The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-03-03

bly, Mr.. Stnlcy Of Marshall, Kan. Hav-
ing q loaded rifle that he could not dis
charge he concluded that it contained
ball but no powder; so he placed the
barrel in the fire to melt out the ball,
the muzzle being in range with his
daughters ear, which was soon blown
of.
The worst that could happen in lbs.
theticism in England has happened 1t
hes been voted bad form and vulgar. -
No longer are limp and clinging forms
in demand. The athletic has full sway.
The tennis players are more fashionable
than the aesthetics ever were. Every
thing has gone to smash that once de-
lighted Oscar Wilde.
a writer says that he has never failed
to cure garget by the use of beans. He
feeds one pint of bean meal, mixed with
other meal, for four successive days and
has found that quantity sufficient to
cure the worst cases. He thinks il
COWS We're fed with bean meal several
times year they would never be troub-
led with garget.
/ l. nv louAiAAstliplI SlOilt Va VIC UluIllill-
cent Church of the Savior, at Vienna,
which has been under construction for
twcnty-siX years, and is the expression
of II national thanksgiving for the pre-.
servation of the monarch's life, is a block
OF marble quarried on the Mount of Oh.
| ives, Jerusalem. The church will cost
$3.50, 900.
Mrs. Mary Treat. OF Vineland, n. D.,
who is 4 student of natural history,
finds her greatest enjoyment in y colony
of spiders she has collected. \ spider.
she says, dives several years, land
their domestic life is happy, except that
the male is henpeckcd fellow. and
| the female will eat him if she gets .
| chance.
The cluster OF eggs that may be found
on apple tree limbs should be picked of
during open weather in the winter, and
thus prevent the Matching of the tent
caterpillar. The eggs appear to be var
nished; but such is not really the case,
since a slight coat of varnish or oil,
would destroy their vitality by eNclud,
ing the air
I Somebody coming when the dew
drops fall.h he hummcd softly, rs he
prepared himself for IN evening call up
ON his sweetheart. a knock III the dool
| interrupted him. Somebody had come.
1t was his landlady, and she wanted
money or his room on the spot. The
Joy of that young heart was dead, the
music of his soul hushcd, for he was
cleaned out.
The Sultan of Turkey has had IN
almored carriage built, proof against
bullets and hand-bombs. His Majesty
had a trial Of the carriage II few days
ago, but before trusting himself in it he
had it taken to pieces in his presence in
order 10 assure himself that no diabol.
ical engines were concealed beneath it.
, plates.
For eighteen years druggist OF DE
troit has been tireless IN his efforts to
secure pardon for u man sentenced tC
the penitrntiary for life for murder. -
The druggist did not believe him guilty
, and petitioned the Governor TO pardon.
! Through the different gubernatorial adj
ministrations of the past eighteen years
he has persisted in his endeavors. He
has at last been successful at the hands
of Gov. Bego!e
The Sugar Beet Root society of the
north of France, counscls those who de-
sire to grow their own seed, to sclectfoI
that purpose medium-sized roots of n
pale rose color, but slightly out OF the
soik aud having neither too few nor too
many leaves. A spindle-sha root is
preferable but not with narrow crown,
as that indicates tendency to run to
seed. Replant early; cover well, and
avoid nitrates. guano, and sheep man
ure.