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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-02-07

A HINT ABOUT RATs-Our readers may de-
rive some profit from the following, given by
a writer in the Scientific american: 1--WE clean
our premises of these detestable vermln by
making whltewash yellow with copperas, and
covering the stones and ratters in the cellar
with it. In every crevice IN which rat may
tread we put the crystals of the copperas and
scatter the same in the corners Of the floor.
The result was a perfect stampede of rats and
mice. Since that time not n football OF either
rats or mice has been heard about the house.
Every spring a coat of the yellow wash is
given the cellar, as a purifier, as rat exter.
Minator, and no typhoid, dysentery or fever
attacks the family. Many persons deliberate,
ly attract all the rats in the nelghborhood by
leaving fruits and vegetables uncovered in the
cellar, and sometimes even the soap is left open
for their regalement. Cover up everything
eatable in the cellar and pantry, and you will
soon have them out. These precautions, joined
to the service of good cat, will prove as good q
rat.exterminator as the chemist can provide
We never allow rats to be poisoned in oui
dwellings, they are so liable to die between
the walls and produce much annoyance"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-02-07

Four young gentlemen, resident at Press
burg Hungary, recently undertook to play a
match at chess under the following eXtraordi
nary conditions: Sixty-four squares were chalk
ed out upon billiard table, and the pieces
were represented by bottles containing wines
of various qualities. Champagne was the king,
claret the queen, Burgundy the bishops, port
the castles, and Madeira the knights; while
pint TASKS of common Hungarian vintages
stood for the humble but effective pawns. Of
the special playing rules laid down for observ.
ance, the most remarkable was that which rem
dered it obligatory upon every player making
move to empty his piece at draught.
Faithful compliance with this ordinance, how.
ever, was found upon experiment to interfere
somewhat prematurely with the progress ofthe
game, for, by the time the opening moves had
been executed upon strictly Bacchanalian prin-
ciples, the players were stretched upon the
floor around and under their too Convivial
chess board
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-02-07

FLOUR RUNNING IN BREAD.-It is a well
known fact that flour from sprouted wheat is
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-02-07
INTEREST ON FORFEITED TAX.


The interest mentioned in Sec. 1919 OF the
Revenue Law, which is required to be com.
puted upon the amount of back tax, etc, should
be limited To and computed only on the tax
due, and not upon the interest, penalty, etc
Ed Chieogo Legaf Mars,
CRAIG, 1.-The decision of this case involves
the construction of section 1919 Of the Revenue
Law, Laws Of 1872, page 80, which reads as
follows:
an all cases where any real property has
heretofore been or may hereafter be forfeited
to the state for taxes, 1t shall be the duty of the
clerk when he is making up the amount Of
tax due ON such real property for the current
wear, 20 add the amount of back tax, Interest,
penalty and printers fees remaining due on
such real property, with one years interest ut
ten per cent. on the amount of tax due, to
the tax of the current year, and the aggregate
amount SO added together shall be collected IN
! like manner IL The tax on other real property
] Tor that wear may bo collected, provided, that
\ the county clerk shall first carefully examine
said list and strike thererom all errors, and
\ otherwise make such corrections AS may he ne
cessary with respect To such property or TAX.
In this case the land has been forfeited 10 the
stale for several years, and it Is commended on
behalf of the people, on the application for
1 Judgment against the land, that the zone years
Interest at ten per cent" should be computed
upon the amount which the property owner
would be 10y law required to pay to redeem
d the property from the taXes-ln other words
T in ascertaining the amount for which Judg
: ment should be rendered, ten per cent interest
should be computed not only on the amount
of tax due, but also upon the penalties which
f had accumulated each year.
II On the other hand it is insisted that the IN
} terest should be limited to and computed only
: on the tax This latter view was sustained by
, the County Court, which we think was correct
! 1t will be observed that the section of the
statute enumerates each item separately which
{ shall become a charge upon the land, and re
quircs them to be added together, and then one
item, that is, the tax, is required to pay ten
per cent. interest for one year.
1t seems plain if the trainers of the section
had intended that interest should have been
computed upon the entire amount, the clerk
2 would have been directed to add the amount
of back tax interest, penalty and printers fees
5 Which was then charge upon the property
2 with one years interest at ten per cent. there
? on, or interest at ten per cent for one yeaI
upon the entire amount.
' But no such language was used, and can
| not believe that interest was intended to be
computed upon the penalties, or different words
t would have been employed to convey that
S meaning.
81 We are Of opinion that the construction
!, placed upon the statute by the County Court
, was the correct one, and that judgment will
y be affirmed. -L6gdl Nears.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-02-07

BOILED BACOS-As bacon is frequently ex-
cessIvely salt, let it be soaked in warm water
for An hour or two previous TO dressing it, then
pare off the rusty parts and scrape the under.
side and rind as clean as possible Put it into
saucepan Of cold water; let it come gradual
ly to boil, and as fast as the scum rises to the
surface of the water remove 1t. Let it simmer
very gently until it is very thoroughly done
then take ii up, strip off the skin and sprinkle
over the bacon a few bread raspings, and gar.
nish with tufts Of cauliflower or sprouts. When
served alone, young and tender broad beans OF
green peas are the usual accompanlments.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-02-07

sec
m - - WEEK In your own town. and na "a mi.
lii hi rl-krd, You can give the business \
lrih without expense. The best opDprfu-
MY ever offered for those willing H. WorL
hn You should Try nothing Rise until Won sea
Il Tor yourself what you can do AZ the Inns
n ness We Oner. No room 10 explain here
NJ w luu can devote AL your time or only your
spare :irne 10 the business. and make grrtt
ny 10Y every hour thst you work. Women make A. uurh
rs hlcn sen. Tor special private terms ard pArfrf'ars
winch We mai free. Is uudt free Don't complain on har
tines while you have such chance. Address n HAL
'-'-'' " W. I"'i'atu' halh' sept
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-02-07

All kinds of burns, including seals and sun
burns, are almost immediately relied by the
application of a solution of'soda the burnt
surface. Wash the wound REPEATEDLY with 4"
strong solution, If dry soda is spnkled on
which is sometimes the best way7t must DC
covered with cloth moist enough tdiSsolve it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-02-07
OSMAN e. HnPEMAN,
CLEAN PEOPLE

hcusckeepers Builders Painters remem her That ke,.
.ge stock Oh pure Leads, Paints OILS furnishes Par,
be undersold. V a p, ~ s'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-02-07

very likely to "run" In the process 81 bread
making. This can be prevented b taking
the -four intended tor the dough, in span, and
placing the latter IN an oven where.t Will be
heated hot. but not scorched. Exces OF mos
ture is the cause OF the -four runnig, and the
heat drives out that excess
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miSrsiiangDu

Pain cannot STAY where 1t n used. 1t Ia heapest mcd
cine ever made Five drops cover suria large the
has cured Bronchitis Fifty cents worth cured an Old
Standing Cough IL positively cures Cats Asthma and
Group. Fifty cents worth has cured tin the Back
and the same quantity Lame Back of eghrs standing
II cures Swelled Neck. and all other mathematician
Neuralgia Contraction OF the Muscles, Ssn,s Spinal
Difficulties and Pain and soreness in art. no matter
where II may be- from what cause 1t sc II always
does you good. Twenty-Five cents wort cured bad
cases OF Chronic and Bloody Dyscntery. teaspoonful
cures Collie in iftcen minutes It will curcase OF Piles
that it is possible TO cure. SIX or eight apIpns war
ranted TO any case OF EXcoriated NlPr Inhamed
Breast For Bruises II applied often and up, there
the slightest dscoloration 10 te ST stops the
pain OF Burn rs soon As applied ana Is yc for
Chblains, Frosted Feet, Boils. warts Cold Wounds
of every description on man or beast II cents ana
A. Trial Size % cents FOSTER. MlLBS CO. Sole
ProPrietors Buffalo n. y: Sold IN ottawaDR BES
* GEHRING, Van Setback, sta IL Co. |
Wholesale Agents. Chicago. Ir22-eow
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statement Line upon line and preeept upss
precept are required Tn impress upon the minds
Of the mass Of farmers that the hest Is the
cheapest and most profitable Ameri'un Stock
man, Chicago.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-04-14

LEMON PIE.-Grate the rind of a
fine lemon, and express the juice
Beat the yelks of four eggs, add to
them one cupfnl of sugar, one cupful
of cream or rich milk, one table
spoonful Of -four, and the lemon
Beat the mixture well, and bake in a
crust. While it is baking beat the
whites stiff with four tabIespoonfuls
of sifted white sugar. When the pie
is baked, spread the whites on
smoothly, and set in the oven to
brown slightly. This quantity will
make two pies.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-04-14

And yet there are ola men who, fail
ing to see that the pleasures and
pursuits of the young and the old TIA
not move in the same grooves, de.
Jude themselves with the fancy that
one can take TO himself as a partner
for life young woman in whose de
lights he can not have any consider
able share. He has exhausted life.
She has not begun to live hers. He
knows that all is vanity and vexation
of spirit. She has heard this, but
she must prove it for herself. =
He is the ripe fruit that suns it.
selfSon The autumnal bough before it
drops into the hand of Tue harvester.
She is the delicate blossom just ex-
panaing in the airs of spring. The
people who say that these should
be brought and kept together, would
violate the laws of nature, viii, h
have PIT May and December wider
than the poles apart. New York
Times.
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should die so soon," ronrlud Il the
speaker; ga man never goes till his
work is over, an jim Patterson's
work wasn't done yet, hy a long shot.
Who is thar in this neck q timber
that kin take his pace in lox
chaser Poor Jim! he's gone III jint
the angels"
At this moment, and just as TIL,
preacher was about to launch forth
in brilliant eulogy of his late 1850
ciate the distant baying of hounds
reached the ears Of the mourncrs.
The exhorter stopped short in an in
slant, and after listening a moment,
in silence turned to the people excl
teddy and said:
"They've freed the cu>s, deal gar
tain and sure. Well close this
meetin' without singin', an it will
be all the same to Jim ifyou jis' LEI
him rest whar he is and 60 tor The
fox, red-hot and bilin'.
In, less than minute not one o!
the male mourners remained in TIN
house, and only the women were left
to guard the remains of poor Jim
Patterson. In an hour following the
men returned victorious from the
chase, and then r. Ii tie, Garth was
stirred up on the top of the hill, and
the body was laid away from sig t
Of man forever, ....,,..n a.
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! mo. 33.
"D0N'T cross 4 BRIDGE UNTIL
YOU COME TO IT."

There was once man and a wo-
IMAM who planned 10 60 and spend
The day at Il friends house, which
WAS some miles distant from their
iowr. 4 a as
SO one pleasant morning they star
ted out to make the visit, bu, they
hail not gone far before the woman
remembered bridge they had to
cross that was vely old, and was said
not to he safe, and she Immediately
began to worry about il.
What shall we do about the
brilgey she said to her husband.
Il forgot hat bridge; it is bad
p ace; snppnse>it should braak ihro'
and we s'o,.l fal."into the water and
he browne = sa
20, eycn,' said his wife, Suppose
You should step on a. rotten plank
and break your leg, what would be
come of me aud the haby?"
81 don't KNOW" said the man,
"what would become IF any of us,
for | couldn't work, and we should
all starye to dcath.'' sggss 49,.
$50 tapy went on worrying and
worrying, till they got to the bridge,
when 10 and behold! they saw that
since they had been there lest new
bridge had been built, and they
crossed over it in perfect safety, and
found they might have spared them
selves all their anxiety.
Now that is Just What the proverb
means; never. waste your worrying
on what you think may possibly be
going 10 happen; don't think, "Oh,
suppose it should rain TO morrow SO
that can't go ou!,' or "what should
DO if | had a heada, he the day Of
The party p
Half The time the troubles we look
for do Lot come, and, as has been
said, il is never worth while TO waste
your time worrying.
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!. Coon corFER.-Thea editor of the
Truth says there is nothing. easier
than making good coffee, and gives
the following simple recipe: "Put
the ground coffee in saucepan-two
spoonfuls for each output the
saucepan on the fire; just before the
water boils throw in few drops OF
cold water and take the pot of;
strain the concoction through a
piece of muslin, and you will have
better coffee than is produced by the
most complicated and costly patent
machine"
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T7t1rN0 TO $4,000 A YEAR OR IS
" LII to $50 a day in your own To-
"A i'IH cality. Norisk., Women do
WlUUlJ as well as men. Many make

ted above. No one can fail to make mon
ey fast. Any one can do the work. You
can make from so cents to 81 an hour by
devoting your evenings and spare time to
the business. 1t costs nothing to try the
business. Nothing like it for money max
ing ever offered before. Business pleasant
aud strictly honorable. Reader, if you
want to know all about the best paying
business before the public, send Us yonr
address and we will send. yen full particu-
lars and private terms free; samples worth
So also free; you can then make up Your
mind for yourself. Address GEO. STIN-
SON & CO., Portland, Maine.
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gnetru,
% 81
EVERY YEAR.
BY ALBERT PIKE.

Life is count of losses,
Every year,
For the weak are heavier crosses
Every year,
LOST Springs with sobs replying,
Unto weary Autumn's signing,
Mile those we love are dying,
-r Every year.
The days have less of gladness,
. Every year,
The nights more weight of sadness,
Every year,
Fair Springs no longer charm US,
The winds and weather harm us,
The threats of death alarm us,
Every year..
There come new cares aud sorrows,
~, 'f' Every year,
Dark days and darker morrows,
e.. Every year,
Tie ghosts of deadioves ilannt us, ..
The ghosts OF changed friends taunt us,
Aud disappointments ,daunt us,
grE Every year.
TO the past 60 more dead faces,
.t'- Every year.
AS the loved leave vacant places,
Every year,
Everywhere the sad eyes meet US,
In the evenings dusk they greet us,
And to come to them entreat us,
Every year.
"You are growing DID," they tell US,
Every ysar,
You are more alone" they tell us,
Every year,
You can win no new affection,
You have only recollection,
Deeper sorrow and detection,
Every year"
The shores of life are shifting,
Every year,
And we are seward drifting,
Every year,
Old places, changing. fret us,
The living more forget us,
Every year.
But the truer life draws higher,
Every year,
And its Morniug-star climbs higher,
Every year,
Earth's hold oil us grows Siighter,
And the heavy burden lighter,
And the Dawn immortal brighter,
Every year.
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N ew House

of entertainment so well known as the
EXCHANGE HOTEL, or Ice House,
and that lie is prepared to accommo-
date Boarders and dodgers, by the
Day, Week or Month, at moderate
rates. His accommodations are now
complete, comfortable, and the entire
Hotel has been reftted and returnished
whilst he will still give extra atten-
ton to his cuisine, which shall always
he furnished with the best the New
Orleans and Alexandria markets af-
ford. He will still run his Restaurant
and serve all callsrs with meals at any
hour of the day or night.
SAM. FELLOWS.
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NJ AY AND DECEMBER,

Once upon IA time, man who had
wei nigh reached the limit of human
life, as given in Scripture, married a
young woman. This has happened
80 often that We should not say it
was "o"ce" upon u time if il were
not that this particular case did on
~ happen once. The old man r,ar-
rlei the young woman but once; and
he would not have done this Il see
oua time, even il be had Il million
opportunities. He was fond an,l she
was fair. His was high ollicial
position, and hers was an humble
station in the social scale. But she
was comedy, bright, virtuous and
well-mannered. These are rare tt ats
TO Offset the education. fame aud off
cial honor which the old man brought
into the partnership. That she had
not demeaned herself by work ing for
her living all sensible people truly
said. Aud he showed good judg,
ment in wedding the woman of his
choice, without reference to the diff
ference in their social status. He
had brushed aside the tiimsy bar
riers which a false condition of soci
ETY. would have placed between them.
Tiers was not exactly a wooing of
the King and Cophetua, for we have
neither Kings nor Cophetuas in this
happy land. But it was, as every
body said, a happy union Of two low
lug hearts, albeit one was fresh with
life's young spring, and the other
was closing under the. chilly inhuen-
ces of the autumn of the year. New
ertheless, it was a pretty sight, and
women looked ON with tender and
fearful interest as the aged bride
groom vowed to love and CHERISH,
while she, blushing celestial rosy
red, vowed to love, honor and obey.
Many high bred damsel who look
ed vainly from her easement for him
who came not envied the modest
maiden who gave her hand to the
great man, and thus took the right
to call him by one of the dearest
names on earth. There was gush
of sentiment when the happy, happy
pair drove away in their coach and
four; and society, for days thereaf.
ter, was agitated with discussions of
the delightful affair. 1t was so no
mantle, so out of the common course
of things, and so altogether very
nice. Winged thoughts pursued
them on their wedding journey, and
many feminine agination pic
tured them in their bower of welded
biiss-in q fast class hotel-she all
.clinging tenderness and reverent af
lection, and he all cllivalric devotion.
Othcr old men looked on covetonsly
and said under. their breath, Lucky
dog And many maid, left like
on unga'hered rose, wrung her
hands, and, with Dcs;lcmoaa, aisIied
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VICK'S
Illustrated Floral Guide,

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Illustrated Floral Guide,
A beautiful work of 100 pages, one
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flowers and vegetables, with price of
seeds, and how to grow them. All for
five cent stamp In English or
German.
Vick's seeds are the best in the
world. Five cents for postage will
buy the Floral Guide, telling how to
get them. ~
The flower and vegetable garden,
l75 pages, six colored plates, and
many hundred ,engravings. For so
cents in paper covers; 800 in ele
CANT cloth. In German or English.
Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine.
81 pages, a Colored Plate in every
number and many fine Engravings.
Price Sl.25 year; five copies for
$500. Specimen Numbers sent for 10
cents; 3 trial copies for % cents. q,
Address, ... .....-
JAMES WICK,
g" Rochester, New York
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Facts and Fancies.

| 4 =. G. p
"A young man may know that
his girl i, in need of tooth brush
and yet if he gives her one she'll
take it as an insult, but let him give
her bouquet ha' will w!ther in a
few hours anl she'll think he's just
too nice for any. But that fellow
will marry that girl, because lie
wants a practical wife.
f! ) "A row occurred ut the colored
church in Racine last Sunday even
ing on account of the brethren accu
slug each other Of the number of
times they had been arrested. OF
course such personalities could only
result in razors In a coloretl church.
| hut six Of the brethren succeeded in
holding one Of the belIigerents until
the police were cal,el.
"A ffal M hand down neat Wythe-
4 vile, the other day, as he jumped
over fence, felt something dangling
from the scat Of his ir .eches, and
surprising it was a piece of brier,
'ooked around preparatory to brush
ling it off. 1t was viper, which had
struck ut. him as he knelt to drink
out ola spr;ny, and the fangs of
which had been fastened in the cloth
of his pantaloons.
When Eads gets his ship rail-
way built across the istlmus, and
then gets up a collision, away up in
tie mountains, and the ships are left
there, ditched, he will have furnish
ed, to investigators Of the far off IT,
ture, unimpeacbable proof that the
two oceans once JON I'D there, and
that ships were wrecked at that point.
us rather rough TO put such n job
on scientific posterity.
"A merchant in Putnam, Connec-
ticut, got slightly "sturk" the other
day. He had some. nice looking or
anges on hand, and three boys were
looking wistfully at them and their
\ united fortune of seventy five cents.
He told them that for that sum they
could have all they could eat, think
ing they could not go more Than
!, about two dozen altogether. !, Tie
first hoy ate forty three, the second
thirty and the third twenty.six.-
Ninety nine oranges generally bring
a great deal more titan seventy five
cents.
j. The day before yesterday Jessie
Raymond, with her boy in her arms
sat in tue Senate gallery and wat.
ehed Senator Hill, WHO sat in his
chair with his grandson on his knee.
In another part Of The ladies' gallery
was Miss Lucy Horror, who put a
bullet in the shoulder Of Senator
Morgan's $. son a few weeks ago, ami
that hapless young man was reci-
nlng. on sofa in the Senate CLAN.
her in plain view. Ifold Christiancv
with a broomstick, and Sprague with
a shotgun, had been there, the do
nestle reunion would have COM
fplc,e.
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