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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-08-21

OruIR, Aug. 1.-THE weather still contln.
ues very warm and dry, and corn is suffering
for ram. Thrcshing has begun IN earnest
oats good crop, wheat total failure,
Ross Moore has returned from college. Geo
IIergcr, sr., has taken pleasure trip west. FL
Loucks intends moving to Iowa in II few weeks,
to make that ms future home. Jas. Mcdonnell,
the Wnltham boss blacksmith, send, his dimes
for tie TRADER.
Campaign speakers are now the rage here,
Last Saturday evening Wilcox, the boss blow
hard of the republican party, from Mendoza,
spoke ut Homer to a small audience, AS a
polltlcal speaker he Is dead failure. All he
does is to abuse the other party. After the
speaking the head men circulated paper to
iaise a Garfield club and got "a names. They
proposc to meet once week, Officers elected
we're: President, H. lIckock; Vice Presi.
dent, VIM wilkins; Secretary, Jno Bowman D.,
Treasurer, Mcdowell The last gent!eman's
duty Will be light
Mr. Albert Tccl ha, 7acatcd his home on
the school section and gone to Wisconsin to
make that state his future home.
A new minister is expected soon on the
Ridge
At The Democratic mass meeting on Tuesday
evening in District 40. $, Ophir, - names
were enrolled in Hancock club. Good
speeches were made 10y Lawyers Browne and
Seaman, Of Mendoza The officers Of the club
are: President, Mr.. John McNhmty; Sccrcta-
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
Modern British Regleides.

During Louis Philippe's reign and
the four following years attempts
were made upon the life Of Queen Vic
tofia by Oxford in 1910, and by q work
man named Francis in lsi3; upon the
King of Prussia, Fred arick William
w., in 1874, and again in 1850; upon
the present Empe. or Of Germany, then
military commander of Coblenz, in
ls49; and upon Isabella, Queen OF
Spain, in 1852. None Of these attempts
succeeded. Oxford, who shot at Queen
Victoria while she was passing on Con-
stitution hill, was clearly a ~lunatic, and
was confined to Bedlam rs such. He
remained there about twenty-five years,
and while in confinement showed him
self invariably rational, working indus
triously as a carpenter, and expressing
his deep remorse whenever he was
questioned about what he termed his
wicked piece of foolery." Oxford is
still alive, but he is residing out of Eng
land.
Not so Francis, the carpenter, who
assaulted the queen in 1912, and made
a large vale on her face. This man
died shortly after he had been lodged
in st. Luke's Bethlehem. He was un-
questionably mad. Nevertheless, after
this o%ffense, parliament passed a bin en-
acting that logging should be inflicted
in the future upon any n seeking to
infict bodily harm upon the queen, or
to threaten her. 1t was by virtue of
this act that the young foo O'Connor,
who leveled a pistol at the queen in
1869, was sentenced to be imprisoned
Tor a year, and to receive twenty strokes
with a birch. The queen kindly re-
mitted the whole punishment, and
caused the boy to be supplied with
funds that he might emigrate to Aus
tralia. But, within less than a year
after he had been shippedo of to South
ampton, O'Connor returned to England,
and was found proving within the
precincts of Buckingham palace at
night, evidently with evil intent. This
time he was certified to be out of his
mind, and was sent to an asylum, where
he remained under treatment four years.
He is believed now to be in New Zea-
land -CorahM.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
Indian Rain Makers.

Speaking Of rain-makers among ouI
people and the Greeks, says the Cherokee
Advocate, they had them in all the tribes.
Many years ago we were returning
home from a journey, and at the ford Of
the Illinois river, w miles from
town, we found a large gathering of
Creek Indians, those that then lived
below Park Hill. They were in gay
attire. Some Of our people were present
who informed us that tEey had gathered
for the purpose of making it rain" We
halted to see what next. Two elderly
men retired a short distance, and they
appeared to be mumbling prayers, we
presume conjuring is the name for it,
but after some time a fire was made on
the bank, when these two c%onjurers
gave an order and a young nan plunged
into the river; the river was very deer
and when he came up he had a blue cat
fish in his hand, which was taken by
one of the two old men an thrown into
the fire. There was profound stiffness
while the fish wa being consumed.
There was more mumbling and other
STANCE ceremonies going on when we
resumed our journey. 1t rained that
night.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
Trained to Dance,

In foreign countries there are many
kinds of schools with which we in this
country are unacquainted. In Italy, for
example, there are schools in which
boys and girls are trained. from early
childhood, as dane rs for the stage.
These are said to be the hardest and
severest schools in The world.
The children begin to prepare for en-
trance into them at the age of six years.
At eight years a large number apply
for admittance, and submit to a COM
petitive trial of their skill. Out of two
CT three hundred applicants, the royal
academy of Italy selects every year
twelve boys and forty-iour girls for ad.
mission.
The training in this school lasts eight
years, during which the pupils receive
small salaries from the government.
They are kept practicing from seven in
The morning until noon, and they are
required to perform many painful and
extremely difficult exercises.
The training is so severe that the legs
of the pupils are apt to grow large and
clumsy. Some of them run to leg in
the most extraordinary manner, so that
they are spoiled forthe Stage. Occasion
ally, during their eight years school.
ing, they are required to perform in the
pubic theater. After all this expensive
and laborious and worse than useless
training, a really beautiful dancer, like
Tagliono, is very rarely Produced
Youths Companion.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
Charcoal,

Charcoal, laid fiat while cold on a
burn, causes the pain to abate immedi-
ately; by leaving it on for an hour the
burn seems almost healed when the burn
is superficial. And charcoal is valuable
for many other purposes. Tainted
meat, surrounded with it, is sweetened /;
strewn over heaps of decomposing pelts,
or over dead animals, it prevents any
unpleasant odor. Foul water is puri-
fed by it. 1t is a great disinfecI ant, and
sweetens offensive air if placed in shall
low trays around apartments. II is so
very porous in its minute interior"
il absorbs and condenses gases II ost
rapidly. One cubic inch Of fresh char
coal will absorb nearly one hundred
inches OF gaseous ammonia. Charcoal
forms IN unrivaled pouitice for malig-
mani wounds and sores, often cOrroding
away the dead flesh, reducing ii to one
quarter in six hours. In cases of what
we cali proud flesh it is invaluable. l
have seer modification arrested by, it..
1t gives no disagi eeably odor, CO. rodes
no metal, hurts no texture, Injuries no
color, is a simple and safe sweetoner and
disin ectant. A teasp yonful of char
coal in half a glass OF water, often r.
heyes a sick h .adache; it absorbs the
gases and relieves the distended
stomach pressing against the nerves,
which extend from the stomach to the
head. Charcoal absorbs q hundred
times its weight of gas or wind in the
stomach or bowels, and in this way It
purifes the breath. 1t often relieves
constipation. pain or heartburn.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
Agricultural Notes.

Vermont is the greatest maple sugar
producing state in the Union. It's annual
yield is about 8, 1000, 900 pounds, worth
500, 900, or about an average allowance
OF thirty pounds for each inhabitant.
Fresh COW manure, diluted with water
until Of a paste-like consistency, and
poured on young melon vines, is an
effectual remedy for beetles and other
insects that are frequently very destruc-
tive. A second application will seldom
be necessary.
Coyotes and wild cats trouble the
sheep ranches in Nevada. At Desert
Springs a poisoned carcass was thrown
into a corral, and the following morning,
within a circumference of three hundred
yards, the bodies of fifteen coyotes and
ten cats were found.
The average yield of cotton on the
famous Sea Islands, heal Charleston,
s. O., under the slave system, was from
so to 100 pounds an acre. With free
labor it has been increased to $50
pounds, and ome planters last year
made q net profit of 800 an acre.
An asylum for aged domestic animals
has just been opened at Concise, in
France. There are already a COW thirty
six years of age, a hog aged twenty FIVE,
and an eighteen.year old goat. The
senior member of the happy family,
however, is mule forty years OF age.
The best soil for wheat is where clay
predominates. A mixture of sand and
clay is the best for a succession of
crops, and sand for q bright, stiff straw,
but too sandy a soil is too porous for
wheat, although good spring wheat is
frequently grown on sandy soils. Muck
is not well adapted for the growth of
wheat, but where the land is rich, wheat
will succeed or a variety of soils. There
is no better preparation for a wheat
cropthan clover turned under. Nitrogen
is needed for the growth OF wheat, and
if the urine of the horses or COWS is
applied to the growing crop early in
the spring, you may look for a good
yield of grain.
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FOR II FAIR SEX.
Fashion Notes.

Large collars are to be revived.
Coiffures are arranged very low.
Dolman mantles are in high favor.
Handkerchief bonnets will be worn.
S~unshades match toilets this S
The rage for dots grows more and
more.
Corah silks will be the rivals of
Surahs.
White is the festival dress of the
summer.
Corsage bouquets are again worn at
5he throat.
Tuscan and Leghorn straws are the
rivals of chip.
Net soaring comes for bonnet and hat
trimmings.
Fan boudoirs are the fancy of the
summer of 1880.
Fanchons stand as high in fashionable
favor as ever.
, Buttonloss gloves have the run of
fashionable favor in Paris.
When the hair is dressed high it is
with II crown of Roman braids.
Almond and fawn-colored homespuns
and cheese cloths are in demand.
Small three-Cornered kerchiefs trim
the backs oil many fashionable bonnets.
Gold thread crops out in the hand
soonest bonnet and hat soaring mate.
rails.
Black continues TO be the favorite
street dress of fashionable American
women.
Whole aprons Of artificial blowers
will be worn ON midsummer festival
dresses.
For ball and festival dresses the rule is
decoration TO profusion with artificial
flowers.
Bodies are pointed in front, rounded
On the hips, and have position basques
in the back.
The gold thread seen in fine white
embroiderics and in lace does not tarnish
when washed.
Elbow and shoulder capes of black
lace, chenille and fine, cut jet will be
very fashionable.
No matter how short the sleeves are
the gloves must be long enough to cover
the arm.
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worth reaping; and that although they
had much drouth in other summers, and
excess of wet in other springs, yet the
blasting this year is more general and
remarkable than any that had been
heard Of in New England" Charles
Flint, in quoting the above, adds: "But
it was heard Of often after that, and to
such an extent that wheat never became
a profitable crop in that part OF the
country. 1t is a matter OF history that
there never was a time in the Eastern
colonies when it was a sure and reliable
crop, unless it be now, with our inn
proved mode Of culture, deep blowing,
thorough drainage, &C."
Wheat was also sown quite early by
the Virginia colony, who, it is recorded,
had several hundred acres OF it in 1913.
The tide Of empire, however, Of wheat
o o took IFS course westward, where
the virgin soil has all the properties for
its full development. Chicago is now
not only the centre Of that vast wheat q.
growing region, but it is called by some
the granary Of the world. 1t is curious
to note the contrast between now and
1888, when her export OF wheat mount
ed to but rs bushels all told, while in
1876, the latest reliable report we have
at hand, the shipments of wheat from
that city amounted to 4,361. $50 bush.
and even this vast quantity was 81 per
cent. behind that of the year previous.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

II was not an Irishman, as might nat.
urally be supposed, but a respectable
Connecticut clergyman, who was re-
sponsible for the following genuine
bull; "When I was a boy," said he, 81
thirsted so for knowledge that ] worked
all night to carr money to buy books,
and then got up before daylight to read
them"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
Our FOremOthers,
d the vista OF g century,

Down the vista Of g century,
Through its dim and shadowy years,
Teeming with their tolls and struggles,
Joys and sorrows, hopes and feArs,
Come the voice Of noble women,
Who. with fathers, husbands, tr0thers,
Kept the faith and fought the battle
For the right-our brave foremothers,
Women who, when freedom, fettered,
Shook It's chains, defiance hurled
Twas their hArds that lit the beacon,
Theirs the flag OF truth unfurled,
Theirs, the fingers, swift and skillful,
Spun the FAX as white as snow;
Woye the cloth that clothed the armies,
Which for freedom struck the blow.
When the clouds OF warfare darkened,
And the country's woe seemed near,
Theirs, the brave hearts, full OF courage,
That the doubling helped TO cheer,
Theirs, the hearts that true and tender,
Knew no fAltering or d%istrusti
Cheered the hopeless, soothed the weary
With their words Of faith and trust.
II to-day those noble matrons-
Sisters, wives-who sacrificed
All they had for homes and country,
Gould from their long sleep arise,
/ can fancy they would calmly
After their quaint fashion speak
Something to the vain and glddy,
Words OF wisdom to the weak.
Women Of the nineteenth century,
With your wondrous gifts 80 rarei
Freedom from all old-time thraldom;
Freedom low to do or dare;
Look not on the great worlds conflicts,
Through your curtains fimy lRcei
But with hearts and hands be doing
Something to advance the race"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
The Sleeps Sense of Hearing.

1t is said so acute is the sleeps sense
of hearing that she can distinguish the
cry of her own lamb among as many as
q thousand Others bleating at the same
time; and the lamb, too, is able to re-
cognize its mothers voice even though
it be in the midst of a large flock.
James Hogg, who was a shepherd as
well as a poet, tells us that it was very
amusing to watch the sheep and lambs
during the shearing season. While
the sheep were being shorn the lambs
would be put into a fold by themselves,
and The former would be sent to join
heir little ones as soon as the opera
tion of shearing was over. The moment
a lamb hears its mothers voice it would
hasten from the crowd to meet her, but
instead of finding the trough well clad
comfortable mamma" which it had
left u short time before, it would meet
a strange and most deplorable looking
creature. At the sight of this it would
wheel about, uLterihg the most piteous
cry of despair, and perhaps run away.
Soon, however, the sleeps voice was
heard again, the lamb would thereupon
return, then once more bound away,
and sometimes repeat this conduct for
ten or d dozen times before it fully un-
derstood that the shorn eve was in
reality its mother.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

Ernest Morris, the boy explorer. as
he is sometimes called, is now in South
America. His last letter shows that ne
then was with he Yaguas Indians,
fifty miles east of Pervas, Peru. He
gives a long description of the manu-
iacture OF a peculiar poison that these
Indians prepare somewhat after the
manner of the witches in Macbeth:
Thirteen different kinds of herbs and
roots are used, and it takes six days to
prepare two tablespoonful. A number
of frogs are collected to try the effects
of the poison on. A sharp.pointed
stick is used TO insert the decoction
into the unfortunate croakers. Ii the
frog dies at once the poison is too
strong; if it does not die for some time
the mixture is too weak; if the frog
gives two hops and then succumbs the
drug is just right. This poison is used
on arrows for killing game, which ac-
counts for the nicely with which the
drug must be prepared. If the poison
is too strong the game is unfit for use;
If it is too weak the birds get away.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

A smsll boy has been struck by light
ming in Mechanic Falls, Maine. The
lightning was aiming for a stray dog,
but was attracted to the boy by a tin
can which he held in his hand.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

Wheat, Its History and Importance.
Wheat, whether historically or Stats
tically considered, presents a subject so
full of interest that we shall attempt to
give, as neal as we are able, what is
known of its history from the earliest
times down to the present day. There
can be nc doubt Of it's being n Of the
earliest grains known to be cultivated.
In proof OF this it may be stated that it
was an article Of export as far back as
the days of Solomon, and known in the
days of the patriarchs. Egypt, we are
told in sacred history, was a Gland rich
in corn" (wheat), and exported it to
other nations. The showing for the
Egyptians was not a bad one, consider
ing the meagre facilities of that nation
for tilling the soil as compared with the
wonderful advantages OF our own times
in farming appliances and labor-saving
material-supplying Rome, ashley did,
with an annual export Of 90 900, 900
bushels. Rome, too, at that day was
decidedly agricultural. Her senators
often went from the pillow to the forum,
and her great men discoursed on hus.
bandry. Pliny wrote of wheat, giving
particulars as to what varieties to SOW,
etc. Another most interesting fact in
regard to this cereal is the wide latitude
OF its culture, being grown as far north
as Drontheim, in Norway, and as far
south rs the equator. 1t flourishes in
both Russia and Spain-by the blue
waters of the Mediterranean and on the
bleak shores of Hudson's bay; in the
highlands OF Scotland and the lowlands
OF Germany; the environs OF st. Peters
burg and the suburbs OF New Orleans.
II was not until the end of the seven
teenth century, however, that the Gull
ture Of wheat had assumed any great
proportions in England, while now she
is not only a large producer, but one of
the largest of wheat in the
world--her production falling so far
short OF her consumption as to swell her
annual importation to many millions Of
bushels. II is interesting to think Of
this.
Our own America, however, presents
the most remarkable instance on record
in regard to this grain. 1t is claimed
that the first wheat sown in this country
was q few acres on one Of the Elizabeth
Islands, on the southern coast Of Massa'
chusetts, in 1902, and We have accounts
of the seed having been brought from
England by the Plymouth colony some
years later. At first tobacco largely
superseded IL, as it bore better prices
and was not 80 liable to "blast and
mildew."
An old manuscript says that lin July,
1868, the best wheat was so blasted in
many places that whole acres were not
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

There is q woman in Wisconsin who
has been married fitty-eigbt years and
who has never missed building the
kitchen FIRE. Her husband is as devoted
20 her as when he FIRST went counting.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

cold Probabilities is very correct in
his pronostications, but he never crows
over it--he is afraid some one will call
him o weather.cock.
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FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Household Hinfn.

houbcHolu I1lDtbs
LEMON PRESERVES. One pound OF
pounded loaf sugar, quarter pound of
butter, six eggs and the whites of four
well beaten, the rind of two lemons
grated, and the juice of three. Mix
together and let it simmer till the con.
Sistency of honey. Be careful to stir all
the time or it will burn.
BEETsTEAK PIE. -Take cold roast
beef, cut it into thin slices about an
inch and a half long. Take raw pota-
toes, peel them and cut them into thin
slices. Have ready a deep dish, lay
some OF the potatoes at the bottom and
then a layer of beef, and so on until the
dish is filed. Season as you would
chicken pie, fill it with boiling water,
cover it with a crust and bake it.
To Boil ONIONS Some years ago J.
read in an English journal a contribu.
ton OF Mr.. Frank Buckland, where he
stated that after mental fatigue and
occasional sleeplessness he wal greatly
benefited by eating onions at his din
ner. How soporifc or sleep-inducing
the onion, the m UGH despised vegeta-
BILE, is / am not prepared to state; but l
know that many persons who are trou.
bled with sleeplessness use them. If
properly boiled so as to get the twang
out of them, the onion is a most delicate
vegetable. To every quart of onions a
quart Of cold water, with a half table.
spoonful of salt. Boil, not too fast, for
two hours. Drain in colander thorough,
ly and allow to get cold. Make a sauce
with a tablespoonful of butter, the same
of -four and one-half pint of milk; rub
butter and -four perfectly together,
with pinch of black pepper. Boil milk,
which pour owe -four and butter, and
stir all the time to keep smooth. Put
onions in sauce and let them heat until
the same boils. Ought to be served
rather dry.
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/" Patience is the hey TO JOY"
\. TURKISH pRONERY

4 CRKIS PROrERB
Friends, are evil things around thee?
DO thy foes strive to confound thee?
Have mi,tortune's letters bound thee?
Wait-wai,-wait
What though these thy soul annoy?
Sill bear mp against thy fate!
raticnce is the key to Joy.
Though the days be dark end drcary;
Though thou'rt sick, and worn, and weary
though the prospec; be uncheery;
"a!t-wait-wait
Clouds may now LIES light alloy
Wait--the sun will shine, though hate!
l~'a.ic"c" IS the key to Joy.
Virtue wcnrs a scathless nInior
Fees may vey, hut ne'cr alarm her;
No assault. can really harm her;
Wai,-wait-wait!
She will aid thee to destroy
M the believing hounds oil hate;
Patience is the key to Joy.
All the great give thee assurance
OF he might OF brave endurance;
Victory thou wilt secure hence;
Wait wait-wait
Ease is OF n mistress coy,
But she'll crown at last thy state;
Patience is the key to Joy.
u. l.. Shoemaker. in NeU York NerS.
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Andrew Jackson's Love for Bis Wife.

The deep affection felt by President
Andrew jackson for bis wife is illus
trated by an incident related by the late
Nicholas P. Trist, who was for some
time his private secretary. Zone even
ing" writes Mr.. Trist, latter / had
parted with him for the night, revolv.
ing over the directions he had given
about some letters / was to prepare, one
point occurred on which ! was not per-
fectly satisfied as to what those direc-
tions had been. As the letters were to
be sent off early next morning, I re.
turned to his chamber door, and tap
ping gently, in order not to awake BIN
if lie had got to sleep, my tap was
answered by Come in He was un.
dressed, but not yet in bed, as ! had
supposed he must be by that time. He
was sitting at the little table, with his
wife's miniatures very large one, then
for the first time seen by .me-before
him, propped up against some books,
and between him and the picture lay an
open book, which bore the marks Of
long Use. This book, as l afterward
learned, was her prayer-book. The
miniature he always wore next his
heart, suspended round his neck by a
strong black cord. The last thing he
did every night before lying down to
rest was to read in that book with that
picturn under his ewes"