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This So urge, too, is going the rounds OF
western herds and STOCK yards. II is best to
acknowledge facts The cattle that die are
mostly those from the far wcSt, Texas In
dian territory and the plains, When
brought to the stock yards In Chicago IN
her cities, the fever appears among then
aud they die The disease has been bal in
Michigan AMI the state OF Illinois, An cX-
pert in diseases of animals has pronounce
the fever malaria, with, in some ca e', Other
complications. Cows have the aIua. as
well as people. lhe expert has been very
successful in treating the fever. Iera Is
his way of doctor.ng, gwen by himself:
Puv. Nux VomIca lsoz., Sol, Extract OF
Iron lgoz.
Dose, tablespoonful in feed.
This at Cnce started their secreuonS ana
l Immediately gave each animal small
tablespoonful of quinine, dissolved in pint
Of VIII sky and water, one dose IN SIX and
one three hours previous to time OF rising
OF fever In three to four days tue animals
were well.
am well convinced that quinine Is an ex-
cellent prescription for fever, and had |
used it in the first fever | am satisfied
could have saved the animal lost
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-26
Grants First Fight.

History Of Clermlnt County, o..
When Grant was very young n ATTENDED
school WITH hi cousin Joan, Cana an,
who had been s,no over 10 the Ua!-et States
to be educated The two boys wele warm
friends, Lu. 10 IA mad inherited prajudice'
against our country which at times h couli
not restrain, "a his language often glvs
offenie % you - (Sralj
One lay they were talking abo 1t George
Washington, wAen join sad:
sit appears to me, Ulysses, you think
great deal too muca o. Washington
"Anl why SHOULDN'T l think wei. OF him'
replied ths Gamer boy "ne Il the father
of my ecu ltry, ani was rai5ei up by the
Almighty " leaI the people to lndU)en1-
ence"
"All YER fine" retorrel JOHN, "but 10
was traitor to III, king, nevertheless
IA what aiiei Ulysses, rising TO his
feet
"A TRAITOR aal a rebel sal the Cana
dian.
John calmly repiel Ulysses, now
should yJulkJ u cave our sovereign caI!el
such NAN ;"
"Wny, OF cours, should not ii.;e it, re-
Piled Joan.
Thea. sail Young CRAM 'le6 M tell
YOU ! wa TO. allow you or any on, else 10
Insult iii, memory OF Georg. Washington
Wei, what az you Eng to do abCu'
itF su. Jon l, wish ; ,eer.
II snail re EN- i, a / have right TO do.
You ma take advantage o[ me, for you are
older All bigger tnan / am. My mo her
told M. noJ 20 quarrel with schooimaJes,
and mean To mind her. aud not aotacG
them on my Uwl Gccoun /; but when Wash
inston Is .Siiisd, AMI especially by an Eng
lsa boz, snail defend the father OF my
country COUSIN or no cousin, John, you
have got 10 "a - gLas back or tgnt.'
John wouII no. ra.rac, and 80, taxing oh
their coats a /. they went
John was the st"ony GER AMI force Ulyssei
Down, but you1g Grant hung on, AMI finally
turnln, Joln. hit him Cio~ on the nos,
which competed blinded him.
After hari night Joha finally iat 10 cry
out 'E l'uSl!'
But Gran. would not let him up until he
hai no. on.y retrlcte1 his oheLS.ve Ian
guage, bus lroli.'ei never az Il while On
American sol 10 ,peii Iii Of GeJ:so Wash
ingtOn.
This was Gral'S first bae lie Tor his cOun-
try. and it wa, al .cat.ve D. his future Illus
.ri,,S "a .-e. a. : NAL an a soldier
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-26
which are to DO dug twenty feet apart and

which are TO DO dug twenty feet apart and
Eve feet deep, at a cost of $500 per acre.
Neither will every farmer pay even for
his share of $4,000 county right
AMI then expend $500 an acre more in dig
giug drains. But it is n new idea, and az
the,e has been no agricultural novelty since
cementei CELLARS we're christened "siloS,"
and moldy cut corn folder was called EN-
silage," this 'new agriculture may find be-
Levers an patrons. / have large and deep
stone drains on Indian Hill farm, dug AMI
filed by my father fifty years since, and
will frankly say that | prefer two-inch
tile pipe drain, but | an an Old 10y, ana
not cra2el by every new-fang,ei notion OF
fered by crafty Spectators, Tho'c who de-
sire, however, to invest their money IN the
"new agriculture have an undouoted
right to do SO. | well remember that
among the sentences in copper plate chiroS-
raphy at the heal Of the pages of my copy,
book there was one which read: "A looi
aud his money ara soon parted"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-26

This dread plague is agaln ravaSing the
northwest and, unfortunately, some other
localities also. An Iowa farmer lately lost
800 hogs in five weeks. Another lost in the
same time $50, leaving him only ten alive
In few townships in Montgomery and
Mills counties, that state, quit five thouS-
and hogs have died, being rs per cent. of
the swine in that region.
The plague has also broken out in Illinois.
There seems to be no staying or un lerstand-
ing it. The animals in clean pastures with
pure water. have been among those worst
stricken. There is no known remedy that
will reach the cases. No precaution seems
TO avail. What pity it is we have not a
single scientific man N America who can
take up this hog pestlence AMI study it, and
find remedy-a man, in bl iec, who would
be to the United States what LOUIS Pastlur
IL to France.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-26

A perfect pasture should last forty years.
1t will not wear ont unless it is allowed to
be cropped too c.o}e OF tramp.ei or cut up
IN wet weather. Here Is list of grasses
that is sand to lie the most approved forma-
ton for pasture sol:
Timothy, 6 pounds; medium clover, q
rounds: al'ike Clover, pounl Is; blue grass
poa pratens 81, 4 pounds: orchari grass
dactyli5 glom rata, 4 pounds; tlat-stalked
blu grass tpoa compre'sa), 4pounds; red top
(agrostis vulgari) 4 pounds; perennial rye
grass, 5 pounds; rough-stalkeI meadow
grass, pounds; sweet vernal grass, l
pound. This list ought to establish an ok
celent 1ermanenl PASTURE on good Ian l.
Nov, 10 keep this PASTURE @col Ore s'llg
of wood ashes every SIX year, Nni II III
clincd to sandy, oae buShe. o; pas-er "ouii
greatly AID it. Pastures shuuid have gen-
t. Gus treatment as well as meadows
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-26

To the hardy nut bearing trees mentioned
,nay he added yet Others. There Is the
Spanish chestnut, the fruit very large and
desirable for market, the tree exceedingly
handsome. The Japan giant chestnut is
another Japan fruit AMI ornamental trees
in general are beauliful AM desirable.
Almonls of fine quality are beginning to be
cultivated with great su cess in tn, south.
They will grow wherever the peach can.
When we can raise everything to eat in the
United States on our own soil, fruits, veg
etables, meats, of all kinds, then We shall
Lave attained perfect civilization.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-26
WINDMILL ON BARN.

Herewith is picture showing windmill
uron a barn in the act Of grinding feed for
farm animals. 1t Is to be CD ,erved, how
ever, strictly in the interests If truth, that
the farmer must be always sure TO select a
windy day for grinding fee h! AMI for dong
his threshing, else this motor cannot be
started W. The gearing is so arranged
that the Stats or strips OF the wheai can be
disconnected when desired. Thus tho ma
chine can lie sorpel AMI the water pre-
We tel from stopping over
There are many easant possibilities In
connec; ion with wIni engine 1t can be
used for pump.n; wafer from large c!s-
tern Ct well, either II is usual v txel into
a well, but there IS no reason why it should
not do duty for Il cistern nc the same time
hy fixing connecting pipe.
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Ben Periey Poore's Opinion of u Great
Humbug.
American Cultivator.l

And now We have 'the new agriculture,
ratented, Of cours., with county rights for
sale at 5000 to thoss who are always
anxious to possess any new craze. 1t Is
claimed tina. it will make the s. il grow five
times as much az a usual crop, ami of
changing so as to grow tropical products
in northern New York AMI al By means OF
digging trenches on bIlsiles and filling
them with stones as means OF collecting
water for suusol irrigation, at cost OF
500 per acre.
To be sure, it Is not every farm on which
here is a dry hillside, having a hard pan
ubsol impervIous to water, an con aiming
.nOugh stone t. partly ILL the trenches,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-26
The Superstition AS 80 the Rings on n
Tree Trunk.

1t is an explo lei theory that ono ring
crows upon tree every year. The agrcul-
tural department at Washington find, that
trees of six years shovel Twelve rings; Of
twelve, twenty-oa OF five e.eve1; and of
twenty-four, twenty tho tres, being respect
iyely locust, hickory, crab apple ard OAK.
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every day more gaunt, who, day 10y day,
sinks into moro hopeless state, Only she,
this victim to the drearicst religious creed
the world has vet invented-doubly dreary
because il is illogical and unanswerable-
only she knows how Boatrice's freedom wa,
bought, how her happiness was assured.
And she will soon die and 60 to her ap
pointed place. But she will die AM al
no sign.
VIE END
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uclen Wilinan, on Hens.

Hens are very vexatlOui persons TO deal
with; they don't know any thing, AM they
will not listen to reason. All they are fit
for is to lay eggs, and if they could find
any other way than the right way to lay
them they would do it. Get an Incubator
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Rural New Yorker.

Webs just dug two more lots o. pota-
teas grown in rich soil infe ste with wire
worms. The potatoes were entirely free
rom scab. The seed pieces covered with
soiD received, as did the Others adustins of
"A ,wprS Of sulphur
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VIE END
BOYS zGlRz.s
An Indignant Samesn'lo.
Ri LOUISE V. BOYD.

Ri LOUISE V. BOYD.
To-day, when was nauI nty,
Ny e andmy iii r hfUa / her ewes
Above her ga =, and looked Mt mo
In very great surprise.
And sColdel this way: "IVhv, Nelly
When after m you ar namel,
And the PEI o. al my gran lcAildren
You oush. t. b, ashamed
To vex M sci! Well, from her room
| tel YOU ! hurr.el out
Into the garden, Al by myseli
To have Il good long pout.
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nR. Il. NJ. MICA &TH UR, ottawa, III
~ Otice In the Opera House Block. open from
O'Clock A. n to O'Clock p. N. Residence en- Benton
street south OF iii neis Avenue. JanLTb
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-26

Ii Nj. GODFREY, M. D., l. Y q. s.
III. EdiDburg Office In Armour's new building. on
Madiso' street. Residence II Webster st aHgllT
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-26

L. Y. tRIdGS, Druggist, bookseller and sts
II. ton err ottawa, H. SECOND store In NattiGgcrt
Block south aide OF Court House Square.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-26

~ KNEUSSI, German Druggist and Apothe
vi. cary wholesale and retail Main street, Jttsr
wa Ill Importer of Drugs, Chemicals. French Cosni'
>c Brandie., W mes, nc.
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journal, Ledger and Statement Combined. A convt
rient Receptacle for ehort.time and MISCELLANEOUS Ac
counts Saves work for the Rock keeper ana cost Tor
the Business Man Ledger can be kehed IN few
seconds with new paper when exhausted. Price OF
Book with 1000 pages, SS.i5 price of ordinary state
ments $500 Paper for Replcnishing Book. $40 per
lWO Leaves The FREE TRADER has the exclusive
right to sell the Acme Ledger in La Sale Grundy and
Kendall counties Ask 10 see 1t,
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nR. n. w. WEBS, (Deutcher loctor,) late
~ Physician and Surgeon 10 the 81. Louis Femaie
Hospital ONCE stefes Clothing Store, corner Of
Main and Ia sale streets Residence on south blun
Al Mrs Rep.a apG
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81 wou'dnI brig any more Of that clay
boy"
Your money can buy plaster boy
That cama across tle sea;
But all the money i'll all the lan1
Can'5 buy Il girl like me"
Grandma her kissed me, lauShed, AMI
cried
You know for her I'm namol-
And fer the way she had worried m,
Pm IRE she felt ashamed.
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nR. VIM. - a PARD, Member OF the
~ Royal College ternary Surgeons. England
Fellow OF the London .eterinary Aetcsl Associations;
.lsa ve'erl nary Ed DungOns SPIRIT Of :hs W..
ran be copsulted hls Office On Lafayette 81. sngs
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p nv 0ICtA n o Z.

nR. q. NIIIIi.ER, the well known Oculis
~ and Aurst, Ottawa. III, once, 'lS La sale street
up stairs. spro-5ihOs'
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GOOD LONG POUT.
And when she called, and called, AMI called,
Inever answered WORT,
And when 5 ie bcckoned for ne to come,
| stool ard never stirre /.
Till size softly sai |, "Oh, Nelly,
Come and Sc my little bov,
A little boy t. at has come to I'LL
My poor Old heart with JOY.
ayes, he is mine, Mss Molly,
And will never be biz AMI bal;
He's come to me from over the scar 4.
Oh, my. but | was mad!
And she went on: This precious
VIII never be saucy to me,
Nor lose my needles, nor tangie my thread !.
Do, Nelly, come all see!'
AMI so cana; any What do you think
This precious by should be,
Who wolii nor cvpr To- biz or bad
On tn, sila f ;hc ,hH,
But white initgc. Il re i!e' man
Was plii SOM mona for
locke at it, AM sad 10 her:
~ wouldn't brlg aly more =
or tina clay boy, Il I'm OF dust, e.
At least came from heaven;
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:. Il. BLANCHARp HORACE NULL
OLA NCHARD * HULL, Attorneys Ar
ID mOry Block, Ottawa, Ill. Horace Huh, Stenogra
pher ana Notary Public. noySa
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Professional NarOs.
At o r n G Y 8 /.

JESSE II. RUGER. J. W. EnERsoL,
- UCikR " EI3ERSOL. Attorneys Coun'
IL sellers ut Law; also Notary Public. ONCE III Fui-
tcrer Il Metzgcrs Block east of Court House, feb 20
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-20
About Advertising.

Poster advertising, rock and
fence painting, and flooding the
mails with circulars and postal
cards, are some Of the forms sof adver.
tising which disgust more people
than they attract, and even when
effective, are q very wasteful mode
Of reaching the public.
In the selection offs proper medi,
um many points of value might
be taken into consideration by I'D.
vertisers. Newspapers which are
not respected and faithfully read
are not good mediums Of advertis
ers. Newspapers that are purChas'
ed to while away a half hour on
street car or steamboat, and arc
not carried home, do not sell any
body's wares. Such papers are nc
better than circulars and almost as
wasteful.
The experience of entorprisinq
and sagaCious business men demon
sttates that the best results attend
advertising in home newspapers
those which go into families are
read by one after another in the
home circle.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-20
The Force OrHablt.

Colonel Beasly, who ia a Justice
Of the Peace and accustomed to
deal with the criminal element ev.
cry day, was reclining on the sofa
in his palatial residence, taking an
afternoon sicsta, when a female en-
tered and took a chair opposite
to him. Not yet fully awake, be
imagined that he was in his Office,
for he said sternly:
"What's your name?"
"Maria Smith"
"How old are you2"
"Tweuty.six," replied the female
with considerable hesitation.
"Where were you born? Don't
try to fool me. Iknow your sort
How many times have you beer
punished alreadyH Don't think W
any lies, now"
Just at this crisis Mrs, Beasly
spoke up from the adjoining room;
"Why, husband, what is the mat
terH You are talking to my dear
friend, Mrs. Smith, who has comt
to spend a few days with u.s."
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Professions Gard.

To Whom il Concerns All parties, IRE,
spective Of race, color, previous or pres
ent condition, who are indebted, wheth.
er by note, account or otherwise, to the
undersigned, or to the late firms Of Drs
Barbee 4 Neale, Drs. Barbee & McCune
Drs. Barbee & Fravel, aud Drs. Barbee
& Stone, are once more respectfully and
earnestly called upon to come forward
on or before the first day OF June, 1884,
aud pay amounts respectively due me
as II is now positively my intention tc
close up my long outstanding business
stern necessity, pecuniary pressure and
embarrassment imtcis me thus to cal
upon old friends whom il has been MY
free of-hand will and pleasure to serve
In the past, and to whom my profess
ional services are now as freely tender.
ed, aud my readiness ever to serve them
in the future as in the past, Just a. this
accepted time" TO give evidence oI
proper appreciation Of past iavors and
services rendered, BY all coming forward
and paying me by the time above pre-.
scribed. Sincerely,
ANDREW r. BARBEE, NJ. D.,
Point Pleasant, W. Va, April 90.
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The Genuine Tar.IIeel Kiss.

Up the perfume.swept avenue o
love and under the roseate arch
way Of Hymen they had passed in
to the Joy.lit realms of that higher
and holier existence where SOU
meets soul on linpid waves Of ecs
tatic feeling, and hearts touct
hearts through the blended chan
mel Of lips 10 rapture linked. They
had just been made man and wife
and their souls must meet aut
"swap a swap" of labial endear
ment. And now, how can we de
scribe the osculatory performance
It was not a spasmodic kiss, likl
a stopper flying out Of a cham
pagne bottle; or a suctionary kiss
IKE q COW pulling her foot out o
the mire; neither was it one o
those long, lingering, languishinl
kisses, which lovers give when hit
by clustering vines from the glaneo
Of the moonbeams. No, none o
these; bu! ii was, to be allitera,ive
a kind Of slouch.wise, slanting
dicular, soup suppiug, sop slipping
meeting Of the lips, which went 70,
the whole hog Of endearment oil
none; and that is the way two
hearts began to beat as one.
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LlltIeLeaks.

It is an old adage that "a locker
on sees more Of the game than the
players" aud this has been forci.
bly, brought to mind by observa'
tions made ia some households for
q few months past. The house.
wives Of course were not aware Of
the little waste or leaks that were
constantly in progress in their
families; they were mere triaes
taken one by one, but II is the
small leaks that sinks the ship
sometimes. For instance, tho bread
pan had dough and -four enough
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-20
A Lofty Pyramid.

Fresh proofs are reported to have
been discovered Of the existence oi
an ancient civilization in Mexico,
In Sonora, about sixty miles south,
east Of the town of Madeline, some
explorers have found in the heart
of the virgin forests u pyramid
which is 1850 around in the base
and $50 feet high-that is to say,
nearly double the size Of the great
pyramid ofCheops. From the base
to the summit there is a roadway
on which vehicles can travel round
the vast erection in a spiral, The
outside walls are built of granite
blocks carefully tooled and bedded,
A little further of is a hilloCk, with
hundreds Of cavernO and chambers
cut in it, from FIVE to fifteen feet
wide and ten to fifteen feet long
They have no windows, and are en-
tered by the roof. The walls are
covered with hieroglyphics and
curious pictures with the feet and
hands Of men. Stone utensils have
been found there. Who the build
ers Of these ancient monuments
were is still unsettled, but, accord
ing to Ell Liberal, they probably
belonged to Mayos, who formerly
inhabited Sonora, and we're a diff
ferent race from the Indians, hav
ing blue eyes, a white skin, anc
blonde hair.
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A-Llberal Town.

"such a town as this isl" he ex.
claimed as be got clear Of The po.
lice court yesterday morning.
whats the matter Of the town."
queried the citizen whom he ad.
dressed.
"Best lot of folks-most liberal
hearted fellers in the world Igot
in town yesterday, Bought these
boots and the feller gave me a pair
Of roller skates. Bought this hat
and the feller gave me a set Of
sleeve buttons. Bought this coat
and the feller threw in a handker.
chief. Took supper at a restaur.
ant and the feller threw in a glass
of whiskey."
"Any more2"
"YOu bell Got drunk, and tho
policeman kindly drew me down
on a cart, called me a poor fellow,
and said he knew how it was to
have a wobble in the legs. Just
been before the judge"
"Yes."
Powerful kind hearted man.
Gimme IS or thirty daysl Tell
you what, mister, you folks don't
balf appreciate your little city.
Only place in America where you
can get something for nothing and
have a chrome"
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GUS JURD.4N, Manager of
NEW YORK CLOTHING HOUSE. Point Pleasant, W. Va.

left on the bottom and sides to
make a good sized biscuit; this
went into the swill pan or drain.
The gravy or butter left on the
meat platter, or perhaps a large
piece Of nice steak, went the same
way, or to the chickens or to the
cat. It was too much work TO make
soap; it was cheaper to buy; so
scraps Of meat and grease were
thrown away, Potatoes were cook
ed by the quantity, and what we're
left afIera meal we're thrown into
the swill pail. Buttered toast, cake
and doughnouts went the same
way. ave farmers raise our wheat
grow our potatoes, make our butter,
ETC." True; but We farmers make
our money by these little things,
and frugality and stinginess are too
very different things.
All these are little items, but in
the course of a year they amount
to quite a sum that might just a.
we'll be saved, and could not help
thinking that it was no wonder
that some farmers had such hard
times to get along and make both
ends meet. The men do not sec
the waste. They provide bounti,
fully, as in duty bound, and if they
wonder why things do not spend
better and last longer, it does no,
answer to find fault or grumble
and, perhaps, they do think some
times "that o woman can throw out
faster with a spoon'than a man can
throw with a shovel"
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He Is in Danger.

Say, my narrow.minded acquaiu.
tance,' he remarked, as he entered
the sanctum aud assumed an up.
right position near the burglar.
proof safe, Say, my pumpkin.
headed idiot, do you know that you
are not running this mustard.plas.
ter sheet Che got that from Twain
to suit my notionH l had thought
some Of subscribing for this snot'
rag, and may do SO yet If you will
run it according to revised methods.
IT is very sad, said the editor as
he heaved a sigh that bulged out