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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16
Road Making in Sweden,

A writer in the last number of the Chicago
Legal AdriSer, gives his experience OF ROAD
making in Sweden In the following Ian
guage 1t seems That there, rs here, the main
Thing is to drain the roadway. When once
we perfect arrangements for quickly getting
rid Of the water. We will have easy work to
make guOu roads:
IL have Travelled great deal on the contin-
ent OF Europe, and particularly IN Sweden,
where the hest public roads on The continent
exist In that country the roads are par
ccled out III so many rods to each farmer, nc
corning To the number of acres he owns, and
this piece of road he is compelled To keep in
repair all through the year. The commis-
sionrrs Inspect the roads twice year, IN the
spring and autumn, and fthe roads are moi
in good repair the farmer Is notified 10 repair
the same in course of week or ST.. and If ne
fails 10 repair it within that time he Is oblig
cd To pay fine. All the rCaas in Sweden are
gravced and drained, no mud hole is allowed
To exist and # there should happen 10 lie
hole where water would stard II IL filled up
with cob'le stones, gravel placed on top, and
the existence of IA mud hole u, that particular
spo, thereafter thus made an utter mpossibili-
~, (Pr0batu,n est) If the farmers have no
gravel IN their immediate nelghhorhood, they
draw il in the winter times or miles, and
pile il up in large heaps or piles along their
part Of the road. and III the spring haul II out
on the part of the road where most needed.
ITO pillow and scrape and turnpike he
roads, is good enough in dry weather but
much worse in rainy lines unless they are
lurnpked, well grav-ed and well drained.
A smoother will do IN dry weathcr-ihe roads
are always good in such weather. | believe
that n few Cobe stones, with gravel on top,
in n mud hole, are better than any number OF
smoohrrs or sCrapers Can do.
ain regard tn sluire-ways and drains across
the road, where the drains are 81 deep that the
wheels Of wagons don't ST, Ike them, think
that sloneTare pipes, Or sewer pipes, are
cheaper in the long run than plank. We
made some experiments last ear in this town,
and so tar they hay" proved satisfactory.
I'VE have graveled more road the last year
than in all time before, and where the roads
have been graveled they are good hard roads.
One load Of gravel is better than ten loads OF
muck or clay on any road. w. h."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

Bogusbuiter lighters are at last furnished
with the bes, ammunition for their guns The
winter cholera now so prevalent in Chicago is
attributed by leading physicians to the use OF
lard butter. The manufacturers use raw lard
which has the bad effect Of causing distress.
ing bowel complaints. At first the disease
was attributed to bad water, but it IS reasona
bly, argued that il this is true the disease
would be much more common, and we under.
stand that many cases have been traced
directly to the door of lard butter makers
The process is SIMPLY to churn and manipu.
late large quantity Of unrefned lard with u
little puie creamery butter and fresh milk.
Raw lard ~ quite az indigestlble IS raw pork
hence the bad effect on the stomach and intes
tines There is danger also that this lard but.
ter may contain low forms OF animal lie that
would give rise 10 Inflammation, and possibly
serious disorders. Chicago gr0cers, led by
Butter Inspector Howe, are waglng winning
war against dealers in auuiierated butter
Cases are carried into court almost daily, and
The charges are almost uniformly sustained
and the defendants fined.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

ID run, pinch them Cff at the third joint and
the crop will he increased. For pickles the
seed should be sOwn the latter part OF June or
the first of July. The hest variety for his
purpose IL the Green Prolific. II is well to
plant plenty oi seed rs the striped bug" may
destroy solnt; ard when the vines begin to
run, VII but three plants to hill may be
pulled up. Fine bone -four sprinkled on the
hills every day or two often ribs The vines OF
these pests. A solution Of tobacco put on the
vines IN the early morning and then sprink-
ling OF bone.du.l are ttfectual, but there -
nothing better than -four of sulphur mixed
with plaster or finely sifted coal ashes. We
have no statistics Al hand concerning the
YIELD cost and prof. per acre, further than
that n large grower on Long Island realized
profit of from 1925 to $50 per acre when the
cncumbers were contracted for at Sl75 thou
sand-RuraL Nelo Yorker
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

sturdy looking boy applied for work last
November M Wittcnburg's farm near Forest.
VILE, Michigan, Offering 10 give his services III
return for his keep. The offer was accepted
and for some time the youth labored well and
chopping wood and Going the hard.
es, kinds Of work like man. Then BE &C.
cep,ed an offer of SEA month and board at al.
other farmers and tor u time worked equally
we'll there: hut one morning he vas missing,
and no explanation for his disappearance
could be imagined until tine Uthcr day an Ola
woman came along that way 10 look for heI
runaway daughter. Then il Vas discovered
tina, the supposed boy WAS young woman
She had worked, loaied and drunk among The
male population al ForcstvIlle and its neigh
borhcod, but nobody suspected her true sen.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16
Lice on Cattle.

The recommendation to apply potato water
TO ANIMALS which are lousy, is sensible. 1t Is
an old remedy, which seems TO be successful
in many cases, while in many cases it il quite
useless. This may, and no doubt does, de.
pend much upon the strength of the potato
water so used, and IN some measure on the
variety of potatoes Kerosene and lard mixed
Is not certain DESTROYER Of parasites, and as
l know from observation. it is not free from
danger to the animal on which it may be ap-
piled. | have seen calves die from an over
dose of linseed oil, applied for killing lice |
have many times given tn the readers OF the
COuatry Gentleman one Of the best and most
cffectua remedies for killing lice which !
have ever usel, and many other persons have
successfully used 1t on cattle, calves, horses
and dogs. The remedy is quito free from
danger, and can be applied al any time IN
warm or moderate weather. Mix thoroughly
two drains Of arsenlnus acid {arsenic) with a
full quart of soft water. With small piece
of sponge or rag rnh vel! into the parts IN
tested by the lice. Keep constantly shaking
or stirring the mixture, as the poison will moi
dissolve in water, but will sink TO the bottom
quite rapidly, as !, IS heavy.
Wh Horse, v 5.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

REST FOR HEADACHEs.-Dr Day says, in a
late lecture "Whatever bc the plan of treat
ment decided upon, rest IS the first principle
70 inculcate in every severe headache. Rest,
which the busy man and anxious mother can
not obtain 60 long as they can manage to
keep about, ls one Of the first remedier tor
every headache, and we shOnlu never cease to
enforce It, The brain when excited HI much
needs quiet and reposc as fractured limb or
All nfiamed eye; it ls Obvious that the chances
of shortening the seizure and arrestins the
pain will depend on oar power 10 have tins
carried out etfectualy. II is practical les
son to keep steadily IN view, IN that there may
lurk behind simple headache some lesion
of unknown magnitude which may remain
stationary if quietnde can be maintained.
There Ia point worth attending to in the
treatment Of all headaches. See that the head
IS elevated at night and the pillow hard, for if
il be soft the head sinks into It and becomes
hot, which with some people IS enough to
provoke an attack in the morning, if sleep has
been long and heavy"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16
4 Puzzle for the Doctors.

A most extraordinary natural accident, ana
one for the discussion of physicians, came TO
light few days ago, IN which needle taken
into the foot OF lady nine years ago worked
out of the thigh of her third child a baby OF
one year. The lady in question is the wife OF
Mr.. Harry Isaacs, the cigar. maker. who lives
on Market street near Wenzel. AT the time OF
the accident Mrs lsaacs was unmarried ana
was then Miss Pauline Coblens. The needle
was encountered in the carpet and penetrated
her foot the full length. A physician was
called in Immediately but the needle could
not be found, although it was known TO be in
the foot She suffered great pam, aud for tour
months WAS unable to leave her bed. During
that period three physicians made frequent at
Temps to extract the needle, and the knife was
used extensively, however, without success.
Miss COblens was quite tlcshy before the accI-
dent, but fell off greatly from her long conine-
ment At length she was able to get about
with the aid of Cruiches, but she continued to
suffer from the needle. The pain decreased
gradually from the time she was ablo to get
about and she regained her former freshness.
Finally she felt the needle only ut periods,
when there WAS change in the weather The
movement of the needle seemed to be upward,
and the pain was not stationary, but moved
with the needle About five years ago she
was ihuIi'Cu W Nj. Ahoi ioeuNS' h'SS S'A'
dren were the fruit of thel: union, the youngest
Of which is boy named Arthur, who is about
year old The pain which troubled the moth
er left her even before the birth of her child,
and the total disappearance of the pain she
was wont to feel was a subject at remark and
pleasure to her. On Monday, a week ago, her
baby, who had since Its birth manifested q
kindly disposition, was very restless and cried
increasingly all night. The cause of the chlld's
allment was not discovered until the following
morning, when in giving it bath the mother
discovered something black protruding thro'
the skin of the child's thigh. She caught
hold of 1t, and was frightened when she found
the thing Of a resisting substance. She, how
ever, used a little force, and soon extracted the
dark object. Imagine her surprise when she
found il was a needle, black and corroded.
The eye broke off in her hand while cxamln,
ing IT. The recollection Of the needle which
had caused her 90 much pam, came wildly be
fore the mother and she felt keenly for the
child. The remembrance of her relief from
the pain also forced itself upon the mother,
and the connection Of the two serves as a clew
az 10 how the needle came to be III the Child's
thigh. Tho mother says it wonld he almost
Impossible for the child tn have taken up The
neetle without her finding it out, "a the child
would have made Unknown In piieous cries, as
Il did when the needle worked out LoatSr'H'
CourierJouradl, March 30
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
don't you forget this fact. Sold by Forbes lor.
riauY
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16
HOUSEHOLD AND FARM.
POLITICAL AGRICULTURE.
nv a Jagot ct Jagot.--Moliere.

ny aJagot ct 5agot.--4Noliere
The farmer through the freshly furrowed land
Strobe to and fro; and al each step his hand
Took from the sack and scattered on the plain
Handouts, to left and right, OF wheaton grain.
"What Is he doing|' asked child, whom there
His tutor had led forth to breath the air
Between two lessons of arithmetic.
"Just what thou Peest him do" the tutor, sick
OF the chiid's frequent questions, peevishiy
Replied to this One-''sowing the field. " WHY
That he he may nay, reap" "wha'F' Corn" the
ITO make for thee, child, black, unbu'tered
bread
When thou hast misbehaved myself" The child
Somewhat abashed, but still unreconciled
To silent Ignorance, paused. blush"d, ana then
us sowing difficult p he asked again.
To which last question, vainly more than once
Reit,ra ed, not the least response
The tuior dcigned.
Some days afterward,
Playing alone about the garden sward.
This child upon the gravel, with stake
Plucked from the shrubbery, contrived to make
Small mimic burrows: having filled TOR lack
or any other more appropriate sack)
With finest sand his little pillow.case.
A stolen prize; and, strewing DER each trace
Graved in the gravel by his tiny spHd,
Handouts Of sand he sowed 'twixt heaps OF mud.
what art thou doing, Paul? pretty mess!
Spelling my gravel.walksw In grave distress
The child to whom this Gliding voice appealed
Cried, sObbing: Father, let me SOW my field!
From such field )" the father, laughing said,
What dost thou hope to reap, PaulF' DRY
black bread"
The child replied. The father laughed again.
my little Paul, thou sow'st thy field in vain;
BY sowing sand expect not to reap earn.
The boy hing down his head, with face forlorn
but had nothing else to SOW" said he
The father fell into a reverie.
He was statesman: or men called him so.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16
Culture of Cuoumbers for Pickles.

The ground should be plowed once or twice
in The spring, and If sod land it should be
turned over the previous fall. After The mid,
die of June furrow ont the field, having the
burrows four TO five feet apart; in these fur
rows make the hills, and ia each hill put a
shoveliul Of weilrotted manure, over which
throw little earth, and on this plant the
seed. The cul,ivsior may be used in cult.
vaing, though The work around the bills re-
Quires the hand.hoe. When the vines begin
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16
SOEE AGENCY IN OTTAWA,
OSMAE g. HAPEMAN.

n - wSlChss Stem wnerr 81 So White metal Ilnntn Case
sysn Imitation goiS6 sudgoits9. Cheapest AM lts!
ID 'or!sat own NE OF AnecaIali'e n,r"sr. NAh@l
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16
Rucklen's arnics Saiye,

The REsT SALvE in the world foI Cuts, BTui-es
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped liasds, ChilblaiLs, Corns, and ell Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Ples. lie guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box. For sale BY T..
Y. 0siggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

To test the age OF eggs, says an Old recipe,
dissolve 100 grammes (ahout 4 4 ounces) of
common salt in n liter "a little over two pinlS)
OF water. An egg put in this solution on the
day II IL laid will sink to the bottom; one a
day old will not quite reach the bottom Of the
vessel; when three days old it will swim in
the l,oulG; while one more than three days
old will swim on the surface.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16
Penny Wise and Pound Foolish.

Penny wise and pound foolish people d. not
use Halls Catarrh Care. Sold ty Forbes & Tor.
RANK
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

Tie American Consul at Ceylon writes that
butter sent there from the United States packed
in tin is spoiled by the corrosion of the metal
or the use of impure salt in pnckirg. The
French, who send large quantities of Nor
mandy butter to the East pack 1t in one or
twO-pOund glass bottles or jars with glass
shoppers, The butter is fresh; but after it is
packed about one tablespoonful Of the finest
and purest salt is put into the neck of the
bottle before the stopper is applied. This
butter retalls at 55 to Is cents pound. The
Consul thinks that if American packers would
follow their example, an almost unlimited
market might be secured for our butter in the
East
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-04
BulI 4 co.

st. Paul, Feb. 3.-TheAI e Press
Buford special says: Dispas--. have
just been received from Poplar river,
and state that Crow King, Low Dog
and Good Bear, with 5S lodges, about
300 Indians, camped last night on the
Big Muddy, GO miles from here, and are
expected here on the 4th or 9th. They
are accompanied by Capt. Devices COM
pany of the second cavalry. Low Dog,
one of Bulls worst warriors, who it was
supposed could not be induced to sur
render, arrived at Poplar river with
eight lodges on the day of the surrender
of the other chiefs mentioned, having
come Unexpectedly from Bulbs camp
and joined in the general caritulation
to Major Iges. 1t is estimated that
this leaves not oyer GO lodges with Sit
ting Bull. Low Dog says that he had
to surrender or starve.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-04
DOMESTIC.
wasery weather-Immense Rainfall
in California.
Movements of the Ind ian Menagerie,
Bull, Dog. Rear. etc.
LynehIng in Arkansas = TcIegrphic
Matters.


San Francisco, Feb. 3.-The raiI
continues throughout the northern ano
central portions of the state, extending
from the Sierra Nevadas to the Pacific
ocean. The rainfall increases as the
storm continues.
Dispatches from the mountain coun-
ties of Eldorado, Placer, Nevada and
Sierra say the thermometer ranges be-
tween 55 and 60 degrees.
1t rained heavy in Shasta to-day; rain
falling at the rate of nearly an inch an
hour. Several cloud bursts occurred
in that county, doing considerable dam
age, but fortunately no lives were lost.
In Shasta county this seasons rainfall
amounts to seven and half feet. 1t
is needless to state that there are no
dry spots in that vicinity. No approx
nation of the losses there can be made
at present.
The people of Marysville expect to be
flooded sometime tonight, as both the
Feather and Yuba rivers have been
rising this afternoon, and the water at
G p. IN. to-day was only one foot from
the top of the levee.
Dispatches from Sierra county say
that both the north and south forks OF
the Yuba river are unprecedently high,
and the freshet will reach the Feather
river sometime tonight.
The situation at Sacramento is crit
ical and tomorrow may see that place
under water. The American river is
rising fast and the Sacramento slowly,
and as the country all around Sacra-
mento City is already under water, the
immense floods coming from the upper
Sacramento, American and Yuba riv-
ers. will, it is feared, be enough to
overflow the levees that surround that
place.
A dispatch from Courtland at six p.
m. says that section will be flooded to-
night sure. This is the last levee dis
trict of any size along the Sacramento
river from Colusa down to the mouth,
that has withstood the water. This is
a rich orchard and vegetable garden
section, and the damages will be i'm
mense.
Some danger is reported from the
high water along the upper branches of
the San Joaquin river and the main
stream is high. 1t has been raining in
the San Joaquin valley this afternoon
which is expected to raise the river
somewhat, but no apprehensions of a
flood are felt.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-04

duty of a member of the state legisfa-
ture?' reported as follows: First,
To take free pass from ebery railroad
in de state Dis puts him in posishun
to vote agin railroad monopolies an
subsidies. Second, To be absent as
often an as much as he kin, an to
draw his salary with promptness an
dispatch. Third, To push frew bills
favorin' de interests of hisself an his
friends. Fourth, To spin out de ses-
shon as long as possible, in order to
draw de salary. Fifth, To let no occa-
sion pass widout maxim speech, am
to have ebery one of desc speeches
printed an sent home to an anxshus
constituency" The report was accept
ed and filed, and Brother Gardiner COM
plimented the chairman on his research
and intelligence Detroit Free Press.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-04

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. %, 1881.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. %, 1881.
This is to certify that the Iowa Barb
Steel Wire Co., of Marshalltown, Iowa,
has this day taken license under the
letters patent, owned by the Washburn
81 MoeD Manufacturing Co., of Wor-
cester, Mass, to manufacture the Bur-
nell Barb Wire.
WAsHBURN Sc MoEN MANF'G. Co.
By Charles F. Washburn, vice presi-
dent. f1-d6t
That the Burnell Barb Wire is the
best in the market is proved by the
large and constantly increasing demand
for it. 1t is fully protected by Ii
cense from the patentees, and can be
obtained from F. Schweickert, agent,
10th street, Cheyenne. film
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-04
signal service Extensions.

Washington, Feb. 3.-The secretary
Of war sent to the house of representa-
tives to-day communication endors-
ing the estimates submitted by Gen.
Aazen, chief signal officer, for appro-
priation of SIS, 600 for the construction
of telegraph line from Astoria to
Tillamook Rock, Oregon; $4,000 to
construct a line from Port Townsend
to Cape Flattery, Washington terri
tory, and $780, 900 to purchase the Chey-
enne g. Black Hills telegraph line.