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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-23

Those wishing to purchase Christmas or
New Year cards will save money by buying
them Of Mrs. s. Gregg.
She has also a nice lot of hats and bonnets
suitable for holiday presents, at very low
prices.
Please give her call before purchasing
elsewhere. Rcddick's Block, Court street,
Ottawa.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-23

Burke Bros. have lot Of very nice turkeys
in to-day.
They are also supplied with dscks and
chickens.
They have also plenty of choice cranber-
ries, q big lot of canned goods and all the bet
ter class OF groceries.
You can't assert your supplies for a Christ
mas dinner half so well or cheaply anywhere
as al Burke's.
They also have the best family groceries in
the county and are selling at lowest figures.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-23
Closing Ont Sale,

Az the state Of my health compels me to
change my business, my entire stock of boots
and shoes must be closed out for cash regard
less Of cost, within GO days. J. MEGAFFIN.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-23
To Tax Collectors .

We have tax receipts in a variety Of sizes,
ruled and printed on good paper, which we
sell at reasonable prices. Orders by mail
promptly attended to.
HAPENtN * GRAHAM.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-23

The only ne-priced house west of Chicago
Is Fiske IL Beems.
You cannot get cheated at Fiske & Beems,
as no misrepresentation is allowed.
You cannot tell how much better your boy
will be if he has good, nice.ftting suit OF
Clothes on-something such as are kept by
Fiske e. BEEN.
II goods wear well and fit well they look
well-even If they don't cost a large amount
of money. You can get them cheap at Fiske
& Beem's.
Young ladies, nice hem.stitched handker.
chief with the initial worked in TIE corner
will be highly appreciated by him. You can
get them at Fiske 81 Beem's.
Beautiful and usefnl articles for Christmas
and New Years can be had at Flske &
Beem's.
Beautiful presents at Flake d Beem's, such
as fur caps, gloves and mittens.
Farmers,
Laborers,
Mechanics
Merchants,
Doctors,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-23

New suits, boys suits, business men,
suits, laborers' suits, lawyers suits, every
body's suits at Stiefels.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-23

The finest candies, grapes. pears, oranges,
raIsins, figs, almonds, walnuts, celery, Gran.
berries, apples and sweet cider, al Walther's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-23
nc Masonic fraternitY Of Ottawa ave pr

The Masonic fraternity Of Ottawa are pre-.
pairing for general public installation OF
Officers early next month. The several bodies
uniting are Occidental and Humboldt
Lodges, shabbona Chapter and Ottawa Com
mandery. The officers OF the latter body
have already been elected.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-23

On Monday (Chris,masI the Ottawa post
Office will De open in the morning from TO
10 o'clock, and in the afternoon from 9 TO 8.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-23
OUR EFFORTS

To please the public have met with their unbOunded
approval. The amount of business we are doing
now surprises us. Honest principles and de-
termination to please are the motives of
our house. Nowhere in Ottawa can
you buy better Read ymade Cloth
Ing for Men and Boys than ut
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-23

For fine colored, fancy silk handkerchief,
or anything good and cheap in the clothing
line, call at the old white corner OF NJ.
Stiefel & Co.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-23

W. j. Nicely, Ottawa, has Essex bears and
short horn bulls for sale.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-23

MlnlsttTs,
Can get everything to wear at Fiske 4
Beem's for very little money such as buck
gloves and mtts, good warm Undertaking
and good, servicesble clothing, at the one
price store of Fiske \ BEEN
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-23
SCOTT BROS. & co.'s
GREAT Holiday Sale
OF fine GOODS.

From now till Jan. LIST, 1888, we shall offer
unprecedented bargains in FINE DRESS
GOODS" SILKS" "PLUSHES" AND
'vELvETs," "CLOAKS," 'SHAWLS,"
MILLINERY" LADIES' AND CHILL
DREN'S SHOES" and ''CARPETS.''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
IIGnTNING CONDTCTORS.

From the report oi the Liohtuinc-rol Com
ference recently held in England, some useful
hint, may be cleaned. ut rot at It's summit
II aupclrS. should bc simply bcycllcd, SO that
the tul conducting power Of the rod may be
ready tO receive descriptive di,cilt -e, while
at about "a foot below Oh" extreme top there
should bc firmly attached nv screws and solder
a copper rln. carrying three or tour copper
needles six inches long. ard rapcriDg from one
ouartrrIn inch to as tine % DoIntaS can be wade-the
points 20 be plauUlZed, elldoi or nickel plated.
These points are TO uLucc the silent discharge,
and t.us, ais 10 were, tJ prevent Tie difference
between tie electric potential OF the cloud
ind the earth reaching such az amount as TO
cause the passage Of q spark \unrS. finals
and all pieces of metal wOra on the upper por-
tons of culiices should be III metallic contact
with the conductor
As 10 the relative advantages and di~adyau-
taxes Of iron and copper, as material Tor thf
rods, the Conference decided that III all
ordinary eases copper is the cheapest and best
material. Tur minimum dimensions fixed
are: Copper: Rope, Onc-EaE inch diameter :;
round rod, thrcc-cl-hths inch, tape, three
fourth- by ouc-cl-itL Iuch Iron Round rod,
uinc-tenths inch. The weight %. the latter viii
bee tnirty-lye ounces TO the foot; whereas none
Of The copper conductors Will exceed seven
ounces EspCCial ~trcS, i LAID on the great I'M
nortancr OF perfect Joints for 10 Is essential that
there should be no resistance whatever 10 the
passage OF the electricity For TINS reason
copper tape IN which TIE joints can be easily
made by rivetting and Embedding the ends IL
q mass Of solder finds most favor with the dele
gates. Of earthquakes. the report recc mmcndS
that thcv should always he of tbs same metal Is
the rod. should have a surface OF not less than
eighteen square feet ii. e. nine on each side
and should be placed ri her in well or in
hole so deep that the earth viii never be dry.
The Mate need not be uOtChcd at the edges.
Lur il should Doe covered with coke. Where il
i, impossible TO find a pcrpetua!ly moist earth,
three or four hundredwcight ot IRON should be
buried at the foot OF the conductor, and the
hole filed mp with coke when the earthplate
bo. been lowered in. To secure the moist
st9r. of the earth, Ian-watrr pipes should be
III ~ - 10 di.chnrge over the hole.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
HENRF FIELDLNG.
From The Lorfon Duly ycrg

To he Inn ian
rvsrvbody hasa kindly feeling about Fielding
IT, IVA, = sort OF harmless and manly scqprcrace
vino was D.. yer In 0H spirits. and never dad any
thing of winch hi. .IlD.. moral code u.sg pprov cI
Il Is true thai be- drew the line rather low. but tine
limo which be- drew he never tran crossed We hated
a hpat aud would not have let much ite IN an
.. p,tIlrfe' who fell into his terrible grasp. Be
l.e. .-ooI ma. vino was ina. Vt uI, .auIs and
il ,yirc. maroon vino applied tiusrlf so seriously
r., do.I.arIrp the features ~ ruiians appears 10
~ -, ro,n L.e, az. r. of IN. first of Nuscr al r-i,-
inns FeilI.g hlet a Young IN u e. be Young
mon in rlrI-- d erl! sense IF the word II. was
80 ~ rhosa -.or1l arricul. ursts who think "ti3r
IId thc yil oat, not been ,o,yn the soil left fall
.,,,, s.arc. had grown th. gram By which man
may I've" Whatever truth there may be in This
,actr.nc f. errrtaIu nos one we should proclaim.
"a AR Torr~,on saws TO them thar eddy round
ard round" Mr. Tuaczerl~, M one Of ms lectures
-, D.. .-,,..y-l..- I.,.,.- OF fLrs. rlpa..l F;..|-
if ..,.J - r,t,- no rr.ur-1 .cr.d ti.+ Charlotte
pr,,-. US orr. ., fl.pnsod an this and declared
H.. ,,,,,, ~ t. .ort ruined men b ie nor orot ,Dr
T,,t Ir.[,y.l R.,..e ,ya, very unlike rom Jones.
ti,.lI,n0 bifr.... d.. not better has c.,u .ll. ny
l,yfur I'D To- his pewter pots. rs Te may Tciy That
modern rnomic saving a. 10 tie duty 0t EyI up
Li.IIrr.r I... az fine noble house lrrr. iOucd In
Gflup-- -pl.rlil p.uegyric bar hI. -.ltI" blood
I'll, mile tor lis -l-rIlrut. After leaving EiOn.
-L RI. -c %. 4, he aco. red his taste Tor par0Gvlrg
ia jIo'. ere manner FIELDING went to Leyleu. IN
~.eac Il studying COL an Eu-Isn uIyHr. s.. hen
he returned TO L0u-ou he thr'W himself on tine
town la those DAYS novels were not the ma. -uTJl
resource of men VINO live by their pens, aU4 Fielding
nd NOT Ian 50 low - that common suh--l Io.-
ticqi newspaper, 20 quote me stern language OIL the
period Fieinn. like other clever men OF M, sort,
,.rote now p.4vs or vamDcG ND an old. new, past,
future piece ana lived IN velvet and lace or Outat-
.tIHrv.'as Ii. MAYS succeeded or failed lie was
naturally great adlu.reT OF Ncii.rc from whom he
horrousd on rather tr uslated. lie inherited
small fortune; his wIte, good, tolerant creature
uke Sopn'a, bad another Lite fortune and FEEDING
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
THE ASTEROIDS.

Herr Hornstein has communicated to the
Vienna Academy the result of his recent re-
searches in connection with the asteroids. lie
thinks that the number of those with diane
ter of over twenty-five geographical miles Is
extremely small, and that probably all such
were discovered before 1859. The number of
asteroids with a dianerer less than five miles
seems also TO be very small, at least IN the
parts of the aSteroiG zone next Mars; III the
outer regions next Jupiter there may he more
considerable number of these very small
bodies. Most asteroids seem 10 have dame
ter between five and fifteen miles. The aver
are number Of asteroids with diameter OF hve
to ten miles discovered annually within the last
twenty years Is about three: the number OF
those If ten 10 fifteen miles diameter about one
and onc-sIXth. Thus, SHOULD no telescopes
greatly uorc powerful than the present ones be
used in future i'm search for those bodies, we
may expect but modcr7te find of asteroids
with dlamererS under five or over fifteen geo
graphical miles. while a considerable increase OF
those with diampters Of five to fifteen miles
may be looked for.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
OLTONARGARIYE.

Nature. the leading scientific Journal in Eng
land, sees nothing very injurious IN olconiaI-
garlne or tu,tcrnc, large quantities OF winch
are shipped TO England either directly from the
CnIten states or Indirectly through Holland, IN
the form of bUttcrlue. I'm the main, ~ SAYS,
buttcrIuc is very similar in chemical cOupo-
stlon To butter, and it, value q. an article OF
food is probably quite as Al-n. Indeed, TO some
people but,criue ma Sht possibly be more
wholesome. owing 20 III, comparative freedom
from the readily GecompOsahIe fats which are
apt iu some eases to be specially dl~agrceahle :;
for cooking pa poses II may be safely avcrrrd
chat the artificial butter would he generally
preferable, owing To- the ready alteration OF
buNrin and IFS cougcucTs hy heat and Il a so
admits that huttcuuc' L. fee from the dis
gushing smell and taste OF Tie lowest class
buffers.
The manufacture of olcomargarine by.t the
patented method Of NJ. Mege Moumes is t'rus
described Tie beef Suct, on arriving AT the
factory, Is thrown into tanks containing tepld
water, and att standings short Gme II l. re-
Dcattd.y washed m cold water, and dlslnte-
grated and separated from hoTe by passing
through 10 % mcdt-ha>hcr worked bv steam,
AFTER which il l. forced through a fine sieve.
Il j. then melted By surrounding the tanks with
water of q temperature OF about 10 r; great
care is taken not % exceed THIS point. otherwise
the fat would begin 10 dccOmpU,c and acquire
flavor of tallow. After being well stirred, the
adipO>e membrane subsidies 10 the bottom or
the tank and l. separated under the name OF
~scraD." whilst a clear yellow oil Is left above,
together with film Of white oily substance.
This is removed by slimminG, and the yellow
oil is drawn OH and allowed TO -olidiiy. The
refined far, a. the substance Is now termed, Is
then taken 40 the press ROOM, which Is kept al
a temperature of about 90 F., and il packed
in cotton cloths and placed in galvanized iron
plates in press; on being subjected 20 pressure
uli flows away and cakes OF pure white sfcarlne
remain these find taer way 60 the candle
makers The oil Is known ~ "oleOnIarga-
riue: il is packed IN barrels for sale or export,
or j, dire city made into " butterne by adding
10 per cent of milk to it., and churning the mix
ture The producer is colOred with annato and
rolled with ice To- set it salt = then added,
and the "bUttcriuc' Is ready for packing IL
kc-s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
1--WE BOLEYN,S REART


/ send with much pleasure the account of the
finding OF the casket in this church as / had 10
from the mouth of oar late parish clerk, who
ways exerted a great interest in my mind. and
am very thankful 10 be able to impaTt a. much a.
know Of It 20 yOn. Extract from an inscription on
"A tablet in ErwartOn Church. ID the County of
Suffolk: sir Philip Parker-L0ng. b.. who died on
90 jan l7II was the direct hueal heir male OF SIR
Henry Parker. Knight OF the Bath, eldest son of
Henry Parker. Lord Morley by his second lady
Elizabeth daughter and heir OF SIR Philip Cal
thrpp of Norfolk, by Amata BOlleyn. sister TO
Thomas BolleYn Earl of Wiltshire aud Ormond,
and Aunt TO Queen Anna Boueyn,' etc. There ex-
i-ted a very old tradition IL ErwartOi. Parish
that Anna BOileyn had spent some OF her earliest
wears with her aunt IN ErwartOn and that the
heart OF the unhappy Queen was by her own special
request buried IN the parish church. The under
signed heard the following curious account OF the
partial confederation of this old tradition from the
lbs of the late parish clerk James Amner who died
in October 1879 aged seventy-three wears. The
said James Amnrr asserted that he had often heard
his grandfather who was also parish clerk and
very old man speak OF the str ng belief IN the
parish that . the heart of Queen Anne was some
where in the church
In 1897 the church was under complete restora-
ton and III taking down part OF the north wall
which was out OF the perpendicular a leSden cas-
ket heart shaped. was found by the workmen.
The casket was opened ia the presence Of the then
rector the Rev. Ralph Berners. the clerk OF the
works and the before mentioned James Amner.
There was nothing III the casket but handful OF
dust and hey who found 1t closed 1t up again and
buried II in the CORVALLIS vault"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.
THE SIMS DISTANCE.

The unit of measurement in astronomical DIS,
tancer In the mean distance OF tie sun anu
ealih lhs distance is usually expressed anu
measured hT what il called the solar parailax,
or the angle which the earth's radius suntends at
the sun centre. knowing this angie accu-
rately we know with absolute certainty tue
sun IS distance and the length OF the unit.
owing, however TO the smdllnCss OF the angie
astronomers have found 1t extremely dIIncull'
not 10 say impossible, 10 determine IL aCcu-
rately and hence have TcsOTted 10 various pIaHS
for obtaining the much-desired paralaX win
even approximate correctness. mus IIoItS'oI
Eastman, OF the Washington OF eerVatory, mas
Just published the value 0I thr sonar p'Ia'iHA
obtained from meridian observations OF Mdi y;
In September, 1876, Admiral DAVIS lnVlied
the cooucration of other ObSer, atOres ID max
ing, after plan prescribed by Professor East
man, meridian observations upon Mars al thc
opposition of 1877, for the purpose oil utter-
mining the solar paraliaX. Keturhs WHICH
could be used IN the Investigation were "a
crived from Melbourne, SyOney and the cape
Of Good Hope in the Southern, and IRON am
bridge (NIass.) and Leyden IN the Northern
Hemisphere.
After the discussion and comparison OF the
observations rejecting very few that are pal
pably erroneous. Professor Eastman says
"Taking the mean Ct the remaining seventy
results frt all the stations, with regard 10 the
weights, we have
(Parala1) - so $50 o" .Ol72
The results from the Melbourne anu OaHl-
bridge combination seem to Indicate either that
the value found for +. 70" 1897 Is certainly
too great. or that the observations at the first
five stations are all affected by systematic
error. This difference may arise from the
method Of observing over inclined threads at
Cambridge for the agreement of the results
among themselves is very satisfactory; but
whatever the cause Of the discrepancy may be,
il has not been deemed advisable To employ
these values IN obtaining the final result.
Omtting the result derived from the Cam
bridge observations, and also those lnclOsed IN
parenthesis, and taking the mean Of the re-
manning sixty results with regard 10 the COM
puted weights, we have for a final result:
:" .aIJ - o" 'OI9.
This value of =. is undoubtedly greater than
would be assigned by n large majority OF as
trouomers, bur il fairly represents what the
method viii give from such observations As
were at hand tor this discussion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
THE GREAT BELL OF ST. PAUL'S.

4 correspondent Of The English Mechanic de-
scribes the great bell which has Just been cast
far 81 Paul's. London. Its weight Is l7l2 tons,
its diameter at the mouth is . feet inches,
and the thickness at the sound-bOw 50 inches.
II is upwi I'd of feet high, but from the lip
10 the TOP of the cannOns II measures : feet 10
inches The note is fiat II is the largest bell
in England being four tons heavier than Big
Ben of Westminster and many tons heavier
than the great Toms of Oxford and Lincoln.
IL il. indeed insignificant beside the vast and
partly ruined monsters of Moscow, but with
the great bells OF Western Europe il can vie
very fairly. Moreover, II IS SAID 70 be excellent
NOT only In size but in quality. Sir +. Beckett,
calculating the weight of the great Russian
bells by their dimensions. makes the great bell
of Moscow 300 tons IN weight. and another
40 tons, but practically these are bells only
in name. The great bells of Western Europe,
those of ROuen destroyed, Olmutz and Vienna
alone exceed the weight OF the new Dell, and
that only by few hundredweIght, but the
most famous bell-that of Erfurt-weighs much
less l3 tons 10 cwt).
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05

Iron, three new descriptions of steel; but they
have not entirely displaced the Older processes,
by which large quantities are still produced. A
brief reference, therefore, To some OF the most
common names, the products of the older mode
OF manufacture and still in Use ut present VIII
be OF service. Blister steel is made by causing
the carbon Of charcoal to penetrate iron IN
heated state. German steel is blister steel
hammerng blister steel. Double sheer steel Is
made by cutting up blister steel and putting 1t
together and hammering again. CruciOle steel
Is made by melting IN "a pot blister steel anu
wrought iron, or nm wrought iron, and charcoal
semer steel is made by blowing air through
cast-Iron, burning ont the silicon and carOO:.
Slemens- Martin or Open-hcarth steel Is made
by melting pig iron and mixing wrought iron
or scrap steel, or iron ore to reduce the silicon
and carbon. Thomas steel Is Steel produced
like Bessemcr steel, in convcrtcrs, the main
difference being the basic lining.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
EQUATORIAL AFRICA.

An interesting relief map of Equatorial
Africa, made by Mr.. James b. Jordan, of Lon
don. is now exhibited at the rooms of tie
British Geographical Society. The horizontal
scale Is one inch to twenty-five miles, and the
vertical one inch to five thousand feet. The
construction Of the relief was a work OF nearly
twelve months An accurate map had to be
made on given scale from carefully collected
data this was transferred TO clay by kind Of
paragraph of Mr.. JOrdans (senIOr) invention,
cast taken, and the present relief map con-
structed of papier-mache. There were several
reasons for making it of this material: one, It's
lightness would enable il to be hung like "a pic
tire another, the mpOsSibillty Of It's cracking
and chipping as clay does it represents nature
better, and it can be easily repaired II the
housemaid pOkes a hole through 1t with her
brush. When looked at in the light striking
upon one size. the aspect OF Africa in the IN
terror Is no longer the barren waste of the maps
of fifty years ago; the interior with its deeply
set lakes and the swelling lands round them
look, As if it could not but be inhabited by
human beings. and it is 50. All the data as to
attitudes, ATTITUDES, IonGitudes and sections
were taken from the accounts of the several
travellers who have discovered OF visited the
interior.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05

row. When finished, if sleeves are or are not re
quired, work a Dc. round the arm holes.
TIE SLEEVE.
For This You will want a hook No. g, and small
fine bone needle. With the fine hook make a chain
of 20. Work l row DC. Then work 36 more row
Dc. taxing each loon from The back. which forms
The ribbed OF Russian crochet. Faston of.
RAISE with No. g. trco-ce hook 3 stitches Mt one
end of the ribs. WB. Work 10 rows H. / on Is.
every other row.
2l>tr0w-Iak- mp ali bur 3. WB all bur 9. Take
up all but q. w b. all uut g. W OIk n fms manner,
leaving three more each time, until there are 4 on
the needle. Take ND these T. and then an the loops
- the left e'g 81 The work. WB. thr whole row.
Work % more rows. In. / ON -. every other row.
Work the 18th row rs the 2lst. Then plain,
md row OF Dc. 81 hich completes the sleeve JOIN
II and sew II INTO thc anuhole Ii more tuness IL
required IN the sleeve. east more stitches IN the
lSt row OF III Ot6e. aud work the last 10 rows In.
Is every row.
This wa,tcoat can be worked in any color ac-
cordlng TO taste. but biac is generally preferred
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
THREE SH1DDERS.
AFTER LATEST MODELS.


FrO,r PuHch.
Il loo ed ard saw her hand
From the hollow of her muB
Was pecp'nr-.so, the dove
From the hollow of her nestl-
And h- NUT cred, Amt we grand.
IhcIn- diamonds on her cut,
And III herycler glove
That's ll's-sain-wcU, I'm biest,
She looked aud : w,-her purse
From the hniOw of her hand
Had dartrd--,SO. the mouse
From the hollow IN the cheeSe'-
Aud she murmuTed, " All tine FAIRS
And feathers IN the Strand
Ia rather give than rouse
such tHleylsD thoughts as these y
lie looked and saw "a pound
III the hollow Of her puIseI
Or wherefore such surprise
Ii the " HoiiO F" Of the SCAMP,
As NJ uuttcr d-tthis was round
The corucri-sOmethlng worsrY
For al that met Ms eyes
Was Iuppelce aad Stamp.