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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-27

It Is the attraction Of gravitation that
makes weight An inhabitant Of our planet
could jump to an amazing height in the moon
because its mass Is SO much smaller than that
Of the earth. This same effect would be pro-
duced upon all other bodies Horses would
travel at a greatly increased speed, and, if the
rider was thrown, the consequences Of his fall
would be much less serious; the elephant
would become as light footed as a deer; {
stone from the hand Of careless boy might
fall in an adjoining town before accomplish
ing its mission Of distinctions; armies could
engage in battles at great distances from each
other; and nearly every kind Of labor would
he lightened, from the diminished weight of
tools and materials.
In other planets an opposite state OF affairs
would ensue. Jupiter, Saturn, or the Sun,
with their immense masses, would exert so
strong an attraction that we should scarcely
be able to move and would crawl along as
slowly as if our feet were weighted with lead.
1t is possible, even, that the larger animals
would be crushed by their own weight and,
if there We're no other reasons, this would be
sufficient one against the theory that the
sun and larger planets are inhabited by
beings like ourselves.
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For the Complexion.

A spring treatment, especially for the skin,
is Often necessary, and though it may seem
severe, this is one highly recommended A
tablespoonful of sulphur taken every other
morning for week, then omitted for three
mornings, and then taken again, will clear
the complexion, but will probably make tho
black specks that bother women so much,
more numerous for week or two. A mix
ture of powdered birthstone in diluted glyce-
rine, rubbed on at night in connection with
the other treatment, will soon cause them to
disappear. Wash this Off carefully in the
morning with soap and water in which there
is a little ammonia. The sulphur taken in
ternally is not commended for women who
are slenderly built, nervous in temperament,
and apparently bloodless; but for those who
suffer because of the oliness of their skins, it
has the commentator of an eminent physi-
clan. The powdered sulphur, with water and
glycerine, rubbed upon the face at night on
going to bed is good for anybody's complexion
at any time,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-27
The Doctors.

Below is the programme for the 18th an
nual meeting Of the North Central Medical
Association, to bs held at Streator, Tuesday
December 9th, 1886:
Obstetrics and Gynecology Geo. Ryon,
NJ. D., Amboy Chas. E. Cook, NJ. D., Men
dota
Ophtalmology and Otology.-J. J. Taylor
NJ. d., Streator; J. W. Petit, NJ, D., Sher
idan.
Surgery and Dermatclogy.-T. II. Stetler
M. d., Paw Paw; G. +. Schneider, NJ. d..
West Brooklyn; G. L. Whitmire, NJ. D., Sub
lette.
Drugs and Medicines.-S. L. B. Blacke
NJ. D., Tonica.
Bacilli.-J. W. Edwards, NJ. D., Mendoza
Commitment Of the Insane. c. Corbus
NJ. D., Mendoza.
Deciduous Teeth, and their Relation TO The
Health Of Children.--G. Newkirk, NJ. ID.
Chicago
Uterine Fibroids X. E. Rich, NJ. D., We
mona.
Sympathetic and Vaso-Moto Nerves il
Rheumatism.-J. s. Whitmire, NJ. d, Meta
mora.
Gunshot Wounds of the Face. E
Davis, NJ. D., FL Paso.
Clinical Case in Surgery.-E. P. Cook, NJ
D., Mendoza.
Re-Vacination.--A.L L. Mendenhall, NJ d
Kappa.
Causes of Disease.-H. Zeising, NJ, D.
Peru,
Volunteer papers and reports.
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New Trimmings.

The specially novel feature Of new trim
mings is a fringe or band made of Angora
wool in the same way that feather trim
mings are made. The wool is long and very
light, and stands out from the surface some
what like white fox fur. 1t comes in white,
pink and blue, and is promised in black; but
the latter will probably be less popular than
the colors as there are so many desirable
black trimmings in market. New feather
trimmings show very little change from last
season. There are some very elegant and
elaborate wide feather fringes for cloaks, that
have tasscls of feathers and balls of silk
crochet on feather pendants Flat band trim
luings remain the same in style, but are much
less expensive than observation-disclosures
Monthly
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-27
CABLEGRAM ALPHABET,

This siphon, too, is suspended by a silk
fiber The vibrations upon it of the electric
current move it and cause it to mark
upon the paper. 1t would drag, however,
and make heavy and illegible, struggling
mark, only for an arrangement so delicate
and beautiful that it challenges admiration
and wonder. a minute particle of iron is
attached to the point of the pen. On the oppo-
site side of the paper tape, at the back, is an
electromagnetic which is magnetized and de
magnetized about ninety times a minute.
Thus the tiny siphon pen catches on and lets
60 of the paper at the rate of ninety times a
minute. The effect is practically that of u
continued line. 1t moves in curves and
angles, as you see in the picture, line of diff
ferent curves and angles for each letter.
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WHAT SHALL WE WEAR?
New Fashioned Sleeves I'm Paris.

Sleeves are no longer made to cover the
arm plainly from top to bottom. They are
trimmed from the shoulder to the elbow,
while the lower half remains without even a
cuff or any other finish Such is the newest
style in Paris, which as yet has only been
adopted by few of the greatest dressmakers.
A sleeve made of plain etamine has either a
long epaulette or continuation of figured
etamine to match the trimming of the dress.
Again black silk sleeve is covered to the elbow
with lightly gathered black lace Another nov
city consists of sleeves made all in one piece,
fulled by being gathered on the inside, and
thus made to form folds like those we see in
long Swedish gloves.
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Seal brown is a favOrite color There are
also very dark greens, plums and grays
Many are sprinkled with tiny Specks of color
red, or other hues that are family seen. There
are also striped and checked fabrics. Her
cules braid will be used to some extent for
trimmings. a rich panel of woven figures
and stripes in colors different from the goods
Will be very common down one side of the
skirt. The material will be the various cloths
and worsteds. Worsteds will be rough faced
to the extent Of being woolly, but not to the
extent of the boucle cloth of last season.
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Fig. 8. ZIG. 1.

Fig. 4. This poonaise suit is of fawn-col-
ored homespun, with yoke collar and cuffs
of brown velvet, and some brown braiding
on the front of the corsage. a front panel
of velvet is disclosed by the pointed fronts of
the polonaise. The back is full, and is draped
without looping. Fawn cloth capote bound
with brown velvet and trimmed with quilts
and brown gros grain ribbon. High linen
collars. Fawn-colored gloves with wide
brown stitching.
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Few persons have any idea Of the difficulty
Of reading telegraphic messages that come
under the ocean. Ordinary telegraphing is
inadequate here.
Until recently, all letters were made by
flashes of light from mirror, suspended by
the finest possible silk fiber At best there
was good deal Of guessing.
Recently an Englishman, Sir William
Thompson has invented a method which does
away with the uncertain mirror flash.
The new plan is called the siphon method.
The tinjest of all possible glass siphon pens,
"no thicker than the hair Of mans beard, is
filed with blue ink. The point Of it touches
a steadily moving paper tape, and makes
letters one after the other
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UnSlnkahle Clothing.

The new material for unsuitable appare
has been further tested with success, in Lon
don. This material is composed of threads OF
cork interviewer with cotton, silk or WOODEN
machinery which slices the cork to the re
quired thinness forming part of the invention
The garments which are made in this man
ner have the same appearance as ordinary
clothing, and possess remarkable buoyancy
.,,,
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Long or Short COrsets.

A controversy is now raging between the
advocates of long and short corsets. Women
who are troubled with lame sides and other
weaknesses have been Of the opinion that
short corsets are not only the most comfort
able, but the most healthful but there is a
surprising predominance of opinion in favor
of long corsets. One point on the subject of
long corsets must not be overlooked, which is,
that they must fit perfectly and be sufficiently
loose below the waist.
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Painting Microscopic Slides.

The dust from the wings of butterflies was
picked up and placed in position by Henry
Dalton, of London, who is now dead. Dalton,
with the aid of a microscope, picked up one
particle of the dust at a time on the end Of a
hair and adjusted it to the slide in such a
manner that, when his task was finished, the
bouquet assumed its present beautiful and
perfect form. Although Dalton was dSsi-
pated, he excelled most of his imitators in
his peculiar line of art. Among miscroscopists
his works are priced as highly as the works of
the great masters in painting are valued by
artists who work on canvas. A painter who
can paint a complete scene on a surface as small
as sleeve button is considered skillful: vet DIAL
ton used single hair for brush, and dealt
with particles Of matter scarcely visible to the
Naked eye, which he placed in their respective
positions with the aid of his microscope with
such accuracy that he finally produced his
representations, which are so correct in every
detail that artists who have examined them
critically have been almost overcome with
establishment. This is what call one of the
wonderful achievements of the century. He
was fast worker, and by laboring almost
incessantly he could finish slide in the
course Of a week or ten days. The Dalton
slides are very valuable in America. There
are not more than fifty Dalton slides in this
country, and they can scarcely be purchased
for love or money. In fact, as | have said
before, they are as highly priced by micro
scopists throughout the world as a rare paint
hg by a celebrated master is prized.
" Science Newa
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YUCCA TREE.

One of the most remarkable positions is
shown in the accompanying cut, which shows
yucca of extreme size, the top of which, too
heavy for the trunk, has bent over, descended
and attached itself to the earth again, form
ing complete arch, under which four or five
horses could pass abreast and twelve or tif-
teen feet at the highest point. From near the
top of this singular arch springs single limb,
presenting the appearance of a tree of totally
different kind, growing from the bent and
curved trunk. Our engraving is taken from
photograph of the tree.-Saientifc Ameri-
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fASHIONlETS.
lack hose will still be worn.

Black hose will still be worn.
Tomato red is the new shade.
Scented woods are being largely used for
winter fans.
Slippers that are narrow across the toe can
be improved by cutting straight down us far
Us troublesome, putting in gore and cover
ing all with a bow or Tosette.
Black satin quilted petticoats viii be fash
ionable, but don't wear them unless you can
afford TO have them wadded with elder down.
They are heavy enough to kin "a woman.
Those who dance much wouli do well to
provide other bodices than those Of the skirt
material, such Us velvet, or some fabric which
might not soil under moist baud " dancing.
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Bricks COlOrel in tho Glaze.

A process has been invented the object OF
which is to treat bricks or building blocks tc
solutions of coloring matter and glaze, where
by their value for building purposes will be
enhanced, and structure be Ornamented by
allowing a choice of colors and shades at the
will of the builder
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trimmed with silver Fedora braid and blue
velvet The box-plaited skirt is nearly COW
cred in front by the long apron, which is
turned up from foot to belt on the left side
in two revers that are decorated with braid
ing The back Is very bouffantly draped
without looping. Tho short basque has vel
vet revers that recede ut the waist to show
braided waistcoat Velvet collar and cuffs.
Cloth bonnet bound and trimmed with velvet.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-27

1t is said that if brass founders will stir
powdered glass into melted brass when in the
crucibles, that sound, nice castings will be the
result. The claim is that the glass ilux will
collect all impurities, which rise to the top
and can be skinned Off, while otherwise the
same impurities would be poured into the
mould with the metal
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each fellows hands upon the boy in front OF
him, and so on in a line they followed Mrs
Hcndeo across. Snow was falling and the
night was stormy. But they managed TO live
through it and next day some men from our
side found all alive. But they were right
hungry and when the mothers saw once
moro the sons whose lives they owed to Mrs
Hendce they cried aloud for joy. They never
forgot her. The boys and girls Of this de-
partment must not forget her either, for it
was Il most heroic deed she did
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THE WORLDS PROGRESS.
euBMARINE TELeGRAPHlc ALPHABET
ILLUSTRATED.

How Ocean Telcgraphic Manages are
Read-You Can Not Drown II You Wear
New Kind OF Clothing Made In Lon
don-Yucca Tree.
On the Mojave tract. east Of southern Cali
fornia, are groves Of the yucca-strange,
weird growths, the veritable reptiles Of the
vegetable world in the remarkable shapes
they assume. Nature seems to have exhausted
all her ingenuity in devising new forms and
positions for the trees growing in the sand, as
dry rs the utter absence Of moisture can
make it. They rise from ten to thirty feet in
single stalk, and then branch out in club
like limbs, attaining every possible shape.
Some appear like strange insects Of gigantic
stature, sprawling over the plain; others re-
semble candelabra, the thick, branching spires
representing the charred wick; others again
look like weird hands extending from the
ground, as if grasping or cropping after the
unattainable
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-27

ID II. LINCOLN, Attorney ut Law. Otnc'
ID. over No ~ La Sale street, west side If Vi,
co lrt House, ottawa, III. lUiySIS
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Farm for Sale.

one Of The finest and best improved farms in the
State Of Illinois. consisting of 40 acres " farm land
and 20 uf timber lying she east side Of Grand
Rapids and west side Of Brookned eight miles south
OF Marseles. six miles from Ransom and nine miles
from Grand Ridge
There are three good dwelling houses. two good
barns three good cribs two granares and other out
buildings, Fences good, land clean and utle perfect
Plenty Of good water three orchards and all KINDS OF
small fruit, VIII divide IN the land into two or three
farms IL purchasers are found for the whole; owner
desires Ia 20 TO California for his health. VIII give
purchasers decided bargain For terms Sc. consult
h. +. LINCOLN. Ottawa. H. or W. a. MoCl LLuM,
the farm 7. o. address, Bruceville, L' Ss coun'
IT, Illinois scpti Smos
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NJ N. ARMSTRON1 q, Attern, ) and CouE
wi. selor at Law, Ottawa, Ill. Notary ublic Once
In Gedney's Block Ottawa. jun5,'R
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JOHN ID. RICE, Attorney at Law, Reddickt
u Block, city of Ottawa. VIII practice law IN IL
Sale aud adjoining counties, and in the Appellat.
and Supreme Courts. sep.D- yr'
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trimming.

Fig 2. This tasteful gown is of dark blue
gray vicuna cloth over a skirt of rosewood
velvet, with vest of the velvet, and also a
velvet lining to the high English collar. The
very long overskirts falls into funnel-shaped
plaits on the left side, braided near the foot
and held by q horseshoe buckle at the top.
Two rows of small velvet buttons fasten the
basque The cloth hat is widely faced with
rosewood velvet, and has ribbon loops In
front and on top.
Fig. g. This tasteful gown is of navy blue
cashmere serge, which is very finely twilled,
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RF BULL. LKsTRR II. sTRAwN. g.. W. RUGRR.
DULL, SESA WIN ~ RUGEk, After
ID neys and Counsellors at Law. Once over City
Drug Store. Of La Sale and Madison streets OF
tawa, III. jan26S
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HIRAM T. GILBERT. JAsKs II. RCKKLs
EIIIBF,Rr ~ ECh ELS, Attorneys anC
VI Couuselors at Law, Futteref Metzger's Block
east of Court House. sep29,s3
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n McDOJCiA Ii :, Attorney NJ Law, Ottawa
D.T ONCE In Cisdney'. Block deC2gs
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L. g. SWIFT, Attorney at Law, ArmOry Block
II. Special attention given TO probate matters.
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J. W. DUNCAN. 4. J. CONoR.
nIJNCA 81 O'CONOR, Attorneys a
~ Law. ONCE In Futterer g. Metzger's block, ess
Of curt house, Ottawa Illinois. July2SE2
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NJ * F:USSII, German Druggist and Apothe
vi cary wholesale and retail MAR street, otto
wa Ill. Importer Of Drugs. Chemicals, French Cosni
&C Brsndies. w aes. &c
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VNHOS. G. FULLERTON, Attorney al,
l Law, Ottawa, Illinois. Ofilce In BushneTs block.
west Of Court House. JAMIE
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nR. wN. SHEPPARD, Member Of N,
~ Royal College OF Cterinsry Surgeons. Enz tnd'
Fellow 81 the London yeterinary Medical Association
Ala ye,eri nary Eh Dsnlon's Spirtt Of tae ISr'
can De cousultsd AZ his Office. Lafayette 81. sugs
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On which side Of horses neck does his
name fall
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L. v. dRIGGs, Druggist, Rockefeller and SIS
Il. ton err Ottawa, III. SECOND store In NaTtHsert
Block south aide Of Court House Square,
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III NJ. GODFREY, Nj. D.. l. X. c.
III. Ednburg. Ottice, In Armours new building OF
Madison street. Residence II Webster 81. sHgii'.
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Professional UarDa.
Alto e N & VI Q.

( w. w. BII "a * II, Attorney and Counselor
I. at Law. Room 8, second floor, Court House, Otta
va, Ill. All legal business promptly attended to- jan3l
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p nv 81 Ci A N Q |.

nR. Oh RITT SA - DE.RsS, successor
~ 10 Dr. AlCinda Auten. Office Opera House Block
Ottawa, H. Telephone. No. III 5epl3
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County Superintendent Of Public SCHOOL,
G.. b. STOCKDALE

VIII hold examinations 81 his once In the Court Hous
on tAe second and fourth Saturdays OF each ronu
until further noftce. Ann
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But his speech was cut short as he happened spy
humble bee close TO his head
st Nicholas.
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Very Monotonous.

Having been deprived Of the more
serious business of carrying on the Ma,
tional Government, the Republican
party now devotes good deal of its
leisure time to drafting resolutions.
Those who have met with reverses are
much given to telling what they did in
the days of their prosperity, and what
they would like to do for the benefit of
the human race if they had the means.
1t doubtless soothed the feelings of the
Ancient Mariner to pour his tale into
the unwilling ears of the wedding
guest. Grief is apt to be voluble. The
Republican resolutions of these DAYS
are very long and very dreary. There
is a sameness about them that suggests
their emanation from a single source.
Probably skeleton plans of platforms
have been prepared, under the direct
supervision Of the master carpenter at
Augusta, for the use of State and dis
trict conventions. They all begin, it
will be observed, by pointing with
PRIDE to what the party did lin the
wah," about a quarter of century
ago, when it was young and virtuous.
Concerning its record during the last
fifteen years they are naturally ret
icent. But of what the party would
do if it only had another chance, many
words are necessary to tell. And the
letters of Junius, and other literature
of invective, are heavily drawn upon
to describe the Democratic sins of omis-
sion and commission. Boston Post.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-27
He WAS SURPRISED.

An Unaccountable Accident for Whicl, 4.
Prisoner Paid . heavy Fine.
When it comes to lying the Southern
negro has few equals and no superiors
..What do you mean by using such
violence toward your wifep" asked the
Austin recorder Of Sam Johnsing
81 didn't use no violence, boss.
"But you did; her face is all swollen
up from the blow. Didn't you strike
herp''
Eyes. boss. but hit was an accerdent.
Use neah-sighted. :
Whats that gotto do with it?''
Heaps, boss, heaps Yer see I was
at de gate and was gwinter go down
town, and ! jiss kissed my ham ter
Matildy.''
kissed your hand to her?''
Yes, boss, kissed my han to her, but
owing ter de defec in my eyes, I sposed
she was morn twenty feet of, bnt she
wasn't. She was SO clus ter me dat de
back OBJ my han hit her smack in de
mouf. / nebber was so sprised in my
life.
well. there is another surprise ii
store for you. You pay twenty dollars
and costs or you 60 to the county jail !
-Isrqs Siftings.