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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11
Analysing the Baking Powders.

"RoYAL" TIE ONLY ABSOLUTELY PURE BAK-
ING POWDER MADE.-ACTIoN OF THE
NEW YORK STATE BOARD or HEALTH.
| Under the direction of the New York
State Board of Health, elghty-four differ
ent kinds of baking powders, embracing
all the brands that could be found for sale
| in the state, were submitted to examination
and analysis by Prof. f. Chandler, mem
Der OF the state board, and president of the
New York city board of health, assisted by
Prof Edward G. Love, the we'll known late
United States Government chemist.
The official report shows that a large
number of the powders examined were
found to contain alum or lime; many of
them to such an extent as to render them
seriously Objectionable for use in the pre-
paration of human food
Alum was found in Twenty-Five samples.
! This drug is employed in baking powders
to cheaper their cost The presence Of
! lime is attributed to the impure cream of
tartar of commerce used in their manuiac
| turc. Such cream of tartar was also ana
| lyZed and found to contain lime and other
| impurities, in some samples to the extent
of 90 per cent of their entire weight,
All the baking powders of the market
with the single exception of Royal" mot
including the alum and phosphate powders,
which We're long since discarded rs unsafe
or inefficient by housekeepersj are made
from impure cream of tartar of commerce,
and consequently contain lime to a cores
ponding extent
The only baking powder yet fo.nd by
chemical analysis to be entirely free from
lime and absolutely pure is the Royal
This perfect purity results from the eXclu-
sive use of cream Of tartar specially refined
and prepared by patent processes of the \.
\. Tartar Co, which totally remove the
tartrate of lime and other impurities. The
cost of this chemically pure cream of tar.
tar is much greater than any other, and on
account of this greater cost is used in no
baking powder but the Royal"
Prof. Love, who made the analyses of
baking powders for the New York State
Board of Health, as well as for the Govern
ment, says of the purity and wholesomeness
of Royal:
II have tested package of Royal Bak-
ing powder, which purchased in the open
market and lind it composed of pure and
wholesome ingredients. 1t is a cream of
tartar powder of a high degree of merit
and does not contain either alum or phOs-
pilates or any injurious substances.
f. G.. LOVE, PHI d."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11
The Reddick Estate.

Last saturday claim was filed in the
Probate court by Thos. Rhoades consisting
of one.seyenth interest in 1850 acres of land
valued at 800 per acre in Henderson coun-
ty-$2,O51 He claims tina: the land was
-frauduently withheld from the widow
and children heirs to Thomas Rhoades of
the village of Brownsville, Fayette county,
and state of Pa. Re%dck refused to return
the papers to my mother in the year 1913,
STATING that they were lost The papers
were afterward seen in his possession in
1871. 4 one half interest in bin for shell
ling corn amounting to $lG0; for harvest
ing and other labor 1894 80 one-seyenth Of
board bill for &c years, $3.50; ten days
work with team hauling corn from the
Vermillion farm at 50 per day, $50; one
shovel pillow borrowed and not returned, SO
Total, 81 1880 Interest on that amount
for 81 Years at per cent, per annum, So
$50, due on account $S,50I21."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

The recent announcement OF the sCspen
sion Of daily paper called "7he Diai,'
published in New York during the past
year, has given an impression that the eX-
cellent monthly journal, 7He DjaJ by Jan
sen, McClurg d Co, Chicago, is the one
referred to. This is great mistake. The
Dioi, of Chicago has just closed success
fully its fifth year and is growing better
with each succeeding number. 1t is GER
tainly the best literary journal ever pub
lished in the west, and probably the best
now in existence in America. 1t is beau
tiful in appearance, and most ably edited
TO any one who wishes to keep informed
as TO the literature of the day and to every
book buyer, It is invaluable.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

Mr>. Mary \. Daley, Of TunkhanHoch, Pa,
was afflicted for six years with Asthma and
Bronchitis. during which time the best physi-
clans could give no relief. Her life was des.
paired Of, until in last October She procured
Il bottle Of DR.. Kings New Discovery, when
immediate relief was felt, and by continuing
its use for q short time >hc was completely
cured, gaining in flesh 10 lbs. in 4 few months.
Free trial bottles of this certain cure of all
throat and lung diseases at LUH " Briggs
drug store Large battles sl.OO.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

Tbs best blood purifier rand system regulator
ever placed within the reach of suffering hui
mainly, truly is Electric Bittcrs. Inactivity of
the liver, biliousncss, jaundice, constipation,
weak kidneys, or any disease or the urinary
organs, or whoever requires an appetizer,
tonic or mild stimulant, will always find Flee
tric Bittcrs the best and only certain cure
known. They act surely and quickly, every
bottle guaranteed to give entire satisfaction or
money refunded. Sold at fifty cents bottle
by LutH and Briggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

William Whiteside, of Lancaster, Pa,
writes: "For over six years was afflicted
with diarrhTa. Mishler's Herb Bitters
cured me and improved my general health.
There is no remedy in the world that can
show similar record of cases, covering so
large II range OF diseases, as this great
household specific. Kidney and liver
complaints indigestion, foul stomach diz-
ziness, nausea, sick headache, etc, all
yield to the magic of its treatment
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11
Ni-Carciic.


The gaiety of the French people isso cf
Hervescent, that, although the Lenten re
strictions are not severe, it cannot be sup
pressed for forty days and nights, but a
mid Lent or Mi Careme, in "A fete,-the
fete 9es BlrucAisscascs. The blanchissen
SEES are laundresSes The old washerwom
en- pound the buttons off our clothes in the
floating hospitals along the Seine, the jaun
" little grisettes who iron ana bring them
to our hotel on Sunday morning, and the
middle aged lady who keeps the books and
sews on the buttons compose the three div
isiOns Of the Order of the Washtlb.
The connection between them and this
infringement upon the fasting and prayer
is not very clearly defined, unless it is that
the blanChissenses are chosen 10 bear the
burden of the sin, as they are of n profes
sion able "to wash their sins away"
At all events the day is we'll celebrated
and the festivities commence at IN early
hour The maskers in costume begin to
appear on the Boulevards in the afternoon
of the day previous, and by evening they
become quite numerous They do not
seem TO do much of anything, but they
wander about in couples OF small parties
and take their amusement in chatting or
being chaifed by the knots of idlers who
gather about them, This goes on until
midnight, and even later As long as there
is any one to see and admire them, they
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11
HOODS SARSAPARHLA

Is skilfully-prepared compound, concen.
trated extract, by a process peculiarly our
O,r7l, of the best remedies of the vegetable
kingdom known to medical science as altera-
tiyes, headquarters, diurctics, and tOnics
Sold by all druggists. Price 81, or six for
s.. C. l. HOOD y CO, Lowell, Mass.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

The Joliet Reppdiic ami Sun says that
that Edward J. Phelps is envoy extraordi.
nary and minister plenipotentiary to Great
Britain. Such is not the case; Mr.. Phelps
has no title of the kind and the R. and 5.
should post up on such big words before
attaching them To the name of parsonage
whose title is simply Minister Phelps and
nothing more
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

tune and given ball. 1t is said by those
who have seen 1t that some of these poor
creatures are quite serious over 1t and con
duct themselves with the utmost gravity,
while others are gay and seem TO ENJOY
themselves with the intense delight OF
children, but none are boisterous or disor'
derby, and that to Il casual observer they
would appear entirely rational.
The walls are draped with white and
decorated with festoons and boquets OF
flowers. Music is furnished by Il pianist
and blind fiddler
Turn from them TO the students and
their companions of the Bouillier at their
dance, their antics and shouting, and one
would ask himself who were the lunatics
and who were the sane people. f. ). {.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

The Seneca skating rink had 4 narrow
escape from destruction 10y fire one after
noon recently. The fire is supposed to
have ignited from sparks from the chin
ney Quite n large portion of the roof was
burned before the flames were extin-
guished.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11
Spring Medicine.

Why does everybody take spring med
icine For three good reasons, viz; /
Because one bottle of blood purifier taker
at this season will do more GOOD than tw,
at any other Ii-Because the blood is in
Il more impure condition than at any Other
season. llI-Because the system is SC
weakened by this impure state of the blood
that it has not sufficient vitality to with.
stand the facilitating effects of spring
weather. Hence, by common consent, PEG
pie seek relief in medicine. The combi-
nation of Hoods Sarsaparilla commends it
to our judgment a good spring medicine
and blood purifier. Such things as Sarsa-
parilla, Yellow Dock, Mandrake, &C. com
pounded by competent druggists likeMessrs
Hood X Co, warrant Us in suggesting that
all in need OF Il medicine of this kind give
Hoods Smsapalilla Il trial.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11
What You Wan, To Know.

Everybody wants an honest answer 10
this simple question What is the best
medicine to regulate the bowels, cure cos.
tvcness and biliouSneSS, help the digestion
and give strength to the whole system
People ask us this every day. We answer,
pmkers Tonic. 1t is pleasant To the taste.
All the children like it, Mothers all
praise it, II will save thousand times its
cost in every family Editor western IT.
aus
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

La Sale Times: over and above the
bonded Indebtedness Of this township, as
shown in Supervise, McLauchlan'S report
last week, there is, rs shown in Treasurer
Deegan'S report this week, a floating in
debtedneSS of Sll,S;2L2 standing against
the town in the form Of commissioners of
highways scrip" This debt was contract
ed for improving the bottom road.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11
The following methods Of preparing seed

The following methods Of preparing seed
wheat should be of great interest to the
farmer, The first i, by Polk city, Ore
gon man, and the other by a famerin Dane
City, Wis, taken from the Prtiric F'',-
MR..
This is the method of preparing Wheat
seed 10 prevent smut adop'e by the farm
ers ot Willamette Valley Finely pul-
verize To- f blue yitriol for every 10
bu. Of seed r.ll a 10 cal barrel about
half full az W.t-r, put IN, say. 3 lbs OF the
yiuiol lettiu. ~tsud l2to - hours To- di-
solve lu>in- Ao- water, if haste is needed.
Put a buSh,l ul seed in each Of , or i sacks
lburlap, or guuuy are BEST, drop them III
the solution, ard place on wide plank,
that will run the drippingS back into the
barrel As the ,olution is reduced, add
more Let the seed stand over night, So
il will dry before morning The work
may he dore on wet days, or before sowing
time, us the grain is uninjured by standin.
after the blue vitriol application"
Another farmer says Il dip wheat from
the bin with u screen from the tanning.
mill shake few times, and pour upon
the iio2r and tpeat until set II much a.
is needed sprinkle the pile with Il pail
of chamberlye ~ the bu.Ael then throw
on air slaked lime stirring and letting il
take up all that will stick to the kernels
Stir often, till ready ~ SOW. To remove
oats aud other foul stuff, light en-. ugh i
float. add water and salt 10 the lye, put in
Il tub and slowly pour in bu. Of wheat,
Skim, stir, md thoroughly skim again
pour the liquor into the tub No. >, and the
wheat from No. !; change basket 10 No.
and proceed the same way. Empty the
wheat on floor, and 80 until sufficient iced
has been thu, treated The lime viii Kill
the smut germs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

The Fletchers, father and son, were last
Saturday found guilty of the murder of
Otto j. Hope, at Aurora and sentenced the
son to the penitentary for life and the ia
ther for three years.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

When Baby was sick we gave her CASTORIA,
When she was Child, she cried for CASTORIA,
When she became Miss, she cluLg to CASTORIA,
When she had Children, she gave them CASTORIl
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

The following, taken from an exchange
is good advice, and should be followed b,
Ottawa citizens; it is equally applicable
here:
Talk about the city.
Help 70 improve it,
Beautify the streets.
Patronize the merchants.
Advertise in its newspapers
Elect good men TO office.
Pay your taxes without grumbllng,
BE courteous to strangersthat come among
you.
Never let an opportunity to speak good
word for it pass
If you think of nothing good to say
about it, say nothing bad,
Remember that every dollar you invest
ina permanent improvement is that much
money at interest.
Never kick" against any proposed ne
cessary improvement because 1t is not near
your own door, or for fear that your taxes
will be raised fifteen cents
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11
SC FULA,

Scrofula, and when once settled has the pow.
er to root it out, must be appreciated by
those afflicted. The remarkable cures Of
young children and the more wonderful cures
of those of middle age and late in life, as IL
lustrated by our printed testimonials, prove
HooD's SARsAPARILLAt to be u reliable rem
cdy, containing remedial agents which do
positively cure scrofua and eradicate it from
the blood.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

For chapped hands, face, lips, and all rough
ness Of the skin, use Kalodcrma. % cents,
Sold by L. Y. Griggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11
some of the battle scared soldiers of '3G

some of the battle scared soldiers of '36
will be present
Our prospect for an abundant harvest Is
tlaterng in spite of the cold backward
spring. Both wheat and oats have made
rapid progress since the freezing let up Il
little. The ground for planting corr ana
cotton is in a fine condition. Corn planting
is about over with
One by one the present incumbents oil
the federal offices resign for new appoint
ments, and it is of rare occurrence that one
has to be invited out, to give place for the
new appointce Mr.. Manning for his dar
ing bravery in the defense Of poor Costing
was Immediately endorsed by prominent
men Of both the republican and democra-
tic parties TO fill the Office Of |. 5. marshal
of this district. There seems to be about
twenty applications for every office to be
filled throughout the state
LITTLE TEXAN.
Have tested Tongaline in neuralgia. It
is very seldom that | give laudatory notice
or praise of proprietary medicines, but
Tongalne has givenm perfect satisfaction.
G. b. Ostrander, NJ. d., Farbury, His
--.-
Much money iseXpeuded in one way and
another 10 increase the quantity OF food fish
in the waters of this state. Owners OF dams
are compelled by law TO construct and
maintain iish-ways at considerable expense
TO facilitate the progress OF the linny tribe
on their way to spawning grounds aud two
or three galoots in every river town are
permitted to seine all of the best fish and
destroy spawn by the million. In other
words these two or three persons not only
reap all the advantage to be derived from
the efforts of the United States and State
officials, but actually in a great degree to
neutralize their action. This is about as
consistent as 1t would be for the city of OF
tawa to plant shade and ornamental trees
in Washington park, and then permit two
or three persons to chop down the trees for
fire wood
As the case now stands thr galoots atore- /
said not only destroy large quantities Of
spawn and young fish, but it is said, care
fully take out the game fish and ship them
to Chicago, SO that the citizens of Ottawa
cannot get them by hook or purchase.
Were proper law enacted or enforced
fish would be so plentiful in our rivers that
any man could in an hour secure fish
enough for two or three meals for his fam
ly, but as it stands fishing with hook and
inc is played out Two or three individu-
us get what belongs to five Or ten thousand.
In speaking Of the influence for good
women exert on the Pacific coast, Chief
Justice Green, of Washington territory,
ays: Twelve terms of court have now
leld in which women have served rs grand
md petit jurors, and it is certainly fact
beyond dispute that no other twelve terms ;
o salutary for restrai Mt of crime have ever
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11
WARMER. n. H.. Jan. 81. 1870

WARNER, n. H., Jan. 81, 1879.
MEssRs c. |. HOOD a. Co., Lowell, Mass:
Gentlemen-FOr ten years previous to the
early part of 1877 l had been a constant suf.
ferer from scrofulous ulcers or sores, which
had finally reduced me to a helpless condi.
ton, as described in my letter TO you in Sep
tembcr of that year. The continued excel
lent health which enables me to keep house
for my aged father and TO enjoy life, keeps
alivemy intense personal interestm HOOPS
and cannot refrain from eX-
pressing my gratitude for the permanent
cure this wonderful medicine effected ii my
case nearly two years ago, while living in
Lowell, When all my physicians gave me up
as being in an incuraDle condition. One
thing before close. | have recommended
your Sarsaparilla to hundreds, and think
more than u thousand eases, and my faith in
its inyincibility in curing Scrofua has be-
come absolute by the wonderful cures it has
effected aside from my own. | trust you
Will not be Slow in making the merits OF
HOOD $ SARSAIARILLA known everywhere,
for 1t Is 4 duty you owe 10 mankind. With
best wishes remain very truly yours.
SARAH c. WHITTIER.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

Entered at the Past OFce 1T O'UrT, NlWOiS, as
Second Clqss MAJ NGi'3.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

Have tested Tongaline in neuralgia. II
is very seldom that | give laudatory notice
or praise of proprietary medicines, but
Tongaline has given me perfect satisfaction
G. r. Ostrander, NJ. d. Fairbury, HIS
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-03-14
The Sclcnce Of Shopping.

Science has been defined to be the
best way Of doing Il thing. There is Il
best way Of shopping. as OF doing
everything else, aHu ut this time OF ,nr
wear a knowledge OF i! is very useful.
In order to practice ,hi, science, one
needs to know three ,hipgs-what She
wants to buy (tllc genuine siiopp IS
are. Of course womrn), what sac has
to buy with. and where and how to buy
il. Half the vexation and unsatisfart-
orin"ss Of shopping comes from going
forth with no clear idea Of what is want
cd, no busIncs,-Iike adaptation Of
means to ends and no knowledge of
where to go. The scientific shopper
makes a list; she limits the cost OF
each article by the number to 10
boug.t and the total sum to be %expcnu-
ed, and she arrau~cs her route so rs
not to retracc her steps and 20 o cr
the same ground a dozen times. She
tells the cl:r'':' in IL few clear words,
and always p r.|an!ly. what she wants,
and decides wish reasonable quickEc-s
whether what is offered will suil.
Dawdiing is fatal to success in shop
ping.-Bosto~ Heraid.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-03-14
Changing Instincts.

Turning to higher animals, An
drew Knight tells us of a bird, which,
having built her nest upon a forcing
house. ceased to visit it during the day
when the heat of the house was suf-
icient to incubate the eggs, but al
ways returned to sit upon the eggs at
night when the temperature Of the
house fell. Again, thread and worsted
are now habitnally used by sundry
species of birds in building their nests,
instead of wool and horse-hair, which
in turn were no doubt originally SUBJ
stitutes for vegetable tibres and grasses.
This is especially noticeable in the
case of the tailor-bird, which finds
thread the best material wherewith to
sew. The common house-sparrow fur
nishes another instance of intelligent
adaptation of ncst-building to circum-
stances, for in trees it builds Il domed
nest(presumably, therefore, the ances-
trail type). but in towns avails itself of
sheltered holes in buildings, where it
Il afford TO save time and trouble bv
constructing a loo>cly-formcd nest.
Moreover, the chimney and house.
swallows have similarly changed their
instincts of notification, and in Amcri-
Gu this change has taken place within
the last two or three hundred years.
Indeed, according to Captain Elliott
Coues. all the species of swallows on
tnat continent with one possible en-
ception) have thus modified the sites
and structures of their nests in ac-
cortlance with the novel facilities af-
forded by the settlement of the II
try.
Another instructive case of an intel
ligent change OF instinct in connection
with nrst-Luilding is given from a let
ter by Mr.. Haust, dated New Zealand.
1862. which l find among Mr.. Dar-
wins manuscripts. Mr.. Haust saws
that the Paradise duck, which natural
ly or usually builds its ncst along the
rivers on the ground, has been Oh
Scrved by him on the cast of the island,
when disturbed in their nests upon the
ground. to build ''nrw ones on the
tops Of h igh trees, aflcrwaru %brin.ing
their young ones down on their backs
to the water; and exactly the same
thing has been recorded Ivy ann,nrr
observer Of toe wild ducks of Gui,ur.
Now. if az intelligent adjustment to
peculiar circumstances is thus AIDE
quatr, not only to make Il whole brood
or species of bird transport !hrir Young
upon their backS-Or, as in the case OF
the wuodcork, bclwcen tic.r lcws--hut
even to make ~web-tootcd WATERFOWL
build their nests in high trees, l think
we can have no do ibI that if the need
of such adj !nstment were OF sufficiently
long continuance. the intr.iirrn Q
which leads to it would rvrntu ult pro-
uucc IL new and ~rcmarkaDir mo :iiira.
ton of their ancestral instinct OF nest
building.-G.ofYc j. Romunr<. in Pop
u!ar Science .uoAMIy for March,