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Using Wet Fuel.

Lazy people have sought to convince
themselves and others that there is
economy in using green wood that is
full of sap. Science and observation
alike condemn the notion. All the
moisture in wood must be- evaporated
before it will burn. BY splitting it and
exposing it to the heat of the sun in u
current of air the moisture will be ex-
PEELED without the expenditure of heat
created by burning fuel. If, however,
the green wood is placed in a stove or
fireplace, a considerable amount of fuel,
previously dried by artificial heat, must
be consumed in evaporating the mois-
turc it contains. Heated steam is not
consumed, rs some people appear to
suppose. 1t passes up the chimney and
gives of but very little heat. The
amount OF heat required 10 dry wood 80
it will burn is very considerable. Green
wood is very inconvenient as we'll as
expensive. II makes an unreliable fire
that can not be depended on for either
heating or cooking purposes. 1t is pro-
ductive Of much smoke and of little
satisfaction or comfort Green wood is
very uttN W utuuic, anu SDlut NtElt-
ties will weigh fully twice rs much
when full of sap as when thoroughly
dried in the sun. Unless wood is 10 be
drawn on runners over the snow there
is great saving in having it dried be-
fore it is taken from the forest TO the
house. When it is once dry it should
be put under cover so that it will not
absorb rain or become covered with
snow. The loss in burning damp coal is
not as heavy as in burning wet wood,
but after all it is very considerable
According to experiments made in Ger
many seven tons of damp coal will only
produce as much heat az six tons that
are dry. The price of one ton of coal
will buy lumber enough to build pro-
lection for six tons and il will last many
years
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-20
A Oairene Bride,

On alighting from our carriage. says
q contributor to Al he Fear Round,
writing of visit to Cairo, we were
hastily conducted across large Gov
cred court, in which tables were spread
and hired musicians were performing.
and were shown up TO the womcns
apartments, passing through n number
of narrow, winding passages it was, l
was told, real old-fashioned Turkish
rooms furnished with curious mixture
of the splendid and the tawdry, until
we came TO the room where the bride
sat to receive the final compliments OF
her friends. She was a small-framed.
notwithstanding person, with fairly reg
ular features and beautiful eyes and
teeth, but the former, notwithstanding
that her face was thickly painted white,
showed traces OF tears, and she looked
and evidently was tired to death. "Sho
has been crying all day." whispered the
French governess to us confdentially;
''she has never seen him, of course, and
has got an idea that she shan tlikc him;
the fact is, she did not want to be mar
ried at all, but of course her family;
would not refuse Pasha's ALI
ance" The new brides apartments
have been refurnished in her honor, and
were bestrcwn with gaudy yellow satin
chairs and fauteuils, which most of the
women carefully avoided. preferring to
sit comfortably on the carpet or on the
lowest foot-stool they could find. The
bride sat like II little image on u chair
raised on two steps in one corner OF the
room; her hands, incased in tight white
kid gloves, were crossed on her lap, and
she never moved ut all, except that she
acknowledged our courtesies, as strang-
ers, with a slight, grave inclination of
the head. The other women kept up a
prctense that it was all very delightful,
and occasionally stroked her dress
smilingly in passing, or rearranged the
heavy gold fringes of the veil. She hnd
put off magnificent bridal dress Of
white satin on entering the house Of
this husband whom she "had never
SEEM" and WAS now arrayed in pink
satin heavily embroidered with gold,
having on her head veil of tulle and
gold ornamcnted with flowers and dia-
monds, while large diamond brooches
and bracelets glittered on her dress and
wrists The long train of her dress,
made in European fashion, was spread
ostcntatiously half across the floor.
Those of her relations who had come
with her were also very smart and very
madam lInr Eigtar N addition a
pair of high-heeled shoes, had advanced
to the civilized length of w~ring tight
stays
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-20
Misunderstanding.

In Riga, Russia, there is agymnasium
at which many diseases are cured by
beating the surface Of the body with the
hands, or Instruments called "muscle-
beaters"
These Instruments consist of three
elastic tubes fastened together ut the
handle; the circumference of each tube
is about that of finger. its length. rs
also the thickness of the material of
which it is made, varies according to
the different. purposes for which it is
made.
DIR. Klemm, the manager OF this insti-
tuition. holds that, as SO much refuse
matter is constantly thrown off through
the skin, it is of the utmost Importance
that this organ should be kept in the
best possible condition and that the best
method of doing this and promoting
nervc-currcnts and blood circulation, ia
muscle-beating.
He further holds that the advantage
of this manipulation over all others, is
that it makes the texture OF the skin
softer and more elastic, and that its ac-
ton spreads deeper and not only pro-
notes nutrition of muscle. but also the
activity of the blood-vessels of the
bones.
1t is especially beneficial in cases Of
rheumatism and all chronic diseases re-
sulling from an impaired circulation of
the blood.
If the surface of the body is cold at
any point, it is an indication Of an OBJ
structed circulation, and by slapping
with the hands or heaters, till the parts
are warm, the equilibrium of the circu-
lation is restored, and serious conse-
qucnces to health are often avoided.
1t is very old custom to treat the
diseases of the human body by mechan-
ical means. The most ancient peoples,
the Egyptians and Indians, had in use
many different manipulations and exer-
cises of the body for the purpose of aid
ing the curative tendencies of nature. -
DR.. Karell, physician to His Imperial
Majesty, the Emperor Of Russia, sayshe
agrees completely with the principles
laid down in work on this subject, and
that they arc based on the natural sci
ences. - Youths Companion.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-20
He Insistsd Upon All Privileges.

The other day lank young man
from the country, accompanied by u
good looking young woman, arrived in
the city and stopped at our largest ho-
tel. II want you to do the best you
ken for u.s." said the young man to the
,lerk. We've just got married, and
want to splurge q little. Down in my
country I'm the boss. ken lift agin
any man in the community, and I Ken
split more rails in dav than anybody
.epenter knock kneed Bill, the old Gui-
nes nigger what works on the Lige
Sanders place Tell us where our room
is. please. But reckon Wen take the
range Of the big room whar all them
big lookin' glasses Is - shinin'."
"Do yOu mean the parlorp' asked the
clerk, twisting one Of his diamond shirt
studs.
"Yes, the perlur."
Certainly, sir"
The young man and his wife followed
. grinning negro and assembled to the
psrlor. Shortly afterward the clerk.
while passing the parlor door. saw
Rube throw his arms around his bride
and kiss her.
Here" said the official. .'none Of
that. II you stay in this room you've
got to behave yourselves"
"Ain't l got q right to kiss her"
asked the young man.
Eyes, but not here"
1--WE got right to kiss her here or
any whar else. She's mine, amt you
Jule?"
Eyes, Rube"
Didn't the Justice of The Peace say
that you must cling to me'"
"Yes, Rube."
And you are goin' 10 cling. amt
your"
"You know am, Rubo."
THAT settles it. Put her thar" and
pickering up his mouth be received a
loud, resounding smack. The law OF
Arkansaw says you can put her thar,
and put her thar agin, julie. Now mis-
ter man--"but the clerk had vanished,
and Rubc, turning to his wife. said:
"Arter while you'll find out that I'm
q hero and boss. Put her thar agin.
julie. "--Arkansaw Traveller.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-20
OTTAWA FREE TRADER; SATURDAY, JANUARY 20. 1885,

the mans cheek was badly cut. Tit
man sued the company for damages,
but his claim was not sustained for the
reason that it is not good manners Ia
eat with II knife.
A wonderful scientific case has Just
been discovered in the State ASYLUM for
Insane at Buffalo. A German. thirty
years of age, under delusion that the
Lord has commanded him to sleep, has
been asleep and unconscious for over a
year. The attendants feed him on milk.
He never speaks, but the assistant med
ical surgeon believes he understands
what is going on around him. The
case will attract widespread interest
among scientific and medical men.
The Hon. John +. Mcdonald. of In
diana, has been telling his reminiscent
ces of Abraham Lincoln. lie reports
"Old Abe" as saying: The death pen
atty is one of the most difficult ques.
tions with which have to deal. When
q soldier deserts to go over to the enc.
my and Is captured, l let the law take
its course, but when man has been q
long time in the service and has not
had a furlough, and who, when on pick.
ct, gets to thinking of his wife and
children. and breaks for tall timber,
never let them harm hair of his
head.
Iu writing about the visits Of the Lor-
ne and Louise party. a San Francisco
correspondent OF the Montreal Gazette
says: AT the Nilsson concert her
Royal Highness was the observed OF
all observers and the plainest dressed
lady in the house, but there was that
about her which passeth show Many
n father whose purse strings were so.ely
tried blessed her for her simplicity and
good taste; many m ambitious young
husband inwardly Invoked untold bcne-
diciionS on her for having set sucn an
example, and will ever hold her rs a
model for lavish wives and daughirls.'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-20
A Chinese Cart.

And now to describe Chinese cart
As = specimen of locomotive means it
is the slowest in the world; as to Its
cleanliness, once year suflices to rid
the boards and curtains of supertluous
dirt. Imagine q box having an arched
top, the bottom and about two feet of
the sides of hard planks; above these
aides, and forming the top, the frame is
built Of narrow laths covered with blue
cotton cloth. A curtain of the same
material hangs on the back and front.
The hanging in front has small square
Of glass let into its middle. probably to
enable the driver to see how his fare Is
getting along-whether alive or dead
but certainly not as means Of seeing
anything from an interior. This box or
cage is mounted, not on springs. but
bolted on to square axle, stationary
Onc-none of your flimsy steel bars Of
barbarian invention, but good solid ten
inch-thick wood. Talk to your Jehu Of
springs, steel or leather, and he laughs
1t you, replies YES" and ventures the
opinion that his cart don't want foreign
springs. The wheels arc hardly round,
but good, solid, massive ones. At the
point where the spokes are inserted in
to the felloe the wood is squared of.
The whole is studded with huge, I'M
calmly iron nails, serving in the place Of
tire. Usually the mules, or some
times pony and mule, or donkey
as leader, are the draught animals.
Harnessed tandem fashion, the driver
sits on the shafts, guiding the beasts by
long rope reins. The traces are of
leather and iron chain, and the rest of
the harness is merely a combination Of
cloth, bamboo, rope and sleeps hide.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-20
A Oollece Renaissance

The Whitehall Times tells good story
of a straight-laced and modest collegian
who had an older sister call at his
rooms. An elderly gentleman called
who had occupied the same room fifty
three years previously. TO avoid any
talk among the boys the young man put
his sister in closet to watt the close
of the visit. The old man came in. say
ing, after the usual greetings: The
same old view into the masters garden.
Yes, the same old view. The same old
pictures, too" and he got up and tap
ped the frames; land declare. the
same old sofa. Dear mew Next he
walked around the room, stopping at
the fireplace. Same old mantel- piecew
Then he got 10 the closet and turned
the handle. Same old" He had
just opened the door when he caught
the tlutter OF 4 petticoat and suddenly
closed it. "Ahr' says he. shaking his
head. same old games! Same old
gamesr Sir gasped the young man.
"Sir! that's my sister. She-,hat is"
"Well. declare! Same old lie Same
old lier'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-20
A Superior Being, ANYWAY.

A tiny little fellow living in an East
cgn city, but away out on the borders
where circuses did not come or process
sions, and who had never seen soldier
in full rig, was sent to the door by his
mother. who heard the bell ring. II
was Col. s. in full regimentals, as
it was the day Of the Inauguration Of
the Governor.
Tell your mother, little man, to
please come to the door . moment; |
want TO speak to her"
Charley went upstairs and appeared
before his mother with the most ave-
struck face.
Mammal! There is someone at the
door wants to see you"
"Who is it, my son?'
II don't know, but think its Godr'
Post.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-20
How Paris il Lighted.

The streets of Paris are lighted by
43,089 gas lamps, and APO lamps which
burn petroleum and COLA oil. There
are in addition $4,000 jets of gas in the
buildings which belong to the munich
pality, and the total cost of lighting
them is estimated for the current year
at $500. 900 francs. An ordinary gas
lamp burns about six gallons of gas an
hour. aud the cost for year. suppos-
ing the gas TO be burning for about ten
hours every night, is almost exactly los
'-"rcs The petroleum and oil lamps
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-20

The coast of Newfoundland and the
shores and headands Of the Bay of st.
Lawrence are described in Canadian
official report as being not only danger
Gus, but 80 desolatc and barren that
sailors wrecked there are in danger of
perishisg from hunger and cold, if they
escape the fury of the waves, Many
have frozen or starved to death before
they could penetrate 10 the interior or
were rescued. The region is full of
such traditions. and the superstitious
see ghosts in every storm. Life-sayipg
stations are to be established.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-20
She Resented an Insult TO Her Butter

AhO AsOnCh ISi ul w 1ltl DulIEl.
That butter came from the North, "
said,the landlady of a Virginia board
ing house. IL don't use the common
butter of this part of the country on my
table. All of my butter comes from a
distance"
Does il, walk" asked the boarder.
What did You say, sir?"
II ask does your butter walk in max
ing the Journey"
No, SIR" said the lady with sweet.
sad smile, but | hope YOU can walk, "
and she opened the door.
why, madam, Ihavc paid GU three
weeks in advance"
1T makes no difference. No man
who insults mr butter can remain nm
der my roof. You ilirted with nv
daughter and abused nv husband, and
| took it all in good part. but, sir, rs
You have passed the limit of my endu-
rance, leave this place. Eichm0ndUMJ
Wing
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-20

cost about so per cent. more. The gas
company employ seventy-six men in
looking after the lamps and the mains.
many Of them being told off to inspect
tho meters and the pipes in private
houses. and see there isno escape The
lighting power of the gas supplied by
the company is tested every evening at
eleven laboratories situated in different
parts of the citv.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-20

WNed tfaln from Streator 70 Paw Paw, ItoYes> DOWN
nj 80 A NJ. south. 6.bi
Morning train mak,~ Closo connection at Aurora ipr
al points east and west.
Pullasn Palace Sleeping Cars, c B. & @ Dravisy
Room Cars, Horizons Reclining Chair Cars and the e
r. q Palace Dining Cars, by this route. All Aorra
ton shOnt rnt,r OF fare. sleeping accommodations
and time tables viii b. cheerfuiiy given by applying
PERClVAL LOWELL.
General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
Taos. J. PARKEK
General Manager Chicago 7. II. MARVIN.
Aren't At frtavs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-20

Suffering itself does not less afflict tho
senses than the fear Of suffering.
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Chicago, Rock Island q Pacific Railroad.

Nos AMI 10 leave and srTve az Chicago daily (SuH
day excepted ~ As p u and 10 A n respectively.
Nos II and I. run daily. including Sundays.
Nos 20 and % vii, have a passenger coacA eSrry9s
-eng~rs between Joliet and La sale.
Nos 9 and > carry passengers between Blue isssni
and Ia Sale.
No VI carries passengers between Ottawa and Bre Il
land K L CAPLE, Gent hsnaEg
T. Sc JOHN c. T. FEIZRikD,
Genl Tat Pass Act. Agent ~ NtasN
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Personal! To 4 len 0nIv!

SOFA by +. u. swLErskK CO.. Ottawa. III aea
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-09-29

thunder Then he swung it over his
head to shake it off and brought it
down on the deacon'S head and smashed
his specs. Then he swung it the
other way and struck the woman presi-
dent of the sewing society in the stom-
ach and knocked her down in the dea-
cons lap. After pa had hollered him
self hOarse and thumped half the peo-
pie in the room the turtle let go, and
pa said he could lick the man that put
that steel trap in the grab-bag.' Then
pa and ma got mad and everybody be.
gan to jaw and they all went home.
There's been a sort of GOODNESS among
the members ever since.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-09-29
The Worlds Industrial Cotton Exhi-
bition.

The President has issued aproclama-
nation announcing that the Worlds
Industrial Cotton Centennial exhibit
ton will be opened on the first Monday
in December, 1884, at New Orleans,
and will run until May 81, 1885, the
proclamation is in accordance with the
act past last session which directed
that such proclamation be issued when
the President was informed that suit
able building and other necessities for
an exposition had been made. The
United States representatives abroad
will see that the proclamation is duly
circulated.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-09-29
Standard MEANWHILE TENNEssEE-sATURDAYs SEPT 90 1889

force. The rainbow which arches the
heavens with its blended beauty; the
zephyr which fans the fevered cheek /;
the summer lightning which purifes
the atmosphere and adds variety to the
landscape, obey the same law which
produces earthquakes, volcanoes, hur-
ricanes and tempests. The earth, in
obedience to the law of force, is always
in motion, with her sister planets and
attending satellites, all whirl in space
around the sun with the same velocity,
the same regularity, as when dropped,
like balls, from the hands of the Gre
ator. The sun with the myriads Of
other suns-"those stars who hold
their festival around the midnight
throne, forever mocking US with their
unapproachable glories"-all move
around one common centre, which mag
be the throne of Deity Himself, with.
out haste, without rest, all move on
forever. Work! 1t is everywhere.
God works, for the Bible says He rest.
ed. Work 1t reaches from the
throne of God down through the shin
ing courts to the veriest atom OF crea
ton.
| THE END
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-09-29
BOTH SIDES.

A man in his carriage was riding along,
A gaily dressed wife by his side;
In satins and laces she looked like queen,
And he like king in his pride.
A wood-sawyer stood on the street as they
passed,
The carriage and couple he eyed,
And said, as he worked with his saw on a
log,
II wish was rich and could ride.
The man in the carriage remarked to his
wife,
zone thing l would give if could
would give all my wealth for the strength
and the health
OF the man who is saving the wood"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-09-29
THE END.
The Deacon's ab-Bag.

Milwaukee Sun.
"What about that fuss at the social
at the deacon's night before last ?" ask
ed the groceryman. 81 heard the
whole church was mad at each other
over grabbing, and the presiding ell
der had all he could do to quiet things
down."
"That don't amount to much" re-
piled the boy. There's always some-
thing turns up when the sociable sea-
son first starts in. You see, ma was
appointed committee to fix up grab
bag. Me and my chum were digging
bait that morning to go fishing. When
we got done l came in and found ma
had finished the grab-bag, and had it
all loaded, with the top fastened with
a puckering string, and hung on the
back of a chair. Ma was up stairs
getting her Sunday clothes on, to 60 to
the sociable, so it didn't take me and
my chnm long to get first choice.
Then got our mouse-trap and took it
to the barn, and caught two nice big
fat mice and put 'em in collar box
with hole cut in it to give 'em air,
and dropped that into the bag. Then
my chum remembered big swapping
turtle he had in the swill- barrel, and
we got that and wiped it as dry as we
could, and tied it all up but its head,
and put that in just as the deacon's
hired man came to take the bag over
to the sociable. Me and my chum
went down to his house and
waited till the people got over to the
sociable, and then we went over and
got up in tree, where we could see
through the open window and hear
all that was going on. Pa, he stood
over by the bag and shouted Ten
cents grab; don't let anybody be
backward in a good cause Three or
four had put up their ten cents and
made grab, when an old maid from
Oskohosh, who had been to the springs
, for Mysteries, got in her work on the
collar.box. When she got the cover
off, one of them mice that knew his
business jumped on her shoulder and
crawled down her neck, and the other
dropped down on the floor and started
g around to meet the other one. You'd
dide to seen her flop and show her
stockings and scream. The deacon's folks
thought it was another attack of hys-
terics and pa and the deacon got her
on the sofa and held her while they
poured paragoric and cayenne pepper
down her. When she got loose she
| screamed all the harder. Then one Of
| the other women seen the mouse and
got up in chair and shook her skirts
: and asked the new young minister to
help her catch the mouse. The poor
g fellow looked as though he would like
to, but he failed. Just then the bot
: tom of the chair broke and let her fall
/ over on ma and tore her bangs al
t down. Ma called her "a hateful thing,
t and told her she ought to be ashamed
n of herself. Finally they got things il
order, but no one wanted to tackle thu
j bag and as here was where the profits
s come in, pa braced up and sale
It he'd like to know why everybody acteC
e so 'spicious, he'd like to see a grab-ba,
that would give him the Mysteries, ant
u said women are always getting scarce
n at nothing He then put down tel
a cents and jammed his hand way dow
IS in the bottom of the bag, but he didn'
keep it there long. He gave a jumI
If and yanked his hand out. yellin,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-09-29

I A well.known gentleman says: "My
| wife had been in delicate health for fif-
teen years. She suffered fearfully every
month with pains and excessive menses.
doctors could do her good. One bottle
lof McElree's Wine Of Cardui restored her
Ihealth, and she gained eighteen pounds
in weight in two months while taking
Nit"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-09-29

McElree's Wine of Cardui is recon-
mended for painful monthly habit,
difficult, suppressed, excessive and
irregular Menses, Whites, Falling OF
the Womb, Change of Life, General
Debility, and as tonic for delicateI
ladies. 1t was tested in 1000 cases.
and cured $500 of them. It's aston
ishing action mystified Doctors, de- I
lighted sufferers, and restored thou
sands of suffering women to healthy
and happiness. Druggists sell 1t at
Si.OO per Bottle. A sixty-four page
pamphlet telling all about 1t free by
mail.