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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

| II is very poor farmer who does not
know good sheep when he sees it; but he
may be a toerably good farmer and not
know poor sheep when he sees it. That is
to say, he hates to throw l. out There is
nothing on farm which is so poor piece
of roperty as poor sheep. A light weight
steer may make as good beef as n heavy
weight, or better, and it may be nearly or
quite as profitable an animal. But light
f'eec, d sheep generally eats as much as a
heavy heeced one, and often more. b cause
it is leggy and restless.
When freshly shorn the sheep stands re-
vealed in its true form, and the fleece is sub
iect to test separate from the body. Merely
to weigh a fleece is rather a raw and crude
test of its quality; still it is necessary to adj
NIT that the weight is the foremost consid
Grafton with most flock masters. My own
method was to have pair of grocers scales,
on one side of which was fastened a very
light slat framework. large enough to re-
ceive the fleece and this was balanced by
bits of iron, and the scale set so as to re-
Quire a six-pound fleece to turn ii. When
ever shearer finished a sheep / took it
while he carried and laid the fleece
on the scales, and upon this test.
together with my own observations
upon the animals form, l affixed mark
with red lead to designate the sheep's
future. A wether was marked with the let
ter on the left shoulder the top of the let
ter reaching the SHINE, to prevent the sheep
from rubbing it off against his fellows. A
eve received the same letter on its left hip.
sheep of either sex destined to be rejact d
from the flock was marked with cipher, O,
on the right hip My full bloods had Dana's
labels in the ears, but if these are not used
number may be marked with paint midway
of the spine. Tar should never be used; it
makes hard lump which has to be cut off
by hand before tn, fleece can be manu-
featured.
To keep the shearers from waiting, II
ahead Of the marker. rope was hung down
from the ceiling with leather strap at
tachod which could be buckled around the
sheep just back of the forelegs.
The marking apparatus ought to be al
ways on hand in Landing time, to be used
on eve not fit to be bred again. Any
mark put on then, of course, will have to
be renewed at shoaring.
If | were handling sheep to-day I should
put the mark whenever practicable On the
r. ht side Of the sheep instead Of the left, rs
was my former custom. A right-handed
man naturally wishes the sheep to circle
around him from left to right, for con-
venience in using the shepherds crook; and
the mark ought to be on the 81 10 which the
sheep turns toward the marker.-O
Farmer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26
Roads and Road Making,

Macadamized roads need no foundation
The big stones are ren owed from the road
and are broken with the rest into angular
pieces from one half inch to two and n half
inches in diameter and not over six ounces
in weight--irOm one 10 two ounces In
weight are preferred. The road is then
smoothed down and leveled, with the cen
terra few inches higher than the sides; then
the broken stone is spread on the road bed
very carefully. As this is OF great iml ort-
ance to the future quality of the road, the
stone is not to be dumped on the road,
though it may be left in heaps along the
side to be handy for future use, but 1t is to
until derth of six to ten inches is uni
formly deposited over the width of the road.
The depth of stone required depends on
the quality of material used, soft stone re.
quiring the creator AMI hard the lesser.
The middle of the road should be six
inches higher than the sides, for a thirty
foot road bed, or, in general, one inch for
five feet of width. bitches must be made
on each side of the road, a few inches deep
er than the lowest part of the road bed, pre-
ferable outside of the fences. Let me say
right here that the lack OF bitches is the
principal cause OF muddy roads, no matter
what the composition of the road bed.
To macadamize common country road
costs less labor or money than to keep most
roads in repair two years. yet il is set aside
as impossible on account of the cost, you
know" We should like to tell the readers
in another short article, if this does not see
the waste paper box, how macadamizing can
be easily made practical in Perth Amboy
and vicinity, as all will like this style of
road, for it has proved to De firm and hard
in the wettest seasons on the spot usually
most muddy.-CycioS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

Don't cut the first crop of cover too short.
Lea We two or three inches,
1t is now believed that the peach yellows
is owing to lack of potash in the soil.
1t has been proved by thorough expert
ment that bees do not injIre or puncture the
skin of fruit
Some very neat bleclsmiths. SC callei, cut
away horses heels, frogs and hoofs so closs
that he gradually gets lame.
Mutton tallow or fresh lard rubbed upon
the backs of bare young Cochin or Brahma
Chi, kenS or other Asiatics, will protect them
from being sun-bistered.
A man lately cured thoroughly oalky
horse by simply hitchin1 him in the field
and letting him stay " here the load was till
he got hungry enough to pull it home. The
horse held out thirty-six hours.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26
Two Opinions.

The opinion of woman whose husband
has good garden:
Does garden pay' What a foolish ques-
toni OF course it pays. 1t pays better than
any other part of the farm. Whyl Because
so much can be grown in it that the family
can make available ct all seasons of the year.
1t isn't mere summer institution, this gar
den of ours. When summer ended We had
vegetables to use the same as we had during
the growing season, for we always raised
enough to last until garden stuff grows
again. Think of the variety the garden gives
our bill Uf fare: Corn, cabbage, tomatoes,
lettuce, cucumbers, parsnips, squashes,
onions, satisfy, beans. beets, turnips, rad
ishes-why, if you were woman with a
family to cook for, aud you wanted some
thing to make change with, you'd see
where the advantage of having garden
came in With these vegets bles to draw
frcm a woman can SO vary the bill Of fare
from day 10 day that the men folks won't be
complaining about the same old grub" from
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

With the revolving churns the operation
of churning is pouring, not a stirring, per-
formance Trouble is often met with in
churning-that the cream swells the churn
gets full, is a long time coming, etc. Usually
this all proceeds from filing the churn SO
full that there is no thorough agitation of
the cream, and it goes over and over with the
churn. In using the revolving churn it
should be stopped after few minutes, and
the vent-plug removed to allow this acid air
to escape, and it should be once or twice re-
peated A revolving churn should never be
filed more than three-eig hths full Then it
gives the cream a pouring motion, or cur
rent, as the churn partially lifts and then
drnps il
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26
1t Does Paw to Drain.

The prices that farm produce is bringing
at present will hardly bring the farmer
through, If he lives we'll and keeps his
buildings and tools in good shape. He
must work hard and hire good men to do
even this. The only chance ] see for far.
ners at present in Michigan is tolook farth-
er ahead In some respects than they have
been doing. One farmer says, have ~ or
20 acres of land on which | have 10 pay
heavy taxes II could afford To ditch IT,
| could get something out of il. Another
says, If my farm were as good as ours, |
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

The editor OF the Sentinel of Centralia,
III, uied TO print picture of Mrs. Cleve-
land. The inteHtiou was good, but the cut,
ink roller, and paper were bad, and the re.
suit was such frightful specimen of art
that several leading citizens threatened to
stop taking a paper which SO treated the
wife of the president
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

The japanese have not only nearly three
hundred miles OF railroad in operation, but
they make their own cars AT Shinbaski, and
the building of the line from Tsuruga to
Ogaki was conducted by young japanese
engineers, whose task included two large
bridges and tunnel mile long.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

A traveller in New Mexico discovered
the Greek letters A X. +. on a lot of cattle.
The average COWBOY didn't known what
triangle, X. +" meant but the traveller
said that the owner was undoubtedly a
'Deke" from an Eastern college.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

Nichols Bark and Iron is a remedy suit
able for every climate, for both sexes, for
all seasons Of the year, and for all ages 1t
invigorates the invalid, cheers the conval.
escent and builds up and restores the weak
nest constitutions.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

A baby carriage containing a nine
months-old infant got away from the nurse
and rushed violently down a steep place in
Eau. Claire, Wis. Fortunately a mail car
rier with the unheroic name of Sloggy
grabbed the carriage just AS it was about
to jump the sidev ak and fall eight feet to
the road beneath.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

When the blood moves sluggishly in the
veins because it is loaded with impurities,
AN Alternative is'needrd as this condition OF
the vital fluid cannot last long without ser
ious results. There is nothing better than
Ayers SarsaparIllh to purify the blood and
impart energy 10 the system.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26
l. Your Liver out of Order?

Then is your whole system deranged-
the blood is impure, the breath offensive,
you have headache, feel lanquid, dispirit-
ed and nervous. no appetite, sleep Is
troubled and unrefreshing To prevent a
more serious condition, take 1T once Sim
mons Liver Regulator-it will soon restore
the healthy action of the liver, bowels and
kidneys
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

Experiments in Austrian garrisons prove
that where the floors of barracks are paint
ed with tar the collections Of dust in cracks
is prevented, and there is a consequent
in Initiative diseases Of the eye.
There is also ia great diminution of par
asitieS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

like that shown in
the illustration a
very convenient
arrangement for
that purpose: Take
a thin plate of steel
two TO three inches
broad ard two feet
long; sharpen one
edge, bend it isto
n half circle, rivet
three shanks to it
one near each
end and one in
the middle-bring
these together with
n gentle curve in
the cen ter and
weld them into a
single solid shan k.
Then put a handle
All, nc ~, IN
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

Jno, A. Fuzzy, druggist of Aberdeen, Da.
kota, says | am familiar with the case of
a you e man, Register of Deeds of Camp
bell Co.. a sufferer from rheumatism for
years. Three bottles OF Tongaline cured
him,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

A bottle of Red Star Cough Cure made
a thorough and permanent cure of a cold 80
severe that could not talk, SAYS Mr. }. L.
Roach, assistant superintendent New York
Central Sleeping Car Company.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

ordinary hoe, and your instrument is
completed Two licks with this will cut
the runners completely around hill OF
plants, and no STOPPING is required. ANY
blacksmith can make one.
L. j. TEMPLIN.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

The most profitable system of strawberry
culture is he hill system. The greatest OBJ
lection to it is tie labor and trouble of keep
ing the runners off. l find cutter made
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

For persons who would like something
stylish and attractive in country residence.
the accompanying design has been prepared.
1t is picture of new house lately erected
in New Jersey. 1t is not a cheap house.
exactly, the cost being $500.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26

81 have no Appetite complain many
sufferers. Hoods Sarsaparlla gives an APP
petite and enables the stomach u perform
ITS duty,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26
SECOND FLOOR,

The furnace is in the cellar. Gas pipes
are put in. For the country these, Of course,
would be left out
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-26
FIRST FLOOR.

The house is built of wood. The first story
has a hard wood Fl Dor. The woodwork in-
side is of white pine. A slate roof covers
the house.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-22
SHIPPING NOTEA.

The schooner Ehukai brought 900 bags sugar
from Kuau, Maui, May 21st.
Tie schooner Caterina brought 20 tons lime
stone from Waimanalo. Oahu, May 2lst,
'Fhe Pacific Mail Company's warehouse being
entirely nlled with sugar 5000 bags have been
stored at the steamers shed.
The steamer LlkeIike is due this morning from
gahuIui, and the steamers Kinau and Iwalani to
morrow morning from their respective ports.
The steamer Kilauea Hou sails this afternoon
for Hamakua, Hawaii.
The schooner waiehu brought 500 bags sugar
from Kuau, Maui, May 21st.
The schooner Emma arrived from a circuit Of
Kauai May 2Ist, with 700 bags sugar, 300 bags
paddy, 200 bags rice ana 50 hides. She is being
painted black The Emma sails next Monday for
n circuit of Kauai
The American tern w =. Bovine sailed May 21st
at 3 o'clock p. m. for San Francisco, nearly eight
hours after the brgantine ". c. Irwin. Both
vessels are excellent sailers.
The barkentine Nellie NJ Slade has been moved
10 Messrs Allen & Ro5insons wharf to complete
EaaIns in sugar for san Francisco. She expects to
leave next Tuesday.
The bark Richard III was hauled alongside the
Pacific Mall wharf May 2lst, and began dscharg-
ing her SEQ tons of coal
Tne harkentine Discovery, Captain II. Meyer,
is expected to leave San Francisco to-day for this
port.
The bark Caibarein, Captain II W. Hubbard is
supposed TO be Is days out from san Francisco for
this port
The following vessels arrived from foreign ports
during the week: Steamship Alameda, terms w. ).
Bovine and Premier and bark Ceylon from san
Francisco; ships Richard III and Kate Daven-
port, and barkentine Makah, fl ON Newcastle n.
Sw Following the departures: Steamship
Alameda for the Colonies; II. B. NJ. :. Triumph,
for Victoria, B. c.; tern Premier, for Eastern
siberia; barkentlne George C. Perkins, tern w. ).
Bovine and brigautiue w. C. Irwin, for San Fran
cisco.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-22

English language, $4,000" Passed.
Compiling and printing laws in Ha-
waiian, 50 900.
Mr.. Castle moved that it be amended to
read: Compiling and printing laws III
Hawaiian under the authority and direc-
ton of Supreme Court, $4,000" Carried.
Pay of Clerk Police Court, Honolulu,
$500 Passed.
z Pay of Chinese Interpreter and Trans
lator. s., 900. Passed.
Pay of messenger of the Judiciary De
partment, 81, 400 Passed.
Mr.. Dole moved THAI the item be inserted
for salnry Of s1enographer, 5000. This
item was for man who would take down
charges to juries and everything said in
Court in shorthand
His Excellency the Attorney General
moved it be fixed at $1,000, 1t would be
impossible to get good man for the sum
mentioned by Mr.. Dole. A competent
Court reporter in San Francisco makes
$3.50 month. None but a competent per-
son was wanted here.
Mr.. Kaulukou hoped the item would not
be inserted in the Appropriation bill
His Excellency the Attorney General
moved the committee rise and report pro-
gress and ask leave to sit again. Carried.
The House resumed. After the Presi-
dent had taken the chair the report of the
committee was adopted.
Mr. Castle moved that the House take up
unfinished business.
Mr.. Kaunamano moved the House adj
journ until 10 o'clock Saturday morning.
Carried.
The House adjourned at 20 O'Clock.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-22
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Read W. S. Luce's advertisement, and
call and be satisfied.
Only a few more p cent shade hats left
at Sachs, 1914 Fort street.
Messrs. f. P. Adams & Co. will hold their
regular cash sale at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing.
Try Val Blatz Milwaukee larger beer.
For sale by all the principal dealers in the
Islands.
High Mass at 10 a. m and vespers at
$50 pm at the Roman Catholic Cathedral
tomorrow.
Do not forget the matinee performance
at the Opera House this afternoon at ,
O'Clock by Professor Anderson.
In our by Authority" column will be
found notice of interest to persons own
ing property on the new street lines in the
city
Just opened, a new lot of children's
trimmed school hats. at 81 each. Best
value ever offered, at n. S. Sachs, 1O4 Fort
street.
Mr.. L. j. Levey will sell at noon to-day,
at the corner of Punchbowl and Beretania
streets, quantity of planned and finished
lumber.
Latest novelty in wash dress materials
Very pretty patterns at 20 and Is cents a
yard at the Popular Millinery House. n.
S. Sachs, proprietor.
The game of baseball this afternoon at
the Makiki Grounds will be between the
Hawaiis and Honolulus. The game will
be called at half-past o'clock.
The attention of the police is called to a
number of NANCY ours which infest MeT
chant street, between Fort and Alakea,
who make night hideous by their pro-
longed howlings.
China Engine Company No. has NOM
mated the following ticket for the election
OF engineers in June: Chief, John Mott;
First Assistant, NJ. d. Monsarrat; Second
Assistant, Julius Asch.
The Rev and Mrs. w. c. Merritt are
called upon to mourn the loss of their
infant son, William Howard, aged seven
months and five days. The sad event took
place yesterday at Oahu College.
No book ever published contains so much
reliable and valuable information regard
ing the Hawaiian Islands in such small
compass as the HONOLULU ALMANAC AND
DIRECTORY, 1886. Price, so cents.
At IL o'clock this morning Mr.. J. Lyons,
the auctioneer, will sell at the store of Mr..
George Englehardt, Fort street, quantity
of goods slightly damaged by salt water. A
list will be found elsewhere in this issue.
The Alden Fruit and Taro Company re-
quest the ladies of Honolulu and other
parts of these Islands to kindly send their
recipes to this paper for any new dishes
prepared by them from the taro -four
which they may not find on their list.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-22
Afternoon Session.

The committee re-assembled at l 40.
Mr. Kaulukou moved the committee
rise, report progress and ask leave to sit
again in a few minutes Carried.
On the House resuming, Mr.. Kaunamano
moved the report of the Chairman of the
committee be adopted. Carried.
NORTH KoNA ELECTION CONTEST.
Mr. Kaulukou said he moved the rising
of the committee because the steamer w.
G. Hall was to leave during the afternoon,
and as the seat of Hon. ]. K. Nahale had
been contested, subpenas would have to be
sent to the members of the Board of Elec-
ton to come before the Judiciary Com
mittee.
His Excellency the Attorney General
said it would be necessary to offer q reso-
luton for this purpose and have it passed
by the House. He therefore would offer the
following resolution: That the Commit
tee on Judiciary be authorized to send for
documents and subpoena witnesses in the
matter of Hon. ]. X. Nahale, whose cleo
ton is contested" Carried.
APPROPRIATION BILL IN COMMITTEE.
The House again resolved itself into
ton of the Appropriation bill.
Salary of District Judge Hama, 81 200.
Mr. Richardson moved it be amended to
read 81 800 The business in the district
had increased. = Fifty dollars a month was
no kind of a pay for a Judge.
Mr.. Dole asked the honorable member
if the present incumbent was a credit to
the position.
Mr. Richardson said he was, as far as he
knew He was not voting for the man,
however but for the office.
Mr. Dole said the Legislature was af-
f1icted with the disease of increasing sala-
ries. As far as he himself was concerned,
he denied having voted for increasing the
salaries of foreigners and reducing those of
Hawaiians. The Ministers had complained
that the last Legislature had run away
with the Appropriation bill.
His ExceIlency the Attorney General
would ask Mr.. Dole where he got his au-
thority for such statement.
Mr.. Dole replied, from the Government
organ" and Mr.. Thurston had also told
him that the Minister of Finance had made
the statement in the last election campaign.
Mr.. Dickey said the tendency was to
raise salaries without knowing where the
money was coming from.
His Excellency the Attorney General
said he had not yet made up his mind how
he should vote, but he thought he would
follow the recommendation of the Chief
Justice. In the preachment they occa-
sionally got about retrenchment he found
that Mr.. Dole spoke from impressions. In
the search after knowledge and truth he
would like the member to state what he
meant by the Government organ" Is il
a term he used as editor, lawyer or legisla-
tor? He would ask whether the House
should hold Ministers responsible for what
appears in what Mr.. Dole calls the Coy
( eminent organ" or the organ which that
/ gentleman himself conducts?"
Mr.. Dole said there was no foundation
/ for the impression that he was editor o.
! any newspaper. He wanted to know where
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-22
Y. VI. e.. 4.

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Y. NJ. C. 4. was held Thursday evening
with Il good attendance, Mr.. w. \.
Bowen, the new President, in the chair.
Mr.. F. J. Lowrey, Chairman OF the
Devotional Committee, reported an in
creased attendance 81 the Sunday even
ing meetings, the average being 49, The
committee has extended an invitation
to DIR. Munhall, who is at present in
San Francisco, to come and labor for
two weeks. The Visiting Committee
has been divided, one-half visiting the
Prison, and the other half the Hospital.
Mr.. c.. NJ. Cooke of the Finance Com
mittee reported the running expenses at
$500 per month. Nine gentlemen have
pledged themselves - -.Te so month
each. The Reading-roem Committee re-
ported that 326 papers and 81 magazines
had been given away. Seven new MEM
bers were elected.