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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

The Peru City Plow Company, of Peru
has changed its corporate name to the Peru
Plow and Wheel Company. 1t has increased
its capital stock. The metal wheels which It
manufactures make an important addition TO
the product Of the mandatory.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

Do you want the leading Binder II so
buy it of F. D. Sweetser X Co. They sell
them low for good ones Don't lose valuable
time in harvest.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

The monthly shoot of the Ottawa Gun
Club for the championship medal resulted as
follows: Z. Bossenin, IL; F. Green, .; NJ.
Kneussl, 8; +. De LaChappelle; 5; 7. Rich
ardson, Z; D. Krouse, 8; NJ. Rotchcild, 10.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

The old agricultural works at Sheridan are
to be sold Aug. 23d They have been idle
for great many years.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

Parties buying watches at Il. II. Trask $
can pay part cash at time of sale, and goods
will be held for them for final payment any
time within ten days.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14
Travelling Statesmen Wanted.

A few good salesment TO sell my y. Y.
Cigars on the road. Salary or Commission.
Address C. A. BARcHER, los Dearborn St.
First National Bank Building,) Chicago.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

Ladies specially invited to attend the auc-
ton sales at L. II Trask $3.50 in the af-
ternoons and $50 in the evenings, opposite
Armory Block.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

Mrs. Brewers Music Stores for Sale.
Mrs. Brewer having decided to retire per.
manently from business will sell out her
stores in Ottawa and Streator on good terms
She will sell both together or each separ-
ately. The business, however, will be con
tinued as usual until sold to a successor.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14
A TORNADO
IN PRICES OF ALL KINDS OF
DRY GOODS

A good Dress Print for 4c per yard.
A good Bingham for &c per yard
A good Lawn for 4c per yard.
White Corded Muslin, 4c per yard.
Cashmeres, In all colors, &c per yard.
Mems z Hose, lc per pair.
Ladies' Hose, good and heavy, &c per pair
A good Corset, 25c.
Fine Silk Gleves, all colors, Acc per pair.
Mems Unlaundried Shirts Acc.
Ladies' Gauze Vests, 15c.
Nice Napkins, &c.
Heavy Colored Napkins, &c.
A good Parasol, SC.
A good Ingram Carpet, 2jc per yard.
Window Poles, 10c.
Window Poles and Fixtures, SOC.
All Linen Bleached Table Linen, Acc pr yd
Dress Silks in stripe colors, pc per yard.
Black Gros Grain Silks, SOC per yard.
Lace Curtains, l0c.
And all other goods at prices equally low
A. LYNCH.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

Lindeman, the baker, has "blossomed out
with new and handsome wagon, with which
he will supply customers at their homes.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

The auctions at r. II. Trask' begin at 2:30
in the afternoons and 7:30 in the evenings,
opposite Armory Block
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

The Maud Atkinson Company will give a
matinee on Saturday afternoon for the bene-
fit Of Mrs. D. R. Gregg, the veteran milliner
of this city. The house should be crowded.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

A warrant has been sworn out before Es-
quire Smith for man by the name of Wolfe
for violating the game law.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

Remember the grand auction sale at Il. Il
Trask's every afternoon and evening. Rare
bargains in diamonds, jewelry, silyerwsr'
etc.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

The Thompson. Huston Electric Light Co.
are building a new site for their machinery
between the two mills.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

The Streator races will be held next week
beginning on Tuesday. The field of horses
will be substantially the same as at Ottawa
last week
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

The annual picnic Of the Baptist Sunday
School will occur on Thursday, at Eagle
Grove. on the south bank Of the Illinois
river. The steamer Sidney s" will convey
the picnicers to and from the grounds.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

Fine silverware purchased at auction at
your own price, at r. II. Trask's opposite
Armory Block. All goods guaranteed as
represented by auctoneer
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

Parties can call at Il. II. Trask's at any
time and make selections of goods they wish
to purchase by auction
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

The auctions at R. II. Trask's begin at 2:3C
in the afternoons and 1870 in the evenings
opposite Armory Block.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14
LIVERY AND FEED STABLE
AID HACK LINE.
$50. TELEPHONE. $50.
PETER EGAN
For sale or To Rent.

The property known as Sunnysids, on the
East side, is about to be put in first elias.
order and is for sale or will be rented to
good tenant. For information apply to
MAJOR I. C. GIBSON,
County Court House.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

The c., b. & Q. pay car went through on
Thursday last.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

Stiefers pantaloOn overalls manufactured
in Ottawa are the best made, and easy fit
ting. Try them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

Surveyors are reported at work on a pro
iected line of the c. b. & q. from Sheridan
Junction (of the Paw Paw Route) to Joliet,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

suefers easy lifting overalls are sold by the
best dealers IN all the towns ground ottawa.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

Great bargains in Indies and gents gold
watches; sold at auction, at II. II. Trask's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

The regular services will be resumed a
the Presbyterian rhurch tomorrow morning
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

Call for Stiefevs easy fitting overalls war
ranted never to rip.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

An adjourned democratic caucus of this
township will be held at the Supervisors
Room this evening at o'clock to hear The
report of the special committee to select {
township committee. j, +. REED, char.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14
CO. SIC &I.OO

Buys pair of Opera Slips at j. MegaiIin's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14
A. LYNCH.

by Ike breaking of thresher belt, Spen.
Ger Conner Of Farm Ridge tp., was the other
day thrown some 80 feet and severely bruis-
ed, the belt wrapping itself arounl him
when it broke.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14
THE COURTS.

Examine those 500 shoes at MegafIln's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

Great bargains in ladies and gents. gold
watches; sold at auction, at r. II. Trask's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-14

last week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
What Your Hand Means.

A soft hand, said Mr.. Heron Allen, in
his lecture, Indicated fervent but tickle
lover, while hard hand denoted long
enduring, though possibly smoldcring,
love. A spatula hand, wherein the tips of
the fingers were broad and the tops fiat,
denoted Inconsistency, desire for change and
love of loconotion. Il was found in
jockeys and colouists. A hand with
conically tipped fingers indicated inspira-
ton, instinct, Bohemianism and gener-
osity.
A hand with squarely built finger tips
showed order and arrangement, particur
1arly when the joints throughout were
prominent. A scientific hand was irrcgu-
lar to n marked degree, the joints lumpy
and highly developed-aItogether NAL
formed conglomeration of knots and
twists. This sort of hand is invariably
small, while the analytic han1 is large
The hand Of the idealist is the most SYM
metrical Of all and the most useless In
every sense.
A supple hand indicates generosity,
A hand the fingers Of which when placed
together and held to the light exhibit
transparency, and between which no rays
of light penetrate, shows avarice, or, I'm
other words, closeness. Fingers which
submitted to the same test will not fit
alongside each other without openings,
and which are denser, indicate curiosity
and loquacity. People with hands that
are always white are egotistical and have
no sympathy. York San.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
I.oek To Your chimnsxs.

Chimncys ought to be examined fire.
queutly to make sure that there are no
cracks IN them. Il Is an excellent plan
10 have the chimney so constructed that
it is never concealed by the wall of n
room, thus preventing a thorough exami-
nation of it. A house often settles, and
this cracks the chimney, but the crack is
hidden. BY and by fire makes its way
out, and mysterious fire" results. AL;
chimneys ought to be we'll plastered with
good mortar outside and in when they are
built, and the work of the mason should
be inspected thoroughly to make sure he
does a good job. The chimney should be
cleaned at least twice year. If this is
done it will not be likely to "burn out. /"
II It does get on fire throw handful Of
salt into the stove. This will deaden the
fire almost Immediately. Remember this
and it may be of benefit to you.-Ameri-
can Agriculturist
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
Vegetables. Worthy OF Trial.

Results obtained tho past summer by
various market gardeners make It appear
that the Cory corn, new early sweet
variety Of recent introduction, Is worthy
of trial. "he Cory corn resembles the
Early Marblehead in general appearance
and is believed by many to have come
originally from the same parent stock.
This opinion is expressed by Wick, who in
cludes it in his list of early corns. The
special claim made for this is that it is the
earliest of all known varieties.
The white plume celery, while no longer
new in the east, has not yet been gcner-
ally disseminated. This variety differs
from other sorts in that its stalk, heart
and inner leaves are naturally white, and
therefore ready for use as soon as It has
attained sufficient size, without banking
up for bleaching.
A curiosity in the way of corn is the
self busking corn sent out last season by
Peter Henderson g. Co. Its distinctive
feature is an inclination to strip itself
clean Of its husks.
The new potato, Empire State, " which
which was introduced by the originator OF
the Beauty of Hebron" is a white,
smooth skinned tuber, of delicate flavor,
for which is claimed prolificacy and en-.
durance Of drought.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
Our Standing Army.

Gen. Sheridan's report shows that we
have now less than $1,000 men in our
army. OF these 2, 102 arc officers, SO that
highest number of soldiers ever in the
army was in 1865, when we had about 500
NOR, than 1,0OO, 900. In 1890 there was
less than 900, and in 1910, shortly before
the second war with England, less than
10000 men guarded the whole United
States. Ten years later 10 900 were suffi-
cient for all our needs; and in 184S, at the
close of the Mexican war, we had less
than $4,000 soldiers, and only 100 or so
more officers than we have now. In 1861
the army jumped quickly from IL, 600 to
1856, 900 men. 1t increased right along up
to 1865, when it reached the enormous
figure above stated.-Frank G. Carpenter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
Tho Progress Of Ensilare.

Ensilage has passed the experimental
stage and been adopted by SO many fur
mers that it may be considered an estab-
lished method among those who devote
themselves to dairying. In 1880 there
were only six silos in the United States,
while now, according to q recent estimate,
there are about 1900. In this country
ensilage has as yet, especially in the
northern states, been mainly directed to
the preservation Of fodder corn in its
green state. In the southern states the
silo is not so much needed and Is, there
fore, of less frequent occurrence. Success
has, however, been reported in preserv-
ing that important southern crop-the
cow pea.
The silos are built of brick, stone, con-
crete, wood, and some are merely earth
trenches or pits dug in tenacious soil
The concrete silo is, doubtless, the best of
all and represents the larger number built
in this country.
The doubts ut first entertained in regard
to ensilage being healthful food appears
to have given way before experience.
Good ensilage given in conjunction with
ordinary dry food, is good for both cows
and oxen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
A New Sewing Machine.

Mr.. Waterston, of Edinburgh, has just pat
Is the inventor 1t is on the rotary shuttle
principle, and he claims that it is the simplest
yet made for effecting the lock stitch. The
novelty lies in q saucer shaped shuttle which
Is set up OH edge and laid with its fiat side
against the left hand end of the lower shaft
while it is held in position by revolving
cup. The axis Of the shaft, the shuttle and
the cup being in line and revolving together,
the result is an easy motion, far surprising
the old reciprocating shuttle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23

thick, but narrow book, as you will find
il easier to have the two sides of accounts
ON opposite pages. In the ledger you will
want to keep number of accounts, but
the two Of most Importance are to be
headed Farm" ard "Family." Let
farm account be first of all, and thirty or
forty pages further along begin the fam
lily account. On the farr1 account credit
the farm with everything 1t brings in; on
the opposite page debit it with everything
paid out for it.-John M. Stahl.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
Wiuteriue Rees.

Dry, pure air and a uniformly warm
temperature arc two prime factors in the
successful wintering of bees. Success
also depends on n strong, healthy colony
and plenty Of honey. Experience has
taught that the strongest colonies at the
beginning of the season will give the
largest results. Many practical bee keep
ers still practice out of door wintering,
though indoor wiptering, in cold climates,
is generally considered preferable. Salts
factory results have been obtained in win
tering bees in dry cellar when q fire was
kept constantly in the room above. When
this practice is followed, care must be
taken that the hives are seton stands some
distance from the walls where they can
not absorb moisture or be subjected to
every jar from the room above them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
Keen n Good Team.

Without doubt the greatest and most
common loss in team management is from
keeping poor horses unable ut any time
to do q full days work. 1t is the most
difficult thing possible for many farmers
to get tho idea into their heads that a
horse capable Of doing but little is entire
ly valuelcss. An old, worn out horse will
always sell for something, no matter how
poor he may be, and always for a greater
price In proportion to his value when
most worthless. For farm purposes, with
the dear wages now Paid to farm help, it
does not require much deduction from O
full days team work each day to make
up the value of q first class team in every
respect,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
Roots for Dairy Cows.

Roots are healthy food for cows and in
crease the flow of the milk, but care is
required in feeding those liable to give an
unpleasant flavor to the milk and butter.
Carrots and sugar beets, experience has
taught, are among the roots best adapted
for dairy cows. Turnips and cabbages
give unpleasant flavor to both milk a I'd
butter. Roots should not be fed alone
but in combination with more nitro
CenouS foods
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
Steel Barrels for Fish.

A new method of preparing fresh fish for
transportation to distant markets is being
tried at North sea fishing ports The fish are
packed in steel barrels in an antiseptic solu-
ton of 3per cent. boracic and tartaric acids
and salt in 81 per cent. pure water, the liquid
being forced in under a pressure Of sixty
pounds to the square inch. Fresh fish thus
prepared are now supplied to the London
markets from the Danish, Scottish and Shet-
land Island fisheries.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
To Clean Windows.

A good cleaning powder for show windows,
which leaves no dirt in the joints, is prepared
by moistening calcined magnesia with pure
benzine. so that a mass is formed sufficiently
moist to let drop form when pressed. The
mixture has to be preserved in glass bottles
with ground shoppers, in order to retain the
easily volatile benzine. A little OF the mix.
ture is placed on a wad of cotton and applied
to the glass plate. It may also be used for
cleaning mirrors. Do not use near fire or
light, as the benzine vapor is very infamma-
bic and explosive Science News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
Caleb Cushing's Way.

Caleb Cushing had sovereign remedy
against the ills of the irresponsible and
reckless interviewer. Always courteous
to the press, he received whosoever came.
But he produced pen, ink and paper and
caused the reporter to write out distinctly
the first question proposed. Then he die
tated deliberately his answer. Succeed
ing questions had TO be put down In the
same definite form, and he appended his
answers ~ before. When the reporter
withdrew he was fully supplied and had
no reason or inducement to pervert the
record unless he was utterly depraved. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23

area exposed above the water line, all of only
3-16 inch iron, may safely be taken at 300
square feet, which, at forty pounds per foot,
would amount to 1900 pounds, or six net
tons pressure on the windward side, with no
support on the inside, while the leeward side
was supported in tension by the small partial
vacuum OF lee wind, which is equal to the
slight vacuum or draught caused by blowing
across an oritice, as is claimed We are con-
fdent that lateral pressure caused the collapse
Of the stand pipe"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
A HALF WIRE GATE.

The materials required are two boards
IL or IA feet long, three uprights-the end
pieces 81 feet and the center 4 s feet; and
two strands of barbed wire, one between
the boards and the other on the top of the
uprights. This is after the fashion of the
common "slide and swing" form of gate.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
Londen,. v.cci...ion nlll.

From the official reports Just published
on the cost Of public vaccination in Lon
don it appears that the whole expense is
not less than $eO0, 900 year. In 1885
the fees and attendant expenses reached
e450, 900. The cost Of calf lymph fac
tory alone II over e15, 900 per annum.
The inspectors and other officers Gil ont
the 5000, 900. Chlcago Tribune,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
Dutch Bslteti Cattle.

One of the most marked triumphs ever
attained by breeders of cattle is represent
ed in the Dutch belted cattle, so peculiar in
its color markings. This breed of cattle
Is variety of the Holstein family and
dates back to very remote origin. To
fix so perfect a type Of animals, with
such contrasting colors, has taken long
period of time. 1t is claimed by breeders
OF these cattle that the belt has become
so thoroughly fixed that IL is transmitted
to grades OF One-fourth blood with accu.
racy,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23

Victoria, Tex, was recently visited by a
cyclone, which damaged the water tower
there, as shown in the accompanying ilustra-
ton The Scientific American accounts for
the damage as follows: Tornado winds blow
at the rate of from 90 to 100 miles per hour
and exert force of from forty to sixty
pounds por square foot of area. The mean
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-23
LEGAL ADV'TMENTS.
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE,

Whereas, dstauI; has been made in the
conditions of q certain mortgage made and
executed by Calvin +. How and Mary 1. How
his wi fe mortgagors, unto Alice Il. Haskell =,
MORTGAGE, dated on the twentieth day of
August, 1888 and recorded in the office OF the
register of deeds Of the county OF Siearns,
state Of Minnesota, on the 18th day of jan
uary, 1888, at four O'Clock p. NJ. book L Of
mortgage deeds on pages nineiy-five and
ninety-six, which said mortgage was glven
to secure the sum OF SIX hundred do lars and
interest according TO the conditions OF one
promissory note In said mortgage fully de-
scribed, and there Is now claimed To be due
and is due at the date OF this motto" on SAID
mortgage and the debt secured thereby the
sum of one hundred and nIneLy-one and
49, 100 dollars as interest, and six hundred
dollars as principal together with the sum of
sixty-two and 10 100 dollars taxes paid by
said Alice r. Haskell IN the redemption of
said premises from the following tax sales,
viz: Sale of the 18th day or September, 1883,
uJc the taxes of 1882, amounting TO S4I.33, in
lOIdIng costs; sale OF the 4Ih day Of May,
1856. for the taxes OF 1884, amounting to SI75
and tie tax. s for the year lss5. amounting
to sl6.lD, which sums 80 paid for taxes
are hereby claimed as an addition To the
debt secured by said mortgage amounting
I'm ali 10 the sum OF eight hu ndred and,sixty-
nine and 59-l00 dollars besides fiftydollars as
attorneys fees stipulated in said mortgage
TO be paid IN case OF a foreclosure thereof,
and no actisn or proceeding AT law or other
wise having been commenced 10 recover the
debt secured by said mortgage or any part
thereof, now, tnereGore, hoIice Is hereby
given that by virtue OF power of sale con
tanned in said mortgage and pursuant TO the
statues in such ease made and provided the
said mortgage will be toreclosed by the sale
of said premises described therein. tS-wii:
The southwest quarter Of section thirty
three I'm township one hundred and twenty
four, North of Range Thirty four, west,
containing one hundred and sixty acres,
more or less, according TO government
survey, all in Siearns county. Minnesota, by
the sheriff Of said county at public vendue TO
the hiqlegI bidder for cash, at the front door
of the p0stoffiGe in the viii sc of Saqk Cen
on MoNDAy, THE l3,h Day OF DECEMBER, 1855,
at len O'Clock in the forenoon 10 satisfy said
mortgage debt including iniesesi and taxes
paid as aforesaid ,t0gethe with the COSTS and
expenses of this foreclosure, including the sum
of fifty dollars attorneys fees stipulated I'm said
mortgage.
Dated October 2sth. 1855.
ALICE E, HAsgELI,
horsgagee
MATTHIAS MICKEY,
GATES q KELsY. sheriff
Attorneys for Assignee.
Pursuant 10 request 81 niortcagee's at;cFaeye,
the foregoing morIgage naie i hsge1y aajoufned
until Monday, the 9Th day OF December, 1856
at L. O'Clock a. NJ. to take place at the front door
OF the posiofice in the village Of Szuk eutres7
Stearns county Minnesota,
Dated December 18th, $50.
MATTHIAS MIcKIEY
Sheriff
BY II. S. DoTY,
Deputy.
Attorneys soy Mortgage,