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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20

7HE WHITE HOUSE.
Congress ContempIa-
ting Changing
it's Color.
And Recommends that a
Contract be Made with
F. w. Devoe d Co.
To furnish their Ready Mixed Paints,
as upon actual analysis they have found
them 70 be the best Paints on the market
made of the very best materials, and guar
anteed to cover more surface and weigh
more TO the gallon than any other paint
that is manufactured. The Paint Is sold
In Ottawa by E. Y. Griggs. He also keeps
the best brands of strictly Pure White Lead
and OIL, and a full line of Painters Sup
plies. A complete stock Of Fresh and Pure
Drugs and Chemicals. Also School Books
and School Supplies. Teachers and small
dealers supplied with Writing Paper and
Envelopes at Chicago prices.
az Prescriptions carefully compounded
night or day.
E. Y. GRiGGS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-06-20

Highly Endorsed by prominent members Of the pre-
fesson, for the CURE OF Dyspepsia Rheun Insf, Pdi
M and Deicm hensrndhon, Pisntsy, pains o. ne
in all forms, warming the bowels and checking dis
charges. Supplied TO you or your patients through
Drug stores or by mail on receipt Of f send FOR cir
cuars and testimonials from physicians and patients.
Agents wanted NEW YORK HEALTH AGENCY,
lS5 broadway New York,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
Wildcats Offered for Sale.
from the Pittsbnr1 nisnatch

Arugged representative of Westmore.
land County, named Leighton, chilled
the blood of small party Of gentlemen
yesterday by siding up to where thew
were standing on Smithfeld Street, and
calmly inquired if they wanted to pur-
chase pair of Wildcats.
"Wildcatsr' remarked the gentlemen
in chorus as they fell back with a vague
fear that the Westmoreland man might
have the animals concealed under his
overcoat.
"Yes, wildcats" replied the strappir.
and they're jim dandies, too, you Kin
jest bet on that. caught 'em up in the
foot hills last week. They're up at
Blairsville now. The male is the finest
one I ever see in my life. he weighs
twenty-three pounds, and is the f3ercest
cat in the state. Whew! but he's q
sassy critter."
slow did you catch them?" asked q
number of the party.
Tracked 'em into a big holler pine
and chloroformed 'em. Wal, sir, they
was the most astonished animals you
ever looked at when they found them
selves in cage, my meat"
Are wildcats plentiful up your way 2"
oval, vas, thar's quite q number of
'em. I had tame one once. He was
great pet. You could hold piece of
meat up fur him twenty-five feet away
and he'd sail right over and grab it ut
one jump"
The Westmoreland nimrod made
quite an effort to sell the animals for
$40, and seemed to regard his street &C.
quaintances as deficient in proper ap-
probation of the beautiful when his Of
fer was declined.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25

IL SO EFs
I at alons with my cunscience VI
In place where time had ceased. r.
Ana We talked ofmy former living
In the lAnd where the years increased;
Ana felt that should have to answer -
The question ftput to me, -
And to fsee the answer and question
Throughout aD eternity.
The ghosts Of forgotten actions
ae:;as ff sScasS S dead thing.
Were alive with terrible might;
And the vision of al my past lie
Was an awful thing to face,
Alone with my conscience sitting
In that solemnly silent place.
And thought of sar-away waning.
or sorroW that WAS TO be mine;
In land that then was the future
And now 10 the present time;
And thought OF my former thinking,
OF the JUDGMENT day to be;
But sitting alone with my conscience
Seemed judgment enough for me.
And wondered ifthere was a future
TO this land beyond the grave.
But no one gave me an answer
And no one can come to save;
Then felt that the future was presen:
And the present would never 20 by,
For 1t was but the thought OF my past life
Grown into eternity.
Then woke from my timely dreaming
And the vision passed away,
And knew that The far.eway warning
Was q warning Of yesterday;
Ana pray that may not forget +
In this land before the grave.
That may not cry out in tho future
And no one come to save,
And 70 have learnt Lesson
Which ought to have known before,
And which, though learnt 1t dreaming.
hope to forget no more
20 l SIT alone with my conscience
In the place where the years increase
And try TO think Of the future
In the land where time shall cease;
And know Of the future judgment
How dreadful soccer It be
That to sit alone with my conscience
viii be judgment enough for me.
London Spectator.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
The Use of a Scarf Pin.

They were playing whist in the
smoker. One Of the players wore on
his collar.scarf diamond pin. It was
very large and very brilliant. The in
ference was that the wearer was snowy
nabob, or blackleg. As partner was
shutting for q new deal, another re-
marked: "That IL q fine pin you wearl"
"Yes," replied the man, "that is q good
pin-for the money. It cost $3.50.
1t is paste. You may wonder why I
wear such worthless bauble. wear
it for protection. This is the third one
I have worn, the other two were stolen.
Let ne explain. + was travelling on .
Southern railway at night. Gradually
the passengers in the car I was in
dwindled to three-two men beside NY
self. I discovered that these men were
attracted by my scarf pin, and I was
convinced that they we're determined to
get it. I was glad, for had more than
5000 in money and checks in my pock-
ct. When I loft the car one man was
in front of me, and one was behind, and
as I passed ont the door, the joling of
the car gave both an opportunity to fall
against me. At that moment one of
them snatched the pin, and, thinking it
was great prize, had no thought of
taking anything else. It is q safeguard,
and I would not travel with valuables in
q strange country without one"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25

an very GID, she whispered hea,rt &.
j, pressing his hand in her eaeer. aIiirl-
ish fashion. II. always thought Won
would suit each other And before he
could find words to respond ithat last
remark being rather hard upon him,
considering the oircumstancssl led him
quickly to the parlor, and shutting the
door softly, went away.
Behold your Ulysses" he said with a
forced gayety, very foreign to his SELF
assured manner. But as he saw the
small shrinking figure, the thin face
flushed, the hands roughened and
stalned with many years of willing labor
Tor others, twisting each other nervous
~, and thought of the constant self
sacrifice and repression she had endured
80 long and so patiently, great wave
OF pity, very nigh akin to love, swept
over his heart, and he put out both
hands with protecting gesture to meet
hers, saying earnestly, Let us cast in
our lots together, Penelope, and try to
be good to one another"
Then Miss Penelope broke down
utterly, and cried great tears of Joy and
thankfalness, but this time they fell up
on the shoulder of the doctors best coat,
and Penelope, Jr., was not needed Is q
comforter.
This all happened some time ago, and
one would scarcely recognize the staid.
prim Miss Penelope in the sweet-faced
placid little lady who rules DR.. Sher-
burnes house. In her new life she has
expanded and blossomed into q grace
and fulness that seemed impossible.
DR.. Hardy has "fallen as]eeep," and she
is free to give all her love and care to
her husband.
Pansy is married, and comes some
times in the summer to visit them, with
her children. The gossips said, "What
possessed DR.. Sherburne to marry
that old maid, when he might have had
better for the askine?"
But DR.. joel keeps his secret, and is
quite content. He frequently says,
with merry twinkle in his eyes,
""There is divinity that shapes our
ends, rough hew them how we will
Twas lucky day for me, Penny, when
that letter of mine reached YOU
And Mrs. Joel accepts the compi-
ment, blusbing, and looking as happy
over it as if she had never heard the re-
mark before.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
Bathrooms In Farm Houses.


Not many farm-houses, writes q cor
of the Boston Journal, have
. convenient bathroom, nor is it con-
venient to arrange one in many old
houses without more expense than the
owner or tenant is willing to expend.
Shall I tell you how one house is ar
ranged, not far from where I am writing.
The house was so small for the family
that there was no room to spare for 8
bathroom, but it fortunately had good
large kitchen. Upon one side of this
kitchen stands the bath.tub, cased in
with pine boards. Above this casing is
q movable board six or eight inches
wide, and the whole is covered with q
smoothly laned hard wood board or
boards, hung by hinges against the wall.
When the board is let down over the
tub it f6rmsa kitchen table about seven
feet long and about four feet wide, and
those not in the secret would not sus-
pect what is beneath it. When the
table is turned up and the movable
boards taken out the bathing-tub is Of
convenient height. A lead pipe carries
the water off through the same channel
that takes it from the kitchen sink.
Here, by the kitchen fire, the members of
the family can take . bath before retir-
ing for the night, and the delight of the
younger children ata tub in which they
can lie down and splash to their hearts
content is, - their mother assures me,
something worth Witnessing, and sitter
the children are oil to bed the older
members pay their tribute to cleanliness.
The same lady assures me that tho
crest kitchen table 10 - handy - two
smaller ones would be, OF courue. this
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25

@CoKE in off that platform" said Q
conductor on q green line street ar to
an old bum on the front end, one cold
night last week. ~Whaz mazzer viz
zu?' grumbled the bum. II haint
hurtin' nethin'." "That's ill right, but
you must come in" II Shay I won't.
"But you shall. I'll be burned il Tn
going to have that nose of yours fooling
Ill the people along the street, and
make 'em run out in the cold TO catch .
red car. Come in, I say, and he
yanked him back and piled him up in
the corner.-[Oinoinnai Merchant
Traveller.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
Household Hinta.


A LITTLE borax put in the water in
which napkins and red bordered towels
are to be washed will prevent them fad
ing.
IT is worth ,ecollecting that bar-eoap
should be cut into square pieces and
put into dry place, as it keeps better
after shrinking.
BY rubbing with damp flannel
dipped in the best whiting, the brown
discoloration may be taken off cups in
which custards have been baked.
Why purchase inferior nutmegswhen
their quality can be tested by pricking
them with pin? If they are good
the oil will instantly spread around the
puncture.
CARPETS, after the dust has been
beaten out, may be frightened by scat
tering upon them corn meal mixed with
salt, and then sweeping it off; mix salt
and meal equal proportions.
IT is said that if a teaspoonful of
mustard is mixed with water and mo-
lasses, which is usually poured over
baked beans, there is no danger of the
stomach being distressed after eating
them.
A MOST appetizing salad is made of
raw oysters mixed with an equal guam
tity of crisp celery, cut very finely and
served with = mayonnaise dressing.
The oysters may be cut in halves or
left whole.
RUB your black walnut sewing ma
chine tables, your cabinet organ, or any
other piece of solid furniture you may
have, with cloth moistened with kerr
osene oil, and you will quickly see an
improvement, but keep it away from
vanish.
AN easy and perfectly satisfactory
way to cook custard is to put it into q
pudding dish or tin basin. and set it in
to pan of hot water placed in q mod
erately hot oven. About halt an hours
cooking will be required, and there is
not the least danger Of b. ming.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
THrRx are no bod-carriers in 0e

THERE are no hod-carriers in Ger
many. Bricks are passed fromshand to
hand. The higher up the bricklayers
are the more men are required to toss
the bricks. Two men to . story il
about the average, With enough more to
lead from tho front OF the building to
the place where the bricks are needed.
One may sometimes see three men on
the ground, eight on tho front Of the
building, md i've ON the top, making
sixteen men through whose hands each
brisk passes betoEs il reached IT. place
OF dAo6na4ion.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
The Trade of Calcutta.
From the London Times I

1
The trade of Calcutta for the year
1884 mounted to the very considerable
value of 828,4O3, 1853 rupees, or nomi-
nally more than 28O,0O0,OOO sterling.
This shows an increase in value in two
years of e8,0O0,OO0 sterling. although
the bulk had only progressed at about
half the same rate. The cotton ira le
was in . more favorable condition than
it had been in for some time, and
freights were SO low at Calcutta as to
enable that port to compete on advan-
tageous terms with Bombay. But
the dealings in cotton piece goods have
been unfavorable, as the great consum-
ing markets of China and Japan have
taken nothing like the quantities they
we're expected to absorb. Jute reports
are also unfavorable, and tea alone can be
termed highly satisfactory; but there
again the competition of Ceylon tea is
likely to affect it's prospects adversely.
PARTISAN ladies now have landscapes
and miniature portraits painted on their
fnger-nails bv talented artists.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
The Ghost in Red.

There exists tradition, writes Paris
correspondent to the New Orleans Plea
yune, that the Louvre, this great
square, and the Tuileries palace, where
it stood over there to our right, are
haunted by a specter called lie Petit
Homme Rouge" The appearance of
this specter is always followed by
national misfortune-civil commotion,
revolution, public disaster or the death
of the head of state. When Catherine
de Medicis built the Tuileries she took
forcible possession of = lot of other
peoples property, including butcher
shop, the owner OF which was known
among his neighbors as the Little
Man in Red" because of his bloody
business. This butcher was witness
of some of the amorous adventures of
Kate de Medicis, and in order to be sure
Of his silence the queen mother had
him decoyed into subterranean pas
sageway that connected the Tuileries
with the Louvre, where he was MUIR
dered. The spirit OF this poor fellow
took up its abode in the garrett of the
new palace, and ever since he has been
herald of death or misfortune. In the
latter days of the reign of the grand roi
the Petit Homme Rouge" showed him
self to Louis XIV, and then followed
a ruinous aud disastrous war, the death
of the duke of Bourgogne and his wife
within six days OF each other and
then the kings own death. Louis XIV.
next mounted the French throne and was
called by his people "le bien
aime." One day the "Little Man in
Red" showed himself to the king, and
not long after he died with the small
pox, loathed and deserted; he died as
hated and detested a monarch as ever
sat on throne. Poor Louis XVI. must
have seen the butchers ghost the first
night he slept in the Tuileries after that
bowling mob had forced the loyal family
to move into Paris from Versailles.
On the Goth of June, 1892, the sans
culottes gathered in this Place du Car
rousel and forced their way into the
palace. For six long hours the royal
family were forced to witness defle of
the vilest scum through rich apartments.
The king and the queen sat at the
council table; the Princess Elizabeth
sat beside her mother, who held the
young dauphin in her arms and from
time to time stood him on the table for
the people to look at. One fellow took
off his red cap and placed it on the head
of the infant dauphin, who began to
laugh and amuse himself by peeping
out from under it at the crowd. The
beast of sauterre, finding that this
baby incident was putting the rabble
into q good humor, shouted out: "Take
off that cap. Don't you see, it is Sitting
the child?" Among the spectators Of
this extraordinary scene was a young
lieutenant of artillery, who, as he walked
away when all was over, remarked {:
with these cannon planted at the
palace door, I could have swept the
Place du Carrousel of all this canaille
in five minutes" That officer, Bonaparte
by name, was destined to be the i'm
mediate successor of Louis XVI. in the
Tuileries, and only three years later he
had an opportunity to show the effect
Of skillfully handled guns on q mob,
when from the steps Of st. Roch Church
he cleared the same place and put an
end to the reign of terror.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25

TIE London newspapers have .
curious etiquette formdding ono to
either quote or comment upon anything
that appears in The columns a anothaE.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25

has had In biz case. think his blood must
have contained tho humor for at least ten
years; but It did not show, except in the form
OF scrofulous sore on tho wrist, until about
i've years ago. From q few spots which ap-
peared at that time, It gradually spread 10 40
70 cover his entire body. assure you he was
terribly AFFLICTED, and an object Of pity, when
he began using your medicine. Now, there are
1ew men Of his age who enjoy ~ good health
a. he has. could easily name fifty persons
who would testify to tho facts In his case.
Yours truly, w. M. PH1LLIPs.''
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
ep0U tue eA1uEo, ut 10 both q
NV" SSS6 ~ SS1SSs pleasure and
. duty for mo to state to You tho benefit I
have derived from the uso Of
Ayers SarsapariQa.

Six months ago Twas completely covered with
. terrible humor and scrofulous sores. Tho
humor VouDed an ineessant and intolerable
itohing, and tho skin cracked 20 a. to cause
tho blood to dow in many places whenever
1 moved. My suherings were great, and my
life 4 burden. commenced tho use Of tho
SAnsAPARlLLA In April last, and have used
It regularly aimee that time. My condition
began to improve at once. Tho sores have
Ill healed, and feel perfectly welRln every
rsspect-being now ablo TO do good days
work. although - years Of age. Many inquire
what has wrought such . cure in my case, and
tsll them, - have here tried to tell you.
AYES 8ARSAPARILr4A. Glover, Vt. Oct.
n. nm Yours gratefully,
HIRAM PHlLLIPs.''
AY1R's 8ARsAPARlLLA cures 6crofulo
and all 6orofulous Complaints, Erysip-
elias, Eczema, Ringworm, Blotches.
Sores. Boils, Tumors. and Eruptions Of
NJ Skin. Il clears the blood Of all impu-
titles, aids digestion, stimulates tho action of
do bowels, and thus restores vitality and
strs0gthens tho whole system.
P1HRA1ED DY
Dr.. J.C.Ayer& Co., Lowell, Mass.
2aaA h. al I1rnsoise,. n si1 ho&Al.. fo~ a.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
Tips and Butts.

1t has been the practice for genera.
tons with careful farmers in Smelling
seed corn, to reject the grain from the
tips and butts of the ears. The idea
has been prevalent that these grains be-
ing smaller and defective in shape, have
not the vitality to produce strong and
productive STALKS. There is plausibil.
ity in the theory. And yet actual dem
onstratlon has proven that the theory
and practice were erroneous. Innovators
upon the old notions of the fathers, of
late, are plenty. We notice in the pa
pers and books that careful practical
tests have demonstrated that those re-
jected defective grains are the very best
for seed. Experimental stations and
agricultural colleges have confirmed
this fact. DR.. Sturdevant was the first,
probably, who was bold enough to pub
icly combat the hoary theory. And
after careful investigation Prof. Blount,
of the Colorado Agricultural Expert
mental Station, perfectly agrees with
DR.. Sturdevant. He says, in 1874,
he had sold more of his White
Prolific corn than he should have done
and was compelled to plant for his own
purposes the screenings that passed
through No. 4 sieve. He was surpris-
ed on gathering his two crops-one from
nice selected seeds, the other from
screenings to find the best yield from
the latter. His experience since then
shows that the tip kernels have more
vitality than the others from having
been more perfectly fertilized at the
time the pollen falls upon the silk.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
A New Use for the Turkey.

1t may be valuable to vineyardists to
know that herd of 800 young turkeys
kept large vineyard in Fresno County,
CAL, clear of bugs and worms during
the past season, while in the neighbor-
ing vineyards not SO protected the
worms and bugs almost destroyed the
crop. And the turkeys were in fine
order for Thanksgiving, and, being ex-
ceedingly fat, brought snug price that
fully paid for the expense of herd
ing them in the vineyard
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-25
Curing Hams.

In paet times I was quite large
breeder and a producer of pigs and ba.
con. After trying oats, cobs, ETC., I set.
tied on ashes (after thorough teaching
for family eoap), drying and sitting
them. The hams were packed in large
boxes, with those ashes all over and all
round, each ham being covered. If the
ashes have not been well leached
the skin will be eaten. The housewife
will find that washing we'll will make the
hams clean, Occasionally We had ham
dis6gured by the alkali destroying the
skin in places.
For fally twenty years before the war
L used no saltpeter or smoke. / used
only salt and sugar to save meat. When
ready to hang the hams we're washed
clean, than laid on scaffolds of small
poles to drain and dry, and then sus-
pended with strings in the smoke house
I preferred strips of q plant like the
palmetto, called by old folks in my boy.
hood days, ~barrow grass" The leaves
are about 2 feet long, and can be divided
into t to / Of an inch, and strong
enough to hold up so or Is pounds. My
smoke house" was about Is feet to the
caves; walls of hewed white oak 6 inches
thick, noticed, and when seasoned, the
spaces or cracks filed inside and out
with lime mortar. The floor was of
three-inch laths, sawed of inch planks,
and about three-quarter space. The
gables were inclosed similarly. The
hams hung between the rafters, shout
ders and jowls next, and the middlings
under. All were dried by the circula-
ton of air. A friend, a near relative of
Gen. r. E. Lee, proposed and did send
the largest middlings in exchange for
our small breakfast bacon sides-at least
two or three pounds for one. My only
sister in Alabama cured her meat SINH
larly. She had to provide for ninety,
and I for seventy blacks. I have put
up 10000 pounds of pork, and even
when selling pigs for breedingI put up
not less than 5000 pounds per year.
Country Gentlemen.