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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-22

An agricultural; station has recently been
established ut Aurora, Ills, in connection
with the chronological division Of the de.
partnient Of agriculture, Mr.. Nelson W.
McLain has been appointed to take charg
of the station Prof Riley has instructed
him to pay particular attention to these sub
jects: To secure the in Introduction and domes-
tication Of such races Of bees as are reported
To possess desirable trqits and character
istics; to prove by expe' iments their adapta-
ton to our climate and honey producing
flora; to make experiments in the crossing
and mingling' of RACES, and to endeavor
to secure the type orr types best
adapted to the uses Of our bee keepers; to
make experiments in tue methods, of arti-
fetal tertilizaton; to'test the various meth
DDS of preparing bees for winter; to gather
statistics concerning the bee keeping indus
try i'll the United States; to make observa-
tiCns concerning varieties of honey pro-
ducing plants for bee forage; to study the
true causes of diseases yet imperfectly un-
derstood and the best methods of preventing
or curing them; and to obtain facts as to the
capacity Of bees to injure fruit.
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KOmarof's Career.

Those who remember Gen. Komarofi
inst. Petersburg fifteen years ago as
the military. critic of the Petcrsbwgskiya
Kedomosti could hardly have foreseen
that the quiet little dark haired man
who seemed to have got "army 'reor-
ganization 'hupon the brain would ever
becometfamous throughout the whole
civilized world. His name of "Koma-
,r9ff' (sOn of q mosquito) is ominously
Suggestive of very great mischief done
bs very small means. 1t is possible
tfratAfke Prince Schakoffskoi at Plevna
jim lS77-he may have exceeded his in
'structions in the hope of winning re-
n0wn for himself, and making his sue
6ess atone for his rashness. But in
Russia it is always hazardous to conject-
-ure from man 5 public acts what his
secret orders may have been. and even
should the Russian government recall
Komarof in accordance with the de-
mands of England, its disavowal Of his
dash upon Penjdeh will be no proof
whatever that that movement was not
made under the, direct inspiration of the
st: Petersburg war oflice---NeU. York
Wortu- - ,rg!1F--. }. % g.. 'Fst-
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To keen grape vines from being killed II
northern lows aud other regions of TIN
northwest, the vines are buried underground
iii winter. In the spring they are dug out
of winter quarters, aud settp again. How
this is done is explained in the following
paragraph from The Iowa Register: The plar
of Mr.. A. F. Hofer, of McGregor, will prove
efficient. He lays down the whole cane and
covers lightly with earth. When the bear
ing wood gets too high on the old and stiff
canes, he digs a trench eighteen inches deep
and buries the crown ans suit part the
canes. He thus renews the vines aid
secures wood easily bent down for winter
protection. He also finds the laying down
of the old canes to result in renewed youth
and vigor, and the production Of larger and
better fruit. His little vineyard on the
terracad bluff. back lef his hoass Is an objett
lesson when many old fruit growers might
study to aslvanIagp His plan Of bdI'y ii,g'the
refractory canes keeps his vines ever young,
and thu present EXPIRES ioh OF the foliage and
fruit gives nc hint of test winter which
has XII LED the vires of SO many QfhiS friends.
Hi. little model vineyard eontai, ,psrhapi
one, tenth of an acre, yet the ranging of the
rows one above the ether on the terraces OF
the steep Bang permits the planting of 2W
vines with his system Of single poles and the
checking of the lateralS. He sold last year
S25 worth of fruit from the little patch and
had an abundant supply through the year
for his f, mily of fruit-loviug girls and boys
which it requires the fingers of both hands
to count. At meal time found myself
wondering ii grape eating had anything tt
do with The sparkling eyes, dimpied cheeks
and literary tendency Of the family group
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Profitable Apples.

r. M. McKinstrv, who is probably the
largest apple grower in the Intel states,
and who yearly shlps apples to Europe flpla
his CT, haris at Hudsbhi Columbia county
N. Y, in reply TO question from Patrick
Barry, president of the Western New York
Horticultural society, in regard TO tn. mo t
profitable yafe iss with him and BIS Ind lfol4
Oh S ea' isisliA, 1woald narhl,s Il. hi hi.
lowing: The Early Red AsJrachau and
Duchess of Oidenburs, then Gruvenste IN
and Mai1en's Blush later varieties Bal l.
win, Greeniny. Ben Davis, TompIin, C1anty
King Jonatlats and" Newton Pippiii. A,
respects cultivation, | thut; j; well. 10
crop with potatoes, cabbage or cocr
for few, wears, but, always to keep
the soil in, good condition, for >wheh
prefer barnyard manure. turn in green
crops, such as clover, rye and buckwhea-;
clover AMI rye preferable viii me. My
trees are planDei ,wentS feer apar.. say los
trees TO the acre, aud they, OF course, drop
their heav, foliage in the fall ou the land
about tie trees, which, together with the
clover snd "a 'Hgtt sprinlaint Df maaure
decays and keeps the soil in fine condition,
which when turned under apparept.f cause,
the trees to make good yearly growth
have tried the experiment OF grass and have
four it to act well by top dressing The
trees appeared brighter late Id the fall, and
the leaves did not drop as soon as the trees
that had received csl4ra4oni there WAS NOT
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-22
kansas COWBOY |

Some Of our ranchmen are embarking in
the busjndss of raising bufaoes. There are
about fifty head Oh the ranch of the Frank
Ign Land and Cattle company, and there ar,
also some buffaioes on the Goodnight ranch.
c. ]. Jones, of Garden City, also has some.
The Francklyn company are paying $50 a
head for buffalo calves. There is a herd OF
1000 buffaloes in the western portion of the
Neutral strip When buffalo robes are
worth from SIS to $50 apiece, and buffalo
steak twelve aad hall cents a pound in the
Dodge City market, it. would seem as if
there was money in buffalo raising A
dozen years ago millions of buffaloes roamed
at will pver these plains and they were
slaughtered f}r fun and for their robes. II
would not be surprising If they would yet
be more valuable tha,fAeef cattle.
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A Future for the uuckleberry,
-. tRa,ral New Yorker

!ttr tttirA New Yorker q
What a wonderful Improvement there has
been In the various sorts Of fruits, large and
small! The catalogues are filed with glow
ing descriptions OF new apples, pears, piums,
peaches, grapes currants, laspberries etc,
etc. or tra1wberries there is no end TO the
new sorts, and even the lowly Gran berry
boasts of dozsn or more varieties; nut who
has ever given thought to the improve.
ment of the wbortleberry, the LiilEerry of
some, and the huckleberry of everybody,
and yet more bushels of it are annually
consumed than of almost any other one
fruit. Who so lost to all that, is tooth
some that he cannot b. coaxed into a good
humor with generous piece of hucklsberry
pies VIII not some OF our enterprising
horticulturiSts plea>e try the possibilities Of
the humble hpckleberly', 1t has ie,l, NO
elected for centuries, and allowed to crow
wild on its mountain sides or pine plains,
annually robbed gifts load OF fruit, which
it never fails to produce, Let. us now SEA
what selection, eu ovation and the jut cious
raising of see ilingS may do for it! Is III n,
any reason why il should not be as gooi IN
favOrias now, anj AS large as the largest
cherries' Our word for it, there are fame
and a fortune to him who discovers aud
develops the possibilities Of the hutkia-
berry. Who will be flrstl -'''
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OUTSIDE VIEW.


The granarias are in the center. Hay and
fodder are thrown down ,thfough chptas.
The south part Of the main asement is fin
ished for lamb raising and sheep feeding
with racks and water troughs., Tue nori d
part of the Basement has 'twenty-iour feet
finished for feeding COWS or ste2rs with
water trough in yard for them. ,The base
ment under the l. is used for root and
vegetable cellar Winter vegetables should
never be- kept in the same cellar with milk.
The barn is amply supplied with water \
stairway leads down into the basement near
the sheep pens. Underneath and about II is
bin to hold the grain for cattle.
This barn viii afford room for feeding
thirty heaN Of cattle and for raising
about $50 winter ,lambs. The tim
Der of the frame is of first-class hemock. tho
finishing lumber of pine, with pine shingles,
and the whole thing complete VIII COSY
something under 5000.
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EARM zGARDEN
Another Barn.

Last week we gave ske,ch of sixteen
sided harm, built ,by a live farhesip ulipois.
Improved out-bri'dings is subject import
ant enou.h o til cUr'iderable space from
time to time. Thereto this week we fur
nish an illustration # another barn. 1t is
just being completed on the farm of The
Rural New Yorker aud is ed TO be a
model or something approaching il. The
description in The Rurai New Yorker says:
1.-THE main barn s,anding north AMI south
ON the west side is 50x9) feet, 20-foot posts.
The l., an Old barn S0x42, with l6- oot posts,
was turned around against tho other barn
and recovered. The whole is on basement
wall of stone, two feet thick and nine feet
high"
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so great . growth, but . very healthy
hardy appearance.
'My sol is gravelly and. sandy loan
porous nature, and in planting have al
ways made it a point to set the trees deeper
thap usually recorhpensiesi,, and pave fount
it of benefit, as the roots are well out of tn,
way of the pillow, and ! find but little diff
Gnlty in p.owiDg close up 10 the trees. Al
far as my experience goes with my orchards
find the result satisfactory, but different
soils and locations might require different
treatment
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-22
FRAME.

The manner of framing the ends of the
large barn and side of the l. is shown in fig
2. The main poss are twenty feet high ;
the purlir posts are forty feet. BY placing
the purlin post as shown the purlin plate
comes directly under the center Of the upper
set Of rafters, tine foot being supportei by a
plate on the end of a short beam supper ed
by long brace. The whole system of up
per rafters and roof, being thus carried on
the purlin posts. all spreading Of rafters or
settling of roof is prevented two things it
is almost inipo sib,e to avoid in gambrel-
rooted tarns Tlis plan also dispenses
with all beams and ties across the center of
the barn, leaving it entirel, unobstructed
from end t. end fol the use Of the hay fork,
very ,iniportan- advantage. Il
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-22

The blacksmith, compositor'' and
the Intelligent compassion have real
sins enough to bear, but. fully half the
crimes laid to their charge should be
placed against careless, overworked or
lazy editors and proof-readers. go. {
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-22
This Time OF Year.

Plant the latest turpips Keep the run
ners cut off strawberry plants, except those
wanted for layerins. Go through the rasp-
! berry and blackberry patches and cut ava,
the old branches that have borne lr,lit Thin
out the young shoots three or tour to u hill
Top these when three a four feet in length.
and tie them to stakes They will be
stronger next year forit.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-22

journal, Ledger and Statement Comblped. come
nient Receptacle for ehorttme and Miscellaneous &C
counts Saves work for the Rock keeper and cost for
the Business Man Ledger can be lehlled in u few
seconds with new paper when exhausted Price OF
Book with lutO pages, IL price Of ordinary state
ments, $500 Paper for eplenshng Book, 81. - per
1850 Leaves. The FREE TRADER has the exclusive
right to sell the Acme Ledger In La Sale, Grundy and
Kendall counties. ASK Ia see IT,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-22

NJ KTFUSSL., German Druggist and, Apotho
W. cary tWholesae aud Setsil, Main street, JttS
ga, H. Importer Of pruss. Chemicals. French Cogni
&C BrHndies. Vines, DC. ., 70, -.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-22

nR. r.. w. wE:IS. (Deutcher Doctor,) lat,
~ Physician and Surgeon 10 the 81. Louis Female
Hospital, Office Stieies Clothing Store.
Main and La sale streets. Residence on south bluff
At Mrs penzs apps
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-22

nR. X. NJ. IcARrHUR, Ottawa, H.
~ Office In the Opera House Block Open nom
o'clock A. T. to O'Clock p. Il. Residence Benton
street south OF Illinois Avenue. jan22Ts
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-22

y Y. 9RId9S, Druggist, bookseller and Sta,
Ia non er, OTTAWA, III Second store In Nattager',
Block. south side Of Court House Square!
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n M. 9ODEREn. M. D., L Z. G. 3
III. Ednbnrg. ONCE, In Armour's new building. Oh
Madison street. Residence II Webster At sagil'T
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-22
The Horse I" His Master.
up.bill ,lrgsJnle uotJ
Down hill crowd me not;
On the plain spare Inc not;
ln the staDle,forget me not.
Things to Do arei to Know.

To scale fi,h dip them in hot water.
If meat aiest a fast cover with butter ID
paper. 80. ........ ,..,..... -
Meat put in sour milk will keep Tor days,
50 it is said. a. W
Unslaked lime near meat preserves il Sy
Ike ping the air dry. 'nH....f ~ {,
A tender variety of fruit is not made
harlier toy be,hg. grated upon. hardy
stock.
Forty-eight per cent, 'of the adult popu!a-
ton Of the United States work for Their Ii y.
ing. or Theses ~ per cent. are II ri ultu,.-
lists, and large number ovi.t heir,own, land
A woman carried en@lg. blnebYHa b a
store in Salisbury, N. g., in one day to Euy
barrel of flouf and other, supplies. They
are bought by weight ftty pounds to the
bushell :, - e. =
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-22

hES. WIN. ~ rpARD, Membar q the
~ Royal College terinary Surgeons. Engsnd:
Fellow OF the London eterinsry Medical Association;
sls,' Veterinary Ed Or Duato,s Sptrttlf iAe WI
be consulted a. his ONCE, On lafayette ST. Augs
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Sewing Machines.

in'i" /, J. ALL KINDS. j,Hi'''''' Il
wcwill sell you hrst.class Sewing Machine cheaper
than any ~ this county, either for cash Install
ments
OH and attachments on hand. All Machines rully
warranted, Cal ami sye az u
Ottawa, Jan. J. 1854. +. ID. SWEETSSR co.
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Hupdreds Of diseased sEeeD shocking
sIhctacles,, Affected With lsdab, sfbot-1pa,
ghndfys or s.lnf,i .. are dali VI }oIi tid lhe
Chicago, stos.,t.rds, According Ia The News
oil that clSys,t, ~ ,s,,,- -, ,;-pfss 10 ts. !
The yoIt pasture after being plowed cup
and pante idp form for year " two win
yreid hh Ioflfafbioned crop of Mheht u
proper 1ejd tsbAruisd frS.n SONG ,liiteseAt
To hayes IlacS BLOOM beautifully every
year the noweripg sterns should be rsmGsd
As soon as the blossoms have dropped, and
all suckers should then lie cut of, leaving
only few clean stems ..t
Tarthe noses of your sheep and lambs and
let them take their salt from trough wi TIL
all inch or more Of tar upon the bottom
Then these sheep VII have NO trouble from
grubs in tine heal 80
Hereafter The charge FOR registering i'm
ported appnaIs in the books Of tbe American
Jersey Cattle club viii teN go ,tr, females
and 500 for bulls. Bulls out of dams with
II record Of fourseen pnndsg or q1urt a but
ter in seven days .caubs accorded OF pay
lnent Of one dollar registry Zee.
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$. RlCtoLsoN. w GENTLEMAN. j., PINCH.
- lCHOiSON, GENTLEMAN 4 FINCH, ATTORNEYS
IL sad ~ tnseors az Law. win practice law i'm the
Nco r-M La Sale and adjoiping counties Office west
al Conrt house, OTTAWA, Ill, sep2TS
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& TsgI - } . g 'r'Ilr ~. -
.ja0,i ~ ,Ja.IJI
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OLA NIGH rid * HULL, Attorneys, AR
ID mory Block, Ottawa, III. Horace Hull, Stenogra
pler and Notary Public. u r.. novS'si
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nj n. ARMSTRONG;, Attorn, and Coup.
ll. !selor " Law, OTTAWA ILL., Notary ,ubc. Once
In 9edneys Block, Ottawa, jun5,SQ
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County Superintendent Of Public School
G. b. STOCKDALE

Will hold examinations at tls Office in the Court House
on the second and fourth Saturdays OF each montf
until further notice. 'isus
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nR. q. MILLER, the well known Oculis,
- and Anrlsi, ottawa ILL., Office, ls La Sale street.
up stairs. apr6-3mos'
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Professional GarDa.

JESSE u. RtIGEI. f.. 60, fF. j. W, RnERSQL
DUCik:R * EIsH:RSCL.. Attorneys 4 Coun
~ seors at Law; alsolN Notary Public. Otlce In Fut
tcr9r u Metzsers Block, east OF Court House fcb.ss
Huntsville gazette., 1885-05-30
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES.

The Rapid Increase of the ColOred Race In
America, Demonstrated by Secretary
Allen of the Freedmen's Aid Society
Some Startling Figures for Political Econ
omsts to Ponder.
CINCINNATI, O., May 27.-At the ses-
sion of the Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, yesterday morning, Rev. DR.. r. H.
Allen, Secretary of the Freedmen's Aid
Society, made long speech following
the presentation of the report of that So
ciety. To illustrate his remarks he had
hung on the wall back of the platform a
map twenty feet long by twelve feet
wide, showing the ratio of black to white
population in the Southern States. 1t
was very startling map and when ex-
planned by the earnest speaker, made a
strong and lasting impression. Here are
few of his significant facts:
Twenty years ago, at the close OF the
war, there were-in the Southern States
3,947, 900 colored people; now there are
more than 100000 Then there were
in Mississippi 220, 900 negroes; now ESQ.,
O00 Then there were in Georgia 454,-
900 negroes; now 725,000. Then there
were in South Carolina 100000; now
more than 100000. Five hundred colored
babies are born in the United States
every day. The colored population
doubles every twenty years; the white
population only once in thirty-five years.
Eighty years will not have passed before
the negroes will be in a numerical ma
jority in some of the Southern
States At the present rate Of increase
in 1885 there will be 96,000,0 white
people in the United States and 1872, ,000,
900 colored people. The day is not far
distant when it will be physical impos-
sibility to continue the present practical
disfranchisement of the colored people of
the Southern States. In South Carolina
he has bought and paid for 100000 acres
of land, which he cultivates. In the South
he pays taxes on more than $9l, ,000,0 900
of property. He is editing, printing and
publishing LOG newspapers. And yet Of
the 1000, 900 colored people of this coun-
TRIP, more than 6, 100000 can not read nor
write
Huntsville gazette., 1885-05-30
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

MRS. HUNTING, the keeper of the baby.
farm at Peres and Wood streets, Chicago
was on the 23d indicted for manslaughter
by the grand jury.
THE Department of State was closed on
the 23d as a mark of respect to the memory
of the late Secretary Frelinghuysen.
BEN ROGERS, colored, was arrested on the
23d, charged with attempting to rob and
murder Mrs. Madden, who lives on a farm
four miles below Memphis, on the Arkan-
sas side.
SAMUEL THOMAS the rich Pennsylvania
iron-maker, arrived at Birmingham, Ala,
on the 23d with half dozen other Penn
sylvania iron men. He at last succeeded
in impressing iron and coal men with the
belief that only few unimportant details
remain to be settled before he begins de-
veloping his iron properties near that city
on big scale.
Mr.. JOHN SCOTT, general manager of the
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific
Railroad Company, has resigned, to take
effect June 1st.
THE Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
arrived in the Indian Territory on the
25th. Their visit is creating great interest.
In view of the alleged prevalence of
yellow fever in the Northern States, the
Secretary of the Treasury has been re-
ouested to re-appoint the sanitary inspec-
tors on the border line of Arizona.
PROF. RILEY says the seventeen-year
locusts, whose visit he has predicted, are
harmless to growing crops, and do no in
iury except to the twigs of forest and
fruit trees.
THE discovery of oil is claimed near
Vance,s Station, on the Alabama Great
Southern railroad. The test of igniting gas
above stream there having been several
times made, the discovery is regarded with
much interest.
WILSON and Williams, counterfeiters,
were sentenced to five years imprisonment
in the penitentiary at Nashville, on the 26th.
FROM partial report of the receiver OF
the Mississippi Valley Bank, OF Vicksburg,
which failed some time ago, it appears
that the assets will fall about $1,000 short
of the liabilities, and that most of the loss
will fall upon poor people.
CYCLONES visited Northeastern Kansas
on the 9th, doing great damage to proper
ty. A number of persons were injured,
two fatally.
THE National Wool-growers' Association
met at st. Louis on the 9th.
MILLIONS of young grasshoppers are re-
ported coming out of the sandy soil on the
south side of the Arkansas river, near
Pueblo, Col, destroying early vegetables
and tender shrubs.
THE Tennessee Legislature met in extra
session at Nashville on the 10Th.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-05-30
KNOCKED OUT.
Thompson, the Cleveland Giant Done Up
by Negro in just Ninety Seconds.

Thompson, the Cleveland Giant Done Up
by Negro in just Ninety Seconds.
ST. PAUL, MINI, May 26.-Undoubt-
edly the best fight ever seen in the North
west, Marquis of Queensbury rules, regu-
lation gloves, came off last night between
Mervine Thompson, of Cleveland, o.,
and Billy Wilson (coiored) of this city,
at Market Hall, before an audience OF
l,S00 people. Wilson is twenty
years old, and came from Boston six
months ago. He weighs, in trim, $50
pounds. He fought "Black Star" in
Clarendon Hall, New York to draw.
Thompson came here confident that ne
would easily best his opponent. Alter a
few seconds of wary sparring Wilson nit
Thompson right hand face blow which
dazed him, but he countered and knocked
Wilson into his corner. Wilson returned
with right hand blow behind the ear,
and Thompson fell to the floor like a
stricken OK. He attempted to rise to his
feet, but was knocked down again. He
made another effort to face his man, but
was struck behind the ear and fell face
down and perfectly insensible. When
time was called Thompson had not re-
covered his senses, and Wilson was de-
clared winner, The fight lasted ninety
seconds.