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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-25

:" and gentlemen in city OF
w country to take light work at their own homes.
93 to a day can be easily made; work sent by
mail no canvassing. We have good demand for our
work and furnish steady employment. Address, with
stamp, CROWN MFG COMPANY
294 Vine St, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-25

II. M.-THE SUFFERERS FRIEND
mn WHIHnSu-e and Positive cure for Ca
NV 1uMVTARRH and kindred troubles. We
warrantit. By mail Soc. and 81. Send for testino-
malls. kenoza Compromising Co., p. O. Box 125
Haverhill, Mas.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-25

tarTh. l have never yet seen its equal
as q cure for colds in the head and head
ache resulting from such colds. 1t is a
remedy of sterling merit.-Ed. L. Cros-
ly, Nashville, Tenn.
The friends of Pleasant Prairie church
will give an oyster supper at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Steve Crosby, Wednesday
evening, Dec. so. Allfriends from near
and far invited. Oysters and all the
good things. such as chicken pie, that
the farmers wives can provide, will be
on hand.
The ladies of the M. E. church, Salem
will have New Years tree and oyster
supper New Years eve dec. 31st), at
Salem station. A good time is anticipal
ed. All are cordially invited.
just received-20 cases of Rubber
Goods, consisting of Mems, Women's and
Children's Button and Buckle Artics
Alaskas, High-cut Button Caters, Rub
Der and Gum Boots, Sandals, etc., etc., a
Ziv's Shoe Co., Kimball Block.
Mr.. w. ]. Craney went to Clinton
Iowa, on Saturday, after his cousin, Mr.
w. A. Earles, who was stricken with par
alysis on the LIST of December. MI
; EarIes was advance agent for DR.
IO'Leary, and is we'll known to many O
our citizens, who will be glad to know
that he is recovering.
The Robert Hanway farm will be sol,
at auction in front of F. r. Lavey's store
Bristol, Saturday, January 8, at IL A. NJ
Il WANTED.-A small family to take
furnished house on Park ave. free G
rent till spring. Address, P. o. box 25s
:, Kenosha, Wis, Dec. I'd, 1886.
WANTED.-500 ladies. TO buy 500 pail
of fine French Kid Button Shoes IRE,
7 nolds' make) for $445 a pair at xiv
: Shoe Co. Other dealers ask you $6.5
for just the same kind.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02
her establishment.

In the middle of the veranda stood oui
breakfast table; and all the rest of the space,
rs well as the ratings and the steps, was GOV.
cred with an immense company of monkeys,
as grave as possible and as motionless and
silent as if they were stuffed. Only their
eyes kept blinking, and their little round
ears kept twitching, Laughing heartily, at
which the monkeys only looked all the graver
my wife sa: down.
"Wil they eat anything" asked she.
Try Them" | said
So she picked up biscuit AMI threw il
among the company.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02

The fashionable fall flower beyond all
doubt is now the chrysanthemum. The one
in our illustration is reproduced by permits
sion from Peter HenderSon's last catalogue
1t blends in its feathery petals the colors Of
gold. dark brown and pale crimson. There
are, however, hundred or more varieties of
this favorite flower Every woman with n
yard ought to have half a dozen kinds at
least They light up the lawn in late autumn
with a glory all their own. Ii the buds are
pinched back i'll summer, they can be taken
into the house and made to bloom in winter
The chrysanthemum, too, lives forever. Il
needs to be worked around and MANFRED oc
casiCnally.
The aSter is as pretty as rose. Plant seeds
in spring, early, and all summer your eyes
will lie gladdened with their bright pretti-
ness. The aster is an annual, dying ont in
the fall. If the seeds are started in a hotbei
or in box in the window, and set ont a. soon
as frost is gone, they will do better.
A pot or two of mignonette, ever lovely
and fragrant, should be always ready, so that
a sprig can be nipped from it for. the button
hole bouquet. The hardy sweet scented violet
is another modest blossom that must not be
forgotten. 1t lifts its little purple head
through even the snow in early spring, and
fills a whole room with fragrance The few
plants here mentioned may be all propagated
from the seed. You can obtain packets OF it
from florists, with directions for planting
printed upon them. Often the packet will
cost You no more than five cents Send for
florists catalogues to know what is going on
in the world Of flowers and vegetables. II
you have a reliable scotsman near bone get
your supply from him Two of the best
florists and seedsmen in the country -inen
who have really done much to develop fori-
culture and gardening in the United States
are Peter Henderson, Of New York, and
James Wick, Of Rochester, n. Y.
STARTING THE SEEDS.
For the tiny seeds here mentioned. fill shall.
low boxes with light, rich earth. pulveriyel
very fine. Fill to half an inch of the top Of
the box. Press the soil down smooth with a
board. Scatter the seed lightly over the sur
face. Cover by sitting earth very thinly
over the soil with sieve Sprinkle spray
Of water with ths fnst ross water ing pot
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02

An Oregon wheat grower gives the follow
ing method of treating seed wheat To destroy
smut germs: Take finely pulverized blue
vitriol, using at the rate of one pound for
every ten bushels of grain. FIJI 40-gallon
barrel about half full Of water, put in say
three pounds of the vitrol, letting it stand L.
TO "a hours to dissolve using hot water if
haste is needed Put bushel of seed in each
of three or four sacks (burlaps or gunny are
best, drop them in the solution, and place on
n wide plank, that will run the drippings
back into the barrel. As the solution is re-
duced add more. Let the seed stand over
night, so it viii dry before sowing The
work may be done on wet days, or before
sowing time, as the grain is uninjured by
standing after the blue vitrlol application "
The quantity mentioned SHOULD b. sulli-
Gent for 80 bushels of seed.
A Wisconsin farmer 81 ,na different rem
edy, which is as folio ~ dip wheat
from the bin with screen from the
tanning mill shake a few times and pour
upon the floor, and repeat until | get as
much as is needed sprinkle the pile with a
pail Of chamber I've to the bushel, then throw
on air-slakcd lime, stirring, and letting it
take mp all that will stick to the kernels.
Stir often, till ready to SOW. To remove
oats and other foul stuff light enough to
float, add water and salt 10 the I've, put in a
tub and slowly pour in one bushel of wheat.
Skim, stir end thoroughly skim again; pou.
the liquor into tub No . and the wheat from
No. | change basket to No. and proceed
the same way. Empty the wheat ON floor,
and SO on until sufficient seed has been thu,
treated. The lime will kill the smut germs"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02
BOYS GIRLS


An English gentleman who lived in India
during his early life tells an amusing story
OF some pranks played by monkeys. They
were almost as tame and playful as kittens
about his home and there was great num-
Der of them. He says:
II was married in India, and engaged for
our home little house IA miles or SO from
any other habitation of white men, On the
morning of our arrival my wife went in 10
change her travelling dress, while the ser
wants laid breakfast on the yerauda over
looking the river. At the clatter Of the
plates there began to come down from the
big tee that overshaded the house, and up
the trees that grew in the ravine behind it,
from the house roof itself, from everywhere,
a multitude of solemn monkeys. They came
up singly and in couples and in families, and
took their places without noise or fuss on the
veranda, and sat there, like an audience
waiting for an entertainment to commence.
And when everything was ready, the break.
fast all laid, the monkeys all seated, | went
in to call my wife,
breakfast is ready, and they are all
waiting | said
"Who are waiting!' she asked in dismay.
81 thought we We're going to be alone, and
was just coming out in my dressing gown. -
"Neyer mind" said. The people about
here are not very fashionably dressed them.
selves. They wear pretty much the same
things all the year round
And SO my wife came out. Imagine, then,
her establishment
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02
tsuurarus Again.

Here is another gardeners way of making
the bed
Do you want an asparagus bed 1t is the
easiest thing in the world to have one Spade
up the plot as deep as possible. Mellow the
soil and make drills lengthwisc every four
feet and one inch deep In these SOW the
seed two inches apart. One ounce of seed,
which will cost % cents, will suffice for five
drills, II feet long. Now, it is only necessary
that this plot should be kept free from weeds
and the sol friable In the fall the bol
should he covered with well rotted farm
manure
The plants should be thinned out TO Is
inches apart in the drills next spring. We
have in this way an asparagus bed that,
without the aboriOus old plan of loading the
soil with manure two feet in depth, that the
plantation may last a lifctimc;" without the
labor and expense of trGnsplanting, will in
three year. give as vigorous sprouts as if the
one yea" rlauts were transplanted or brought
Of course, the land must be well drained,
and it is better t, select a sandy loan or, in
the absence oi it, To mingle pure sand with
tie soil
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02

A southern farmer tells a curious bit OF
experience under this head. He had two
men farming distant fields on the shares. lie
furnishe tie males and their feed also. His
troopers" carried the mules feed for mid
day with tham il the morning.
Il was troubled about how to MANAGE the
feeding said the farmer, las / knew that if
gave them the corn for the mules | would
not sell them much Tor bread"
The idea was that the scaly fellows would
steal enough corn from the mules dinner to
largely keep themselves in hoe-cake. The
cool unconsGiousneSs with which the farmer
tells it is very amusing. At last be devised
a feed for the animals that fixed both them
and their drivers. He mixed two bushels of
corn, two bushels of oats and one bushel of
cotton seed, aad had them ground all to-
gether. He fed the work mules on this. They
liked il, kept perfectly well, and were seel,er
and latter than the stock he fed ut home
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02
To Encourage silk Culture.

The commissioner of agriculture Wash
ington has issued circular in which the de-
par;ment offers to furnish gratuitously silk
worm eggs to all persons who are unable to
buy the same and yet are DESTROYS of eugag-
ing in silk culture. In order that proper
amount may be sent, the applicant is re.
ques ed to I'LL out blank that will be fur
nishcd them on written application as to the
amount of silk worm food they have at their
disposal and also any experience they may
have had in the industry. Eggs will be dis
tribute in December, and instructions as to
their keeping will he sent with them All APP
plirations should be made before then, as the
WORMS are liable to hatch after that on being
expos to warmth, and, therefore, "a certain
RISK attends their shipment
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02
Gen. Grant "a Good son.

Gen. Grants love for his father was shown
by his treatment Of him while he was presi
dent. He also CARE kindly for his mother,
AMI she had n great influences upon his life.
When he was at West Point a. a cadet, near
" ~ years ago, he wrote this letter 70 her;
"Your kind words of aimoaition are ever
present with me. How well do they
strengthen me in every good word and work!
Should become soldier for my country,
look forward with hope to have you spared
to share with me in any advancement may
gam, and | trust my futurt conduct will
prove me worthy of the patriotic instruction
you and father have given me.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02
FARM zGARDE9
The Flower Garden.
nAy MN unITSE

SOME time since, one early September day,
0 farmers wife and daughters were showing
q caller their new home The father and
mother 4'started poor" in two-room house.
They had got on in the world. Their children,
sons and daughters, were good-looking and
well educated Yet there was a hardness, a
want of iGcality about them that was painful
in Young people. They showed no apprecia-
ton of beauty in nature, of the exquisite
coloring and splendor of cloud and sky, of
water and flower and leaf. 1t was Us if their
ewes had never been more than half opened.
II there is any creature to be pitied it is that
dumb, stupid person who sees no beauty in n
flower or sunset. His mind is only partly
developed He loses some of the kcenest
happiness mortal man can enjoy.
In the handsome new home of this prosper
Gus farmer there was a painful lack The
house stood in the blaze of the sun, A half
rotten apple tree a hundred feet away from
it was the only shade in that blessed yard.
There was not flower about it Ducks and
chickens held conventions in the front yard.
There was scarcely blade of green grass
The new house, with all its fine finish and bay
windows, vas something painful to look at.
1t was, in short bald-headed house. 1t was
as naked as the barn, and not nearly us PIC
tlrsque in its surroundings. A few trees,
lilac and rose bushes and flowers would have
changed the whole hard, angular, ugly place
into a paradise. More particularly if tho
hens had been kept off the front steps.
Therefore, o gentle country reader
PLANT FLOWERS.
The subject is very large one. There are
trees, Towering shrubs or bushes, perennial
or everything plants, and again ANIMALS
those that are planted from the seed iii the
spring, bloom through the summer and fall,
and die at the approach of winter. This week
we give very brief list of flowers, 80 easily
raised that little girl 10 years old may
make her home lovely with them.
The beautiful family of
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02
, a biscuit AMI threw il
among the company.

Three hundred monkeys jumped up in the
air like one, and just for one instant there
was n riot that detics description. The next
instant every monkey was sitting in its place
a penn and serious a if it had never
moved Only their eyes winkcd, and their
ears twitchcd
My wife threw them another biscuit and
again the riot, and ihen another ana another
and another. But, at length, we had given
away all that we had to give, and got up &c
60. The monkeys at once rose, every mon
key ON the v.randa, aad advancing grayoly
to the steps walked down them in u sole
proccsSiol, old and young together, and e.
l.rscd for the days occupation
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02

What All the Young People Ought to
Know.
What great events in United States his
tory took place in the month Of April ~
years asoi
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02

Sir Sleepyhead, Sir Sleepyhead,
Shut up your mouth AMI 20 to bed;
Don't sit there yawnng, yawning,
On this bright May day morning;
If that's the way you try TO win,
l think you had better not begin;
For the boy who means to earn prize
Must shut his mouth and open his eyes,
And never sit yawning yawning
Sir Sleepvhead. Sir Sleepyhead,
In all my life have not read
That pointing, sulliing. yawning,
Gained aught but the worlds scorning;
So smooth your hair and rufiied brow;
Remember, too, my warning now,
That the boy who means to earn the
priz,,
Must shut his mouth and open his eyes,
And give up yawning, yawning.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02

New Styles Of Type and Low
Prices at the Free Trader Job
Printing Rooms.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02

The hardest raspberry is the Ohio black
cap.
Give stock plenty of light in their pens aud
stables.
Cotton seed is an excellent fertilizer for
fields
Unifnpregna.ei eggs will keep good for a
great length of time.
All hardy vegetables that have not vet
been sown, such as cabbage, bcets, radshr,,
turnip, lettuce, onions, celery, peas, parsley
aud potatoes should be planted at once.
The greatest improvement in corn cultiva.
ton in half a century has been the invent on
of lenders an attachment TO keep the Young
corn from being covered when it is plowed.
To distinguish oleomargarine from butter
put lump Of the suspected substance into
vessel and melt it. Then put u wick into the
resulting oil and set it on fire Ii il Is butter
it will send up faint, pleasant odor. If
oleomargarine it will smell like nasty, ruu,,d
grease. so it is said
For the Improvement Of heavy soils Hell
den, Noigt, GintZ, and Wetzke recommend
lime for the first dressing. They say also
that the crop for the first season should he
potatoes; for the second, oats; for the third.
tares or pens, und for the fourth, potatoes
again
belt of timber should be planted or left
along the north side OF every farm as a wind.
break II you have a river or stream run
ming past your place, set willows all along its
hank, To keep the ground from rrumbliny.
Dur,n. iie,hctS, ediments and earth will
cat'l ii the trees, aud IN time really riake
the tann higher.
4 Frenchman has invented a way of max
ing tutter by electricity. Into a vessel II
cream are placed pair Of electrodes and q
current of electricity passed through the
fluid The butter gathers in little balls on
the electrodes. After they are thus formed
the balls detach themselves and float about
upon the surface & the milk, jut as they dc
when butter is cburned. Then they muss be
gathered aud the butter worked In the ordi.
nary way. dynamo-electric machine Of
~ Daniel cells will bring the butter in thres
10 tive minutes. The dscoverer Of the
method, NJ TicbsaOr, has patented his inveD
ton in France.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02

[Harper's Bazar. I

lharIber's Bakar
What is the matter with the baby" asked
q lady Of little girl, whose baby brother
she had understood 10 be ailIng.
'Oh, nothin' much,n was the answer.
"He's only Matching teeth"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02
the GRAPE CURE.
SAL-MUSCATELLE
IN AMERICA
Without the Expense of an
European Journey!

The crystalilcd salts as sbtaued IN pure state from
grapes aud choice fruit, IN portable, palatabr simple
form now presented To the public of America rs
the grandcst resolycnt Of impure blood, currecor of
the liver and regulator OF the bOwels-the natural pro-
II
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02
PIILOX

Is to be mentioned first The richness, bill
lancy and wonder of coloring in Il bed of
different varieties of phloxes is something to
be remembered life time. They may be
planted in what are called ribbon bedS--that
is, in stripes, each variety to itself. The seeds
may be planted in the open ground as soon as
frost is out of the ground. The little plants
will come to maturity very soon, and bloom
early and late first, last and all the time.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-02
As they grow, thin them out, an when largs
enough transplant.
TIME TO PLANT.

The asters, chrysanthemums carnations
and violets should lie sown in March, although
it is not yet too late to plant them, Mignon-
cite for potting may be sown at any time.
1t also does well planted in the open ground,
the same time the phlox seeds are sown-that
is, as soon as there is no more danger from
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-12-12
Saving the Children.

Philadelphia Record.
Aren't you ashamed Of yourself?'
said Philadelphia wife to her hus-
band who had come home intoxica-
tod. You are not only disgracing
yourself and family but the children
are SO Disguised with you that they
shudder every time they passed a
saloon
IT'S alright, dear, meekly replied
the partially sobsred husband. "It
is all right. I'm afraid the boys
cannot stand ~ much Is / can. and
If my conduct disgust them with IL
quor just think how much cheaper
it is to have one drinking instead of
three
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-12-12

Who's that at the kitchen door p
asked Mr.. Jolikin Of his young wife
last Sunday just after breakfast.
It's . tramp, and Pm bothered to
death with them she replied.
Wait minute, my dear said
her husband, III fix him 80 he won't
trouble you any more
He kissed her and went out and
in Ave minutes he returned.
Well queried his wife, did you
fix him2'
Yes; / gave him something to
eat.
Why, you shouldn't have done
that. He'll be sure to come right
back and worry me more than ever,'
she said, petulantly.
oh. no he won't. / gave him !
pocketful Of those biscuits you made
for breakfast.'
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-12-12

49, pnAn3ss enDunh - unAAah - oo1ns
ard patnt 10 plansd raw edge. wAs tAzd-
6erm1Ge sneuG& tesAv1 - feanhareA 49, -
that lovely white crane yos ahot. and snart
en6aGh ~ throw ths paper thaD kold - -
ssnie fnto ~ nsay and-and--s
ADssdsmonA. my love. forbsari H.
an ovssooms With yeus noqufBeusuos--l
am yoar ssrvfS slavs--and thats ~ way
man gets fOoledi I-ignoraat1g sacngh--
suppossd W. a1king 81 marriaes : small,
averaGs-hralnsd lassts who. Ike nvsek. 49,
Al alons IN ths wusid, and who wosl1 Ioelk
upto n = protsctor-- 1907 ~ forsoothi
DeedemoaA---s
Jack. forgivs ms-I he'd 70 show thAt
- SupsrtcT hsta0 and souM NJ b
downsd' IN argumsntf Anl yca, that
sphsrU.s hAs d. wider Nan yeu lords of
crsation wesid ever dream Of nliingi And.
Jack, 4eAs, DOM lecs argue any novel
wouA nj G4vs ron chAnes to-day, md
beg Of you nsvw 10 ny y aeain. shaH
live my lffS and yoa ahau live you1. and
though "a many respects 20 unlike they win
b % doss together IN sympAthy that the
boundaries WIN NOS b disesrnabis. Taxa
me for what an, Jack, busy. wsil-msan-
ing uttle 'haus muttexs your wife and your
equal--1o you hear, Jackl And III call
You ths dsarsss boy IL TIE wosiA, ~ you on
tho altar Of my heart and b. the happisst
girl that ever made loaf Of brsadr
mrs Ray, I ind II dfGIcult 70 recover
from this complete prostraytonI I'll am
ovsrwhelmsdl May venture Tor the sake
Of argument 4A
1Tabooed. sir; no argument between n
hencsforth allowedi viii not bear It.
Your voics was growing harsh to me--y our
eyes frowned your convictions into mine
your isugh cssssd % warm my heart and
oh, Jacklr
Eyes, deari~ eIs
@Fatims has fellsn aslsep with her bead
In the butter-dishi" W
SAnd will rest IN happy ignorance Of the
awful things her little womanship will be
expected 70 know when comes the glad years
Of maturity
But it worked it, charm. There Is no
fierce argument about our pleasant converse
now We talk about everything like two
chatty robins. and no spirit OF discord MARI
our happy home.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-12-12

Professional men and great mash
ers with erect full figures look bet
ter dressed in frock overcoat, but
it must fit perfectly and not be worn
if the least bit shabby. 1t is not
difficult to get a correct fit, hnt only
. few tailors give style. The suit
orovercoat may be of choicest goods
made but the dainty touch of style
be lacking. However, the model