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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-05-22

A $50 ton bowlder rolled down the noun
tain at Swanville, Me-, the other day, and
cut clean swath through large forest trees
70. over forty rods.
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Curious Old Custom OF Quarrymen.

A curious old custom among the quarry
men of the isle of Purbeck was observed re-
Gently at Corfe castle There is among the
quarryman a charter bearing the date Of
1867, which is vigorously obeyed, in order
to keep the working Of the stone quarries in
the isle of Purb.ck in the hands of the free
men, To be able to take up ones freedom
one must be the legitimate son Of free
man. He must be 81 years of age up to
which time his wages belong to his parenta
Once during tho year the quarrymen
meet at Corfe castle town hall and there
read the charter, and on that occasion -
namely: Shrove Tu,sday-"free boys" claim
and take up their freedom. Each man has
to sign the roll OF freemen, pay fee OF
six shillings eight pence, provide a penny
loaf made on purpose by the baker of tho
place, and to buy pot Of beer. The nan
thus sworn in be comes his own master
Should any Of the freemen desire to marry
during the next year he has to pay tho
stewards "a marriage shilling and should
he neg,sc to do this his wife loses all inter
est in the quarry, and cannot take an ap-
prentice to work for her. Chicago Tribune
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A Georgia hunter, s. years old, says that
since he began hunting he has killed g9l
deer and lS7 alligstors.
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Fancy Poultry.

Our farm constituency win Of course like
to be informed about fancy breeds of domes-
tic stock of all kinds They will want to
know, you know.
This week We present some Of tho orns
mental fowls
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Mr. George Bancroft, the famous his
torian, has with him this winter grand
daughter, beautiful girl of 20, who was
bora in Germany, and has lived in that
country all her life. She has never been
in the United States until now, and, al
though her father was born in Massachusetts,
and lived there until his marriage, tho
daughte. can speak but few words of
English Mr.. Bancroft, instead of employ
ing a teacher for her, gets up at in the
morning, takes cup of coffee and a roll,
and then spends an hour before the family
breakfast giving her lessons in English.
Tie old gentleman, although over 80
years of age, goes out to evening parties "a
the escort of this grandchild, of whom he is
very proud, and acts as her interpreter In
conversation with those who do not under
stand French or German. Every after
noon, to-, h, Is seen taking his horseback
ride with Mr. SpoTord, the congressional
librarian, according to til, custom they have
followed for many years. Chicago Times
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SILVER sPANGLED HAMBuRas.
mental fowl

SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGER,
There are several varieties of the Ham,
burgs They are among the showiest Of
chickens. They have fat rose combs, set on
horizontally instead Of up and down. The
Silver -spangled breed are in color partly
white and partly black spangled with white.
They are good layers and hardy, but they
are not of large enough size to be profitable
for market.
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32nnn ACRES MINNESOTA LANDS are to be

COUUU sold at Public Auction. The Trustee
Of the Estate Of JAY Cook Co. in Bankruptcy, will
offer for sale 10 the highest bidder 5000 acres
valuable land yet remaining. The real estate must he
disposed of Immediately as to settle with creditors
Such opportunity is rarely offered for a safe and
paying Investment. Sale takes place at the Chicago
Real Estate Board, Room 8, 1871 laSale ST., Chicago,
ILL.,, "Wednesday, May NJ. at twelve noon. Each tract
sold separately. Address w J. BARsEy Co., q Tri
bune Building Chicago, ILL.,, or James &. Young, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa mayl
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Clifton Chief

standard bred Stallion bright bay, black rlnts iSs
hands hgh, weighs 2s lbs. fun brother 10 or ana
Chsf record 225); sired by Byron, record 25,< IN
fields Royal George: VIII make the season " 1883 II
the CIf on Stables Ottawa. Ill., at the low price OF Sn
He 10 horse 81 good bone. extra disposition and nae
animal Tor general breeding Has record but With
s9t tsaning CAD sh.w better than minutes. ENQUIRE
OF JAMES hEEDY apr.
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l'i.

MoRAL-Tt's poor game that two can't
play at.--Harpers Young People.
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T w. BRE:wE R, Attorney and Counselor %
IL. Law. and Notary Public. Rooms $, y X ~ Opera
House Block, Ottawa, Ill.
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~ GRIGGS, Attorney snd Counselor al lav'.
-. Office In Lynchs block, Main street. Ottawa. III.
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NJ HNEJTSssIl, German Druggist snG A3otnS
vi. cary, (vholesale and RETAIL Main street, Gsss
wa III. Importer Of Drugs. Chemicals French Cps.sr
&C Brandioe. Vines, &C.
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IOHN Is. RICE. Attorney At Law. Redd,ckS
u Block, city OF Ottawa. VIII practice law IN L.s
Sale and adjoining counties, and In the Appellai~
and Supreme Courts. sepd-'yr'
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Professional GarDa.
AT TO r n G ~.

WHO'S. c. FULLERTON, Attorney nj
i Law, Ottawa Illinois. Office IN Bushners block.
west OF Court House ,Sni-E
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A correspondent OF the Southern Home and
Farm recommends the following recipe for
making whitewash: Procure a half basket Of
stone-lime and put in a tight forty-galion barrel;
Stake the lime with hot water, but take care and
not drown it. When the shaking is complete add
enough hot water to double the mass of slaked
lime and stone. Then having previously pre-
pared by freshening ii. ten pounds of lard, tai
low, or grease of any kind, mix it intimately
with the whitewash. Let it stand six hours;
stir thoroughly and dilute with hot water to the
proper consistence and the wash will flow smooth
Iy from the brush. Ifthese proportions are strict
" followed, the lime is good and the grease pure
and free from salt, the wash will stick almost az
well as white ~oil-paint. The explanation is, the
grease unites with the lime and makes an insolu-
bic soap or wash; in a somewhat similar way
olive oil unites with some Of the salts Of lead
and makes sticking plaster.
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Report Ol WlBCOnbll FATmeEb O0nV60IloUs
Mr.. Broughton. a very successful grower of
swine, was called ont to talk of that speciality,
which is one of the large industries of Grant
county. He said that in breeding. feeding and
managing the hog he tried to learn as much as
possible the natural peculiarities of the animal,
and not breed and feed him too far from his ma
nature is a far cleaner animal than ignorant be-
lief imputed, and that rescuing him from dis
eases that made investment of capital in him
illness in the surroundings of the animal is just
Pork, when produced according to nature, is
meat next best to mutton. In the season Of its
growth he made all the use possible out of clover
and clover pastures. not only for the health of
the hogs, but for profit in raising them. He put
ten upon each acre, without rings in their noses,
as they rooted only to get what the intelligent
feeder should give them to eat on the surface.
He would not get a pampered animal of any
kind to breed from. He would not raise seed
corn even on very highly-fegtilized land. The
hog cholera is diagnosed as q kind O.
measles, caused by feeding in foul places and by
breeding in and in. He made hogs at ten months
old weigh from 200 to $50 pounds. He sold
them early in the fall. and again after tax-paying
time had passed. An experience of twenty-five
years had convinced him that tax-paying time in
Wisconsin is the poorest time to sell
pork. He feeds twice O day in win
ter, and does not rouse the hogs early in
the morning. One hundred hogs would eat a
ton Of the ashes and cinders from coalburning
in a week, and it would keep them healthy to do
it. He does not feed high till sixty or seventy
days before selling them.
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Floral Gossip.

. muEoLlhOs
If persons having bay windows only knew how
much better plants grow in them when they can
be shut off from the living room by glazed doors
I am sure they would soon have it arranged so
that the plants can be kept by themselves when
it is desirable to do so; by that ] mean. of course.
in an atmosphere Of their own. If
the bay window opens off the
sitting room or parlor, with nothing
but a thin curtain between them, as Is generally
the case, the air in both must be pretty much the
same, and it is safe to say that the air in the
room will be too warm and dry for plants to
grow in healthily. By putting doors between
the room and the window this can be remedied.
The plants can be sprinkled daily, after which
the doors can be closed entirely, or nearly so, as
the condition of the weather may make advisa-
BILE, and the air among your flowers will remain
moist for the greater part Of the day. If 1t
were not for these doors the dry, over
heated air of the adjoining room would
soon make way with the moisture which q
through sprinkling would produce. In such a
window you can keep your plants free from the
dust which always comes from sweeping. They
are not only very much healthier. but they look
brighter and cleaner. The expense of doors is
not large, and any carpenter can hang them.
Instead of having two wide doors, which would
take up too much room when partly opened, /
would have four narrow ones. hanging the two
inside ones on the two which are attached to the
castings. These inside ones can be hung on the
others in such q manner as to fold back against
them.
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NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
Yesterdays Quotations on Produce at the
Two Great Centers.

Aesserday's quotations on Produce at the
Two Great Centers.
NEW YORK, March q. -Flour-Receipts,
1S,264 brls; exports. 1904 brls, 400 sacks Mar
kct dull and heavy. Sales IL, 900 brls; superine
Western and State, $2.750330
Wheat--Receipts. 6,6oO bu; exports. 81, 200 bu.
Spot lots 10 higher and very quiet; options
opened ! a ic higher, afterwards ruled easier and
fell back 90, closing steady. Sales, 1850, 900
pa futures. $1,000 bu spot; No. 2 spring, Csc;
No. i Northern, 97ac; ungraded red, BE; No. 3
red 92sc store; No. l white, 96c; No. 2 red,
March. 922c; April, 92l a 92sc, closing at 92ac;
May. 93t 093Ic, closing at 93kc; June, 94a q
04s4c, closing at 95ae: July, 94a 095c, closing a.
STE; August, 9!s 995c, closing at 94ac; ssptem-
Der, 90b 096c, closing at 95sc; December, 93l0
00ic, closing at 992c.
Corn-Spot firm; options opened 1 90 higher,
closing with the advance lost. Receipts, 81, 800
bu, exports, S67. $50 bu; sales, 24s. 900 bu futures,
108. 600 bu spot; unaraded, 43046c; No 8, 452c;
steamer. 45a 045ac elevator, 46sc afioat; No. Q,
t6Rc elevator; steamer yellow. 46a 046sc elevar
COR, zec anoat; steamer white, 464c; No. 2,
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A Small Eot-Bed.
Correspondence Country Gentleman.
What a simple thing a hot-bed isl And yet
what a great mystery it is to almost every gen.
era1 farmer!
How simple it is / will try to show, and also
how valuable, for all will admit that it is ok
ceedingly pleasant to have early vegetables, and
we ali know how many plants die that We buy
and set out in the garden.
First, one of two things for q hot-bed is neces-
~sary-either q hole in the ground or a box. Glass
or sash is the next important thing. aud if you
have to make 1t yourself, use Sxl0 inch glasses,
and make the sashes 3x6 feet. This is the best
size for sashes, and a hot-bed the size of a sash
will grow enough Of every kind Of plants to fur
nish a good-sized family; but should a larger hot
bed be desirable. do not increase the size of sash,
but increase the number. A frame q foot high
In the back, six inches high in front and the size
of sash, completes the mechanical part OF a hot
bed.
If a hole can be dug on the south side OF some
building, or in some other well-sheltered spot, 1t
is by far the best, and, unlike a box, will never
decay. Dig the hole two feet deep, and six
inches larger every way than the sash or sashes.
Fill the hole with burning manure, and to pre-
pare the manure is the most difficult part of
making a hot-bed. If fresh horse manure is
procurable, it is the best, but if it Is not easy to
get use the freshest that can be had. Each sash
will take a double load of manure. Pile the
manure in a cone-shaped heap, and in seven or
ten days it will begin to steam. When
it has steamed for a day SO turn it
over, putting the outside Of old heap
on the inside of new heap; let it stand for two or
three days, and put in the hole and stamp it
down firmly. Place frame and sash on-the
hole should not be quite full-and let stay on for
two or three days; then take off frame and sash,
and put on about four or five inches of good rich
soil; replace frame and sash, and wait a week, if
not in too great a hurry; wait at least four days,
no matter how much hurried, before planting
seeds. A hot-bed the size of one sash, with ma
nure, should not cost m ore than So or 81, and it
will grow, at least, a hundred each of early caul-
FLOWERS, cabbages and pepper plants, and also
about fifty each Of tomato and egg plants.
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Real Estate Transfers.

Instruments fled for record in the Recorders Office
ofMarion county, Indiana, for the twenty-four hours
ending at 8 o'clock p. NJ, March 25, 1856, as fur
nished by Elliott s. Butler, abstracters of titles, room
No. 2, Etna Building:
Odelia Metz and husband to Lena Deluse,
south half of lot 8, in square 8, in the
southeast addition to Indianapolis. --.- $4,000
Joseph Inman ct oil. to John b. Stumph,
lots 2, 3 and 4, in Wellington.---...-. 100000
The Citizens National Bank to John III.
Holtmann. lot So, in James H. Rud-
dens addition to indianapolis. ----.. 1900
Edward B. Crosley ct al. to Michael Con-
dron, part of lot 8, in block A. in w.
polls. $500
The State of Indiana to Henry O. Wilson,
part of southeast quarter, southeast
quarter, section "a, township 16, range
8, containing 1 64-100 acre........ 0.
Henry s. Hamilton and wife to Anna M.
Wright, lot 80. in block ], in G. s.
Wrights first North-sid addition to
indianapolis 10000
---
Oonveyanees, 6; consideration .......- $50, $50. 90
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Elsewhere.

CHICAGO, March 25.-The Drover's journal re.
ports: Cattle-Receipts. 5000; shipments, 5000:
from $50 to $500 lbs, $3.9095.60; stockers and
feeders, $2.0004.40 cows. bulls and mixed. $1.75
1878; bulk of sales, $s.Oo03.3O.
H~ogs-Receipts, I2O, 600; shipments, 1000. Market
active and lOc lower; rough and mixed, $4,000
20 packing ciings and Shipping 4.2o04.e5 light Va
Sheep-Receipts, 5000; shipments 500. Market
slow; natives, $2.5005.5 SO; lambs. $406.
KANSAS CITY March 25.-The Live Stock Indi-
Gator reports; Cattle Receipts, 461; shipments
nome. Shipping grades no,minslly Zoe lower; butch,
$40; fair to good, "a. 1904 80; common to medium,
$a%450 stockers and feeders, $3.4004.2O. Cows.
Hogs-Reeeipts, 535: shipments, none; market
weak and 10015c lower; good to choice, $4,000;
common to medium. $3.6O33.s0. +,
70 aS eep.s ss Sps. n one shipments none; srm is g0 cd
03.
NEW YORK, March 25.-Beeves, no offerings;
dressed beef dull at 6oe0Sl9c per pound for sides;
Exports, $50 beeves, 60 sheep, GAO quarters of beef
and $50 carcasses of mutton.
Sheep-Receipts, $780,; market firm for good and
prime, dull and weak for inferior; fully one-half of the
receipts remain over; extremes, 4le07c per pound
for sheep, and 507ac for yearlings.
Hogs-Receipts. 2, 100; none offered alive; market
nominally firm at $4.6004.sO per 100 pounds.
EAST LIBERTY, March 25.-Cattle-Receipts,
494; shipments, 228. The market was strong at yes
Hog MSssss-Rsseipts; 2.5oo; shipments j ] 900 900, The rS.
marKeb was exc1ted; fhiiadelph1aS, NS4.SOOC.UU;
Workers, 81. 65 "a. rs; skips, $404.25.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900; shipments, none. The mar
ket was excited at 25c to SOC higher than Wednes-
day.
ST. LOUIS, March Observation-Disclosures, 60; ship
ments, none. Market nominally steady.
Hogs-Receipts, $1,000; shipments, 1000. Market
opened steady, closing sc to loo lower; butchers and
best heavy, $4.3O04.45; mixed packing, $4,000
4.25; Eght, $404.3O.
sheep-Receipts, 600; shipments. 600. Market
active from So. 25 to So. 80.
CINCINNATI, March 25.-Hogs firm; common
and light, $3.5O04.4O; packing and butchers, $4.l5
04.65. Receipts, /, 135; shipments. ] .713.
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CONDITION OF THE MARKETS.
Outside Influences Afford Encourage
ment, and Prices Are Well Maintained.
4 Fairly Active Business in Corn on Narrow
Observation-Disclosures Moderately Act
I've ct Practically Unchanged Prices.
MONEY, BONDS AND STOCKS.

Railway Bonds Active but Irregular-An Act
i've Stocks Advance Slightly.
NEW YORK, March 25.-Money on call was
easy at / 03 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 304 per cent
Sterling exchange was duh but steady at "a. 1864
for sixty days, and "a. $751; for demand.
The total sales of stocks to-day were 1885, 24
shares, including the following: Delaware, Lack
avanna g Western, "A, 40; Delaware & Hud-
SON, 1867; Erie, 81, 455; Kansas & Texas, $3.50;
Lake Shore, n, 705; Louisville & Nashville,
4,325; Northwestern, 26,84S; New Jersey Gen.
trail, 5,225; New York Central, 20, 584; Pacific
Mail, 1886; Reading, $3.50; st. Paul, 81, $50;
Union Pacific, AZ, 245; Western Union, 15, $50;
Northern Pacific preferred, 20. 1877; Oregon &
Transcontinental, 1885.
Government bonds were dull and steady.
State bonds were unchanged.
The sales in railroad bonds amounted to
$3,141 900, the most active being Erie second
eonsols aud Canada Southern seconds. The list
closed irregular, with both advances and declines
ranging from fractions to 2 per cent.
The strength in stock at the opening, which
was attributed in part to foreign buying, gave
more encouragement, first prices showing an ad-
vance generally of to / over last evenings
close, and this continued during the forenoon,
accompanied by considerable activity, which, In
q measure, counteracted the unfavorable news
regarding the strike in the West. There was q
decided break after midday, led by Northwest
ern and Union Pacific, but this was checked on
reports of more unfavorable news from the
West regarding the troubles between
railroads and their employees, which
again stimulated buying. Just before the
close there was q very slight reaction, and
the final prices we're a shade below the figures
ruling five mimi tes before 3 o'clock. The result
Of the days operations. however. is an advance
for everything on the active list from fractions
to 2 per cont. Even Northwestern, which was
raided after midday on a story that the North
western Traffic Association had accomplished
nothing. and that a rate war in the Northwest
was imminent, made q net gain of !. and st.
Paul is up II. Lackawanna was strong all day,
and closed with an advance of II. Delaware e
Hudson and New Jersey Central are up each Ii.
and Reading !. There was an exceptional ad-
vance in st. Paul & Duluth, which closed at 80,
. gain of "a. The Vanderbilts and Erie were
strong, Lake Shore gaining II, or a shade below
the best figures Of the day. Hooking Valley
continues active and strong, gaining Il on sales
Of 5000 shares. Union Pacific continues to be
xaided on rumors Of early developments from
Washington of an unfavorable character
Tbs market closed with the following prices
bid;
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INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS.
The Spirit of the Markets Somewhat Tame
Labor Troubles Checking Trade.

INDIANAPOLIS, March rs.
Moderate activity characterized the merchan-
disc markets to-day. Values in most depart
ments, however, were steadily maintained. Ev-
identity the labor troubles are affecting trade
unfavorably. Merchants are showing a DISPOSE
ton to keep close 10 the shore and buy only for
immediate requirements, Reports show that
there is no real improvement in the movement
Of general merchandise throughout the country,
with the exception of the increase in the East
srn traffic of the California railways, owing to
cut rates. At ST. Louis and southwest thereof
there is continued stagnation. Much impa-
tience is manifested at business centers
throughout Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and
Texas, owing to the continuation of the strike
and the consequent embargo on trade. Brighter
weather and a moderately active order demand
for seasonable goods are reported from Cleve-
land, Detroit, Chicago, Burlington (Iowa) and
Kansas City. At Eastern centers business has
not improved, but is equal in volume and prom
Use to that of a week ago. In general it has been
uneven, with the most strength shown by dry
goods. Stocks of the latter at first hands are
lighter. Higher wages paid mill operatives tend
troubles renders the market heavy and uncer-
fairly active. Eggs are frmer. Poultry
steady at our quotations. Potatoes more plenty
and prices waverlng. The market is still over
stocked with apples, which are selling at most
any price offered. The provision market does not
improve; prices are weak at quotations. Drug
eists, leather dealers and hardware men speak
of trade as brisk and prices strong. In grocer
les there Is a fair distribution in progress. The
-four market continues sickly. The Boston Jour
nal says: 1.-THE advices from abroad are favor
able, and prices are gradually hardening. but
while the trade have about made up their minds
hat prices are as low as they are likely to
be, the prospect of any decided improve
ment is about as remote as ever. Buy
ers, therefore, hesitate to stock up when the
prospect OF a profitable margin is so doubtful.
The business is now done on a very small profit,
and the advance is not more than 25 cents per
barrel from the time it starts from the receiver
until it reaches the consumer. This scarcely
pays the cost of moving. There is no doubt an
abundance of -four and wheat available in all
the leading markets Of the world until another
crop is realized, and, if there is an upward move
ment, it will be a very slow one if the condition
of things remains as it is now. IL the labor re-
form movement should extend to the farmers,
and if they should decline to produce more
wheat until q better price was paid for it, specu-
lators might be induced to 60 in, but it is appar-
emit that the bulls have lost all courage, and
have given up wheat as an article in which there
is no money"
GRAIN.
Wheat in light demand, corn in good de-
mand with light offerings, oats steady and
receipts light covers the local market. Prices
ruled az follows:
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edD, 64c; bean pork tciear) y brl 200 ms, $3.50;
clear pork, p bril- 200 ms, $40. so; ham
pork. ~ hrl 200 lbs, $40. so; also, in u brls, contain
ing 100 lbs. at half the price of the brls, with SOC
added to cover additional % cost Ct package. Lard La d.
and so ID tubs. ase advance on price of tierces; 4S-fb
TIN tubs and ooh pals, a4c advance; 10-fb pals. 14c
advance. Sausage-Bologna, In cloth, 5l2c; in skin,
&c.
SEEDS.
Prime clover, $6.5O07 ~ bu; prime timothy.
$2.2502.75 " bu; extra clean blue grass. $1.400
1.60 ~ bu; red top, 75c0$1 ~ bu; orchard grass,
IS ~ bu; German millet, $l0l.25 ~ bu;
common millet, 75c0$1 " bu; buckwheat. 60090c
~ blu.