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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

Rev. J. II. Shay, of Strcator, will address
the temperance meeting at the Presbyterian
church on Sunday, at o'clock Z. NJ.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

Miss Macy's kindergarten school will open
for the term on next Monday morning at 0
o'clock, at the Presbyterian church.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

Spencers boots are said to be so strong
that you can lift yourself over the fence by
pulling on the boot straps. Finest stock Of
boots and shoes in the county.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

Only place in the city where Sweet Il Orr's
overall pants can be had is at Alshuler's.
Warranted not to rip.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

Look at our fine Business and Dress Suits,
equal to custom made and at half the price.
A. FRANK IL Co.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

Come and see the bargains we are selling
in men and boys underwear.
A. FRANK & Co.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

Ladies who wish to buy shoes that cannot
fail topeasc should call ut Spenccr's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

Matt Wilson, near Wenona, threshed !, ioS
bushels of oats from "a ceres, this harvest
an average OF 7ilS bushels.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

School boys must not forget the O. X.
school suit and cap to match. They are
nobby and cheap at A. Frank & Co.'s.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

Fancy goods for presents at Hapeman &
Graham's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

A car load of trunks received yesterday at
Alshuler's. Trunks for any and all who want
one
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

A full line Of fine suits at Mshuler's, made
from the best grades of imported and domes.
tic cloths
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

The best fitting White and Fancy Shirt in
the country can be found at A. Frank 4 Cos.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

Fancy goods for presents at Hapeman u
Graham's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

THIS ENGRAVING REPRESENTS
The Largest and Finest Dly Goods and Carpet Store
I'M OTTA WA.
Since Scott Bros & Co.'s removal to this
new building they have nearly doubled their
business, and with their great increase of
sales they are now able to sell goods cheap
er than ever.
New Fall and Winter Goods now open,
and everybody invited to CALL New Dress
Goods, Silks, Pushes and Velvets. New
Cloaks, over one hundred styles. New Car
pets the largest and finest stock in the
county. New Millinery Department, latest
styles New Shoe Department, the best and
cheapest in town.
It will pay you we'll to see this stock or to
order by mail what goods you want, as Scott
Bros. & 60. have Mail Order Department,
and all orders received, either by mail or tele-
phone, will be filled with the greatest care
and all goods purchased from this firm can
be relied upon as represented.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

They cannot be made for the money, those
Boys Percalc Shirt Waists; for 75c at A.
Frank q Co.'s
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

The finest lot OF mems fine sewed shoes in
the city at Maher Bros.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

Vote Eaily and Often!
If you viii but buy boots and shoes Of Spencer
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09
School books at Hapcman & Graham's.

Wilson Bros. celebrated white shirts at Al
shuler's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

Rubber goods for the wet weather at spcn
GERS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

THE FACT
OF the following statement
can be thoroughly establish
ed by single trial: "The
Golden Slipper Cigar has
no equal for 5 cents" 1t
contains the best tobacco,
and is well made; cigar as
pure is seldom found. The
price and quality establishes
a new era in cigars.
The Axle Grease l sell
contains no lard, water or
filler; will wear. longer than
all others; does not melt and
run away in the sun. All
should use it, as it costs no
more than the inferior kinds.
The fact is established that
am the largest and princi-
pal Paint Dealer in this sec
ton. | sell the best Leads,
Oils, Brushes, &c, at the
lowest figures. | am sole
agent for the old time-tried
and reliable Mixed Paints;
sold at the same price as
those water, lime, soap, ben
zine paints.
My Prescription Depart
ment is complete; all drugs,
chemicals and preparations
the purest and best, with
competent clerks and low
est prices.
Ely. GRlGGS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

Since Aug. 81, 16 births and seven deaths
have been recorded by the county clerk.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

School books at Hapeman & Graham's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

School supplies at Hapeman & Graham's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-09

School supplies at Hapeman ~ Graham
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-04-19
A Pair of Snlendid Rifles.

washington Special to Cincinnati Commercial. ]
There were received yesterday for the
state department through the agent for
the Winchester Arms Company in this
city, two Winchester express rifles.
These rifles are of the finest workman
ship and materials and are considered
the most complete specimens ever turned
out by this company. There is little
difference In the form or finish of the
pieces. The stocks are of black walnut
root, bearinga beautiful polish, the locks
and barrels of the finest arms steel,
while the inscription plates and mount
ings are of gold. The engravings, most
artistically wrought upon the gold
mountings, represent scenes in deer,
lion, elephant and tiger-hunting. The
pieces are of ca1bre No. 80, and carry
charge of 800 grains of lead and 95
grains of powder. Each gun is accom-
panied by 1900 express or explosive
cartridges, 500 solid points and 1000
primers, together with extra springs,
loading implements, etc, and the leather
case lined with green velvet. Upon an
oval plate of gold, inserted in the stock
of one of the pieces is the following in
OOl1PCAOhs
Presented by Chester A. Arthur, President
of the United States, to His Majesty, Seyud
Toorkee Bin Seyud, Sultan of Muscat in token
of friendship"
Upon the other is the legend:
Presented by the President of the United
States to His Highness, the Rajah of Taal Luz
ban, for service to the officers and crew Of the
American bark Coringa."
These pieces were ordered in Deem
Der last by the government, and are to
be presented through the state depart
ment, in the name of the President of
the United Stated. to the rulers whose
names appear upon the presentation
plates. The former is for courtesies ex-
tended this country by the sultan, in
the presentation to the National Mu-
scum of large collection of curiosities.
The latter is in recognition of valuable
and timely aid and kindness shown the
officers and crew of the American bark
Coringa, which was, nearly two years
ago, wrecked off the coast of Taal Luban,
one of the largest of the Philippine Is
lands, about 800 miles south of the
coast of China. The rifles will be packed
in tin cases and shipped on the first
government vessel bound for the Indian
and West Pacific Ocean.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-04-19

roof of the cabin, just over the door and
in command of the deck, untrammeled
and uncaged, stood Sahibl
There was no time for orders, and had
there been, what orders could have been
given? All our arms were Ill the cabin
and the tigerwas at the door. There was
no time for thought, for even as we
gazed the dread beast flattened his long
1.-the body for spring, and just before
him, just beneath him In fact, COUGHING
upon the sloping deck and half fascl-
mated by the blaze in the creatures eyes
was Jem Hepworth. while little at one
side and partly concealed by the capstan
stood Burr, his eyes rejecting all the
wild rage that shone in those of the
brute, mingled with savage Joy as he saw
upon whom Sahib looked. For one brief
instant all this the bright moon painted
in living figures, then q second time the
blood-chilling cry of the jungle quivered
through the voice of the storm, his
tawny body shot like ightning's bolt
through the spray laden air, and as he
fell upon his victim an answering cry of
human horror and despair rang in our
ears
Then the Lotus made sudden lIlrch 4.
and Sahib, losing his footing as he
sought to spring back to the cabin roof
again, struck the leeward rail, chung for
one moment with mighty claws out
stretched, and then disappeared from
our sight forever. But the bloody corpse
stretched upon the wet deck was not that
of Hepworth, but of Burr, the villain
who had cut the cage bars.
Truly fate had worked a righteous re-
suit and delivered deserving victim into
the tigers NAV
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-04-19

fowl-raising. It is paying vocation,
and is adapted to the young as well as
the old, and to all sections of the coun-
try. Prime poultry is desirable in every
poulterer's beginning. The wisest meth
dds are the best and cheapest in the
end. Pure-bred stock costs more at the
start; but once established in the breed
er's yard, it's beauty, prolifness, STAN
ina and courage, and the consequent
value OF all the specimens produced
from the original breeding birds, more
than make W for the extra outlay spent
at the outset, while procuring the very
best stock that money can buy.
A GENERATION ago nearly every farmer
raised the grass and clover seed he
| soWed The raising, gathering and
cleaning OF 1t were attended with consid-
.erable difficulty, as small farmers had
not the tools for doing the work econom-
ically. At present very few farmers at
tempt to raise, clean and save the grass
and clover seed they SOW. They buy
them from dealers who get them from
farmers who make business OF raising
them, and have the best facilities for
doing the work of cutting, thrashing and
| IA ActALASI DuyS U6L-
ter, cleaner and more reliable grass and
clover seed than he can raise, unless he
takes great pains. There is the reverse
of economy in raising the comparatively
small amount of grass and clover seed
which the average farmer wants during
any one season.
COMMON grating wax is made by tax
ing one part of tallow, three of beeswax,
and four of rosin, and melting them to-
gether over slow fire. Melt the rosin
first and put in the other ingredients
after, stirring well together. Another
method is as follows: Melt one pound
of rosin, add one ounce of beef tallow
and stir well; take from the fire and mix
with it tablespoonful of spirits of tur-
pentine, and after this seven ounces of al
cohol. 1t may be necessary to set the
vessel on the stove again to thoroughly
stir in the alcohol, as it cools the mass
rapidly after being put in; but if it is
done very great care must be taken not
to let it get on fire. It makes wax
that when put on a tree becomes as hard
as stone, and neither softens in summer
or cracks In winter, and is said to be the
most valuable grating wax ever made.
Cover every part of the wood with wax,
that has been sawed or cut with knife.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-04-19
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
KEROSENE LAMPS.

KEROSENE LAMPS.
If kept full it will never explode, as
there is then no room in the lamp for
the accumulation of explosive gas.
CAMPHoR ICE.
To make this excellent ointment, mix
one drachm Of spermaceti with one ounce
of almond oil, and add one drachm of
powdered camphor; mix well together
and let 1t harden in small cakes.
MILK PoRRDGE.
Put dozen raisins in about two cups
of milk, boil for five minutes; they will
flavor it agreeably, though they are not
intended to be eaten. A little nutmeg
can be added, or the white of an egg
beaten light may be stirred in just after
the milk is taken from the stove.
EGG BALLS.
Egg balls to be served in soup make q
welcome addition to plain beef or NUT
ton soup: Boil for eggs hard, say for 10
minutes, then put them in cold water;
when cold, cut the yolk soft with the
yolk of one raw egg, and one teaspoon
full OF flour; add pepper and salt and
some bits of parsley Make in the
shape of balls, and drop them into the
soup; let them boil for about two min
utes. The whites of the eggs can be
used to garnish platter Of cold meat for
supper, or may be chopped fine to be
added to the soup.
ROAST MUTTON
Surprising the joint to be a leg of
mutton, an improvement In serving it
may be suggested. 1t should be con-
L. I. I
dredged with -four and basted continu-
ously until ready. Instead of placing it
on the dish with the thick side up, turn
it over the other way, and let it be
carved in long slices down the back, as
if it were haunch instead of leg. A
nice gravy can be made by pouring the
fat out of the dripping pan and adding
cup of boiling water with little salt,
stirring it all the time and shaking lit
tie -four in while stirring; spoonful of
red jelly mixed in with it, or q table
spoonful of red vine making nice addi-
ton.
FLORIDA ORANGE sHoRTcAKE.
Put pint and half of -four into a
sieve with a heaped teaspoonful of
French cream tartar and half the guam
tity of soda. Add half cup of butter.
Rub the ingredients together till the
butter and -four are thoroughly mixed.
The success of the shortcake depends
largely on this point. Now add quickly
enough fresh milk to make dough as
soft as You can handle. Divide the
dough into two even pieces, roll each
out half an inch chick, rub both well
with butter and place one above the
other. Bake in quick oven till well
done. Take enough sweet Florida
oranges (the rusty fruit is cheaper and
just as good for this purpose, peel the
fruit and with very sharp knife cut
it into thin, round slices. Remove the
seeds, cut each slice in quarters, sepa-
rate the layers of shortcake as soon as
they are baked, and strew them with
oranges which have been we'll sprinkIed
with sugar. Pour over them any juice
which may be left after slicing the
oranges, and pile the layers together.
Set the shortcake IN cool oven for five
minutes and serve at once. Be careful
to use only the best cream tartar and
soda. They may readily be procured at
any good druggists shop.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-04-19
Influence of Association.

/ remember once seeing an advertise
ment in the paper with which was much
struck, and which [ will take the liberty
of reading: "Lost, in the Temple COT
fee House, and supposed to be taken
away by mistake, an oaken stick, which
has supported it's master not only over
the greatest part of Europe, but has
been his companion in his journeys over
the inhospitable deserts of Africa. Who
ever will restore it to the waiter, will
confer very serious obligation on the
advertiser; or, if that be any object, shall
receive recompense very much above
the value of the article restored" Now,
here is q man who buys siX-penny
stick, because it is useful, and, totally
forgetting the trifing causes which first
make his stick of any consequence,
speaks of it with warmth and affection,
calls it his companion, and would hardly
have changed it, perhaps, for the gold
stick which is carried before the king.
But the best and the strongest example
of this, and of the customary progress
of association, is the passion of avarice.
A child only loves guinea because 1t
shines; and, as it is equally splendid, he
loves gilt button as well. In after life
be begins to love wealth, because it af
fords him the comforts of existence, and
then loves it so well that he denies him
self the common comforts of life to In
crease it. The uniting idea is so totally
forgotten that it is completely sacrificed
to the ideas which it united. Two friends
unite against the person to whose intro
duction they are indebted for their
knowledge of each other; exclude him
from their society, and ruin him by their
combination. Sidney Smith.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-04-19
Let the Church be Built,

A petition, headed as follows, is being
circulated in Natchez, Miss. The Demo
GRAFT says: We reproduce it 0erbatina,
ct literati7,a, ct spetl0tia,a, and hope that
it may have the effect of raising the
necessary funds for rebuilding the church
destroyed by the fire caused by some
mismeanin " persons:
EGYPT BAPTIS CHURCH.
Dear Friends and Bretherns We has at once
attempted to Rebuild Our church that Was re-
tirely Destroyed by fire caused by some Mis-
meanin Persons therefore we hereby Require
the resistance from Each and Every one to Con-
tribute to us in resistance With Whatsoever
they can give us from SC up to Dollars from one
ducks or any foul that can be sold for money
no reception made with Persons Collard or
white great or small Cody or ungodly. Re
member God and Reckonize your ppi Elder
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-04-19
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10, 1882.
APRIL.
WATERFOWL, WIS.

When the warm sun, that doth bring
Seed-time and harvest, has returned again,
TITS sweet to visit the still woods, where spring
The first flowers of the plain.
Sweet April many thought
welded unto as hearts are wed:
Nor shall they fail, till, to its autumn brought
Henry W. LonQfelJotO.
God shield thee, Easter daisies all,
Fair roses, buds and blossoms small
And he whom erst the gore
Of Ajax and Narciss did print,
We wild thyme, anise, balm and mint
welcome ye once more.
Pierre Ronsard.
Blossoms of the almond trees,
April's girt to ApTiPs bees,
Birthday ornament of spring,
Floras fairest daughterling;
Coming when no flowers dare
Trust the cruel outer air,
When the royal king-cup bold
Dares not don his coat of gold.
And the sturdy black-thorn spray
Keeps his silver for the May;
Coming when no fowerets would
Save thy lowly sisterhood.
Early violets blue and white,
Dying for their love of light.
-Edlvd1l arnold.
The elm trees slender, tapering sprays
Are green with buds these April days.
And in the liquid azure sky
The mottled clouds entranced lie.
Along the margins of the stream
The willows silver branches CLEAN.
And from the dark soil round their roots,
The blue-veined trembling violet shoots.
N. g. Sheppard
And April weeps, but, o, We hours,
Follow with Nays fairest flowers.
-Sheltey
April and May one moment meet,
But farewell signs their greetings smother;
And breezes tell, and birds repeat,
How May and April love each other.
Lucy LGrcone.
tbs spring-time on the eastern hilisl
Like torrents gush the summer rllls;
Through winters moss, and dry, dead leaves,
The bladed grass revlves and lives,
Pushes the moldering waste away,
And glmpses to the April day.
When dsisies pink, and violets blue,
And lady-smocks all silver white,
And cuckoo buds of yellow hue,
Do paint the meadows with delight.
Shakespeare.
All the woodland path is broken,
By warm tints along the way,
And the low and sunny slope,
Is alive with sudden hope.
When there comes the silent token
Oh an April day,
Blue hepatica. Dora Read G00dGLe.
Pansies in soft April rains
Fill their stalks with honeyed sap,
Drown from earth's prolific lap.
-Bayard Taylor.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-04-19

LUTHER said: 6 Ii man is not hand
some at twenty, strong at thirty, learned
at forty, and rich at fifty, he never will
be handsome, strong, learned, or rich
in this world" Luther no doubt struck
the bull's-eye as far as beauty, strength.
and learning are concerned, but he died
before an oficeholder had acquired the
art of saving $685. a year out OF a
salary of $4,000; hence lis remarks
about riches don't fit now.- -Norrdstoa0n
Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-04-19
TO AN OciOLE.
BY EDGAR FAwCETT.

How falls it, Oriole, thou hast come to fly
In tropic spendor through our northern sky?
At some glad moment, was it natures choice
To dover a scrap of sunset with a voice?
Or did some orange tulip faxed with black,
In some forgotten garden, ages back,
Yearning toward heaven until its wish heard,
Desire unspeakably to be bird :?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-04-19

A New YORK idiot amused himself by
throwing an infant out of window. Be
ing rolled up as infants usually are, with
clothing enough to stock rag shop, the
little one escaped without serious in
jury.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-04-19

THE difference between thief and q
defaulter is, that the defaulter steals
enough to hire lawyers to defend him,
and the thief doesn't.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-23
MEXICO MISSOURI, TIL RSDAY, MARCH 23 1882

the wrist, uttering at the same time
a fearful oath.
''You make another sound above a
Whisper" he cried, in a voice hoarse
with rage, ''and PHI
He did not finish his sentence.
There came loud crash at both win
dows at once, and the next minute
Harry Randall, with two watchmen
from the mills, burst into the room.
The lescue was complete, so far as
saving our lives and the money was
concerned. The robbers attempted
no resistance. In an instant, before
a word could be said, or a blow
struck, the man raised his hand and
dashed the lamp from the table. In
the darkness and confusion the bul-
glars, Joseph among them, made
their escape. And although every ef
fort was made then and later, to Sc
cure their arrest, they never were cap
tured.
However, as l said, our lives and
the money that had been contided to
my keeping were safe, and we were
all thankful for that.
And l may say again that | am
very glad that, at that time, at least,
the telegraph had not been superseded
by the telephone.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-23

CHURCHES.

NJ F. CHURCH. SoUTH--Services in the Nj. T.
Church south every sunday at 10 50 a. NJ. aHd
80 r. NJ Rev. I. J. Gooch, pastor. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening al 80. Sunday
school at . A. NJ. j. NJ. Marmaduke, Snperin-
tcndent.
BAPTIST CHURCII--Scrvices at Baptist Church
every Sunday morning and evening. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening. Rev. }. e..
Armstrong Pastor. Sunday school ut A. NJ.
James Carroll, Superintendent.
PEEsBYTERIAS FHURCH--ScrVlceS at Preaby-
terian Church on Promenade street, by Rev. DIR.
StUddard every sunday, at 10 30, A NJ, ana 80
T.. NJ. Lecture and prayer meeting every Neuhts-
day evening. Sunday School at \. NJ. j. T..
Blanton, Superintendent.
CHRISTIAN CuUnCH--ServIceS at the Christian
Church every Lord day at 10 30 a. Nj. and 30
r. NJ. Prayer meeting "Wednesday evening at
: 30. Sunday School at 9 30 A NJ. IL. l.. Locke,
Superintendent, Il. F. Dobyns, Secretary.
OLD-ScuooI BAPTIST CuUECn--Services at the
Old-Schooi Baptist Church every fourth Sunday
in each month. ElderJ. +. Lee, Pastor.
Liberty STREET N. f. CHURCHES Services at the
Liberty Street Methodist Episcopal Church every
Sabbath morning and evening. Rev. L. }. Wheat,
pastor. Prayer meeting every "Wednesday even
ing sabbath School . a. NJ. j. Wright, super
lntcndtnt-
EPISCOPAL CHUHCII---Services in Episcopal
Church on ist and Sd sundays in each month at
II A. ~ ;ind 80 p. NJ. Rev. Peter Wager Rector.
Catholic CHuRCH--Services at the Catholic
Church every Sunday. father Dempsey Ias'of'