The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-01

cut down the trees rather than climb
them. The authorities of Nevada will
put stop to the practice
The Piegan Indians, in Montana, are
said to be in Il wretchod condition.
Their attempts at agriculture have
proved Il complete failure.
John d. Bullock, once naval agent of
the Southern Confederacy, promises 4
book on how the rebel cruisers were
equipped in Europe.
The tallest men in Great Britain are
in the North of Scotland, and the
shortest in the South of England and
Wales. Ireland comes between.
The largest oyster shell in the world
is in the church of st. Sulpice, in
Paris. 1t weighs over 800 pounds, and
is used rs a baptismal font.
The Society of Friends in England
has repealed the prohibition of mar
riage of first cousins, which has been
in force in that body for nearly 200
years.
A New York lawyer was greatly sur
prised the other day to find out that
there was man named Tom Ochiltree.
He thought the name belonged to n
horse.
MIS- i M aaun1 Ioi; 10y VI rh;n. oro
l"e.o1' -" ',.; III o"a ion,,,;t,'Il,, o,"h
nw" 80 stnnas oh.ndoliarS and
brackets of her husbands electric LIGHT
company were her original suggestion.
pdna4 how, { rotod porrsy,vonio
,;i ito - =; rnastod +ha sor,,o ~ hsof nni,,
I ht;n ~ l % o i,,inu II ronire, lnnmc,.
ti $50 in the oven II is served emf in
thin slices. with brown gravy made of
beef stock and brown flour
N. roop .n,,o.. 90 uono Ma who
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T.; =. ao' oni boai.b .d so,;,o ,r,ctico has
lireS1 0f for ynars ON Lre,d and milk
,lono and saw. If is the hest food for
every one.
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"A sparrow uhder II luli heaa vi steam
coliided win Il merchanI 'hc o'her uay
as ne was priSkiy rounding 'no coiii II,
OF an ola wall III houlsVlsiG. Inc piru >
uiii ei''oi'" ~ '''o ~: ~ h0' "a MS
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Inc star-route business Is u Ii''ie
stale, but the TACT Is neVerthciess,
worth noting that the cost OF lhat klno
OF postal service last year was only -
739,4'S, as against Sh32l' Ao' 1or lhe
preceding year, and at the same tlme
the mileage has been increased more
than 2,ooo'ooo mics
Isabella became queen OF SPAN on
september ~, 1900 She neu rom lia'
throne and TOOK refuge IN france on
September ", 1900 Ana her son AL
1onso was hooted, by mon IN rarls OH
September ~ 1868 mere chcoul-
agement Tor people VINO pelie'c III
omens and evil days.
The water in Hunters Springs, Mimi,
possesses the rare property of coloring
glass through and through II delicate
pink color Fragments OF clear white
flint glass immersed lew hours IN the
mineral waters becomes covered win
beautiful amethystine nue., when Is not
on the surface merely, put Is aiSseihl-
mated uniformly through the glass
One of the curious and amusing ty-
biographical errors which creep into the
newspapers. despite the diligence of
the most lynX-cyed proof reader, appears
in San Francisco paper, which meant
to say that Judge Thomas exchanged
benches with Judge Scott yesterday"
but the cruel types made it read,
Judge Thomas exchanged breeches
with Judge Scott. yesterday"
A simple and useful bolt has been in
vented by Mr.. Arnott, of the Lyceum
| Theatre London. hayinU for its object