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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

the fire is a mystery, but 1t is supposed to have
been the result of spontaneous combustion. II
broke out in the forehold and could not easily
be reached on account Of the smoke. In fact
many of the crew were overcome by ,he smoke
as well as by overwork. The commander OF
the Rodgers tried in vain to run the ship
ashore. She grounded and was scuttled, but
did not fill. Captain llealy and hls officers
think the method used to save the ship Is be.
yond criticism. Young ice prevented the
boats being pulled ashore. With much diff
Guilty two men took the end of a line ashore in
q skin boat. All of the boats having been
loaded with whatever things could be got Into
them, the crew got in and warped them ashore
by means of line They were two hours IN
getting distance of 800 yards The weather
was intensely cold and the crew slept in the
open air two nights. They saved one months
provisions, together with the arms and ammu'
milton, but did not save any extra clothing.
Accordingly they suffered greatly during two
days and nights.
AMONG THE EsQUIMAUx.
Then they went to the Esquimaux settle.
ment, where they were received well. Subse-
quently their provisions ran short, and the
crew were apportioned among tour villages
around the bay. They had to adopt the habits
and customs of the natives, and frequently
went hungry, often having to hunt tor their
own food, occasionally being Obliged to live on
rotten walrus, grass, dog, &c, In filthy huts,
with natives, hungry and cold. MIR. Glider
left for Irkutsk in January to telegraph home
the news of the disaster Berry and Hunt
have gone to the River Lena to assist IN the
search for De Long, and are probably on the
ground now. All the officers were anxious to
accompany Berry.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
HOW Garfield Looks.

Gov. Sherman, of Iowa, who Is visiting at
Elmra, n. u, said to reporter the other day
III saw President Garfield a day or two ago in
Cleveland You need not look 50 asonished
| really saw hlm-not in spirit, but his own
form and features. | had visited his tomb to
do homage to the spot where the martyr presi
dent was sleeping. The Waterman IN charge
on learning whence | came and who was
asked me If | would like to see the president
| was rs greatly surprised as you can be. lie
simply showed me he was IN earnest, invited
me into the tomb, unscrewed and removed the
liz, and there lay Gen. Garfield before me, Just
as he looked on the day of his funerals If
IN weary, unrefreshing sleep. / was sur.
prlsed for, despite the emaclation OF those no.
BILE features, was at once struck with their
likeness to the General as had seen him
alive. presume years will pass ere the pre-
serving traces OF the embalmer's work Will
have been removed from all that is left on
earth of Garfield"
A reporter of the Herald, with the above ex.
tract in hand, visited Lake View Cemetery to
make and inquiry IN regard to the matter and
learn If II was true that the remains OF the
dead president had been exposed TO view, even
to satisfy the curiosity of the governor OF
Iowa. The sexton, being Intercepted about
the matter, said that it was true that the Gov.
Sherman had been permitted to view the re-
mains of the dead but that he had nothing to
say or do IN the case. The keys OF the vault
we're in possession of Lieut.. Van Vliet of the
Tenth United States Infantry, the officer In
charge Of the detail of soldiers guarding the
vault, unscrewed the lid that covers the glass
plate set into the top of the coffin, and allowed
Gov. Sherman and party to view the remains.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
In Praise of Fancy Farmers.

A California paper thus speaks of class of
men who have come IN for a vast amount OF
rldicule: They tested theories while others
raised crops for market they have given a
glory to farming ii would not otherwise pos
sess. Fancy farmers have changed the wild
hog into the Suffolk and Berkshire, the wild
cattle or Britain into shorthorns, the noun
tain sheep, with its lean body and hair fleece,
into the Southdown and merinO. They brought
up the milk of cows from plnts to gallons.
They have heightened the slroin of the bul.
lock, enlarged the ham OF the hog given
strength to the shoulder Of the OK, rendered
finer the wool Of the sheep, added tleetness to
the horse, and made more beautiful every
animal that IS kept IN the service of man.
They have improved and fastened the de.
velopment of all domestic animals till they
scarcely resemble the ones from which they
sprang. Fancy farmers introduced irrigation
and under draining also grinding and cook
ing for stock. They have brought guano
from Peru and nitrate of soda from Chill.
Thay introduced and domesticated all the
plants we have of foreign origin. They
brought out the theory of the rotation Of crops
as natural means Of keeping up ant, increas-
Ing the fertility OF the soil. They ground up
gypsum and bones, and treated the latter with
acid to make manures of peculiar value They
first analysed soil as means OF determining
what was wanted to increase its fertility. They
introduced the most improved methods OF
raising and distributing water. Fancy farm
ers or fancy horticuturists have given us all
our varieties of fruits vegetables and flowers
A fancy farmer in Vermont, a few years ago,
originated the early rose potato, which added
millions of dollars to the wealth of the country,
and proved a most important accession IN
every part of the world where introduced.
Another of these same fancy men originated
the Wilson strawberry, and another the Con-
cord grape.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

BY the stencil that arises from the sugar
meal"-refuse from glucose-which Is being
fed quite freely by some of the dairymen here.
abouts, one might think that such stuff would
make very poor milk and butter. And it
does; it is one of the worst forms OF food
Observation-Disclosures alike to the cows,
and to those who use their products. Some
cheese and butter factories will not use milk
from cows that are fed with the stuff. No
factory should. 1t Is just as bad as oleomar-
gerine. suine, or any other form of bogus but.
ter. And then the dairy cows when worn out
are brought to the butchers block and cut
up for meat, such meat is just as deeterious
as an article of food as the butter. With such
refuse entering into the MILK butter aud meat
that people use, is any wonder that scrofula,
cancer, paralysis and kindred diseases, rage
among the people, who thougtlessly, perhaps,
hold their breath and impure, What is the
cause of so much disease 7" 1t may not all lie
at the door of 'sugar.meal," but it is most
fruitful source, and dairymen will sooner or
later learn that it Is very Improbable stuff in
every respect.-Marengo Republican.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

A CROP YET IN SEAsoN.-In this latitude
buckwheat may be sown with good prospects
of obtaining crop any time from row to the
middle Of July. In view of poor prospect
for corn, farmers who have the land and time
to spare should SOW buckwheat 1t natures in
o shorter time than almost any crop that can
be raised in the field 1t will be ready to cut
on the approach of cold weather IN the fall
Several farmers IN this vicinity break up land
Immediately after they have taken crop Of
grass from 1t, and then SOW buckwheat. If
the soil is quite poor they apply a top dressing
of fine manure, as the scrapings from the
barnyard or droppings gathered from the
poultry house, and harrow It In. If the plow-
ing Is well done there will be little trouble
with grass The plants will very soon cover
the soil, produce a dense shade, and prevent
the growth OF weeds. A crop of buckwheat
grown on an inverted sod will cause 1t to rot
and prepare It for another crop in the fol-
lowing lspring. Others SOW buckwheat on
land they had not time to prepare or to plant
TO corn or potatoes. Buckwheat generally
sells for as much in the market as any kind
of grain, and it Is wonderful that more atten.
ton is not given TO its cultivation. 1t is al
ways IN active demand for making griddle
cakes, and much that is consumed in the
west comes from the eastern states or Canada,
In case the price is low it can be disposed of
on farms to excellent advantage for other pur.
poses than human food. 1t is excellent for
cows and Is valuable for sheep and swine. The
cost of the seed Is trlfling and no costly nipple
ments are required for sowing or harvesting
it. 1t can be cut with grain cradle and
thrashed with common fail. Its cultivation
can be profitably carried on by persons OF
small means.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
Loss of the Rodgers. and Rescue OF
har Grew


One of the vessels sent to the Arctic Ocean
last summer to search for the Jeanette was
the IT, 8. steamer Rodgers, Master s. D. War
ing, with four officers and 30 seamen. of
course the search was fruitless, and as winter
approached the Rodgers put into st. Lawrence
Bay to winter. Here in Nov. last she took
fire and was burned, the officers and crew tor.
tunately escaping to the land with bare
months provisions. Taking up quarters with
the Esquimaux, however, they were enabled
to live until the middle of May, when the L.
s. steamer Corwin, which had been sent to the
relief of the crew of the Rodgers, reached ST.
Lawrence Bay, and took them on board The
story of the loss of the Rogers, the straits Of
the crew, and the final rescue, Is thus told in a
dispatch from Washington Territory to the
New York Herald:
PORT HURON, w. T., June 20, 1882.
The Corwin arrived at Ounalaska May 3,
having been ten days out from San Francisco.
She lost a man overheard on the voyage. She
was detained days in Ounalaska by gales. She
continued northward on MAY 8, ana stopped
three hours at Seal Islands on the 9th. Dur
the drift ice a few miles north of st. Matthews,
and the vessel not being prepared to work in
the Ice was Obliged TO proceed slowly. She
was three days in the Ice, with foggy weather
On the morning of the 14th she spoke the
whaling bark Hunter, and had the story of tho
burning Of the Rodgers confirmed. The ma
tlves told the crew of the Hunter that on the
day before they learned that the bark Sappho,
of New Bedford, Mass. Captain Coulson, was
wrecked a week previously in the Ice, and that
all hands were saved and taken on board an
other whaler. Later the CorwIn spoke four
other whalers, and took from one of them the
captain and fourteen of the crew of the Sap
pho. On the commander being informed that
the North Star had come to rescue the crew OF
the Rodgers the COrwln pressed on at full
speed through the ice. and before midnight
was IN ST. Lawrence Bay. There the Corwin
saw vessel close to the land, near South
Head, and hauled up and spoke her. She
proved TO be the North Star, which had just
taken the last of the Rodgers crew aboard,
and was going TO sail for Ounalaska. She then
transferred all-five of the officers and twenty.
seven men-to the Corwin. The latter started
on her return at one O'Clock A. NJ. on the 18th.
She encountered much ice, and was detained
till the 10Th, but little damage was done to the
ship The Corwin arrived at Ounalaska on
the 23d, Just one month from the time she
sailed from San Francisco, thus accomplishing
some remarkably quick work. She took the
crew to SItka, leaving them to take passage on
the mail steamer.
DESTRUCTION OF THE SHIP
The Rodgers was burned on November 30.
Fire was discovered early In the morning, and
the flames were fought till nearly midnight,
when the ship was abandoned. The cause Of
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

Speaking of the hereditary diseases and the
importance OF sound breeding stock, Manly
Miles gives the following as an illustration
A mare affected with ring.bone, that united
her for farm work, was kept as breeder for
several years. Her colts were quite uniform
in form and color, and, as they showed no In
dicahons of the disease, when two or three
years Old they found ready buyers at good
prices. AT the age of five or six years, how.
ever, they all had ring. bone to greater or less
extent, and several we're disabled.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
,Ts.-The Western Rura, advises the tol

ANTs.-The Western Rural advises the toll,
lowing remedy tor ants:
Grease plate with lard and set It where
these insects abound. They prefer it to any
thing else. Occasionally turn the plate bot
tom up over the fire, and the ants will fall in
with the melting lard. Reset the plate until
all are caught. Powdered borax scattered ov'
er the places they infest will cause them to
leave. 1t is SAID few leaves of green worm
wood scattered among their haunts will dis
perse the black ants
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
HOUSEHOLD AND FARM.

The Londoa Lancet says that muscarine, the
active poison of mushrooms, is directly antag'
onized by atropia. A trace of muscarine plac'
ed upon frogs heart completely arrests its
motion; a drop of atropia will start it up
again, although it NAV have remained motion
less for four hours. In human beings poison
ed by mushrooms one minim OF atropia, al
mlnistered hypodermically at intervals, effects
complete cure.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

The mammoth flour mills at Minneapolis
are now grinding California wheat, and it is
stated that 1t can be placed in the elevator Of
the mills st lower price than the Minnesota
wheat. The grain is larger than the home
wheat, and mixed with il makes most excel
lent flour.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
The Keystone OF Health.

How can you expect to feel WELL or even enjoy
life, when you go about with hacking cough:
The fool, in his wisdom, says there is no cure for
IL, but the wise man HES him TO drug store and
gets bottle OF DIR. Bigelow's Positive Cure, and
at once gets well. trial bottle costs nothing (d)
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter,
chapped hands, chilbains, corns, and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles. 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money re-
funded. Price IS cents per box. For sale by G..
Gehring.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

1t is the Height of Folly to wait until you
are in bed with disease that may last months,
when you can be cured by timely use OF
Parker's Ginger Tonic. We have known sickly
antilles made the healthiest by it.-Obsercer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

The New York World thinks that in Penn
sylvania the darkest hour is just before Don
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
Paying the Lawyers.

At the adjourned meeting of the super,
visors of the towns interested in the
bonds lately declared VOID by the United
States Supreme Court, held at Ottawa on the
23d day of June, 1882, there were present MIR.
Evans, of the town of Evans Marshall county
Mr.. Hoge, Usage; Mr.. Hoge, assistant super
visor, Bruce; Mr.. Lowman, South Ottawa
Mr.. Perkins, Ottawa; Mr.. Rhodes Dayton ;
Mr.. Evans Fox, Kendall county; Mr., Dunn,
Kendall, and Mr. Parker Oswego.
The following preamble and resolutions,
presented by Mr.. Lynch, of Ottawa, were
UNANIMOUSLY adopted;
WHEREAS, The recent decision of the U. s.
Supreme Court, which declared void the bonds
issued to the Ottawa, OswegO Il Fox River
Valley Railrord Company by the towns of
Ottawa, Dayton, Fox, Kendall, Oswego,
Evans, Bruce, South Ottawa and Kendall
county, the principal and interest of which at
the present time amount to nearly million
dollars; and
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
PIMPLES.

will mail tfree) the recipe for simple Vegetable
Balm That will remove Tan, Frecltles. I'm pies
and I3lothes leaving the skin soft clear and beautiful
also Instructions for producing nxuran growth Of mar
on bald head smooth face Address, incosing &c stamp
ben Vandelf * CO., II Barclay ST.. n. y.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
HEREAs, the litigation that brought about

ResOlyed, That justice and equity demand
that all the other towns interested should pay
their equal proportion of the expense of liti-
CATION.
Resolced, That, as one years interest," or ten
per cent. OF the principal Of the bonds issued
by each town Will pay the total expense, we
do most heartily and earnestly recommend
that each town interested will through a
special town meeting instruct It's board of
auditors to have certified to the county clerk,
with other town charges, an amount equal to
ten per cent. on the principal OF the bonds
issued by il as aforesaid, for the purpose OF
paying Its proportion Of the expense made for
the litigation which resulted in the total defeat
Of the said bonds
ResoLued, That when the SAID amount OF ten
per cent is collected that it be paid into the
First National Bank of Ottawa and placed to
the credit of committee to be appointed for
the purpose of dIscharging the claims for
which it was collected.
Res0lued, That in case the attorneys inter
ested refuse to accept the amounts fixed for
their respective services by the auditing com
mlttee appointed by this meeting, that all the
towns unite for the purpose of defending one
or all from paying greater compensation TO
the said attorneys than fixed by the SAID
auditing committee.
Ill tuc dUOVC ChpChoe 10 ihSAuuSN, 10 PS'
agreement with the towns named, attorneys
fees as follows: D. p. Jones, $4,000; 8. Rich.
olson, $2,9S5; Mrs, Boyle, $2,975; H. Mayo,
$4,000 Judge Dlckey, $14,950; ID. Phillips,
$4,000; which the meeting considered ample
tor the services rendered by each, and all ex-
press themselves satisfied except Judge
Dckey, who insisted that he personally
should be paid from the towns that had net
contracted with attorneys an additional tee of
six per cent on the amount saved to them.
Mr. Lynch objected and insisted that S14,95O
was ample for the services rendered by the
Judge, and this was unquestionably the sen.i'
ment of the meeting. Judge Dickey presented
the following statement showing the amount
saved TO the different towns:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

On motion of Mr. Parker the meeting was
adjourned, subject to the call of five super
visors ABNER HOGE, Chairman.
JOHN DUNN Secretary.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
TO CONSERVATIVES.

The advertiser having been permanently cured OF that
dread dseasr Consumption by simple remedy Is xious
10 make known his fellowsuerers the means OF cure
To all desire he will send copy of the prescription
sp rce charge with the directions for preparing and
using the same, which they will md sure Cure for
Coughs, Colds, Consumption, Asthma,
Bronchitis &c. -, -,
Parties wishing Prescription will please address Rev
f. A. WILSON, 1884, Penn St, Wilamsburgh, n. Y.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
Ba mrs.

Exchange on Chicago and New York
And all the principal cities east and ives
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Exchange on England Ireland. Scotland and all I'm
portant peints In Continental Europe drawn 10 sn
purchasers.
u. =. Revenue Stamps Of ali demon sasionscop
stantly on hand and for sale.
United States Bonds, Local Securities. God and
Silver bought and sold.
Banking hours from "a. NJ. to4P.x.
Jan. II, 1873 &. L. LINDLEY, Assist. Cashier.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

The outside frame OF ts carrier contains Ave trays held
place by fasteners In cut These trays are con
strrted In reversible halves The above shows one
whole tray filed ready be placed In each egg resting
In Its cardboard socket In such manner M To lie readily
canded transferred from tray to tray or case
to case, without rehanding.
For cold storage hi. will ca Dozen with racks
made TO receive the half trays hence this the cheapest
storage manufactured. saving largely In space m
The Of holding the end prevents 0scills
ton adding breakagc and adds greatly 10 their fresh
ness when carried long storage.
Size of 30 dozen No cases 2jSl2NlI, weighs ~ pounds
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

PRICES IN CHICAGO.
shippers No l. 20 doz Case, with ncr. complete q cents
Farmers Il dOZ. " \" ~ Genus
Cardboard Fllcrs for rehlling pCchtt
Is per cent. discount on lots Of 100 cases.
Bacheldcr Egg Tester testing dozen AT once saves 10
BUYERS many times It's cost each season Price. t5UD
Iy special arrangements male by the manufacturers oil
this case most Railroads will receive theI- AS fourth Class
freight
The rs dozen especially for Farmers use sent
any addrr. by express without mailing with in, drcc
ois for setting up. receipt Of ~ cents. Every Farmer
and consumer should have OF these cases II VIII save
IL. cost every MONTH Agents wanted In every county AZ
dress.
J. H. BATCHELDER,
81 South Water St, Chicago.
On ordering mention this paper.) janS8Smos
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-10-28

build the first wooden house cvcG
erected on the islands, Another
difficulty was the opposition of the
white men who were already on the
islands, and who spread the most
ridiculous stories of the missionaries
projects.
For twenty years did Mr.. and
Mrs. Thurston labor in the islands,
bringing up their children free from
contact with the, then, uniformed and
vicious native character, and then
Mrs. Thulston took them with her
to the States to be educated. From
that time her strictly missionary
work may be said to be over. She
still continued in the field, but her
life work was already done, her
name craven on the roll of the earn
est Christian civilizers of this King.
dom.
Her work becomes more of a re-
cord of herself and family-deaths,
births, marriages, illnesses, "all
that human flesh is heir to" until in
1876 it was said of her "that she
had finished her earthly career"
and she went TO the presence of her
Maker, taking with her the record
of a long and usefully spent life.
One of the most important points
in the book is her testimony to the
hcalthiness of these islands. But we
will not infringe any longer on hcl
story. Go and read it yourselves,
and if you leave it, filled with one
half of the pleasure and information
we have received from its perusal,
you will be satisfied.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-10-28
ICE CREAM.

The ladies of Fort street gave
another of their pleasant little re-
unions on Thursday afternoon and
evening, for the purpose Of raising
funds for the Gospel Temperance
work Gil these islands. To the un-
ippassioned observer (that is, to
anyone who was not in search of a
freezc) the scene was charming,
bevies of young ladies and matrons
fitting about to provide the refresh
ments ordered ut their tables, knots
Of gentlemen discussing the impor-
tant problem of the evening-wheth-
er to seek ice cream or safety in
flight, and the ceaseless friendly
cduSe,ie from group to group. But
to the seeker after knowledge in the
shape of Jumps of GOODNESS the scene
was just little too busy at times.
The tables were crowded and as fast
as one party would get through ano-
ther would take its place. But ice
cream was not the only refresh
ment dispensed, delicious sherbet,
fragrant coffee, lemonade, cakes
and sandwiches were also on the bill
of fare.
During the evening Miss Castle
and Mr.. Yarndlcy discourscd sweet
strains to such as could near enough
to listen in the hustle and loud APP
plause greeted their thorough and
pleasant execution.
At a little after 0 the guests be-
gan to disperse satisfied that they
had contributed their quota to 4
good work and received full value in
exchange.