'd .haye onomy ,od.season for the loan ugar cured hams. to q sober man, and skard.
 are probably
 make an
 witt
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-05-22

lSX HI RK after your Ada,e sign ifes thdt your fine is out! and unless you spon reRstr yonr su6- fcrIption your none must 6e stricken from ou' Hats.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-05-22
A Lady's Reasons for not Dane
 ing. rr

A Lady's Reasons tor not Danc-
 l. Dancing would lead me into crowded rooms and late hours, which are injurious to health and useful ness. tH.I.
 ?. Dancing would lead me into very close contact with very perni- cious company and evill commun- lcations corrupt good manners.
 3. Dancing would require me to use and permit freedoms with the other sex, of which should be heartily ashamed and which 1 be. lieye to be wrong.
 4. My parents and friends would be anxious about me If 1 should be out late keeping company with they know not whom. .9. eas.g
 5. Ministers and good people in general disapprove of dancing, and 1 think it is not safe to set my self against them.--If thing be even doubtful, l wish to be on the safe side. t.........
 6. Dancing has bad name, and l mean to study things that are pure and lovely and of good report. I. Dancing is generally accom- panied with drinking, and l see that drinking produces q great deal of evil. -
 8. l am told that dancing is a great temptation and snare to young men, and l do not wish to have anything to do with leading them astray. E
 9. Dancing units the mind for ser ious reflections and prayer, and mean to do nothing that will est range me from my God and Saviour. 10. There are plenty of graceful -ercises and cheerful amusements
 have none of the objections
 against dancing.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-05-22
VOL. ".
5lte Bn,seIlOillf epsstls Rspsstat

TIE RussELLyILLE PRINTING ASSOCIATION,
 Propriefors. JB, ERWIN, President, NJ F. ROYS, Vice-President, GEO. F. HOWELL, Secretary, M. II. BAIRD, Treasurer.
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: tr.sHINN, J. W. RU SSELL,J Nj. HARKEY. E.. F. LOBE, BcsisEss MANAGER.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-05-22

Our Sunday schoe ganized at Union witla superintendent, and secretary. Now turn out and go ? matter, and that wi little folks and the made a success. w material in this D make a good Sund will just take hold q number of yours
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-05-22
RUssELLvILLE POPE COUNTY ARKANSAS. THURSDAY, MAY

einiJy who could not be better em- ployed on Sundays than to be in Sun day school. Come boys, enroll your names and make yourselves useful while you are young.
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