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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-27

The final way of getting rid of refuse and
garbage must be by fire, advanced santa
rians claim. The present disposal of sewage
in our advanced stage Of civilization is a
blot and disgrace. 1t engenders disease
and fills our water courses with deadly
poison. Therefore burn all refuse. Says
Mr. j. NJ Heating: "The next step in the
line of progress is cremation, and it has al
ready been taken by thousands of house
holds, 4 who cremate all of their house
hold wastes and kitchen garbage, greatly to
their comfort and relief The kitchen stove
is found to be convenient furnace, and into
this everything but excreta Is dumped, to be
utterly consumed, and thus put beyond the
process of fermentation and slow decay"
An establishment has been erected in London
for the cremation of city refuse on large
scale. Mr.. George Shaw is at the head. We
shall therefore shortly see what can be done
in this line II may contain the solution of
the most vexed problem Of modern santa
ton.
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The train that took Gen. Grant in his re-
cent trip from New York to Albany averaged
a tritie less than forty-eight miles an hour.
The capacity of the earth to purify sew
age from organic matters by oxidation is
supposed to be depend mt on the presence of
millions of small living organisms A soil
fermentation takes place through the agency
of mcrococcus that acts most efficiently
at about the temperature of the blood.
A canary bird has been taught to sing
I'VE won't go home till morning" The air
was played to it every day from the time it
was a fledglng till it was full grown, and
it was never allowed to hear any other tune
In case Of the man who taught it one may
hope that virtue was its own reward.
The Pail Mall Gazette advocates the idea
that the vast standing armies Of continental
Europe will weed out the warlike and fight
ing members of society. The peaceful and
those devoted to quiet industrial occupations
will marry and populate the lands, and in
time the whole race will become less warlike
and turbulent.
DR.. Laborde reports some recent observa-
tions upon the heads of decapitated persons.
He found the reflex action of the pupil to
exist for twenty eight minutes after the neck
was fully severed, and even after this time
had elapsed slight excitation Of the MEM
branous'lining of the skull produced contrac-
tons Of the eyelids AMI some of the muscles
Of the jaw.
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Science zPRoGRESS|



AS mankind becomes more crowded, and
build houses up into the air, the danger from
fire and other accidents increases. There
are apartment and other houses in New
York city which are thirteen and fourteen
stories high. The risk in case of fire in
these buildings is something fearful to con.
template.
Various plans for making them freproot
have been devised. 1t is claimed for most
Of them that they are tireproof, but few are
really SO when it CONES to the test 1t Is
the custom in the better class Of apartment
houses to fill in the space between joists with
some substanc, to deaden sound, SO that
noise from one floor may not go through the
ceiling of the people below, and annoy
them 1t has been proposed to make this
filling of concrete, instead of the combustible
rubbish at present used. Walls and ceilings
Of large warehouses have much woodwork
about them, which increases the risk. An
additional safety precaution is to have
lining of asbestos felt under the woodwork
Thus the wood might take fire and burn out
all around the room, and leave the asbestos
she'll intact. A combination of corrugated
iron and asbestos makes the best tireproof
door. The larger the building the greater
the danger of fire.
1Besides these precautions in construction,
new devices are being studied to facilitate
the escape of unfortunate people who are
caught in burning house. An interesting
Series of experiments was lately tried in
testing machines for shooting ropes to the
top of burning buildings.
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SHOOTING ROPES.

Experts belonging to the New York fire
department went on a tugboat to the foot Of
the Palisades, some distance up the Hudson
They took with them number of inventors
and their designs for shooting ropes. If
the projectile could he aimed regularly, and
the ropes end made to fly into a given win
dow, so much the better.
Firemen's ladders have been used h aretO-
fore with more or less success to assist the
escape of persons from house on fir" But
with the changing conditions of civilization,
tho vast number of telegraph and telephone
lines now in use have made an almost i'm
penetrable network opposite the front win
dows of city houses and made it impossible
to set up the ladders against them. This
was the cause of the lamentable loss of life
at the late factory fire in Cincinnati
1t is plain that some other means of escape
must be devised. Elf small ropes can be shot
from guns or tubes upon the roofs of houses,
it will be easy to draw them into windows,
attach heavier ropes to them and make fast
the heavy ropes to something in the room,
and by that means descend to the ground.
At least it will not be easy, but it will be
possible.
The illustration shows the inventors shoot
ing ropes to the top of the Palisades. At
the point where they landed the bluffs are
perhaps 800 feet high. 1t was interesting to
watch the marksmen. None of them faile1
entirely. Tie rope whizz,d through the air
and LANDED over the to-, leav!n, the long,
trailing end hanging down the side of the
great ba!d-faced cliIf, as you see.
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II Is easy to talk about sliding downa rope
IN case of fire, and escaping to the ground
but in actual practice how many Of our
readers ever tried i'll Perhaps few boys
may have done it, when their hands were
tough. For grown person. especially fat
one it would be no such light matter. BY
the time the distance Of, say twenty feet had
been traversed the hands would be lacerated
past endurance. and perhaps before he
reached the ground the person would
be forced to let 60 and drop. Here is
the way to do it Make a note: Catch
the rope with your foot, and give
it turn around your leg near the ankle, a
"hitch," the sailors call it Then press your
feet together against it, so as to grasp 1t as
nearly as possible and give you something
like foot rest. Go as slowly as you can.
If in your haste and fright you can remem-
Der to snatch wooden cloth or leather some
thing else, to catch hold of the rope with,
1t will save your hands. And first, last,
and above all, don't lose your head. Try this
way Of ''shnning" down rope next time
your house gets on fire. 1t is the sailors
Way.
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thousand, probably, wore stockings, and
now scarcely one person in a thousand is
without them. The honor Of inventing the
first stocking machine belongs to William
Lee, an English clergyman, who made pair
of hose by the frame in the presence OF King
James l. But such was the prejudice of
those times that his invention was frowned
upon, and he went to France. Here he met
with no better success, and died in Paris, in
great poverty, of broken heart. His
machine, however, won its way, and was in
general use for two and half centuries. 1t
is now superseded by beautiful piece of
mechanism, called the circular hosiery ma
chine. One girl attending upon its revolu-
tons can produce material in a single day
for 240 Pairs of stockings.
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Wearing Mourning.

The long Grape wells still sweep almost to
the feet in full mourning. But happily, they
are not worn over the face. Grape is I'M
healthy and depressing. SO are black clothes
in general Light shades are much healthier
and more cheerful 1t is almost a pity that
black is so becoming to most women. They
will not give it up for that reason. 1t is
pleasant TO observe, however, that the ten
dency is to lighter second mourning Polka
dots, grays and puppies brighten up the sad
tnts. II one must wear mourning to show
respect to the departed, out OF consideration
for our own health it should be made as lit
tie sombre as possible 1t is sad enough at
hast
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HOUSE AND PARTY SHOES.

For house shoes, where there is no par
ticular strain on the foot, the pointed slip
pers and shoes are worn Fig. on the left
shows, perhaps, the most fashionable slipper
shape. 1t is made Of soft kid, in all colors.
1t is now the proper thing to have slippers
to match the color of the dress, to wear to
parties and receptions, whatever the color
of the costume may be- They are worn
either with or without ribbon bows. These
low-cut dress shoes were never more beau
tifully or extensively ornamented than they
are at present. Undressed kid is perhaps
the most fashionable material from which
they are made, though satin is seen nearly as
often. Bronze dressed kid is also popular The
slippers are deliberately decorated with bead
embroidery, jet, steel and iridescent-across
the toes. They arc alSp adorned with
dainty painting. We have seen
very pretty red satin slipper with delicate
blossoms in green, white and pink painted
upon it. Slippers also come in the common
sense shape.
Fig. 2, in the center Of the illustration,
shows the favorite house shoe. 1t is pointed,
and has the Louis XIV hee!. A pretty, bright
bronze is favorite color Take this, with
a pale peacock blue silk stocking and there
isn't anything much prettier can go upon
pretty foot Alligator leather, both buff
and black, is also a popular material for the
house shoe. This shoe, likewise, is decorated
fancifully with ribbon bows or with stitch
ing.
Fig 8, on the right, shows u French dancing
shoe 1t has the advantage of being easy to
keep upon the foot, which dancers will
appreciate. The leather extends high upon
the heel. Besides this, the ornamental braid
inc of silk cord over tho instep gives still
greater security.
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Only one woman in a thousand can whistle.
There are tailor-tnade white pique dresses.
White and cream-cdored dresses, worn
by women Of all ages, are more fashionable
than ever.
Queen Victoria has ordered several pieces
of beautiful Irish popin for Princess Bea-
triccs trousseau.
Golden bears heads, with great bullying
yellow agate cats eyes, are found among
hat anil bonnet pins.
A little jeweled dagger pinnin2 the cor
sage bouquet to the dress front is the latest
caprice in fancy iewelry.
Now that tinsel has become so common.
women who pride themselves on being eI-
elusive are beginning to discard it
Cheap broad-brirumed hats of rough
straw are worn for the country aud seaside.
A scarf of white null is tied loosely around
the white ones.
White and very light toilets are now the
best evidence Of distinction and the refine
ment which accompanies cultivation.
Almost all the new Paris toilets, and prin-
cipally those of elegant materials, recall the
pCtuTeu COStuIneS VI Aotty vi MY years ago,
in the time Of Louis Philippe.
The lace overdress grows more and more
popular. Every fashion plate has a now
pattern of one. White lace, with hounces
nearly all the way up the skirt is very fash
ionable over colors.
Closed drawers Of white muslin are WON
by small boys with their summer kifts
Some mothers add a short skirt Of nesce-
lined pique or Of thin aannd, but these mako
the kilt shirt hang badly. ..t.
A pretty fashion In bed furniture comes
from Austria Ther1 , .aa insertion Of
wide lsce sewsA on 70 oas end Of the pillov
ease and fhess sndb NJ iaced toSethsr viii
. dix cord or ribbon- The pillow undr-
nsath b faced WITH blight alk, whtca b
sssa thrsQgh IL laos.
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THROWING ROCKET,
AIR GUN.

Here are two Of the inventions tried
All the rockets and projectiles with rope
attached We're fired by powder, except one
That was discharged by compre 'sed air.
The first figure in the last illustration
shows this air gun. 1t, too, was an inven-
ton from the New York fire department
Most of the machines shown were in fact
1t proves there is inventive genus in the
Irish blood. The lower part of the air gun
is the chamber for holding the compressed
air. Its gauge indicates pressure of 800
pounds. 1t is charged by a pump, and WILL
fire three rocket shots. The air is confined
by a rubber cushioned valve. whose stem
projects on the outside. The operator presses
the lever, which you see is in his hand Thus
opens the valve, when whizz! goes the com.
pressed air, sending out the rocket above it
like whirlwini. The rocket or projectile
is conical at the forward end and hollow in
the rear A short roi rests in a groove
along the hollow Of the projectile. To this
rod the string was fastened, and passed with
it out the muzzle Of the gun. The coil Of
rope is seen lying upon the ground.
The rocket-throwing machine is the inven.
ton Of New York fireman. It consists OF
a brass barrel three AMI onehaf feet long,
with bore large enough to admit a rocket.
1t rests upon adjustable tripod legs, so that
it can BE- easily moved and aimed in any
direction, or at any height Tn, rope is
fastened to short length of wire, and that
is attached to the rocket in all the designs.
A cap placed about tn. middle Of the barrel
discharges the rocket The coil Of rope is
inside the slanting box
II the air in the chamber gives out, it Ia
arranged to connect with the ordinary ex-
tinguishers carried by all hook and ladder
gangs From those it can be recharged
with sufficient pressure
Any Of the inventions might work in case
Of need. The tallest buildings are rarely
over l2O high. A thoroughly approved de-
vice Of the kind would also be valuable at
our coast life saving stations, thus preserving
men from destruction by wster as we'll as
by fire 1t Is not uncommon to shoot ropes
from small cannon on shore 70 q wrecked
vessel BY this means . passageway can b
made for tie crossing Of the breeches buoy
or lifeboat f....
But there wers some objections to an tbs
plans Shovn that day at the foot Il the PAIL
sadeA The perfect rope shooting apparatus
has not yet been Invented, It seems Thsrs
b tin n opening Tor compsdsG&
ga n
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FASHIONS


Some wild fashion writer As been saving
that the long, pointed shoes are coming into
fashion more than ever Don't you lelieve
it. One who accepted that would be tempted
to lose his faith in humanity's common sense.
The fact is. the narrow, extremely sharp
pointed boot is rot and has not been worn as
a street or walking shoe by the best-dresSed
ladies in New York to any great extent.
Give Satan his due. II you are brave enough
to watch the feet of ladies on Fifth avenue
OF Hne afternoon you will observe that
two thirds of them are encased in neat
common-SenSa loot
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FIG. 1.

You will see comparatively few such shoes
a that in fig. I. 1t is the French boot, with
narrow, distorting toe and high stilted heel.
One would not wish to draw invidious dis
tinctions, but II is fact that the lower In
the social scale you go the more frequently
this reforming walk ng shoe with its fitting
heel is met. The feet Of the unfortunAtes
who wear II show its mutilating effects; also
horrid bunions, splay feet lumpy, crooked
and turned under toes bear frightful evil
dence Of the ravages OF the French" boot
However it is fashionable enough. You can
wear it if you wish-but don't. In general
and fortunately the best dressed ladies care
too much for the shape Of their pretty bare
feet to ruin them BY walking IN the French
boot.
Fig. 9 shows the fashionable boot for clnl-
dren and the only kind that anybody ought
ever to wear. These meet, spring heel boots
become moro and mors popular. They arc
now worn by children q large as 10 and u
years old, those q both ssxeA
Fig. 3 represents the hest Of the fashiou-
able Shoes for hdis5 Walking cd street
wear. Il b The co0moa-seus loot before
mentioned, With IL square, stxsight zoe and
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-27
broad, not overnight heel This Is In the

broad, not overnight heel This Is In the
place where a shoe heel naturally belongs
that is, If it belongs anywhere
Goth top shoes are very fashionable.
The cloth comes in black, gray, tan-color
and blue. Canvas shoes are worn by both
sexes for tramps along the sands of the
sad, salt sea. Salt water rots leather shoes
shockinely.
There are shoes for all sorts Of costumes.
The lawn tennis fashionable foot covering is
usually half low canvas shoe, with a cor
rugated soft india rubber sole. Then there is
the roller skating shoe. 1t is very high, of
strong leather, and laced in front. The
riding boot is Of patent leather, made like
mans old fashioned top-boot, and extending
half way to the knee.
The footgear in the second cut is all from
French patterns. These are we'll enough for
house and party occasions, but for solid
wear and for walking the best ever made is
the common sense shoe, and that, one is
happy to say, is an American invention.
The making of ladies' shoes is brought to
much finer perfection in the United States
than in Europe. If our tanners would only
make for us as good leather as goes into
European shoes we would not have much
left to ask for in this line.
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Polonaises and casaques are worn both for
out and indoor toilets We saw some
pretty models for girls of or 10 years, to
be worn in the house with pulled and
pleated plastrons; they We're made very
long wasted and with pleated skirts, and
had either sash or belt starting from I'M
der the arms or going quite round the waist,
and tied at the side or in front below the
plastron.
Charming walking dresses of delicats-col-
ored silk, cashmere, mousseline-de-laine and
new soft kind of beige of two shades of one
color-dark and light-are worn by little
girls of 5 or years, with large, trimmed
white or cream capote'. Two colors are
also allowed if they harmonic we'll
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For Neck Wear,

The light French etamine net. laid in bias
folds ono above another, is very much in
use for n neck dressing, in place of the Sc
we're and trying linen collar or the very
delicate crepe hsse, SO becoming, but SO
perishable The canine fabric is a happy
meiinm between the curate collar and the
lisse, hence its popularity. The fabric is
sold IN plain pearl or creamwhite qualities,
and also with small fl4cks and dots Of color
Frightening its surface
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DolIy's House Work
Monday does the washing, puts 1t out -
dry;
Tuesday does the ironing. lays 1t nicely by;
Wednesday does the mending, folds the socks
in pairs;
Thursday does the sweeping Of he rooms
up stairs;
Friday sweeps tho pariors in . thorough
why; t4.. u.
Saturday Is baking-such busy day;
Sunday hears a sermon listens TO tbs choir;
wooJsrs IL thu singers voice can 60 much
.s higher; ...-. ..,.,.-.o,. 49,.
Gets 20 very tired thAt-wouId you BE-
hevef-
Yalb asieeP cleaning 'eaias Der pspss
sleeve
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GEN. GRANTS ESCAPE AT BELMONT, NO
''He had not time to pick his road down tbs
bank. He just rode to the edge Of the bluff
and slid his horse down the bank upon its
launches in the mud. The steamers men
saw their general come sliding down the
bank. They remembered what they were
about enough to put a plank out for him.
The enemy were by that time firing ashower
Of musket balls about him. In the midst OF
this rain Of bullets he trotte1 his horse across
the plank AMI barely saved himself. 1t 10
not very common to see q man trot horse
across o plank on board a steamer. But
Gen. Grant did it that day. The plank was
withdrawn instantly, and the boats steamed
out Of range OF the ensmy's fire. 1t wa
Gen. Grants naTowest escape during the
uhnla WAR
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FASHlONlETS.

ONLY one woman in thousand can whistle.
There are tailor made white pique dresses
White and cream-cdored dresses, worn
" women Of all ages, are more fashionable
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MISCELLANEOUS
Thousands fastened to rhel. Graves

Relying on testimonials written in
vivid glowing language of some MIRA
eulous cures made by some largely
pulled up doctor or patent medic inc
has FASTENED thousands to their graves
believing in their almost insane faith
that the same miracle will be performed
on them, and that these testimonials
make the cures, while the so-called
medicine is all the time fastening them
to their graves. We have avoided pub
fishing testimonials, IS they do not
make the cures, although We have
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS
OF them, of the most wonderful cures,
voluntarily sent US. 1t is our medicine
Hop Bitters, that makes the cures. 1t
has never tailed and never can. We
will give reference to any one for any
disease similar to their own if desired,
or will refer to any neighbor, as there Il
not a neighborhood in the known world
but can show its cures by Hop Bitters-
LOSING JOKE.
A prominent physician of Pittsburg said
TO lady patient who was complaining of
her continued i'll health, aud of his inability
TO cure her. jokingly said: TRY Hop Bit
tiers y The lady took 1t in earnest and used
the Bitters, from which she obtained per.
uAhncub Acdl III. 0ne now Us AZ kDe CCE-
tor for his joke, but he IL not 50 well pleased
with 1t, as 1t cost him good patiend.
FEES FOR DocToRs.
The fee of doctors is an item that very
many persons are interested in We
believe the schedule for visits is $500
which would tax a man confined to his
bed fer year, and in need of daily
visit, over $l,000 year tor medical at
tendance alonel And one single bottle
OF Hop BitteFs taken in time would save
the 81, 900 and all the years sickness.
LsDY's WISH.
"0A, how wish nay skin was ss clear and
soft as yours said lady to her friend.
you can easily make IL So" answered the
friend How" inquired the first lady.
"By using Hop Bitsers that makes pure.
rich blood and blooming health. Il did it
for me, as you observe /"
GIVEN Up BY THE DOCToRs.
Is it possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up
and at work, and cured by so simple a
remedy?''
L assure you ii is true that he is en-
tirely cured, and with nothing but Hop
Bitters, and only ten days ago his doe
tors gave him up and said he must die.
from Kidney and Liver trouble"
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HOME MARKETS.

Miners and General Deal
10 FasTae1fss;+ 81 given in this column
y 81 quoS SailY from a careful in
90 o. correcteSn. d;ffsrent markets prices
ssoschon OF ItS wholesale rates, and retail
ccaOted s aTgs It expect to pay somewhat
SSishsr hgure'
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Thursday evening April IT, 1885,
salt Lake Ore Market
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