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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06
The Culture Of Cantaloupes :.

Regarding perfect contalOupet to be among
the very highest grades of fruit grown IN the
world, we cannot refrain when the season
comes round to mention how they may be
raised with success. Almost every person
having garden of any size should try his
hand at, 1t as 1t can be done with almost as
much certainty as raising crop OF corn.
The ground should have warm exposure and
be frable-clay mould not being adapted The
hill should be dug out eight or ten inches,
two feet in diameter, and filled with well rot.
ted manure, rich soil and sand-turnpike dirt
Is an excellent substitute for the latter. Five
or six seeds should be placed at equal distanc-
es about an inch in depth, and the "hill"
should be even with the other soil, except the
season promises to be wet, when they should
be raised They should be about SIX feet apart
each way, and the plants when they havePas-
sed all danger, should be thinned out to three
in hill. The beds must be kept clear Of
weeds and grass, and when the vines com.
mence running they should not be disturbed,
as the rOotlets connected with the vine and by
which it is largely supplied with nourishment
will be broken. The ground, as the vines be-
gin to extend, should be gone over with an
iron rake, especially after heavy shower, to
loosen it and give these rootlets chance to
take hold. The seed should DO planted at the
time of corn planting.
Sowing around the hill, a few inches dis
tant, early radish seed, will generally protect
the young plants from bugs, and always Will
be more or less beneficial. Should bugs ap-
pear sprinkle OF weak whaleoil soap and
water or of carbolc acid soap and water, will
soon send them adrIft.
There is no reason why all our farmers
should not have patch of cantaloupes for
family use. A plot OF ground forty by forty
feet would be enough for moderate sized fam.
lily, and if 1t is not to spare In the garden, Sc
lect a suitable place on the farm land. They
can raise far superior fruit to any found In the
city mark s.--Gernutnt0,on Telegraph.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06

Old jim Walkup has the reputation among
his friends of being rather close. His enc.
mics say he is too mean to die. Not long
since an old colored man, Uncle Mace, who
had been in the Walkup family all his life.
and who refused to leave his old master after
the war, died in this city in extreme poverty.
When the colored delegation went around
taking up collections to plant Uncle Mace,
they came to old jim Walkup. That was the
first intimation he had of the death of the old
family servant, and 1t nearly killed him. He
shed real tears, and used the most extravagant
language IN praising the faithful old Uncle
Mace.
"How much am you gwine to contribute to
de funeral expenses?" asked the foreman OF
the Assessment Committee.
"Not a cent" groaned old Walkup, hiding
his face and shaking all over to conceal his
emotion; "if | was to contribute money for
such purpose l would always be haunted
with the idea that had helped to put him un.
der the ground. It's too painful to talk about.
Go away and leave me to my misery. "-7eras
,Siftinqs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06

cut everything from our bill of fare but cstern
water and chewing gum, and yet we found
ourselves no stronger or healthier than when
We were Fastening to the TOMB from the effects
OF gorglng ourselves with heavy line of as
sorted poisOns th.ee or four times a day
About this time a man came along with a
magic lantern and showed us that every drop
of clstern water contained an aquarium OF
hideous marine monsters with wiggling tails,
and druggist told us that the habit of chewing
gum was of fruitful source OF cancer. Next
thing we did was to swear off being an intern.
al fool on the diet question, and now we eat
anything and everything that our teeth will
masticate or our palate commend, and we can
work ten hours day and see to read small
print without Observation-Disclosures Nems.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06
DRUGS, Paints, Oils, Col0rs, VarniShes, Glass.

In Drugs and Medicines purity and care in
|compounding are Of the greatest Importance
The undersigned calls your attention to this,
las ne exercised great care in selecting his
Drugs and in the preparing of the same not
only the greatest care is exercised, but every
thing is proceeded with scientifically. The
the prices always the lowest, duality co,nsid-
dered. You will also find the finest stock of
Druggists Sundries, Yankee Notions, Toilet
Goods of every description, Fancy Articles for
weddings, birthdays, &c.
In Paints, Oils, Brushes, Colors, Varnishes,
Plate and Window Glass no competitor will
sincerely claim to equal my stock, neither in
quantity, quality or price, my goods being the
very best grades in the market Everything
guaranteed. My facilities for handling goods
are double those of any other establishment.
Thanking the public. for their liberal patron
age in the past, and hoping to serve the same
and great many more in 1881. am truly
yours. G.. GEHRING, Druggist,
North of Court House. Ottawa, ILL.,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06
A Painful Lesson

There is painful lesson in the closing his.
tory of A. T. Stewart d Co. Ten years ago 1t
was the first mercantile house of the continent,
employing large factories here and in Europe,
and gaming immense profits by legitimate
trade Now IN less than a decade after the
death of Mr.. s. there are only wrecked rem.
nants of the colossal and profitable enterprise
he created. His lower Broadway marble store
has long been vacant, because Its business had
fled from Stewards successor; his great Sara
toga hotel was shorn of profits; his woman's
hotel IN the city is stamped with failure; his
uptown palace store is to be closed for want
of patronage; his mills have been on the mar
ket to relieve the firm of protitless branches;
his Fifth Avenue palace home stands cheer
less as prison, and the dust of the merchant
prince was stolen by vandals and cast away
because the price put upon it was not paid. A.
T. Stewart toiled and gathered; his successor
has toiled and scattered, and the name of A.
T. Stewart L. Co. is now to live only in his
tory.-Erchdge.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06

| One of the overcoming tasks of the church
and Sunday school worlu is that of providing
attractive musical, spectacular and dramatic
entertainments for their anniversaries testi
walls, debtraislng fairs, and other meetings
Some of the mllder ecclesiastical performances
have become somewhat stale. The oyster stew
party is not always enlIvening in December,
nor the strawberry festival IN May. The magic
lantern has already eXacted a large penalty
from the eyes. The Scrptural and patriotic
tabeaux have become very familiar. The dia-
logues in costume, though by no means like
the actual stage, yet shock some uncompro.
missing enemis of tbefootllghts. Mrs. Jarley's
wax works are very ancient, and jugglery too
often breaks down. Even Re returned mis-
sionary will ne G,lw l.Ae tie menagerie, and
the comic recitatiOnist is OutdOne by the clown
of travelling show. But of late a new church
entertainment has boon found which has
spread like wlldfire. This is the broom drill.
Performed by the prettiest young ladies in the
congregation, clad in tIghtfitting jackets or
dress coats, and with jaunty short skirts, the
whole arranged with proper mixture of de.
corum and coquetry, this spectacle has proved
enormously allurIng. The grab bag and the
doll lottery are tame compared with this de
vice, which is, indeed, far ahead of the Ieli-
gious dance of the Shakers as spectacle.
The most hardened theatre going youth of the
parish can be drawn to see the young ladies'
Bible class IN costume and armed with brooms.
There is even already literature of the sub
ject-a manual of the broom drill-lIke base
ball guide or a handbook of billiards. The
question whether the devil should have all the
best tunes Is superseded for the time, by the
inquiry whether British blondes should have
a monopoly over Sunday schools of female
warrior drills-N. J. Sun.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06
DluIltlleriA

Dr. Franklin Staples, of Winona, Mimi, az
ter an extended correspondence with physl-
clans in most of the counties of his state, has
published report on diphtheria, IN which he
classes the disease as contagious and lnfec.
tious, and demonstrates that it is on the in
crease-a fact due, in his opinion, to failure
on the part of physicians in recognizing Its
elfpropagatlng properties; to want OF system.
attic nursing Of patients suffering from the
disease; to incomplete dislnfection of premises
attacked; and last but not least, to the frequent
intercourse of convalescents with healthy
persons. He maintains that strict regulations,
rigldy enforced, are the means adequate to
cut short Its career, and since Individual power
Is unable to cope with 1t, urges that every city
and town should devise efficient sanitary laws
and let them be enforced by intelligent med
ical officers, who shall also make it their duty
to instruct the people in sanitary rules. To
guard against contamination, he believes that
filth, whether from dirty rooms poisonous in.
OdOrOus gases, etc, should be regarded as con.
ditions which invite the disease that the
apartments set apart for the patient should be
Invested of all furniture carpets curtains and
fabrics of any kind not absolutely required
that discharges from the nose mouth and
bowels should be carefully collected and de,
stroyed, and that all personal clothing, bed
linen, etc, should be thoroughly dIsinfected
before being sent to the general wash. In
case of death, all clothing and unimportant
articles should be burnt, the body should be
Immediately disintected and put into its coffin,
which should be kept permanently closed.
There should be no public funeral. He pre-
fers dislnfectlon by chlorine gas, which is to
be set free in the room. Ventilation for a
number of hours should then be insisted upon,
Precautions falling short of these DR.. Staples
considers to be useless in preventing the
spread of the nfectlon.-Rep0rt o.. Dtphtherta
to tie minnesota B0drd Of Heath.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06

BEWARE OF SKUNKs.-Frank Hull, young
man of HutchIns, Texas, was bitten by a
skunk some time ago. 4 few days later he
began to act in a strange manner, and became
unmanageable. \ messenger was dispatched
to Dallas for a physician, who pronounced the
young mans malady hydrophobla, which he
says Is an lnvarIable result of a skunk bite
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06
A Word of Caution.

As is usually the case where an article of true
merit has attained a world. wide reputation by
its wonderful results, as the celebrated Electric
Bitters have done, certain unprincipled parties
have endeayored to initiate them, and expect to
induce an unsuspectIng public to purchase their
fraudulent wares. Ask your druggist for the
genuine Electric Bitters, that are guaranteed to
at 80 cts. (2)S
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06

"What shall we try next?" asked the dis
trict attorney "Iry Ginsings root pills and
porus pad for the liver" solemnly said trav.
cling medicine man In the audience, and the
court room cleared in Misunderstanding.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06

A few years ago the following resolution
was passed by the common council of Con
nectIcut town "Resolued, That hereafter the
churches that have bells that are rung, be
rung at the same hour for morning and after
noon SerYlceSN
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06

How do you clean tinware?' writes
young lady. What on earth are you giving
Us! We don't clean tinware at all. We don't
20 anything but write pretty things.-Chtca9o
Tribune
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06

"Pa," asked little Johnny, what does the
teacher mean by saying that l must have in
herited my bad temper" She meant, John
ny, that you are your mothers own boy
Boston Transcript.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06
BUOGET OF FUN.

washington scene: Deep.voiced Guzzler-
Hi, waiter! bring me three more schooners!"
Awestruck spe'. atators, whispering That
must DC the n w secretary of the navy"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06

Nearly all the ills that affliet us can be pre-.
vented and cured by keeping the stomach, liver
and kidneys in working order. There is no med
icine known that will do this as surely as Parkers
Ginger Tonic See adv
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06
"Buchupaiba."

"Buchupaiba."
Quick, complete cure, all annoying kidney,
bladder and urinary diseases. 81. Druggists.
Depot NJ. kneussl.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-05-06
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The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-23
A sparrow's Faith and Trust.
Providence Journal.

The railroad station was not intended as a lodging house, vet it has regular lodger every night. This little lodger is an English sparrow.
 Opposite the large lamp at the corner of the building, up in the outer corner of the awning, on tse inside, is q round hole an inch and a half or two inches across, partially through the board, put there for no one knows what. Into this hole each and every night may be seen this sparrow, snuggled closely, away, protected on all sides from the cold winds, safe from cold and harm, and ap- parently sleeping. The numerous trains that come and go, the crowds of people that gather at the depot with every train, the scream of the whistle, the ringing of the bells, the rattle of the wheels over the rails-nOne of them disturb him in tue least.
 The glare of the lamp full into his resting place, or the gaze of curious eyes all the night until midnight. cause no sign of perturbation in his peaceful lit te breast. He may be watched steadily for hours, and he won't wink. He knows he is safe there, and he attends to his own business strictly, letting the outside world look out for itself. In the day time he is away, getting his living, but one among hundreds of sparrows hop ping about and picking up whatever they may find, but at night he Eerches himself in his resting place, as if there was not another sparrow in the world, and ere he falls asleep looks calmly down on the busy scene below perhaps With measure of contempt for the rush and hustle and cares of humanity.
 He did have a nest there but when the awning was painted the ruthless handof improvement destroyed the nest, However. his love of locality is strong, and he sticks to his old home, putting up with less comfortable accOmmoda- tons for the sake of remaining there.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-23
Bad Place for the Plug Hat.
 Laramie Boomerang.


 Perhaps no evidence of an advanced stage of mental culture and social super iority has been received in Wyoming with more marked coolness and disfavor than the plug hat. This intolerance is not easily accounted for, but there are several causes which may indirectly touch upon the subject under discussion.
 In the first place, the climate of Wy oming is not congenial to the plug hat. You may wear one at 1 o'clock with inn punity, if you can dodge the vigilance committee, and at three minutes past l, a little cats paw of wind will come sigh ing down from the Snowy range that makes the cellars and drive wells trem- ble and the hat looks like frightened picket fence.
 It is not pleasant for stranger to wear a plug hat in Wyoming, because the po- lice and other officers of the law look upon him with suspicion but he can wear out this feeling if he leads an upright life. The climate, however, is something that he cannot wear out. You can wear a hole in your pantaloons if you wish, or you can dress up in pair of chapparejos and yellow necktie, without attracting much attention, but when you put on
  are against yoa.
 We wore a plug hat here one whole day once. It was not a very large or heavy hat, but before night it seemed to weigh ton, and it felt as large as bass drum.
 The air of Wyoming, when it is pretty well, will wear out plug hat in about two hours. and leave it looking like a joint of iron stove pipe. When the at mosphere is full of geological specimens and blossom rock and deceased tom cats, it is not good time to wear the plug hat. At the first sigh of the wind the hat gets fuzzy like the corset of a humble bee. Then some more little whispering zeph- yrs come along from the same beds of violets on Vinegar Hill, and after that man has followed his hat for fifteen or twenty miles as the crow flies, he picks it out of bunch of sage brush and it is as bald headed as door knob.
 In former years they used to hang q man who wore a plug hat west of the Missouri, but after a while they found that it was a more cruel and horrible punishment to let him wear it and chase it over the foothills when the frolicsome breeze caught it up and toyed with it and damned it against the broad brow of the Laramie Peak.
 An old hunter was out among the Black Hills east of town last summer, hunting for cotton tails and sage hens, and he ran across a little gulch where the abrupt rocks closed together and formed a little atmospheric eddy, so to speak. There in that lonely reservoir he found what he at first considered a mortified hat store If WAS penuine de- posit of escaped straw hats and plug hats that the frolicsome zephyrs had caught up and carried for ten miles until this nat ural hat rack had secured them. Of course there were other articles of ap- parel and some debilitated umbrellas, but the deposit seemed to assay mostly hats.
 Time may overcome at last the public disfavor, but until the Rocky Mountain wind is lulled to repose so that plug hat will not have to be tied on with a wrought iron stair rod, the soft hat will be the prevailing style of roof
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-23
Growth of the Traffic in Frogs.
Boston Commercial Bulletin.

In spite of the prejudice existing against frogs, frog-eating has now established itself firmly as an American institution. For time it was confined to the Eastern States, but soon the hardy Westerner succumbed to the custom of efIete Europe, and Chicago and San Francisco are as deeply in the mire as Boston or New York.
 At Elgin, H., there is man who found it so profitable that he went into the business a few years since, of raising peculiar kind of frog for the western markets. While here i'll many cases they are sold under fictitious names, it is said that in the west they are served up as fried frogs.
 A considerable improvement has taken place in this trade recently, and dealer says there is a good demand for all that can be secured. Many restaurants and most of the hotels have the delicacy, though not on the regular bill of fare, only serving to order. A large part of the frogs sold here are native, but there is serious competition on the part of the canadian article.
 In Canada, the business is conducted on a large scale, and the industry, which lately received considerable encourage ment by the increased demand, is at present very promising. Numbers of boys who have become quite expert, spear the frogs in the country ponds and streams and sell them in the city to the commission dealers from whom they re- ceive to 10 cents a dozen. The com mission men skin, pack in ice, and ship them to the northern and western cities, where the delicious tidbits bring them a handsome profit.
 In thia city the frogs are sold generally by the dozen, and bring from 20 to 30 cents according to quality. As the de- mand increases the business will furnish quite a source of rural income, and thrifty Cape Codders might consider this suggestion, as from personal observation it is known that vast numbers of frogs are there which now live to respected serene, and honored old age. The sub. feet of canning frogs is now being talked of, and efforts are being made to discover good process for this purpose.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-23

TIE Western Sporting Life weekly pub lished at 215 North Fifth Streey, St. Louis, is rapidly getting cut of it's swaddin clothes. It has improved steadily from its commencement and is one of the most readable journals in the country. It has the great advantage to the general sports man of being in no way devoted to either a single or but few branches of sport. It treats in pleasing fashion on every topic that can fairly be considered as connected with out.of door amusements and is al ways chatty agreeable and to the point. It's price is $i10 year, and $200 for six months, or twelve copies will be furnished post paid on receipt of one dollar, by the publisher, R N. Alexander. Tie paper is edited hy c. w Ballairs, and the well known shooter Gwynne Price is ifs field e}itor. Every sportsman in the West should lend a hand to the maintenance Of what is really an excellent paper.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-23

The St. Louis (Mo.) Post Dispatch at the close of long article says: In fact St. Jacobs Oil is pushing all other reme- dies out of the field, and excellent though some of the liniments formerly offered are, the efficacy of St. Jacobs Oil is magical in cases of sciatica, rheuma- ism, pleurisy, neuralgia, nervous head ache, lumbago and scores of other disor- ders; while in the case of sprains, burns or injuries it is An absolute panacea, and for general use is better than the advice of many physicians. "A word to the wise is sufficient"
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-23
Removing the Capitol.

4 few years ago it was the fashion among certain clique of politicians, whose utterances were echoed by DOT ton of the press, to clamor for the re- moval of the Capitol from Washington to some representative Western city near the geographical centre of the country. The topic seemed to be a seven days wonder, however, and was soon forgotten in the rush and requirements of the Nations urgent business. Now whether the Capitol will ever be re- moved or not is not near so interesting question to some people as whether rheumatism can or will be removed from their bodies. The subject of the removal of this disease from the system has very successfully interested myriads of peo- pie. and from the extended expressions conveyed by the almost innumerable statements received from representatives of every class of the community, we ap- pend the followed brief seleotion,- promising for the benefit of the reader that the disease referred to is rheumatism or neuralgia and the remedy is that grand old panacea-St, Jacobs Oil.-The Rt. Rev. Bishop Gilmour, Cleveland, Ohio: "Excellent for Rheumatism and kindred diseases. It has benefited me greatly" y"-Hon. Carter II. Harrison, Mayor of Chicago: Has been used in my family and neighborhood with re- markable results, and think it an ex celent remedy. ."-John Carr Moody, Esq, Counselor-at-Law, Vallejo, Cal. The relief afforded in short time was such as to make me disregard the evi dence of my own senses. Capt. Paul Boyton, the World Renowned Swimmer: q do not see how l could get along without St. Jacobs 0il."-Mr. D. W. Me Donald, Sergeant at-Arms of the House of Commons, Ottawa, Can: "A splendid remedy; cured rheumatism of my wrist and hand."-Commander J. B. Coghlan
 U. $. N., Mare Island, Cal; Complete and wonderful cure of most painful
 attacks of rheumatism" ."-Wm. H. Ware
 ing, Esq, Asst. General Supt. New Yori
 Postoiiice: Proved all that is claimed
 for the Oil and found efiicacious. Read,
 relief for rheumatic pains" "-Ex-Post
 master Gen. James, while Postmaster 0 New York, tersely and characteristicall endorsed supt. Wareing' by writ ling; q concur"