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Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-14
WEATHER RECORD.

INDICATIONS FOR TO-DAY.
 WAR DEPART7EMNP, OFFICE OF TEE CHIEF SIGNAL SERVICE. WASHINGTON. D. O.. a. m., Feb IA, issS For Massachusetts. Rhode Island, Connecticut and eastern New York: Fair weather, warmer dur ing Tuesday, colder during Wedr esday, light to fresh southwesterly winds increasing in force and shifting to northwesterly.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-14
THE CHINESE NEW YEAR.

Reception Given by the Teachers of
 the F1rst RI. E. Church.
 The Sunday school room of the First M. E. church was beautifully decorated with flags and bunting and Chinese lanterns last night. It was the occasion of the beginning of the Chinese new year and the teachers of the Sunday school had arranged to give the Chi nese who attend that school reception. On one side of the room were two long tables
 loaded with many delicacies which would
 make glad the hearts of all who sat down to
 the banquet. Many of the church people
 were present and everything passed off in g
 most pleasant manner. c. L. Baldwin, the
 superintendent, presided. The assistant su- perintendent is Miss Crocker.
 An entertainment was first given. After singing there was selection given by Lewis
 Baldwin and c. Fl. Bromley on the piano and violin. Miss Baldwin, F. w. Willoughby and Mir. Austin rendered duet on the banjo MT. Willoughby and MT. Austin then played on the bapjorine and the banjo. Miss Kirsch- ner sang 70 Loving Heart Trust 0n," by Gottschalk, in splendid style. Messrs. Will loughby and Austin rendered another duet on the banjorine and banjo. MT. Taylor read selection from the Chinese classics. The scripture reading by Ban Toon, Chin Wing, Lee Yung, Wing Sing and Chin Faun was very entertaining. Then there was singing in Chinese of "Jesus Loves Me-"
 The entertainment was an excellent one and reflected credit on all who took part Supper was then served.
 The committee having the affair in charge was composed of Mrs. H. N. Crocker, Miss Jennie Winchell, Miss Murray, Mrs. c. M. Lee Miss Atwater and Mrs. Keeler.
 Mr. P. H. Taylor, who read the Chinese legend of "Confucius,' is student of liar yard university. About twenty Chinamer were present and they seemed to fully appre ciate the efforts that their friends and teach ! CTS had made to have them pass a pleasant evening.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-14

hall and the stage setting. The festivities
 lasted we'll into the wee sma' hours.
 Emile M. Blum of the shipping firm of E.
 M. Blum & Go. of New York, United States
 delegate to the Spanish international exposi-
 tion in Barcelona, and Antonio Cuyas, jr.,
 the delegate from Spain to the United States,
 are in the city to get New Haven business
 men interested in the exposition and send an
 exhibit of manufactures. The two gentle men occupied box at the charity bah last evening.
 One of the numbers played in the pro- gramme of music at the ball-Waltz- Squivite-was composed by Mrs. H. Grant Thompson.
 WIZ. .Trowbridge, jr., was the floor manager. The floor committee was composed of the fol ! lowing gentlemen: ! Chairman George D.. Watrous, George R. Carter, Fred s, Miner, B. A. Cheney Charles D. Nicoll Nathaniel M Cooke, Arthur s. Osborne, H. H. Haight Willard Parker, jr., ' E. A. Hotchkiss, JIG. Rogers, Frank T. Lee, -'- B; Robertson Ward, E. Allen, J. J. Kutz, | L. J. Carmalt, J. R. Lyon, Clarence B. Damn, John J. Osborn, | Jesse Dann Joseph D. Sargent, ' S. H. Fisher, Geo. H. Scranton, jr. May Humphreys, Arthur B. Wright.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-14

The Mathushek piano is unequalled in richness and depth of tone, has the greatest capacity of vibration of any piano manufac- tured and is made to last lifetime. The Treat & Shepard Go. f14 eodSew
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-14
ACCEPTs THE CALL,

Rev. MT. LuckeY Yesterday Accepts His Call 60 the Humphrey Street Churchs
 Rev. Frank R. Luckey yesterday an- nounced to the authorities of Humphrey street Congregational church his acceptance of the call to the pastorate of that church. It is understood that he will begin his work as.passor of the church March 1. FORMERLY OF HUMPHREY STREET CHURCH. Rev. R. P. Hubbard of Chicopee, pastor of the Falls Congregational church, has received . call from the Evangelical church of GY0uoester.
 AN ENTERTAINMENT.
 An entertainment consisting of readings and concert will be given at Humphrey street church on Thursday evening next un- der the auspices of the Y. P. s. 0. E.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-14
A RumaWav.
Red MeM,

A horse belonging to 0. P. Merriman of Elm street ran away on Broadway yesterday morning. But little damage was done..
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-14
READ THTS.

$400 Jules Jurgensen 18k Gold. we will sell at S1s5 $500 August Saltzman 18k Gold, will sell at $10O. $275 August Saltzman 1sk Gold, will sell at $90. S200 August Saltzman 1sz Gold will sell at $75. $20O John Edwards Co.,. Liverpool, 1Sk Gold, will sell at S90
 S2o0 p. Howard Boston, 1sk Gold, will sell at $9o. $50 E. Howard Boston, 1sk Gold, will sell at $6o $40 F. Howard, Boston, 1ek Gold, will sell at S55. $50 Leavitt London, 1Sk Gold will sell at $50 S150 Dent, London 18k Gold will sell at $40. The above gentlemen's watches are key-winders, warranted to be as good as new and will give good satisfaction for 25 to 50 years The price offer them for is just what the cases cost -to make. We have also few ladies' 1sk Gold watches which we will sell at about sixth the original cost. We have received the above watches in exchange for stem-winders. Any jeweler will pay for the gold almost what we will sell them for.
 We intend to melt them up if not sold within a few days Call and examine them.
 s. Silverthau ISC Sons,
 79O Chapel Street.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-14

Tne Silver esuesGlOn artrscts much attention; but for those who have aches end pains the Compound Quinine Plastegs attract more, for they are sometimes 'sworth tIsei1 weight in gold" Sold by druggists.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-14

To obtain valentines and valentine cards at McIntosh's card store yesterday will find 8 fresh stock on hand to day at the same low price Call early and avoid the rush.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-14

An Overcoat Story-C. E. Longley Co. Extraordinary Inducements Bolton & Neely. Fine Cut FIowers-Rosien & Henderson. Fine Groceries-Johnson & Brother For Sale-Block House-E. Henry Barnes. Hartfords vs. New E avens-Polo Rink. Hoods Sarsaparilla-At Druggists. Kid Gloves and Hosiery-Monson & Carpenter. Mathushek Piano-Treat & Shepard Company. Paper Rags and Envelopes-G. J. Moffatt. Probate Notice-Estate of Morris Cohn. Read This-S. Silverthau's Sons. School Meetng-Board of Education. Scotch Oats Essence-At Druggists. Stanley vapor-Ehni Brothers Valentines-McIntosh' Art Store. Wanted-Boy-P. O. Box 5l6.
 Wanted-Situation- State Street wanted-SStuAtion-1,3S 1858 Chapel Street. Windsor Creamery Butter-Hurlburt Brothers.
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Take a D. K. and be o. K. See ad. m7tf
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NEW ENTERTAINMENTS TO-DAY.

Tuesday, February IA, 1888.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
How to Use Glue,

For glue to be properly effective, it re-
quires to penetrate the pores of the wood;
and the more a body of glue penetrates the
, wood, the more substantial the joints will
remain. Clues that take the longest to dry
are to be preferred to those that dry quickly,
the slow drying being always the strongest,
other things being equal.
For general use, says Scientific American,
no method gives such good results as the fol-
lowing: Break the glue up small, put it into
an iron kettle, cover the glue with water,
and allow it to soak twelve hours After
soaking boil until DONE Then pour it into
an air tight box, leave the cover off until
cold, then cover up tight. As glue is re-
quired cut out portion and melt in the
usual way. Expose no more of the made glue
to the atmosphere for any length Of time
than is necessary, as the atmosphere is very
destructive to made glue. Never heat made
glue in pot that is subject to the direct
heat of the fire or of a lamp. All such
methods of heating glue cannot he con-
thick glue for joints or veneerng In all
cases work it well into the wood, in a similar
manner to what painters do with paint. Glue
both surfaces of your work, except in cases
Of veneering. Never glue hot wood, as the
hot wood will absorb all tho water in the
glue too suddenly and leave only very lit
Tie residue.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

An easy way to take care of corn fodder,
says The Prairie Farmer, is to shuck in
the field and tie in bundles which are
afterward stacked. Lay piece Of Irvine
on the ground of q length to suit the size
of the bundles you propose making;
place an armfull of fodder on the Irvine
and shuck out the corn which may be
thrown into wagon. Repeat this opera
ton until yon have a bundle of the de-
sired size, which tie firmly. The bales
from two to four shucks can be piled to-
gether until convenient time comes for
hauling or until the first snow comes,
when they may be hauled to the stack on
sleds. In piling in the field lay one bale
on the ground and put others crosswise.
BY using pitchforll to handle the bales,
one man can load with greater ease and
rapidity than two in the old way, loose.
In stacking, the stalker takes two bales in
his hand and sets them up perpendicu-
larry, building on each side of this row
until the desired size is obtained. Now
lay bales lengthwise on the top of the up
right ones to raise the shedding bales to a
half pitch and if necessary the stack can
be covered with long slough hay to shed
Snow and rain. BY this method the fod-
der is kept straight, dry and convenient
to feed
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

A correspondent of The Prairie Farmer,
who has had experience in gathering and
packing apples. describes as follows de-
vice, of which the cut is here reproduced,
and gives some practicable instructions in
the matter.
Gather the apples as soon as they are
ripe, which is as soon as you can pull
them easily from the twig, Sort them
while picking leaving all small and i'm.
perfect ones on the ground. would like
to impress it upon the minds of all fruit
growers that it does not pay to put small
or imperfect apples in the barrels. Small
apples fill the spaces between large ones;
they do not measure any and lower the
price of the product. Put all sound and
perfect fruit in bushel boxes, and take
them to some central point to pack in
barrels.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Things Worth Knowing.

The current and the gooseberry thrive
best in a partial shade.
AS soon as the stem will part readily
from the tree, pears should be gathered.
A Maine fruit grower applies manure
literally to plum trees on the first indica-
ton of black knob.
Remember that the straw berry beds re.
Guire attention now.
Young poultry should now be protected
from sudden and heavy showers.
Give to poultry good grass run ii pos.
sible.
Do not forget that the present is an ad-
mirable season for gathering dry earth
and putting it under cover in convenient
proximity to the chicken houses, for fu-
ture use as a dust bath and as an absorb
ent.
Feed plenty of charcoal mixed with
ashes and salt to your swine.
The Clydesdale breed of horses origin
ated in the valley of Clyde, in the vicinity
of Glasgow, Scotland.
An exchange recommends sheep for
feeding orchards rather than swine.
They leave no safe cover for insects to
breed and will keep the orchards healthy
and the trees MANFRED.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Salt Mt Salt Lake. Utah.

The manufacture of salt around the shores
Of Salt lake, Utah, is an important and
growing industry. Nearly all the land
adapted to the purpose has been appropriated
by settlers
A level meadow is usually selected a few
inches above and adjacent to the water of the
lake
The surface of the soil is scraped and made
level and hard like the floor of brick yard.
A storm or high wind will drive the water
in from the lake and cover it, and slight
dam prevents its return 1t quickly evap-
orates and leaves a residue of solid salt six to
ten inches deep, that is shoveled into farm
wagons and marketed.
This salt, owing to the considerable per
,entage of soda it contains, is not considered
desirable for meat and butter, and does not
command the price of pure article, but is
in general use in the territory.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Paper for Cleaning Lenses.

Professor Gage, of Cornell university, rec
ommends, as preferable to linen or chamois
skin, the so called japanese filter paper, the
bibulous paper often used by dentists in fill
ing teeth 1t is soft and flexible, absorbs
liquids readily, is less likely to contain gritty
particles that are liable to scratch the lenses,
and it is 50 mex ensive that when piece has
once been used it may be thrown away.
Every director of microscopical laboratory
appreciates the difficulty of getting students
TO exercise tine proper care in cleaning objec-
tives and eye pieces. Every large laboratory
is sure to contain some students whose genius
Tor scientific study is exhibited chiefly in the
careless handling of delicate apparatus.
Doubtless if in microscopical laboratory
each student were provided with quantity
Of this paper, fewer valuable lenses would be
In uTeu.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
APPLE PACKING DEVICE.

Make table say feet long, 2t to 3
feet wide with sides to 8 inches high.
Have the legs long enough so that bar
rel will go under one end. The other end
should be four inches higher, so the ap-
pies will have tendency to roll toward
the end where the barrel is Empty the
fruit from the boxes into this table, set
the head Of the barrel with smooth ap.
pies, Now by holding one hand half way
down to catch the apples, you can let
them drop in from The table. The advan-
tage of table is that you can see any de-
fective fruit, and by turning them half
over as they go into the barrel, You see
all sides of them. Again, your hands
being free, it enables you to sort them
much better than from baskets, and more,
it saves handling Every time fruit is
handled you lose 10per cent. A man with
true eye and quick hands will fill bar
rels as fast as another can head them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

FIG. 1-ELEvATIoN OF OcTAGoNAL BARN.
cellar or partially above for base.
ment, or wholly above for stable, an
inclined way being built on two oppo-
site sides to give access to the barn
floor. Upon this foundation the stills are
laid, the corners being made at an angle
Of 135 dogs. instead of 90 degs.,
as in the square building There are no
cross beams necessary except upon the
floor, there being eight bents in the build
ing, all on the outside, the plates being
mOrtised exactly as the stills are and the
posts placed with regard to the necessary
doors and windows and the strength nee
essary to support the roof and stiffen the
building. AS many braces as are thought
needful may be used, but the braces must
oil be on the lines Of the walls and none
Of them cross braces. The roof is an
eight sided cone, strengthened with purlin
plates, and may be open at the center for
o cupola or ventilator. The joints Of all
the plates and the stills will be at an angle
Of 62a dogs. instead Of As degs., as in a
square building,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
The Mysterious Vinegar Wen.

\ story from Vincennes, Ind, is gong the
rounds to the effect that mysterious vine
gar well which was dug on the farm Of s.
". Williams, just east Of that city, has been
accounted for, after much discussion by
chemists and others. "Some twenty years
ago the farm was owned by F. ". Fay, who
had an extensive orchard The apple crop
was large, and he made several hundred
barrels of cider, to be converted into vinegar.
While the fluid was fermenting about 100
barrels burst and their contents were lost.
The cider sank into the ground until it
reached an impervious stratum of clay, where
| it lay until the well was dug on the same
spOt ~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
FIG. 2-PLAN OF BASEMENT.

The plan of the basement is shown at
Fig. 2, A being passage for the cows and
q driveway for removing the manure; b
are the stalls for the cows, tifty-two in
number, having the feed trough toward the
center, and all reached by an inner drive
way. There are six stalls, and room
at each end of the stalls for harness.
At is place for storing plows, car
riages, wagons or machines. A drive
way (F F. passes through the basement
from east to west. AS many windows as
needed may be built in the wall The
, sills of the barn are laid upon the wall
as already mentioned the posts are %
feet high, and the plates upon these sup
port the rafters
The plates are fastened together at the
ends by being halved and the corners fas-
tened together by half inch bolts. At
each corner is v brace of SXS timber,
bolted to and through the plates by three
quarter inch bolts and strengthened by
an iron plate on the inside, through which
the bolts pass. The shoulders of the cor
ner rafters rest upon these braces and
plates. These rafters are of 6X12 timber
Purlin plates of SXl0 inch timber are
bolted under the rafters and fastened to-
gether at the corners in the same manner
as the plates. The intermediate rafters
rest upon these purlins. Iron tie rods
may be used to strengthen the rafters
and hold them together if thought neces-
sary.
Fig. 1 shows the elevation with a por-
tion of the roof removed to show the man
ner of laying the rafters and bridging
them. A crown rim is bolted to the
rafters at the point of the ROTOR rather
the rafters, the rafters are bolted to the
crown rim-which supports cupola.
The cupola is fifty feet from the floor of
the barn, the roof rising twenty-five feet,
and the post being twenty eight feet high.
The floor of the barn is laid upon beams,
supported by brick piers or timber posts
in the basement. A line of beams may be-
laid above the floor on either side, above
which floors may be laid the space thus
made may be used for granaries or stor-
age of farm tools or machines, or other
cumbrous property.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

Many a man fails because he has too much
ability. lie is able TO do a great many
things with facility, and acceptably. If his
capacity were limited to but one Of these
things be would be the gamer by it, because
he would be able to concentrate his whole
attention to that one thing, and his mind not
being diverted to other arts familiar TO it.
could work constantly and attentively for
that one object, with an assurance that in
iustry would eventually insure success. -
Sewing Machine News
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM TRUSTWORTHY SOURCES.

Optical Illusions, illustrated with Inter-
esting Variations Of Professor Thomp-
sons stroboscopio Circles, That May He
Experimental with by Any One.
A correspondent in La Nature suggests
several interesting variations which may DO
given to the experiment with the strobosco-
pic circles discovered by Professor Thomp-
con about ten years ago, and familiar to
most Of our readers Two Of these variations
are depicted in the cuts here given
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Good Points of Short Horns.

A noted English breeder in enumerat.
ing what he considered the good points OF
short horn cattle stated that among other
things the eye of the animal always in
fuenced his choice to a great extent. "A
quiet, good natured eye was that OF the
animal likely to suit his purpose, but the
keen eye, in constant motion, he avoided,
because it indicated an irritable, uneasy
temperament, and an animal Of such Q
temperament would not readily fatten.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Weight of Double Eagles,

One hundred thousand double eagles
(s2, oO0, 900 should weigh s,95S pounds 4
ounces. The limit of deviation from the
correct weight allowed by law is one-one-
hundredth of an ounce for every 5000 In
gold double eagles; therefore the limit for
loo, 900 double eagles is just ounces.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

These two designs are intended to be copied
on cardboard four times larger than the
original, and rapidly revolved on pin or
wire passing through the center. Under
these conditions Fig. l will be curiously
transformed The four circles will disap-
pear and change into single circle, the cir
conference of which is bounded by the GEN.
ters of the real circles; outside of this spec
trail circle numerous half circles appear.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

al only like cucumbers," said Pawtuckes
man, when they are sliced with onions In
vinegar, and then I just eat the onions -
Providence Telegram.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
FIG. 2OPTICAL ILLUSION.

When Fig. 9 is rotated on its axis the
parallel lines disappear and become con-
verted into concentric circles.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
NOW OPEN
Gard and Feed Stable,.

I have leased the Barn In front OF Whites Hotel
tknown rs the Ball yaru and have good. warm stables
10 take horses by the day week. and guarantee salts
faction. ANY one that has horses 10 board would do
well to call and see me. Strangers coming TO Ottawa
will find the best OF accommodations and taken OF
their stock. Teams be gotten from the barn any
hour of day or night. Mr.. Brown would like TO have
his friends call and him, and he will endeavor to
give them satisfaction. X. X. BROWN,
decl0-u Proprietor.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
FARM AND GARDEN
EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS
FROM TRUSTWORTHY SOURCES.

Ono Plan for an Octagonsl Barn. with
Explicit Directions for Building the
Same. from the Foundation Stone to the
Cupola-
Directions for laying out and building
the octagonal barn, represented in Fig I,
are given by, Southern Cultivator. and
among these the following are principal
points: The foundation wall Of stone or
concrete may be either below ground for
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

IA RIM OF 40 ACRES, situated on tho
west line Of Brookhed and line OF Grand Rapids:
hss three good dwelling houses barns, crbs etc. In
good repair; three good orchards ia well fenced and
well watered. VIII he sold In whole or In part at Q
bargain either cash on time Apply on the prem.
ses or address w. A. MCCOLLUM
Dayton. La Sale county. Illinois,
Or to B. +. LIN COLN Ottawa, III. 1un2s-6moss
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-20

Ro1ea.
This night rear ago l Law
Within the wreath which crowned
her hair.
The hall with lutte and lamp was gay.
And she was faircst Of the fair.
With me she LEFT the sound and light,
A noble squire was At her side.
They fingered meath the dark. Good
And win you be-" quosh he, '-my
brides''
I saw their lips together meet.
| felt his finger rpund my stem
Behold, snatch this token sweet,
A rosebud from thy diadem.
Yef here tonight again I lie,
Reside my lady where she grieves:
The quick tear from her Drumming eye
Fails brightly on my tattered leaves.
No hushing sweets now disclose,
Long since have color and fragrance
fed,
And ali the love that snaschesi rose,
Fen - the rose is dry and dead.
Shall glory to the bud return.
Though drenched with heaven 5 sweet
est rainy
Or can the hottest tears that burn
Bid wifhered passions bloom again
-Casseil's Magazine.