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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
Gu! on the Prairie.
Concerning Something Better than
Mrs. Toodles' Wheelbarrow-Ard
The Reasons Why.

when certain Cummissary. General complnhed g.
the Duke of Wellington that Sir Thomas Picton nsd
declared he would hang hin II the rations for that
Generals division we've not forthcoming st eerta!n
hour the Duke reptile
"Ah! did he indeed go ~ far =. that? Did he So
he'd hang YOU
Yves, my lord"
We'll. General Pict0n is just the man 10 keep h-
word. You'd better get the ratiOns up In time"
But to get ratoEs or anything else up in time OF
must know when TO lay his hand on tAcm. AZ NJ
Fo0dcs said about the coffin which he had bought AZ
auction aud brought home to his wife:
"If anything should happen, my dear, It will bo
mandy to have in the house"
Being In the great wholesale drug house OF william
Hart. IN Egin, ILL.,. one day, Mr. C. H. sherman, thu
photographer of that place, remarked, coucerniIG
pARkER'S TONIC II have usea 1t In M
family for two years. and uuhcsltatngly pronounce
it the best medicine have ever used 1t IL handy To
have In the house, and We are never without It,"
Cullcd from the macs Of reasons why Mr.. Sherman
was right, d. good enough TO consider these First.
PARK fiR'S TONIC Is delicious to the pal.
ate: second 1t nV.goratcs, but does NOT promote o-
for strong dylAk third, 1t Coughs and Colds By
melting the torpid organs into healthy action. AM
opening all the pores of the skin; fourth. 1t purlGc~
the Blood. thus curing Kidney, Liver ard Lung dseae
"a and rheumatism: fifth
Int take IL into your house. and IL will speak TO-
itsef Once used you viii change II for nothing el3..
Physicians commend II. Prices. 50 cents and 81 HIS
COX Il Co, Chemists, New York. decg.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12

! Judca pitch, which Is found floating tn
the Dead Sea. Is an excellent fuel.
The Japanese game of checkers IS so in
triCatc that u month IL often spent IN de-
Gliding one game.
| Cashmere shawls are cmbrod ered al
most entirely by men, ana sometimes q
single garment represents The work Of
three generations.
There IL a stream near Helena Nj. T.,
whose waters are so Ilnpregnated with
copper, that any metal articles dropped
INTO 1t are soon copper-pIaied
In France, until the introduction Oi
postage stamps, and the rule al double
postage for unpaid letters, it was consid
cred iil-bred To prepay Il letter addressed
10 n friend.
la Paris there are mcn who make "A liv-
nag BY collecting llnseed plasiers from the
hospitals, pressing the oil from the llnsecd
and selling the linen to the paper manutac
turerS.
Bread is made oct Of sea-grass in Dew
oushlrc, England. The grass 10 cleansed
boiled, chopped up and lniXed with small
proportion Of Oat neal, after which 1t Is
baked into lOaves.
AeronauiS say that 10 passing over lake
or sea in u balloon tic bottom can u, dis
tlDctly seen, the water helng no hinlrAnCe
whatever rhls knowledge will herc&ft er
be put "a good use in getting charts of the
ocean.
The Moorish Jews evidC The law winch
Forbes them TO klndle u fire on the Sab
bath by putting their dinner in jar and
setting il in a hot oven over Friday night.
The dinner consists of sailed lOcusis very
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
rorm. The Democracy stand for

Ienue reform. The Democracy stand 70,
II, and stand or tall with IT,
To giving free popular education to the
massts of the people" no one is opposed
The Democracy say: "Do 1t by States"
Every State has Its common school system
Progress from ignorance to knowledge Is
gong on every where. The Republicans
say: DO this work through pauper schools
set up Ia States by the central Government,
through political cmlssaries," That is their
last scheme o. paternaism. They invent II
10 get means to use up part of the yearly
$l00,0O0,000 surplus, which, they say,
must be perpetual. The Democrats dem and
tual expenses. All beyond that line Is rob
berry. The people clearly understand the
question.
The other propositions are seltrefuting
or meaningless. Securing free suffrage
and honest counting OF ballots" Is work
not in the charge or purpose OF those who
put in Hayes and Wheeler. by fraud Of
count, and Garfield and Arthur by fraud
and corruption. Acommittee chalrmaned
by Sabin. who is declared by every reform
Republican TO have bought his election to
the Senate, monitored by Vim. f. Chan
dler, who executed the Florida fraud and
the Rohs0n-Roach contracts, aud counselcd
IN the interest of those who carried the last
Convention at Saratoga by crime, Is simply
guilty Of satire and efrontery in talking of
stree suffrage" and IAN honest counting"
"Eftectually protecting human rights" IS
a Republican Indictment Of tho Kepubli'
can United States Supreme Court. tor de-
Gliding the CIvil-Rights bill uuconstitu-
,ional The party lacking knowledge or
purpose TO legislate efficiently for human
rights" is the Republican. Its record up
roots lis rhetoric on the subject. The
promotion OF friendly feeling and perma-
nent harmony" will not be deyolved on the
wavers of bloody shirt.
These are the tissues" presented by Re
pubicanism. Those that are not empty
are rankly Bourhonisl. The country Is
pulsing with reform and conscience. The
Republican party ask i: to diet on dema-
goguery, hate, reaction and charataniS'lc
chicanery. There is no honor IN its policy,
there Is 20 progress IN it, there is no patri
otlsm IN 1t, there ~ no craftsmanship in 1t.
The votes of the people can he relied On to
SHOW that there is no success II 1t.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
Two Men Of Cologne.
A hong limo aro. there lived In Cologne.
i%tto Won Hitler and Rupert Van Tone:
And (lftn yrntR fables.

A hong time AFRO. there lived In Cologne.
%ttn Won Hitler and Rupert Van Tone;
And otto wrote Tables,
Hut Rupert made tables .
'sThc very hest tables that ever were known.
10 said every sensible frau In Cologne
"rricnd Rupert said otto Won ITIi!cr. Que
day.
tome iciI me the wonderful reason, pray.
Why men call YOU clever,
When really yoii never
PROGRESSED to havc very much learning, you
know,
And I-well in truth. I've enough for show
II I'm master Of latin. IN famous in Greek,
Moth french and Italian tiuentiy speak;
could talk by the year
OF our nations career; .
Vet come one has said his shame DO II
known
Thai am the stupdcet man IN Cologne!
said Rupert Van Tonc;"If You n promise to
try Il,
rn tell you the secret I've learned ia keep
F"But I've so much to say
TwOnt spoil in day:
Who lets his tongue run Ike II vibrating
stands very small chance of being called
nut he d 80 much TO say 'hi' otto Won
Hitler:
Twas now TO the judge. and now 10 the
miller:
He d appear without warning.
And stay all the morning,
flll his hearers would sigh as he !ci', =" nat
dronc.
He is truly the stupidest man i'll Cologne.
Hut Rupert Van Tono worked on At his trade;
Hc listened and thought, but his words he
well weighed,
Til at two score and twenty
lie u money IN plenty:
And through summer and winter hi' mans on
wigs known
As the homo OF the cirvCrest man in Cologne
Emma G. Dowd in ~, Nicholas.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
Pine Work on the Prairies,

So great has been the emigration to
the new Territories, that the Govern
ment at times has found difficulty in
surveying land fast enough. There are
now, for example, whole counties in
Dakota yet to be surveyed and laid out.
All this work is under the genera!
charge of the Surveyor General Of the
Government. The work i. generally
given ont by contract. II now costs
about eight hundred dollars to survey Il
township and lay it out in sections o!
six hundred and forty acres each.
Stones, wooden posts. or mounds. as
the case may be-, are employed to de-
signatc the Sector Divisions, together
with four Proving Holes,
There is wonderful skill displayed by
those accustomed to the praries, in
finding these mounds and proving
holes. They readily detect them in
the long prairie grass, where the mex
pericnced eye and foot fails to find
them. Your admiration is excited Us
your prairie guide drives or walks right
up to these sectional marks, which you,
Yourself, are unable to discover until
they are pointed out. The contractors
under the Surveyor General generally
perform their work in very satisiac-
tory manner. They are closely watch
ed and the landmarks are carefully
saved by the incoming settlers who
wish to keep them preserved, in order
to avoid the expensive suits which are
so often had over farm boundaries in
both the new and older regions OF
country. - DarM " nun, in An,cricon
d1rjcWIUriH.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12

Probably the oldest tree in New Eng
land is an elm situated at Pettaconset,
K. l. An old record kept by person
in that city and now ninety years Of
age, and handed down to her by her
ancestors, furnishes the fact that 200
years ago this tree was planted where
it now stands. The circumference of
this tree ut the butt measures twenty
siA feet, and Is holds nearly the same
measurement. to the limbs. about thirty
le,t. The limbs are as large as q mans
Dody. very long and very crooked.
Tney hold their full size nearly to the
end, 9ith only few small branches.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
A New Kind of bogus Butter.

AZ the subject of bogus butter is Just
now receiving great deal OF discussion
IN this great dairy center, we reproduce
The following interesting article found in a
recent issue OF the Philadelphia Record.
y prominent Water street produce dealer
SAID on Saturday to Reco,d reporter that
OF the articles sold daily in Philadelphia
for butter, at leas, tve-eigh,hs are bogus
THE OieOmargarlne business" he add
ed "is practically played out What most
people eat for butter now Is what is known
rs sueuc, and, il il were not for the supply
Of this product, the price of butter would
be out Of sight"
THIS suene Ii the result of experiments
made TO get up Il good article which could
be put on the market when oleomargarine
and butternc were found to be unpopular
and easily detected. AZ hutteiinc was an
improvement over oicomargarine, contain
ing, as the other did not, a proportion OF
genuine butter, so sucne Is a vast improve.
ment on buitcriue, and only experts Of the
largest experience and delicate taste can
possibly distinguish it from the finest
creamery butter. Ii used, however, for
cooking purposes, it can be easily detected.
There Is some OleInargernc and some but
ter yet sold on the market, but both have
been, to all inten's and purposes, supplant
ed by the new aiulteration, suene. The
average daily receipts Of so called butter
in this market, other than the local supply,
amount to between 1000 and 5000 tubs.
most of which comes from Chicago, and
fully three fonrths Of II Is Is counterfeit"
said the merchant quoted. "If 1t were not
g.. 81. - lob
really a good thing for butter eaters, such
a boom IN butter as most people remem-
ber-wheu wholesale prices tor the best ar
tlcle went up as high as SIPS pound
would be on us now All that saves the
pockets of the consumers from this raid on
their peckctbooks is the bogus article,
which has become so well established that
1t rules the butter market of the country.
This product Is worth at wholesale from
20 to 90 cents. Pure butter is quoted at 80
cents. but mot infrequently the best cream
cry butter and the best suene are sold side
by side at retail. and the suene hollis Its
own at the same price with the butter.
"Suene, which has thus become so great
a part Of the butter trade, is manufactured
from the finest creamery butter the finest
that can be purchased at the great butter
markets. of Elgin. Ill.-m,xed with lard.
The adulteration Is usually the finest leaf
lard, which by n interesting process is
completely deodor,zed. Then the amalga-
nation Of the creamery butter is made.
and SO completely is the flavor and appear
ance OF the creamery product retained In
the counterfeit nutter, that people who
have been handling creamery butter for
years fail 10 detect the deceit, even after
making the most careful test. The prlnci
pal suene manufacturing centefs are Chi
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
The Truc Test.

Ifaman Is hungry within au hour more or
less after meal he is a dyspeptic, It shows
his stomach Is not able TO dispose OF what he
has eaten, but to eat again and thus impose
more work, is absurdity. Take DR. Jones
d Clover Tonic, which cures dyspepsia
and all stomach, liver, kidney and BLADDER
troubles. 1t Is a p'rfect tonic, APPETIZER
blood purifier, u sure cure for agua and rnn
larial diseases. Price SO cents, OF l.. J.
Iripgs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
OTTAWA FREE TRADER; SATURDAY, JANUARY H. 1884

csgo aud Detroit. One factory in the fer.
mer city turns on, $4,000 pounds day"
Mr.. Howard Austin, secretary of the
Produce Exchange. said the immense In.
crease in the uaffice IN the initiation pro-
duet within a year or two, had forced Its
recognition IA u Legitimate article Of trade
upon many firms IN this city. who had
been foremost n the war upon the ole omar.
garne dealers n few years ago. anu that
some commissions houses were handling
three times M much suene az butter. They
had been virtually compelled To 60 into the
business or sink into iusignihcanc" in the
general competition tor trade.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
thousands say 20.

MIR. I. v. Atkins. GIrard, hau., writes ~
never hesitate tC recommend your Electric
Bitters to my customers, they gave entire sn'.
isfaction and are rapid sellers Electro hlt-
tiers are the purest and best medicine knC ~n
and will positively cure Kidney and iiyrI
complaints Purify the blood and regulate
the bowels n" family can afford t. I've with
out them. They will sarc uhdreds VI dol
lars 10 doctors bills every yeai Sold al tiity
cent? bottle By G. Gehrins IS,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12

The beet on earth can I've truly said OF
Griggs's Glycerine sslvc, which Ia sure cure
foi cats bruises, scalds, burns, wounds, and
all other sores. VIII positively cure piles,
letter and all skin eruptions. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded. Only IS
cents. For sale by all druggists,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12

Tao greatest ruedlca, wonder OF the world.
Warranted To speedily cure burns, bruises,
cute, ulcers, salt rhcUm fever sores, cancers,
piles, rhilbiains, corn5, letter, chapped
sands, and all skin erup,iors, guaranteed tc
'ure in every instance, or money refunded
= cents per box For sale By G. Gehring.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12

Mr.. l. Carp, inter-, 46S Fourth avenue,
New York, after running u gauntlet OF
eight years rheumatism, used ST. Jacobs
Oil, the great pain relItver, by which he
VAS entirely cured and has had no return
of his complaint.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
Hodern'Science
md SkePIiciSIn=

What has Skcpticisnl done for the World?
Nothing but TO suggest doubts. II has even
suggested that Rheumatism cannot be cured.
SkcpticiSm is as bad AZ Rheumatism.
What has Science done Tor the world?
good many things; tut Instance, it, has
shown that RhC,i!aGtSm can D. cured
1t has shown thar Nei,ra gtAc can b. got rid Of
Modern science has pr0vcdthat Rheumatism Il
blood disease, ana mas provided ATtuoPHoRoS
rs the remedy which can completely cure 1t.
II has proved that although the Old doctors
failed toOverccme Neuralgia. NTHLoPHOROs can
reach IL, and eradicate it nom the system
1t has proved that though these tCrmenting
diseases We're so slow and OBSTINATE they can
be overcome in 3 little white by means Of
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12

tor ever placed within the reach Of suffering
humanity, truly is Electric B:tters Inactivity
Of the Liver, Rheumatism, Jaundice, Consti
patton. Weak Kidneys, or any disease OF the
urinary organs, or whoever requires an ap.
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find Electric Bitters the best and only certain
cure known. They act surely and quickly.
every bottle guaranteed to rive entire salts
faction or money refunded. Sold at fifty
cents bottle tvE Grhrirg a.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
TO Preserve the Health
J-e tho Magucton Appliance Co.'S
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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-02-23
Hear What the Deaf Saw!

"'ss victues q 'e un9nes,,onsb,e and It's curative
chAraeter sosolute, as the write can personally
testify, both from experience ind observation
Write at once to HAyLoCK JeA>Y, Dey sire. t.
New York, enclosing 81 90. and you will receive
oy return re4nedy that W | enable you to hear
IKE any body else. and whose curative effects will
be permanent. Youw Il never reg 'et doing so"-
Editor of the Mercantile Review
TOT avoid loss IN the mails please send money
by Registered Letter,
Only imported by HAYLOCK JENNY.
Sole Agents for America Dey street. N Y
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-02-23

turnal Emission, Aversion to Society, Dimness Of
Vision Noises in the Head; the vital fluid pass
ing nnobserved in the urine and many other dis.
eases that lead to insanity and death
DIX. MlNTIE, who is a regular physician (grad-
uate OF the University of PENNSYLVANIA, will
agree to forfeit FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for case
OF this kind the VITAL RESTORATIVE tunder
his special advice and treatment, will not cure,
or Ter ANYTHING impure or injurious found in it,
DR MlN'IIE treats all private diseases success
fuliy without mercury. CONSULTATION FREE
thorough examination and advice, including an
slyss OF urine, IS, Price of VITAL Restorative,
u bottle, or four times the quantity $40.
sent to any address upon receipt of price or G. o.
y, secure from observation and in private name, ,
II desired, by A. E. MlNTIE, NJ. D., II Kearny
street. San Francisco, Cal.
SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE, sent on application
by letter stating symptoms, and age. Commu.
nications strictly confidential.
DR. M1NTIE'S KIDNEY REMEDY, NEPHEETI.
CUM, cures all kinds of Kidney and Bladder Com
plants, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Leucorrhoe; For
sale by al! druggists 81 abotte. six bottles for S.
DR. AlNTIE'S DANDELlON PILLS are the Dest
and Cheapest DYSPEPSIA and B'L GUS cure in the
msrtet. For sale by all druggistt.
All orders for medicine G. .. D. must be accom-
panied with 81 (as a guarantee of good faith,
which will he deducted when the package is
shipped.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-02-23
Dr.. RuSl'S "ReaQlator

Has never failed to give relief. It has been used
successfully for years in subduing the mos stub
born cases of heart difficulties. A positive cure
for Enlargement, Palpitation, Fluttering and
fhtty Degeneration of the Heart. Price, 81 per
bottle; six for So Sold by druggists sent direct
by DIR. RUSH'S MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
s'OwlV Nunda New York. U. s.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-02-23
Ears t,, I'll, Million !
FOO CHOo'S BALSAM OF SHARKS OIL.
POSITIVELY RESTORES THE HEARING, AND
IS THE ONLY ABSOLUTE CURE FOR
DEAFNESS KNOWN. .

ms OIL is ahst"scted from peculiar species OF
huowh rs Cor'bean l,ondeletii. Every Chimes
fisherman knows It. Itsv rtucs as restorative OF
nearing We're discovered by Buddhist Priest
about the year 14iO Its cures were so nnnerons
and many SO seemingly miraculous. that the rem.
edy was officially proclaimed over the entire Em.
300 years no deafness has existed among the on.
nese people Sent, charges prepaid, to any ad-
dress at 81 90 per bottle
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-02-23
The Great English Remedy

ls q never-failing Gu q
for Nervous Debility,
Exhausted Vitality,
s EN- inal Weakness,
SpermatorrhGa, LOST
MANHOOD, Impotency,
PsI'alysis, Prostator.
rhoea, and all the terri
BILE effect of Self-Abuse
youthful follies and ex-
cesses in mature. years
such as Loss of Mem
0ry, Lassitude, Noe
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-02-23

They who work
eai ~ and late the
J yearround need, oc-
casio nail y, tn e
Il" aitii.ll stimulus
N parte d by Il
Mholt some tonic
l I K e HI tier 5
stomach B 4, :. SO
all, is pli:ty and
efficiency IA, Il r,4,l-
edy ard preventive
Of q rss.4se commend
u II gi.ecks inctpi-
tiit tiittitu4Datl-llruad
inrl'rlal , nptons.
l, iirHts coustila-
tuh 'tN peps.s AMI
bn>ol>H Hcss. arrests
l'remalart decay of
H..
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-02-13
I've MssdreA Wears Age.
lSau Francisco Chronicle 1

Our papers to-day have Q great deal
IN say OF the corruption Of Legislatures,
state aud national, and Of abuses Of
those in power. Probably more or Less
truth in involved in such statements.
What opportunity in any land had the
rank and Tile Of the people 2OO years
ago ~ know about what went on in
high place. and governing bodies. save
by word Of MOUTH Print such matter
IN paper? Had there been y paper
to print il and sn editor daring enough
10 print It, he would not have scen
twcnty.four hours Of liberty after the
first issue. IL is doubtful il ever hs
would be- seen afterwards.