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Sps<ta4 hspatsA to ~ chIsa9o 7Fae@"s-
Tol,oXru, Ju,la 3l.-~An evening paper
suys: uTle uuln!,ll0ll NoyeFnlaplt, llasn'g
Js,srsu!nssl ta 1nake II sstsyey ut tue toate "
,ba Trent Yulley Canal, ought now to nuke
Il survey Ut tue route VI tho Huron y onto'
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Tue scaona n.,arter!y moetIng nt tho ForotRt
Missionary Assoelas!an at ChtcaRo for the ycnr
$50 and 1881, auxiliary to tho "sootosy Of tho
T.,nrtt tlaottat Church. Mrs.. G, J., TnMan,
iresydont, occupied tho chair. Mrs F. A. smith,
treasurer, rea., hrr repor. fur tho 1.,arter end
ittg Sny IL. Tho eelfouttGns aEKrGEAtSu. H.o',
co;ivS.u.' i"ssag iii. prgyloas :ycnr. Different
airole4 Weso Represented " nG9xa1an pfGsu;,' p'l;
1lurI,lul,' ulYiMy ltforei.t phasc4 q ,'asss'.nsy
iits, VIA read hy Mlss Hc!!!:. ates; r. r,s6n.t;,
w.s it,kfIaeoG, .t,ti. altgr sn1no Gr.nt yessAss
in references 20 hls n4ttyu lani. snHX Ill., hy ,H. ~
sysHMn IL sHoo Wis sl'rtesis ny to pec.!tient.,na
Informally discussed ~ soynral a. ta.@G 1,ansn
soco,s IN Tic Work q FaroIg" Misstons "a a
Chjeso stYent OF knasz9 s'ien. ,,o t,9M t'sn,6 ~ 4
Srus a4iresa A!sa Pt1kie Joaos sa',E m1i,6 E@6
l}utter LanA." Alter fey Fen!arks sei,lh .s tt%
| Nvv, nr. llulbprt, THO aessipn Waa c'osea VII"
l
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sp,<tal pt.pateh to Tho Chicago Tribune
WAsl1tSart,S,. y. e.. JM'ie al.-Il'o ~
rpctor nj tho Mint lIas sent two exports 10
New York to count tho bullion IN the Aasuy-
{)illta.. trhn rapil accumulation OF .preelons
metals IN tho hpiltls Ut the Government Is
well Illustrate! by the fact that. In the NoW
York Assay. .O,lluo nlo'lo there nro SuooV'Vv
to pe cotttltcsl. 1t Is not vury long a!'aeo the
total amount Il, the possession Ut ina GoS-
| es..t,,e.st WIS aiD.0Oo,N0. 1t VIII feqn'!o
| nearly two wecks fnr these experts. 10 |
wntri1 tlo bullion III Now York alonc. |
DirGctor Durchar., VII, hllnselt st9rt r n.
| s,,rnt ti,p in,uts at Bower nr4 elsewhere
| early tl& tho coming month. :.
| ONO DEMucnATlC t'f,riTlCtASs
lsye eute! to k,sw eintly tat exffRsp'fef f',' e
ss,s'sS Snn kvow " - as liz father Ut o silver dol
inr. Is to succeed JHln Y. .rlIosnnson ~
| Ehnlr,ut1 nf thu Democratic StntH Cnlitnts-
a',,s. fss Ss t,t tat o ,rSpos* to afs Ssry viz
Oruus cauipnlgtt ngnlilst Foster. -. :.
t.1tuu 4 coatrII.ArlOy 80,
made ut tho utlleu Ut the CQmnllssfoner Ct
lnernnl ltays'!,te t1a " ngtts tsrens sits
jnws, thero hnyu been t,sS0 compromise
rs,e ux1Tgn STATES Tn1'AsunEa =
to-day issued circular nlllao,9iac!nH aat mat,
uf Sse0 i,r its nlltlpicy. II mt sa,}t " stlcn
ai,.ls, or II ooEsIsttna IN nMy nart OF natss 1S.
" r,,f,pMs ,Ss Ss't satssst IL ss.es W(l b. IslustSa
ThIs ii III acc0run,,cu. VIII. thu law ut ttIa
sSt coi,sfs;Gs Y N; y!I Sssn i: oi T. ts ss sss 'ss
Sa'ss| iises} yeas ~ Tors liz vSs s;s
* ikars Wats SiS M go ,x' prsse'tsl II TIT lst
ysft tr,spot,as, r. t!'e r9sas' u VI s essts ~
Il i.po0 utcil Wny. out Ut the Sa5, 200, itnWeYnr1
;, suns s $i5yx nrs NslNstet tSv Thy east 81 81
!, i;"t,s As tl,s is III addition to tho ivsu!al
y differentiation, however, It Glay proY0 to u
T. enough. ,,n,.,r, :,
The Secretary et stS Interior toiaay sE,ao ;sp
" bYnthar o{ Gei, q, U, Lanyard, ~ 1nllla'a ~
~ Spctur Sice SinIlul,I, Ut Wisconsin, resigned
;s TIN Virginia 1sEAtJuaTG1s
i will begin tle Statu cat,vass nt o.se h II II
J. sS.th%eai. as;et' s0is Il Is ssatl !at tne
!hsaaSsoSs Ihs st1is Htn,s to conpys;';ts, ptssst!
/: 81 & 'tu 81 Rasty 1es + hsSis; S;S
NJ claims to Aayu ct'.ssiaeEaho inaHeeiG; VI W.
ist s Ill e%.'@ss III. Is sss ' II svs sts Gssss WIZ
II. i.si l!s W WuSsrtetl Illsglf, item WeE!!a.n r
~ 'sss ''is;s n ~ Ea:ts @ u sEst sSs'sssiy si M
n9 n.y VIZ Tn,,",," en.'ceslcs Init iipn. Wlosha
Ill eNi riyu HIN great 4eal Ut tFouhle !" u
ex- cnlsfuSs. " s.
ms Astt'F+s't tN.tt r...
1T ~ fhf tPtssfn Atsoeta*.n, 4, @HMfaf IT., Gao,
ra- WAsl1lNartlS, y. U, June yl:M!Hea e,d, ose !,
liz tary of 1Ats TseaaAgy !!ns raauSstea ttaG IT,.
ii!s ye,!st,,,tto, tSs e III H.,
q ti,s aet u lH% TIT agon ~ ,1a,sit Is IL
'sei ,he 1.ivny,lon ill., iu"i goid and *itssr g Z,
WI ~ tsxats"ss r sssa Ssss Hasao,as s wS
! ,nn.s ~ IL sn;n. the YreasyrnF hols!!ng that
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TIE pf)S'r-OEFICE.

ApEScEu. OF ALABAMA. AuAIN AfTKH eAA
uEPH'E.
Spsetat UifpateA - IA& CAttaaa 7Fthans+ I
WAs111suTuS. u. C., Juile 2l.-Itaese Is
strung ul.d growing impression that sosE:e
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deemed nj tho Treasury only III such notes.
tuMH.i ,r1t EItiHlIE,

titfN,I III FttlN1iE.
Assiata,,t Secrutnry nt the Trnls'lry Uppfl
leaves tn.l,isliI for Eurntn' q, l,lslnnss@ ~ t''r
to tiosurlinlsnt romnertesl win ne c0i,!l.,.
,,'i tiiat t,is t,Ian Il n'loptcl 70 ret him n,'t
hid an,soitst nusstler mnl III his utacet ~ wns
.one viii, Cdlu,,t, hut Upton Htitl tis frle'h's
ahv tllis ls nut true.
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NV wlEs and daughter weEu unHe bnatthy W
Tie tIsu ft Hop Uittcfs. hnd Fectlttnetlu taelu
10 inv uaople, e,-lslhu1at ClerxYu1an.
, 1881-06-22

CoMM{s.sCf5Af. TrtEATy.
: AtoSrunAt,. Jltno al.-'rsetlay tic French
Consul ut tluotMc recntyetl Information TINT
dc Mlnlslur af foreign Affairs II n'... Fn'l,e.a
wished tu ilaku cohil,torclal trunty dlrecslS
with EAtIlun.
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mr. PATRIOTIC SONS.

1,o,.r,4yp' w. Me,. J"ne ,l.-Yho rs'soI' rs%'sss
SIMS Of A,nerIra elected $. =. ,Ns."ul~ Me!~
prvsl1eut aud II. J. 6tages' u
Secretary.
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ARKANSAS CROPS.

!, Col, !. A.. I4iulsay, Of AliutuTn. ArR.' %
by u. *. uynHes md Williaha =
CuNl.ly, two pronllnc|t Ut. Lon's rai'soaN
n,en, arrived Ii, tue city yesterday. anu ar
the guests ,of Alr. i. =. .Alexal'uer' ~ ~ ~
Palmer House. Col. Lindsay Is one o. Nv u
largest landowners and planters In tno otas
Of Arkansas, Ilo left ST., Louis 1loAaa1
night, wllere tic heat compelled mn =
throw oft. llts .o,ltor garnncnts a1'u afslvoa
hnro' in whttn wntstcunt a!wl ~ aspaSc;a WI.
gOut+ Cni. Llu!lsay, Insists lhas 'M na
city is the enolest stln1neF'lsH9'' ,,;nt Il i
"ats nil tic n,puutnIti resorts he eyer saW ,a
ltenml Of TOR frlglttty. Tho spring m Asxatt hat
sss w,,s so,uoWl.nt,h ,haellwatl this yeaf' w
tha CROPS promised axceet1ngly, MGa' ,.osr M
grcutGr slres Ut cntt0n WIS plaltett tlS ,ss. ,ss,
llan over before, but 1t WIS htaM. ta.,iw mso q.
Wurd, though rGcilpurntlig Vory @ nv Wp%ib %iebef
tinn ltiY ilcotl whDtl hu lufi, II fnw dhSs w.
a'wl gyeea cars W0,lll aoo,l bo sli,lne;a na; 1t, 4
,'ts iin iine crop Of wintnr wlleat .,%t M11
"ats ~" IN liz section, tin Inter ';sas. seaat
really to harvest. *Ilu Dnts WeFp ;esy y:srnri. S
clear, white; plump, niAi Ilil IL us,tm nj
wlc|. they s0wtt In tue tAl nv sS,"H s1,n M
wiatur w.,uAt- .lln sal1 that Wnan naeMsrpir .1'e
tHct(ye,leys 0t llts Sthto bccna'o o,>,H.t%tatiol
k.,nwn tI,r9i!gloMt EMrlne, me cii'sts lgIsss was
s,nhrIo,ls ] % %aud l,enitHfni. a,ai VI gIesssn' gessa
largo amounts OF cArtt9l wore 9e'its nen,anV
III ia 1u,,u8 a1itl forests. lnnell NJ ~ rs"st
from England, wl.are q co!t!Eali! Maj,,,t WI t,o
iv orrnulxGil IN work the bluck'WalAus "''
6ar ut, tlo st. Francis River.
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lsE!aK3EET{QS,

~ Ia 1F4fFFN Altoeaa1{n 7F!4ts
WAslrSaHox. p q, Junp 3i:MIfa f,9', sse5e, IT,,
Htiurney-(;rncrnl Ills constitution " aec.
II iii Wrt ti .lu!u y, 18TH, upan the lM'litt
w,.stiler M tic :iultonal banka en'I :lcioslt N
the redemption fund gold and sitssr S,,n sS,,n,
i6o Treasurer ran redeem Nn;,n'iai.amt,s
nous im cuin, the 'freasures !.o'a!n;s that f..
.ui-,rl,tpr ilttrs .s,ly cal. be t!eA,slttA ~ the
| bnI,ks al1l the circulation Ut tho baiiSs 1e~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13
The autumn Treatment of Celery.

In an article last week, on the planting OF
celery, it was stated that our growers tor mar
ket generally adopt surface culture. Indeed,
only those who follow old methods because
they were taught them in youth, now sci thelr
celery In the bottom OF trench The miro
duction of dwarf varieties Of celery, which
give AS great proportion of edible stalk as
the old kind that are twice as tall, has had
much to do with popularzing surface culture.
Not only are the dwarf varieties more readily
grown, but their storage is more convenient,
and they are less liable to become hollow.
This method of treating celery, though for sew
eral years practlced by market gardeners near
New ork, was first made public by Peter
Henderson, q number of years ago, IN an ar,i-
Gle IN the Americaa Agricultrist, and after
wards in his excellent Gardening For Prof"
and he may be sad to have r"v"iu' 'onl2ed eel.
cry culture in this country. :ne plants hay
ing been set rs described !a-. week they ale
to be kept clear of weeds, ana their growth en-.
couraged by the use of The hoe. The plants,
under this treatment, will have very l,le OF
the appearance that we see in celery ready for
the marke., as the leaves will spread in all di-
rectiODs, and the stalks instead Of being white,
are of the same dark as the leaves. In
order TO fit the celery for use 1t has to he
beached, which Is done by the complete eX-
clusion of light. When celery is grown in
trenches, it is soon brought to the upright Pc
sltlOn and held there by the gradual filing up
of the trench, BY the present method, the
plant is allowed to make nearly its full growth
and Is then blancbed by surrounding 1t with
earth. The first step in this is Gale by the
gardeners "handllng;" and consists in giving
the leaves an upward direction; the leaves are
carefully gathered in one hand and brought
TO an erect position, in which they are held by
drawing the earth TO them with the other hand
and pressing it firmly, taking care in dong
this that no earth gets among the leai-stalks,
or into the heart of the plant. The plant will
continue to grow for some time yet, bat In a
position which prepares them for the opera
tlon of blanching which Is done by bankingup
the plants with earth to nearly their full
length. This, however, should not be done
until October, or later, when the season OF ACT.
I've growth ls over; should any considerable
growth take place after the banking has been
done, there is danger that the growth will be
at the expense of the stalks already formed,
and these will become hollow or "piped,"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

A Philadelphia dispatch TO the New York
World week ago transmitted the following
marvellous relation
For about five weeks past Mary Dunn, tie
| eghteen.year old daughter Of A. j. Dunn, OF
! No. 4,05S Market street, has been confined to
her bed. Mr.. Dunn says his daughter has
been blind for over twelve years, her blindness
being caused by sCarle, fever. Since tina,
time until five weeks ago she has not to all ap
pearances been in perfect health. When taken
sick she informed her parents that she was 90
ing to die and that earthly medicine would
not do her any good. she was seized with
nervous spasms. ia order to quiet her the
Doctor administered both ether aud chloro.
form, but neither had the least effect upon her,
and 1t was only when her father recited pray
er, that che was queted Shortly after being
taken sick she told her parents that she was
gong to sleep and would not wake up tor sew
eral days. She slept for whole week, only
waking up once to ask for drink of water
and apparently falling asleep again almost
Immediately. She had eaten no food of sub
stautial kind since she has been sick. THE
Blessed Mother" as she calls the Virgin, has
been one Of the special objects of the child's
alteration About five weeks ago she surprls-
ed her parents by telling them that she had u
vision of the Virgin, and pointed out upon the
wall where 1t had appeared to her. She said
the apparition was surrounded by flood OF
light. The parents endeavOrcd TO convince
their child that she was mistaken, but she per-
sisted III asserting the reality of what she lad
seen and added. Something tells me that it
will come again" She then mentioned the
night when It would appear and the hour. She
also requested that an altar be erected against
the wall and provided with blessed candies.
This was done. On the appointed night many
of the neighbors were present in the bedroom.
Mary requested as the hour approached that
all knee and "recite the litany of the Blessed
Virgin" Towards the end she asked that the
candles be lit on the altar, the rest of the cham
midnight and as the last pray for us" died
away faint halo shOne on the wall. In a mo-
ment it took shape, and before the eyes OF the
form of a woman clad IN white and holding
ers on their knees with bent heads and palpl
tatIng hearts, hardly dared raise their eyes,
the girl with Joy breathed fervent prayer and
opening her eyes wide, she pointed to the spot
on the wall where the apparition appeared
Numbers of intelligent Catholics IN West Phil
adepha are reported to have seen the strange
sight 1t has occurred twice since, Miss Dunn
always mentioning beforehand the night on
which it would appear Mrs. Jane McLaugh.
| lin 4 154 Ludlow street, and son both saw the
| figure and infinitely described it. The room
was filled ana all, it is SAID, saw it except one
lady, who was followed by the devil IN the
form of black tom cat. Mr. McCloskey mex,
door to the Dunns, and Mrs. Buckley, of
Forteth street and Powelton avenues also SAW
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

FEMALE SOCIETY.-What is 1t that makes
all those men who associate habltually with
women superior to others who do not? What
makes that woman who Is accustomed to, and
at ease in, the society of men, superior to her
sex in generals Solely because they are in
the habit of free, graceful, continued converse,
tons with the other sex. Women in this way
lose their frivoity, their faculties awaken,
their delicacles and pecullaritles unfold all
their beauty and captivaton in the spirit of
intellectual rivalry. And the men lose their
pedantlc, rude, declamatory or sullen manner
The coin of the understanding and the heart
changes continually. Their asperities are rub,
bed off, their better materials polished and
frightened, and their richness, like gold, is
wrought into finer workmanship Ivy the fling.
ers of women than it ever could be by those
of men. The iron and steel of their charac
tiers are hidden, like the character and armor
of giant, by studs and knots of gold and
precious stones, when they are not wanted in
actual warfare.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

which are likely to prove more suggestive than
encouraging 10 the average British mind
while writer in the currcnt Nineteenth Cen.
tury contrasts the recent decrease in the value
Of manufactures exported to foreign countries
with the striking increase In the value OF those
sent to the colonies. In 1880 the mother coun.
try sent To the colonies upward OF seventy mil.
lion dollars more IN manufactures than 1t did
in 1870, In view of this fact the writer just
cited argues that as England Is losing Its In
dustrial hold ON foreign nations it should seek
in the colonies new markets for its produce.
Thus let Australia send its wool to England
and England It's wooden goods to Australia
let the tropical colonies grow cotton and the
mother country manufacture 1t; let Canada
buy of Great Britain and Great Britain buy OF
Canada. This looks very we'll on paper, but
whether il will pan out" satisfactorily In
practice is another question. Some attribute
the presen, condition Of affairs to free trade,
and favor new departure from that once cher.
ished policy. We do not believe that the de-
cline in British industry has been so great as
1t is represented by some alarmlsts, nor that
either free trade at home or protection abroad
has had much to do with il. The fact is that
England has held an industrial supremacy
to which 1t IS no longer entitled, and which in
time must pass from Its grasp. 1t has been
dong the manufacturing for countries which
are now beginning to do their own manutac-
turing and will do more and more of 1t as they
grow older. A good illustration of this Is at.
forded by cotton. Every year our uanuac.
ture of this staple is increasing, and this and
other countries will depend less on English
mills Tor made goods. Our annual cotton crop
is now worth three hundred million dollars
raw and six hundred millions manufactured
No nation will long give away this great diff
ference. 1t is to our interest to manufacture
our own cotton crop, and IN time we shall do
so. That England should permanently hold
the supremacy which It now has IN the cotton
industry is contrary TO the fundamental prin.
ciples of national economy. And what is true
of cotton is true of certain other things that
might be intentionally. Y. Wordld.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

All mixers are likely to be troubled more
or less with cracked teats, and when nothing
is done to prevent or cure, sometimes COW
gets no bad that il IS weeks before she can be
cured. If one keeps few ounces ofglycerinee
in the stable, and al the first appearance OF
roughness or cracking pours few drops in
the palm OF the hands before milking, 1t will
stop all trouble at once. Occasionally COW
gets a teat cut or scratched with briars so as "a
make IS almost impossible to milk her. We
have known COW to dry up from this cause
Every time we attempt to milk cut tcat we
break open the old wound, and if it is q bad
One 1t IS almost impossible to heal IT. Every
dairyman should have set OF milking tubes
to use IN such cases. Waldo does not use
them at all for ordinary milking, but in such
cases as those referred to he finds them OF val
ue.-Rurdl Neac Yorker.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

CHARCOAL FOR INFANTs,-Durlng one OF
the discussions on the alimentation and dis
eases of infants, which now occupy so much
attention in France, NJ. Jules Guerin stated
that the addition OF a little charcoal (aboul
half teaspoonfu of Belluc's or other finely
powdered charcoaD to nursing bottle foil OF
milk exerts a most remarkable curative effect
upon the diarrhTa of infants. He has repeat
eddy seen children, who had become exhaust
ed by seven or eight days duration of an oh
stinate diarrhTa, regain all the appearance o.
health IN two or three days. At the same time
that the charcoal Is added, the milk should
also be diluted with u half or third of sugar.
ed water, the children taking the mixture
without any repugnance, and no vomiting be
Ing induced.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

No trucr lines were ever written than those
of Horace Greeley Fame is vapOr; popu.
larity an accident; riches takes wings; the
only earthly certalaty is oblivion" Five years
ago the name Of Gortschakoff was familiar
and brilliant one in history. Today decrep
It, childish old man, totters about the streets
of some dull Italian or South of France city
scarcely noticed, and quite unknown by most
of the curious folks among whom he vegetables
4 slow summer al Baden Baden slower win.
ter as We have written 1t, so perishes the career
of diplomat than whom there have been
few, if any, shrewder or more successful. For.
gotten IN his own country, unknown 10 those
to which his uselessness and his infrmltles
have eXiled HIM, the great eX-lmperial Chan.
celor of all the Russlas awaits the common
fate of man IN an obscurlty as utter as he ever
relega,ed any unfortunate COnspirator against
whose name he set the black marks 10. Fate
has its vcngeances more complete than those
OF man.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

tanned by data left by the latter-the faithful
dog tended the flock committed TO his charge,
and had fresh mutton for his supper every
night. The flock was not decimated by this
steady drain upon It's resorces. On the con.
trary, it increased IN numbers, and when at
the end of two years from the time ofthe death
Of the proprietor, the ranch was visited, and
the remains of the owner were found, the dog
was still at his post of duty, jealousy guarding
his flock, and driving them TO the best pas
lures every day and to the fold at night, before
which he slept to keep the wild sheep eaters
of the plains at civil distance.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

4 dog III New Mexico returning one eve.
ming with his sheep to the tod, discovered that
his master was still in his shanty, aud kept
. very quiet The next evening il was the same
But after penning up The sheep The dog smell
ed about the door, scratched, parked, and even
howled, as he was getting very hungry, but
his master did not move. The dog, true To
his appointed duty, went out with the sheep
on the third day, but that night when I've drove
the flock into their pen the last one to attempt
to get IN became the victim OF the dogs appe
tite THIS method of providing for his own
wants became part of the faithful dogs cuiy.
Every evening the last sheep 10 try to enter
was sliced by him and served tor supper and
break fast and for dinner the following day.
The ranch 10 which the dog belonged was IN
a solitary part of the territory, ana out Of the
track of travel or visitation. For two years
from the time of his masters death--as ascer-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

The Scientific american has the following
information for those who desire To get ria OF
stumps: I'm the autumn bore hole one or
two inches IN diameter, according to the girth
of the latter, and about eighteen inches deep
Put into it two or three ounces of saltpetre.
nll the hole with water ond plug II up close.
In the ensuing spring take ont the plug and
pour IN about half gill Of kerosene oil and
ignite IT, The stump will shoulder away
without blazing, to the very extremity of the
roots, leaving nothing but the ashes"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13
Industrial spprsmacy.

The downward tendency Of British INDUSTRY
and foreign trade is noa theme Of much dis
eussion and no little aD1ety in Great Britain.
The latest issue Of The Quarterly Rtrie,o con-
tsins an array Of general facts and figures
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13
HOUSEHOLD AND FARM.

Mr.. w. ID. Philbrick explains in tn" Nep
England Farmer that too weak brine "auses
over much fermentation and cOnsequer. soft
ness Of cucumber pickles; If too sirons they
wilt and wither. 1.-THE proper strength just
enough to float q potato"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

Madam Demorests patterns, for spring and
summer, haye just been received at Osman 4
Hapemans, Catalogues may be had on appli.
cation.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13
CnreIessness of Lady shopper.

In Dundas street dry goods store three
ladies were purchasing goods side by side
One of them hung her umbrella by the handle
on the edge of the counter and went to another
Part of the establishment. One of those who
still remained laid her purse on the counter
and while making her purchases it was acCi
dentally showed into the folds of the upturned
umbrella. When the clerk tore off his check
and the lady reached for her pocket-book il
was gone. She had Just laid 1t on the counter
and of course the lady who stood beside her
must have taken 1t. Nothing could be clearer
In the excitement which followed the first
mentioned lady took possession of her umbrol
la and walked out of the store, totally Ignoran,
of what was within it. A policeman was call
ed, and amid much Indignation and grief on
one side and clustering on the other the limo
cent woman was conducted up stairs and
searched. OF course the purse was not found
and she was allowed to 60. Now for the sen
taken over to hotel, thrown into a buggy
taken home, and laid away. A few days later
the house was burned down, but the umbrella
among other things, was saved. A few weeks
passed, and then one day 1t was hoisted and
out tell the missing purse. The lady remcm-
bered the incident In the store, and on her
next visit to the city brought back the money
and had il restored to the owner. In the period
which interviewed the woman who had been
wrOngfully accused had visited the store daily
for the purpose of ascertainIng whether any
Thing had turned up TO prove her innocence.
The story is vouched for Oh the best of author
,t,, a,l 70 LAT, L. a.