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various hospitals there, obtaining great
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competent to impart to those In need of his
services. The Doctor cures when others
fail. Try him. DR.. GIBBON will make no
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ters answered in plain envelopes.
Send ten dollars for a package of medi-
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HON. GEO. R. wENDLING, !:
In his series OF lectures, viz
/. SAUL OF TARsUS.
2. STONEWALL JACKSON.
3. HAMLET and HIS ERPRETERS.
4. VOLTAIRE.
5. ISTHERE A PERSONAL DEVIL?
9. Is DEATH THE END?
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| Washington street at 500 per foot be
accepted. He did not think that
Prager's proposition should be con-
s deied. The price was cut Of the
Question.
Dr.. Slnsabaugh moved that the LOT
on York street be bought, as it was
twice as much property for one-half
the money, and just as well located
| for this purpose.
Mr.. Cohn moved to amend Mr..
Bar rett's motion, his amendment be-
in that the City Attorney be in
stgucted to draw an ordinance author
izring the Fire Commissioners to buy
Mr.. Waldron's property on Washing
ton street at 800 ptr front foot for SO
feet.
Dr.. Sinsabaugh spoke against this
proposition and offered as an amend
ment that the City Attorney draw an
ordinance authorizing the Fire Com
missioners to buy the property on York
Street. The Doctors amendment
was lost sight Of for some time, in the
discussion which followed it. Mr..
Book moved that the matter be de-
ferred one week.
There being no second, the Presi-
dent ordered the motion Of Mr.. Bar
rett, with Mr.. Collins Amendment,
to be voted upon.
Before the vote was taken, DR.. Sin
sabaugh went further into the discus
sion and brought up his amendment
again.
Mr.. Hitler seconded the Doctors |
motion to amend but Mr.. Barrett |
would not accept the amendment.
The President ruled that the doc
tors amendment be voted upon. This |
was done, and the amendment was
carried by vote of 5 to 5.
Mr.. Barrett then, moved that the
original motion, with the Doctors
amendment, should be. laid upon
the table. Carried.
The regular business was then re-
sumed by the reading of the report Of
the Finance Committee, which was
adopted as whole, and the Council
adjourned until 80 P. NJ.
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New Attractionsl New Performances!
Week commencing Saturday, May 5th.
First appearance of the Japanese Juggler,
KING KALKAsA, a marvellous manipulation.
Mr.. J.. LYON, a musical genius.
MISS ANNA RICH, charming singing SOU
brette
MoRRIsEY & sTEHLE, clever character
comedians
CHAs. WEBSTER, acrobatic dance artist.
FContinued success of PROF. CANARIs, the
wonderful Greek Magician.
Mr.. SAM GLIDER, versatile exponent of
comedy. The Vanishing Lady. an aston
tshing Illusion. Prof. Greiner, Bohemian
Glass Artist etc., etc.
Doors open from 10 A. N. to 10p.M. Ad-
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-18
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
FRESH AND VALUABLE lNFORMA.
TlON FROM MANY QUARTERS

Thu Lantern Flies or 'Cucuyos" q Cuba
and Brasil Take Kindly Ia Scientific Ell.
perimsnts--vha, Was Done In the Line
q Photography by ThAs Pi,ospi'OresoeDce.
Several species OF beetles are luminous in
the dark. The common freely is too well
known to neei special description, but its
powers are feeble compared with the so
called "lansern fiies," or ''cucuyos," found in
Cuba, Brazil and Mexico, NJ. Michelet re-
cords extraordinary stories OF tiiess natural
lamps hung on trees in the dark southern
forests He tells us that persons travelling by
night are accustomed to pick these fire beetles
from the bushes and fix them ON their boots,
so as to show the pathway, and put 70 flight
lurking serpents In the morning the insects
are carefully replaced on other bushes, so as
to be at hand for the next lonely tourist that
may need their aid Mexican ladies are said
to mount the cucuyos as gems in their hair,
and string them as living diamonds around
their waists
A living specimen of the elater, as these
lantern flies are termed by scientists was
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-18

Judicious in and in breeding, says The
Southern Live Stock Journal, does not
run the stock out The most perfectly
developed and conspicuously valuable
cattle in the world are those that have
been skillfully and intelligently bred for
generations with no intermixture Of for
eign blood. In and in breeding to attain
a high degree Of success, requires the
liberal use of brains interviewer with
more than average judgment Most Of
the ills that are predicted by agricultural
writer's for stock bred in and in are more
imaginary than real.
The general principles of heredity and
the laws of breeding are subjects of spe-
cial interest to stockmen. and ought to be
studied more carefully and extendedly
The only way we may hope to intensity
and perpetuate desired quality with
reasonable assurance of success Is by
means of in and in breeding. All our
prominent and most useful and valuable
breeds of domestic live stock and poultry
were nodded in this way, and it is the
only way to create new breeds that will
transmit their personal characteristics
and excellences to their offspring with
fidelity.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-18

surface, draw the circle and dig down
straight Is inches. Level off again
and draw a circle 8 inches less in diane
ter. thus giving you 4 inch shoulder
width of a brick) all around to start the
arch on. Dig down from,this Last circle ~
feet, gradually widening again to feet.
then commence to draw in and dig feet
deeper, gradually drawing to o feet In di-
ameter at the bottom. Dish out the bot
tom inches lower in the center, to col
lect the water when cleaning out the els
tern The cut SHOWS section OF the
hole when finished. A Is top Of the
ground; b, the inch shoulder, 10 inches
below the surfaces, G, the bulge, feet in
diameter and feet from surface; d, the
bottom, 8 feet below G, and II feet from
surface; E. the center Of bottom. 8 inches
lower than side at d. This jug shape
places the bulk Of the water nearer the
top, making 1t easier to pump
To build the arch, commence on the
shoulder, at B. Lay the brick in lime
mortar, 1 lime and I sand Bed the first
course of brick thoroughly in mortar,
raising the edge next the bank, to give
direction to the arch. Build the arch up
until the hole at top Is feet in diameter
and about inches above surface of the
ground, at o. Cover the outside. or up
per side of the arch bricks with lime NOR
tar half an inch thick, and the arch Is
complete The cistern Is now ready for
the cement.
Take one bucket Of good cement and
two buckets of we'll screened sand. Mix
we'll together, dry. aud then add the water
and mix to a mortar that can be laid on
without running. Commence cementing
on the side, at the bottom, being careful
not to let the mortar get the least bit
hard before putting on; cement hardens
rapidly after being wet. Plaster the sides
over up to top of arch. II inches thick
When nearly dry apply half inch coat of
nice, smooth cement made Of half cement
and half sand. Now cement the bottom
like the walls. Before covering the arch
with earth, spread coat Of cement t inch
thick over the lime mortar on outside OF
arch; make this coat cement and sand.
Fill In the earth and pack it down hard
The arch being six inches above surface
Of ground will prevent surface water from
flowing in. Such cistern will require
300 bricks, and two barrels Of cement, one
Of lime and the sand, costing about 50
for all.
Two cisterns were built as described
and finished in two days. at q cost less
than $12 each, and have been in use for
90 years or more. This size holds over
100 barrels of water.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-18
Sim Of Spectacle Glasses

Spectacle wearers, especially elderly peo-
pie, frequently imagine that spectacies with
large glasses are preferable 30 those with
smaller glasses There is, says Jewellers Re
view, but one advantage in using large
glasses, which b, when the spectacle frame
does not fit the face so that the center of the
lenses do not come opposite to the pupil Of
the eyes. Three quarters Of ono inch is
plenty largo enough if the lenses are set In a
frame that causes their centers to come OPP
posits the pupil, for the following reason:
In the first place, the glasses being small,
they can be much thinner very decided
advantage; secondly, only about onequarter
of an inch Of glass can be used, because We
cannot see distinctly through a glass, except
we look straight through, and not oblfquely,
hence all spectacles and eyeglasses should be
worn at the same angle that we generally
hold the print or the paper which we are
reading or writing upon; thirdly, great
many rays of light pass from behind over
our shoulder, fall on the glass, are reflected
into the eye, without having passed through
the glass
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-18
SHIP WITH A FLOAT cA&RY1NG AN OIL BAG

SHIP WITH FLOAT CARRYING AN OIL BAG.
The reservoir generallyused by modern ex-
perimenters for spreading the oil is a strong
canvas bag OF about five gallons capacity.
This is filled with oakum saturated with oil,
its mouth is tightly closed, and several holes
are made in the side with a sail needle.
When the wind is astern, one Of these bags
is often allowed to trail from each angle Of
the stern, or from q point little further
forward. Certain captains, however, prefer
to attach the bags to the catheads The bow
Of the ship, in plunging and repelling the
sea, thus spreads the oil and widens the path
where the breakers are suppressed This
arrangement appears TO be very efiicacious.
In order TO DO thoroughly efficient, says
La Nature, the apparatus must be capable
Of being placed at a certain distance off on
the sea, and 50 arranged that the outflow
can be regulated for running with side or
rear winds Unfortunately the problem Is
far from being solved; but, adhering to the
use Of bags the outflow from which cannot
be regulated, Admiral CLIQUE thinks that 1t
would be very advantageous to fx these upon
floats that might after a manner, be d..
rected at will and sent to some distance
from the ship. The cut shows the arrange
menu prDposh Uy MN 10 thls eHecI Inc
float employed, which receives the bag IN tho
center, is eight feet in length and is provided
with rope girdle, to which is attached a
tow line passing through pulley fixed 30 Q
boom firmly attached to the cathead. The
tow line comes on board by passing over the
bowsprit. If such float be put into the sea
it will, through the very speed Of the ship,
gradually come to position in which it will
efficiently protect the front by furnishing q
layer of oil extending all along the vessel
An analogous arrangement may be very ad-
vantageously applied to lifeboata These
latter should be 50 arranged as to receive tbs
bags either at the bow or stern or at the
sides, suspended from the extremity Of a spar
il need be.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-18

Only few years ago 1900 to 1,40O
pounds was thought to be big horse.
Now our grade draft horses, 400 to 1900
pounds, are demanded by the city mar
kets, and even heavier horses sell all the
better if they can be found. Many of our
best farmers have grand teams of grade
draft mares that money cannot buy.
Every one is worth fortune for breeding,
while the amount of work they can per-
form is astonishing. The farmers all
want larger horses to work, and arc Gag
erly breeding to increase the size. The
dealers everywhere are actively looking
for the grade draft horses all over the
west, and fortunate the farmers and the
communities where this popular horse is
found.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-18
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
Timely Precautions to Ignorant and In
discreet Bathers.

Timely Precautions to Ignorant and In
discreet Bathers-
The bathing season is each year marked by
the levy Of that fatal tribute which is exacted
of the ignorant and the indiscreet. Not a
few Of the deaths that annually occur by
drowning are due to the victims entering the
water too soon after partaking Of hearty
meal. In vieG Of this very common indis
erection 1t may b well "a consider some
reasons Why the practice Of bathing soon
after meals Is justly condsuned.
Effusion Of blood in or upon the brain,
when II OCCURS in sich cases, Is probably NOT
q primary caIlae " mischief, but rather a
Consequence foundetpn other circulatory and
nervous disturbances Il is an evidence Of
eckampsia, aud the physiological basis upon
which this Is founded consists IN that inward
diversion OF blood towards the alimentary
tract which characterizes normal diges-
ton, tbs other tissues, notably the
brain, being ut the same time proper
tionally aDinmio, and the action Of heart and
lungs impeded by distended stomach A
natural result Of cold immersion at this stage
Is to encourage or induce u tendency to syn
cope, to concentrate surface blood still more
upoue sho NShe a VI SbsAof AhhiouAhb srV
heart, which, especially il at all unequal to
its duties, labos Intellectually to readjust
the blood pressure, and finally suco,mbs
with lungs and venous system engOrged by
passive congestion. 1t Is as il an enemy oc-
cupied the outworks Of fortress left for a
time unguarcied, and forthwith parAlysei
the resistance Of the citadel. Il is best,
therefore, TO wait at least an hour and half
or two hours after good meal before bath
ing.
Another danger to te avoided is that Of
cramp This Is particularly apt to occur
after severe exercise or long immersion The
effect Of cold being to prolong the cohtrac-
ton, while exhaustion lowers both tbs power
and the elastic recal of muscle, it is evident
that We have in a combination of these forces
all that is required for the production Of this
dangerous condition. The obvious warning
implied in these remarks requires no further
admonition to impress the fact that the
bather in cold water must be economical Of
time and free from any aBpreciable signs Of
muscular exhaustion
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-18
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.
Who Is Served First ut Modern Dinners.
How Guests Are Seated at the Table.

Who Is Served First at Modern Dinners
How Guests Are Seated at the Table.
It is perhaps not too much to say that
dinner party thoroughly good in menu, cook
cry, service, aesthetic appliances of sheen
and color, culinary chemistry, and last,
though by no means least, in the guests with
educated palates, affords altogether the
strongest every day evidence Of high civil
ization. Brutes feed. The best barbarian
only eats Only the cultured man can dine
Dinner is no longer a meal, but an instirh-
ton. A large part of the important work Of
the civilized world is accomplished or reg
ulated at social dinners In Washington,
not only diplomatic, but many legislative
and official transactions, are arranged ut
dinners.
The position Of the participants Of any
formal repast has been attended by intricate
punctilioS The most modern and most jul
dicious arrangement of the guests at din
ner party dsregards their social or official
importance, and seats them with reference TO
their personal pecullarlties, TASTES and mu-
tual adaptation. Nevertheless, there still re-
mains a relic OF former ceremonials in the
apparent necessity of the host and hostess to
take into dinner and place at their respective
right hands the most distinguished two OF
opposite sex among their guests. But, apart
from this distinction, the diagram of seats is
arranged to promote agreeable conversation.
The question as to who is 10 be served first
Is one about which much has been written by
professors OF etiquette 1t seems now TO bs
decided that on occasions where the enter
tainment is given for the special honor Of
particular guest, or where any ono OF the
guests towers above the others in point Of
dignity such guests should be first served
It is laid down in some books Of etiquette
that upon the conclusion of each course, In
order that the servant may DO aware that the
time has arrived for change, the guest shall
lay his knife and tork parallel to each other
upon bis plate, but 1T is also observed that it
Is extremely vulgar 10 place these instru-
fbents crosswise upon the plata.
The conclusion Of our dinner raises again
the vexed question concerning the rettremsnt
Of the Lady conyives to leave the men alone
OF course, it Is well understood that the OBJ
Jet among the hard drinking Engiishmen
OF the hast geIratfpn was 70 permit their
sitting for the excessive consumption of wine
without the disturbing restraint OF the sex
The French, being less addicted TO intoxica-
ton, and perhaps more profesedly attached
to the presence Of the fair, did not admit
this usage. In this country, and indeed now
In civilized Europe, there is less addiction to
heavy drinking, with a greater desire for
smoking after rspietion; % . convenisnt
compromise has been effected by which the
gentlemen adjourn to q smoking room, while
the ladies segreTats themselves for gossip.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-18
Testing Waste Pipes.

Sanitary News considers the water test
among the most severe ones. Air pressure,
while not so satisfactory in point Of imIne-
date results, has the advantage of being dis
tributed with nearly equal force to every
point in the system The mercurial gauge
easily detects the fact of leak, and
the substitution of an odorous smoke
for air quickly locates the spot. The
peppermint test is well known as being we'll
adapted to old work as we'll as new. A modi-
flcation of this was tried the other day in
this city by gentleman whose cat was
made the detector. An infusion Of valerian
was poured down the vent pipe, and pussy
was given the run Of the rooms and passages
where any escape might reach. She located
three leaks, and came near uncovering them,
too, in her eagerness to reach the, to her, at
tractiye odor
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-18
That New Material, Woodite.

Engineering gives an account of a new
material bearing the name of "woodite,"
which is being introduced as a protection to
ships of war, and for many other purposes.
Woodite is a substance bearing strong re-
semblance to native india rubber, but, unlike
that material, it never grows sticky, and
resists the action Of oils and heat If it be
placed on the outside Of vessel shot may
be driven through it, and yet it will CLOSE up
SO completely that it is difficult to find the
speck which marks the spot where the shot
entered. Woodite is coming into use for
many commercial purposes, such as delivery
valves, air pump valves, packing, wheel tires,
and it is said to be far more efficient for these
purposes than either leather or india rubber.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-18
Experience with Barbed Wire Fence.

"Ten years ago, when I first began
building barbed wire fence" says ]. M.
Stahl, II was almost afraid to use the
barbed wire. Igot the experience of more
than score of farmers who had used
barbed wire quite extensively, and almost
without exception they contradicted the
narrowing stories published in the papers
of animals meeting lingering death on
the cruel wires. At first, was careful
to drive the cattle and lead the horses
along each piece of new wire fence, allow
ing them to nose it. Now the animals
have become accustomed to wire fence,
l never had an animal injured on the
fence. know of but one animal in my
neighborhood that has been injured
severely on barbed wire fence; and the
same night another colt belonging to the
same man jumped on the broken off stake
of Virginia rail fence and disemboweled
itself.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-18
BUTTER MAKING.
Description OF the Two Methods NV
Employed for Sailing ButteR

Employed for Sailing ButteA
Much OF the excellence OF butter do
ponds on the sailing. and while butter
that for any reason Is really inferior can
not be raised tos grade Of excellence by
the salting. says The New York World.
that which otherwise might be classed rs
BY tho manner in which II Is treated at
the time of sailing A good deal of butter
is ohurned to death; that Is. the churning
is continued to gather the butter SO long
after the butter has separated from the
milk that 1t is pounded into creamy,
pasty condition, exactly the opposite OF
what b should be.
A piece of really good butter. explains
the authority quoted from. when properly
sailed will, II cut apart with bright.
sharp knife. show two clean cut. smooth
and slightly moist surfaces. without any
sign of a MASKING down Of the butter
particles. and none Of them should be
found adhering in sticky mass TO the
knife. When a knife Is drawn through q
piece Of butter and comes out In such q
condition that the blade cannot DO seen,
no expert is needed to determine its
quality.
The two methods now IN vogue for salt
ing butter are termed brine sailing and
dry sailing, each Of which has its advo-
Gates. The former consists In making the
salt into O solution before 1t Is used, and
In the latter the solution is made by add
ING dry salt to the water that remains in
the butter after most of the buttermilk has
been worked out. So far as the result is
concerned the object Of each plan Is to
surround the grains of butter with brine,
until enough of the solution is absorbed to
make them palatable. As the butter
itself contains about II per cent. OF water,
that must be taken into consideration IN
brine sailing. otherwise the sailing will
be too light On the other hand, il more
dry salt Is used than the water In the
butter will turn into solution. the dry
sailing will DO in excess and be shown In
particles Of salt undissolved.
To get the best results from any kind
of sailing the churning should stop when
the butter has fairly granulated and be-
fore II has been beaten to q salvy condi-
ton by the process of gathering. At this
stage the buttermilk should be drawn of
and the butter be washed with cold water
or cold, weak brine until it runs off clear,
when either strong, clear brine may be
poured on to remain until the mass has
absorbed enough of the solution, or fine
dry salt, about one ounce to the pound.
be sifted on and be worked in so that 1t
will dissolve. After this light second
working should be given to clear 1t Of
any buttermilk that may be drawn out by
the salt.