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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-05-01

Every country reSident may make his own
plan of improvements Dc not try to mod
ernie an od-t time house. Seek only TO make
such additions as will be Suggestive OF SOLID
comfort and I've in keeping with the quiet
tone that surrounds all venerable buildings.
These old structures can, of course, have Inn
proving touches. A wide-spreading porch
over the door, with bracket supports instead
of pillars will increase rather than lessen its
quantness Do not make it heavy and solid,
with straight timbers, hut square the edges
and bevel the ends until they have an artistic
effect, though rough in their workmanship,
A broad, low piazza, with light supports,
may be permissible should an angle be pre-
sented by an extending portion OF the build
ing Remove the lilac bushes and sweet
briers from under the windows and place
them at respectful distance from the house.
Plant vines in their places, which IN a few
years will cover the unpretcnding structure
with a screen of living green, thereby adding
greatly to its beauty,
One simple rule will dictate the route of
all the paths and driveways, and insure a
graceful outline. 1t is merely to follow the
trail one would make in going from one point
to another. Instinctively the feet will seek
the easiest directions, avoiding rocks, shrubs
and undulations The spaces intervening
between the walks win form the lawns,
and should not be graded too much, but
simply have the surface smooth, retaining all
prominent or curious rocks and native shrub
berry
A few groups of shrubbery can he indi-
Gated at what might be called natural posi-
tions, such as at the divergence of paths, the
ends or sides of rocks, at the base OF cliffs, or
MS screens to outbuildings. Details must he
left for future development, the general out
lines of plan being about all that can be Sc
cured at the onset.
The whole farm, as well as the immediate
premises about the door, should show the eff
fects of ali artistic directing mind. An old
"alder run may be transformed into grove
of elnls and naples with few outstanding
willows and possibly fish pond to he
created by a modest dam. Work should he
so planned that not stroke shall he lost
Thus, if few loads of loan are required in
grading, the bed of a future roadway Will
supply it, and the excavation made will serve
rs dumping place for stones removed from
The elds.-Amercan Cultvator
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-05-01
RESCUE OF THE SHIP HISTORIAN.
Extract from Private Letter from an
Officer on Beard the Tennessee.

! We found her laden with cattle, hundreds
Of which were dead or dying with thirst The
vessel had broken her main shaft and was in
n frightfl,l condition, having lain inert for
/ five DAYS. with provisions and water almost
out The officers and crew We're glad TO ac-
cent our services. can tell you, ami made all
/ haste to take our tow-line, which we got ON
/ board of her with great difficulty, there being
heavy swell and sea running, and both YES
sells rolling fearfully, but we finally sue
ceedad. and headed for port. IL Is grand
! SIGHT indecd-a great man war with her
sides bristlmg with guns, steaming and Strug-
Cling along ahead with her tow-lines aStern,
depending from which Is the great IRON
steamer. helpless and disabled, lifting her
huge iron bows like some great leviathan OF
the deep and burying her stern almost to the
rail, with the water gushing III streams irom
her hawse-pipes, which look like two great
eyes of some monster.
! She rolls and plunges terribly as we tow
her. and one moment the tow lines, or haws-
ers are slack and in the water, while the next
they straighten out like bars of iron, and
crack from the strain bearing upon them
| We can easily see the decks of the steamer,
which are covered with cattle, many of which
are dying hourly, and being thrown over
board to feed the sharks which follow the
ship in swarnls One of them swan up TO
the whaleboat to-day while carrying out the
hawser and actually bit at the oar blades,
and when the officer in charge struck at 1t
with boat hook the monster snapped at the
iron prod viciouSly They are utterly fear
less and when they once have the taste OF
blood are rapacious to the last degree
The manner of throwing overheard the
dead cattle was peculiar and interesting and
watched it for hours. The dead COW is sus-
pended bv the neck to a large derrick worked
bv steam winch and hosting engine and
run up in this manner until high enough
above the deck to clear the rail, then the
crane is swung over quickly until the animal
overhangs the side of the ship, when 1t Is
dropped into the sea and s quickly torn TO
pieces by the sharks. A great many have al
ready been thrown overheard and many more
are diving. We expect TO get III with our
"pri2e' about o'clock in the morning., and
right glad will we he, too, as this Is the most
disagreeable duty have ever had to pe1orn.
Army and Navy Journal.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-05-01

A Chicago woman ordered the lining Of hel
husbands coffin TO match his whiskern
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-05-01
Bogus Cream, Also.

The commissioner Of agriculture has pub
lished list of the stuffs that dairymen add
to cream to adulterate it. The dairymen are
villains, too, as well as the hog butter makers.
Here are the things that go into bogus cream;
They are known as neutral oil, purola, oeo
oil, etc, and are composed, as far as analysis
and examination will discover, of cotton seed
oil, lard oil, benne OF, nut oil and fusel oil
Against the employment of these oils, farmers
have among themselves the remedy. They
will find little difficulty in discovering who
the parties are that purchase these articles
Let such be tabooed in dairy associations,
agricultural conventions, or the social circle,
and let them be taught that dishonesty will
not be tolerated among a class Of people pro
verbal the world over - free from the con
tsmination incident - Sickery in trade
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-05-01


M. w. Durham, of Wayne, Ills, is one Of
the large importers OF blooded stock III
| America. Among his acquisitions is a Per
cheron stallisn that had the honor OF having
had his picture painted by Rosa Bonheur
We reproduce 1t here
Brilliant is 10 years old and was imported
in 1881
The adaptation Of Percheron horses to
draught purposes here, and especially to
farm work, is admitted wherever they have
been tried. When Mr. Walters began to
import them into this country none OF the
draught horses of this New York any cross OF
Percheron blood Now more than one-tbird
of them in and around the city have more or
less Percheron blood in their veins. In
Chicago the proportion of partly pure Per-
cherons is much larger The Percheron
has a quick action, hardy constitu-
ton, and is easily kept, while his hoofs do
not split upon our American pavements, as
do those of other imported horses. In France
the get of blooded stallion and a Percheron
mare is the fashionable carriage horse and
the same horse, under the name of French
carriage horse has recently found favor IN
this country
Government itself takes n hand in the
horse breeding business in France, and both
Napoleons were greatly interested in i'm
proving the Percherons. Among some re
cent importations by Mr.. Walters is one
stallion called Goliah, 17s4 hands high.
The Percherons and the Cydesdales are I'M
doubtedly the best horses for general purposes
for America The traveller in Paris will he
surprised at the beautiful carriage horses be
sees on the driveways They are the finest
horses in Europe. II is said now that 20
many horses are being brought to America
from France that SOON there will " no good
ones left in Ia Perche.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-05-01

Among Mis- GlAdstDnss wedding presents
--ss ~. aS Aornsooathic medicines.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-05-01

Mr.. William T. Walters, of Baltimore,
is another large importer OF this breed,
What the PeIcherons are and their origin
and history make a very good story.
writer in The New York Sun tells it rs fol-
lows:
The Pcrcheron horse is the cross of Nor
man and an Arabian When Napoleon was
laying out post routes across France, he
locked about for horses which, while strong
enough to pull the heavy mail coaches, would
be light enough to Iavel rapidly. 1t was de-
cided to breed Abraham stations to Norman
mares, and stock farras for raising the gov
eminent draught horses were placed in the
little district of La Perche. Horses bred on
those farms were therefore called Percherons
A pure bred Percheron has the small head
and ears of his original Arabian father, with
the size and strength of his Norman mother
His legs, when seen from behind or in front,
look very thin. From the side, however,
they are very broad, the bones of the leg be
ing placed directly in a line thus making the
leg fiat instead of round. A pure bred Per
cheron is always black when foaled, but be
comes gray when about years old black
Percheron is considered not to be Of pure
blood.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-05-01
Wrw advertisements.
TARRAST'S
EHHrVeSCent Settler
APERIENT,

an elegant. efiicscions and
pleasant apericnt In I he
form Of n powder, produc'
ing when dissolved In water
an EXhilcrating, Edcrvcs-
cling Draught, recommend
ed by our best Physicians as
q reliable and agreeable
remedy. Ii cures Constipa-
ton. cures Dyspepsia. cures
Pies, cures Heartburn
cures Sick Headache, cures
Liver complaint, cures Sick
stomach, and gently urges
all the ENcretory organs "
u proper action. II should
be found in every house.
hold and carried by every
traveller. 1SO!d By druOgsfs
er1yichrs.i
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-05-01
EARM GARDEN
HOyus Butter.

Our farmer friends will have no difficulty
in recognizing the point OF the accompany
ing picture, reproduced from The New York
Puck. The things of which "oeomargarine"
is made are pouring into the kettle of
witches broth at the top of the picture
Scrutinize them closely. They won't increase
your appetite but they may increase your
knowledge. We don't specify the articles by
name There is no need to.
Below, the smiling, broad-faced dealer
stands ready to ladle out "pure, sweet conn
try butter" to his customers. A pipe from
the witches broth kettle leads TO the dumb
waiter, and that leads into the grocery below.
A very big diamond blazes in the dealers shirt
front. He can afford it, with selling hogs
lard butter at thirty cents pound.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-05-01

over 2Oh pages. FH!lg HnstrG'sf Agents Wantet
Circulars free. A. }. mol IAN d CO.. Philadelphia
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-05-01

Tahiti rises abruptly out of the Pacific
ocean Its surface is but jagged mountain
ridge with a lovely little valley and slopes.
The surface of the mountain country Is very
volcanic in appearance. The hills, dales and
lodges present perfect carpet Of matted
shrubbery in tropical life and dreki Detroit
Free Press
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14

The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
has, through the efforts, mainly, of Mr.
Barksdale, won its case in Congress
The bill excepting it from the operation
of the land forfeiture act has been agreed
to by both houses, and goes to the Presi-
dent. The passage of this bill was all
the company in charge of it desired to
enable them to go to work upon it.
Having secured this bill-provided, of
course, the President approves - the
work Of construction, it is understood,
will commence at once.
This enterprise is designed to traverse
the center of the State, below Brandon,
Just east Of the Pearl a very poor coun-
try-and to have its Southern terminus
at or near Mississippi City, on the coast.
Its main advantage, it is said, will be
the opening of the best harbor on the
Gulf, and one of the beat in the Western
hemisphere. The bay with which it is
to connect is protected by Ship Island,
a natural barrier This bay is broad
and deep, and when the gulf is lsshed to
fury by storms, it is calm and placid as
a lake. The construction of the Gull
and Ship Island road, the company be-
lieve, viii make it one of the most i'm
portant commercial centres in the coun-
try Columbus LadeE.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
Survival Of the Fittest.

For some time past the question Of puri-
y IN baking powders has formed quite
feature OF newspaper discuss ions, and emf
nent doctors OF philosophy have given opin-
ions as to the ingredients which compose
many OF the articles sold under that name.
ne Investigations have narrowed down to
me limit which awards the ROYAL Baking
roWder the palm of purity, and several
OF The most distinguished scientists have
testified TO their con viction that TO extrane-
Gus or deieterious matter enters into its
composition. The ROYAL Baking Powder
company have achieved a worldwide rep
utat'on Tor the success which has marked
,helr preparation of cream of tartar for
baking purposes. 1t is indisputably shown
that they have eliminated all elements of
tarirate OF lime. alum or other impurities.
ana present to the public healthful and
chemically pure article Such widely
kne"n chemists Henry Morton. E. q.
Love, III. A. Mott, WlD. McMurtrie and
others have verified its superiority over
other manufactures, and tested. through
praetieai experience, 10 its excellence. 1t
: well tor families to observe the fact that
!. costs more to manufacture the Royal
6aking Powder than any other, but it Is, as
nown by chemical analysis. the one cab
oiuteiy pure" baking powder made.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
The True Doctrine.

There is not patriot in the land who
cannot cordially endorse the following
utterance of the Hon. Jno. NJ. Allen,
the faithful Representative from the
First District. 1t enunciates the true
Democratic doctrine:
My experience here will be of much
service to me another term, and | think
will enable me to improve on whatever
record / make during this. | cannot
ask to be returned simply because it has
been a party custom to give member a
second term. concede that if the peo-
pie can find a man who can and will
serve them better than can, they owe
it to themselves to take him, though it
may violace party precedent. I hope
to visit the district as soon as Congress
adjourns and give my constituents an
account of my course as their represen-
tatiye- If they will withhold any un-
favorable judgment till then, / hope to
convince them that I have not been an
unfaithful servant.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
The Appropriation for Big Black.

The River and Harbor bill, as it pass
ed the House, contained an appropria
ton of $4,000 for the improvement OF
Big Black, in spite of the following
clause in the report of the engineer who
had charge of the improvement last
year:
The bridge tf the Louisville, New Or.
leans and Texas Railroad, about Is miles
above the mouth of the river, and that of
the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad, 90
miles above the mouth, and two highway
bridges, all without draws, form obstruc-
lions to free and safe navigation at all
stages of water. Until these distractions
are remedied it is recommended that no adj
ditional funds be appropriated for improv-
ing this river.
In consequence of this report, the APP
preparation for Big Black was stricken
out of the House bill by the Senate
Committee. When the bill was under
consideration in the Senate, Senator
George offered to amend as follows:
| propose, if this appropriation in the
bill as it passed the House is allowed to
stand and the recommendation of our com
mittee be disagreed to by the Senate, to add
the following proviso to the clause, so as 20
remove the objection which | understand
exists in the mind of the committee to the
appropriation p 5 it came from the House:
Provided, That no part of this appropri-
alton shall be used until the State of Mis-
sissippi shall have first caused the bridges
over said stream south of the Vickburg
and Meridian Railroad to be construct ed
so as not to obstrust the navigation of said
stream.
After considerable discussion, in
which the claims of the river were
strongly presented by Senator George,
the Senate disagreed to the report of the
Committee, and the appropriation, as it
came from the House, was restored to
the bill, with the above proviso.
1t should, also, be stated that the bill
as it passed the House contains clause
requiring the Secretary of War to have
bridges removed from across navigable
streams, on complaint of citizens that
they obstruct their navigation.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
ras aestroved by his order and that i

was destroyed by his order and that it
had beeh making cloth with &c. S.A.
woven iAto the fabric, as stated above.
The Conpmittee thereupon resolved to
report adversely upon the claim. Mr.
Green sought and obtained an interview
with the President, and tried to con-
vince him of the error into which he
had fallen: that there was another
cotton mill in Jackson st the time-at
the Penitentiary-and that he might
have seeni"C. S. A. in the cloth turned
out at that establishment: that General
Grant did mot, in fact, visit Greens
mill, and that he could so prove by a
number of witnesses. Mr.. Green was
so emphatic In his recollection and
statement of the matter, that the Presi
dent notified him his presence was no
longer desirable.
General Sherman was amiably dis
posed about the claim of the Messrs.
Green. He could rot; as an army
officer, voluntarily go before the Com
mistee of Congress, and the Committee
In view of the statement made by the
President, declined to summon him.
The claim was a just one, and should
have been, and we hope may vet be
allowed
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14

The State Prohibition Convention is
in session as we go to press. Judge
Warren Cowan, OF Vicksburg, is presid-
ing. About thirty counties are repre-
sented. The delegates include many of
the best citizens and ablest and most in
huential advocates of Prohibition in the
State. The resolutions offered, and the
addresses to which we listened, indicate
intense earnestness and an uncompro-
MIXING purpose to continue the warfare
against the sale of intoxicating liquors.
A resolution to fast and pray for the
success of Prohibition in Vicksburg was
supplemented by a cash subscription of
more than one hundred dollars. Mrs.
DR.. Erwin, President of the w c. T. T.,
made short address, which was well
received.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
A CRUSHING Document.

We call special attention to a synopsis
of the report of the Committee on Ways
and Means on the tariff bill recently in.
troduced by Mr.. Randall. In this bill
Mr.. Randall does not propose to NEEDLE
With the whisky tax as Col. Hooker
does, but he provides for the repeal OF
the tobacco tax, concerning which the
report says truly that ''the removal Of
The tobacco tax will furnish no new EN-
ployment;" that neither its smoke mol
its juices will turn wheel shaft or spin
de-
The report is a complete answer ts
Col .Hooker's proposition to dispose of the
annual surplus by repe ling the whisky
and tobacco tax and creating deficit OF
S27 900, 000 Internal revenue taxes, y
say the Committee, speaking through
their distinguished chairman, Mr.. Nor.
rison, fare the most lightly borne and
cannot be relinquished in the face of the
s40o, o00, 900 war debt yet unpaid This
is true, and everybody seems to know it
except the gentleman who is now en-
gagged in contesting the nomination of
Major Barksdale in the Seventh Dis.
trict.
Will the Hon. Samuel J. Randall
speak again on the subject of the tariff
Heretofore he has been the great Demo-
cratic critic and objector when any
measure looking to revision of the
tariff was proposed Stung by the re-.
dukes Of his party associates for his
hateful course, he has at last introduced
= measure Of his own. And such 1
measure We doubt II be will ever re-
cover from Mr. Morrison's masterly ex-
posure Of his surprising ignorance Of the
most elementary features Of the tariff.
Hereafter be viii not be considered Is
such ! wise-acrc.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
Another Congressman Makes an Ex-
hlbition of Him self "Dost Like
the Picture?"
Special to The Times-Demoerat. !

Special to The Times Democrat.
| WAsRINGToN, July 10.-Tbe exbibi
ton that Mr.. Riddleberger made of him
self in the Senate to day was the most
Notifying episode in the whole history
of that body. Members sat with their
eyes buried in the carpet, or else re-
treated to the cloakroom to escape the
spectacle. Visitors viewed the scene
from the galleries with mingled amaze
ment and humiliation. His condition
was most pitiabIe. He leaned heavily
upon his desk: his face was flushed and
his eyes were bioodshot, and his tongue
twisted and thickened with every long
word he painfully undertook. His desire
was to reopen the John. Goode case and
try it in open Senate, and it was with
difficulty that be was thwarted in his
purpose; in fact, he partly carried ont
his purpose. He discussed several sail
ent points in the case; informed Mr..
Edmunds, in substance, that he had
lied: conveyed to Mr.. Ingalls, the intelli-
gence that he was a coward made one
or two oblique thrusts at his colleague.
Mr.. Malone, and then sat down.
The presiding officer, Mr. Sherman.
treated him, upon the whole, very gen,
erously, but was obliged at last to rap
him into his seat.
The affair is all the more regretable |
for the fact that it happened while
was endeavoring to carry
out generous impulse. Not vindic-
tive man, and more or less personally
popular with the Democrats of his State
be has tried to aid them to good places
under this administration, and has stoed
The friend of all of the Presidents nom
nees in the executive sessions of the
senate, in opposition to Malone, who
aas been most proscriptive. But he has
10 influence in the Senate, and his
of any cause has alone .
,een sufficient to defeat it.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14

THE people of Mississippi, in all local.
tiles and of all classes, will hear with
hearty sorrow of the steadily declining
health of Rev. H. f. johnson, President
of Whitworth College. Those best &C
quainted with his condition are much
concerned about him, and entertain bur
little hope of his recovery. The death
of such man would indeed be public
calamity; and if the prayers and wishes
of the thousands who know and love
him can prevail, he will be spared foI
many years to the Church and to the
State that he has honored and aided by
HE useful and noble life.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14

Mr.. RANDALL's proposition to give
$45,000,000 to the tobacco and whisky
interests of the country will not meet
with favor. In the first place the whisky
interest does not ask it, and tobacco
being luxury the government can
better afford to tax that commodity
than the necessities of life. This idea
OF Mr.. Randall's may be tariff reform,
but it is hard to discern where the reform
begins, and where it Meridian
Nescs.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14

The Democratic Executive Committee
of the Fourth Congressional District has
ordered the nominating Convention to
meet at Winona on Thursday, Septem-
Der 2. The counties composing the Dis
trict are entitled to representation as
follows: Calhoun county votes, Car,
roll 4, Chickasaw 4, Choctaw 2, Clay 4,
Grenada 2, Kemper %, Montgomery
2, Pontotoc 3, Noxubee 6, Webster 2
Winston 2, Yalobusha 3. Chairmen OF
the various county executive committees
are requested to provide for the appoint
ment of the delegates on or before the
18th proximo.