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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05
SllOS AND ENSlLAGE.
Some Facts Regarding Subject That Is
Becoming Popular With Many Farmers.

Some Facts Regarding a Subject That Is
Becoming Popular with Many Farmers.
So many different forms of silos are in
use varying in cost and capacity, says The
New York World, that lengthy descrip-
tions of them cannot be given, nor is it
necessary when the general principle is
understood. For silo of moderate capa-
city, which is to remain permanently for
use from year to year, it will be best when
it can be located inside of barn or some
other building, and indeed in most other
cases, to have it all below ground by max
ing an excavation of the size wanted. II
the ground is firm cement on the smooth
dirt, but if liable to cave in then brick
or stone wall will be required, which must
be cemented. One of the advantages Of
such silo over those wholly above
ground consists in the ease with which it
can be filled from the first floor instead of
clevating the ensilage in some way to the
top of one above ground In taking out
from an underground silo only so much Of
the top should be removed at a time as is
necessary for getting at it conveniently,
and the ensilage can be raised in large
tub or square box swung by blocks and
tackle, with the aid of a small windlass.
A silo can be made of any form so that
air and water are excluded, but it will be
found best to make the width about one
third of the length, and the depth may be
from twelve feet upward as desired.
Large and expensive silos are usually
divided into compartments, with various
appliances for cutting, filling and empty
ing, according to the ideas of the owners.
1t is estimated that for COW that has
pasturage for half the year 275 cubic feet
of ensilage will generally be sufficient. In
locating a silo and determining whether it
shall be above or below ground, the con-
veniences afforded for cutting, filing,
emptying and feeding should be primarily
considered. In addition to the advantages
named, an underground silo once properly
made is a permanent affair, while one
made of lumber above ground and ex
posed to the action of the atmosphere is
liable to shrinkage and openings, and
large mass of fermenting material in close
contact with the boards will soon cause
decay.
The corn plant is so universally pre-
ferred for ensilage in this country that it
Is unnecessary to discuss the merits of the
different grasses. Well grown stalks and
partly cared are more desirable than those
so thickly sown as to be spindling and
watery. The seed may be drilled III rows,
three feet apart, with stalks eight inches
apart in the rows, with cultivation enough
to keep down the weeds, and the crop
should be harvested when the ears begin
to glaze, and should be hauled in and cut
into inch lengths or less, and shoveled in
and thoroughly trampled down as fast as
cut. 1t is desirable that the corners of the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05

cemented silo should be rounding rather
than square, and that the ends and sides
slope gently toward the center, making the
diameters at the bottom about foot less
than at the top, when the settling down
of the top will prevent any crevice being
made at the sides by the shrinkage OF the
mass below The ensilage may be covered
in various ways. One is with boards COW
cred with earth and stones; another with
straw two feet deep and the straw covered
with muck or sand, An impression seems
to be gaining ground that the very heavy
weights once thought necessary may be
dispensed with, provided the covering is
sufficient to exclude the air, AS the ten
dency of the finely cut mass is to become
compact from its own weight, Cutters
costing from $50 or less upward, to be
driven by light horse power, can DO had
from dealers in agricultural implements.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05
A Dream of Fair Women.

Tennyson, in his exquisite poem, dreams
Of long procession of lovely women of
ages past This is all very well, but the
laureate would have done the world a
greater service If he had only told the
women of the present how they could i'm
prove their health and enhance their
charms. This he might easily have done
by recommending the use OF DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. Health is the best
friend of beauty, and the innumerable ills
to which women are peculiarly subject, lis
worst enemies. Long experience has
proven that the health of womankind and
the "Favorite Prescription" walk hand in
hand and are inseparable. 1t is the only
medicine for women, sold by druggists
under a pos5tioe guarantee from the manu-
facturers, that it will give satisfaction In
every case, or money will he refunded
This guarantee has been printed on the
bottle wrapper, and faithfully carried out
for many years.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05

lie uses short, ner- nH'' ih'S "A""i'o''
vous sentences His face is that of an en-
thusiast His forehead is high, his eyes are
peculiarly bright, and his features are thin.
While speaking, his eyes rove eagerly over
the congregation and he picks out intui-
lively the converts he has made. When he
has finished he leaps from the platform and
elbows his way here and there through the
crowd until he reaches them. Harrison is no
longer a boy having been engaged i'll evan
gelistic work for fifteen years. He
was born in Dorchester district, Bos-
ton, on Dec. -, 1854. His con-
version was dramatic. 1t appears
that the death of younger brother had
brought him to regard questions of religion
in serious manner For days he had been
beset by doubts and fears. II was the night
OF Dec. 81. His mother had gone to church,
and he was left at home alone. Shortly be
fore midnight he went into the street with
an aching heart. 1t was showing, and tho
night was bitterly cold. Suddenly voice,
which seemed to come from the dark sky
above, said: "Son, give me thy heart" Let
me go home, where it is warm" he replied,
land will give thee my heart, Lord" Then
came the answer, like the thunders of eter-
nifty, "Now or never" There Was no chance
for a parley. The clock WAS striking the
midnight hour, and the new year was about
TO add another to the innumerable sands Of
time. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
eight, nne ten. Two strokes more, and he
| felt that he would be lost forever. Throw
ing his arms wildly toward heaven, he ex-
claimed, pa@'ionately, Now, Lordr and
sinking down in the SNOW, lie received there
the blessed assurance that lie was numbered
among the saved. At this time he was not
| 10 years of age. HIS first revival was held
when he was IS years old, at Long Plains
| 1t was an experiment on his part, but 1t
proved 50 successful that he resolved to
abandon his studie and conSccrate the rest
of his life to evangelistic work. His fame
spread throughout the land, and the boy
preacher" was in demand all over the coun-
try to conduct revival meetings Thousands
upon thousands have been brought into the
Methodist fold through his efforts.
On Friday, April IL, grand revival meet
ing was held in Jane Street church under his
auspices. 1t lasted night and day, and re-
freshments were served to all who grow
weary in well doing. Whom the general con-
ference convenes on May |, he proposes to
institute one of the grandcst revivals that
the Methodist church has ever known.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05
WHAT THE LABoRING CLASSES NEED.


Many of those who interest themselves
in the laboring classes seem to think tina,
their chief want is higher wages; that with
more money at their disposal the evils
from which wage earners suffer would
largely disappear, In many of our large
factories, am satisfied, the laborer suffers
from poverty of mind and soul more than
from poverty of purse. The wages OF the
average factory hand are more than the
equivalent of those of the average farmer
and country mechanic. In our own factory
at Bridgeport the average wages of the
women employed is seven dollar per week
while many earn as high as ten and twelve
dollars This is probably little above the
average of other factories, but II Is by nc
means exceptional, These wages enable
the factory hand to enjoy more of the com
forts and luxuries of lite than are enjoyed
by the family of the average farmer OF
country mechanic but in spite of this l
believe the latter have much the best OPP
portunity for real happiness and improve
ment. There is variety in the life of the
farmer and the country mechanic, which
the piece worker in the factory does no,
enjoy He manages his own business, he
buys and sells, he meets his neighbors In
what are to him important business trans
actions, and thus he not untrequently ac'
quires high degree of mental develop
ment and breadth of thought-"A ClUl
House for Working Women" IN "WomeH.'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05
FOR THE WOMEN.
Costly COsmetics.-SchOol Work nj Home
--Needs OF the Laboring Classes, Sc.
COSTLY COSMETICS.


After all that has been sail and written
of the injurious use OF cosmetics of GER
tain character, there are still women who
listen 10 the serpent In the form Of alluring
advertisements Of complexion waters, Bel
ladonna, Cachous, etc. Nearly always the
name of some actress accompanies them,
and visions Of foot.light loveliness haunt
the mind of the wouldbe more beautiful
than she Is. These are usually frauds,
The wonderful make up on the stage Is due
10 certain secrets of the profession TO pro
duce certain effects that depend largely on
gas light, distance and stage setting, on
the stage these same women are as sensible
and unaffs rs they are on. Their act
demands certain things which would be
disgusting In private life, This they know,
but foolish women think II can be carried
out In home life and society, and make
themselves ridiculous. And the result,
after all Is only short.lived. Arsenic be
comes habit; Belladonns dims the sigh,
of the eyes IL brightens, paralysis follows
the dose has 10 be increased, and often dis
tigurement or death ensues. Naseline and
IA little magnesia OF starch are really bene'
fetal. BARRIERS use magnesia 10 protect the
skin from chatting in the wind, after SHAY,
ing, and vaseline keeps II smooth and
moist. Hot water is the very best cosmetic
and then blood purifier. Liver complaint
and carelessness IN bathing account for a
poor skin oftener than natural bad com
| pleXion
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05
FARM AND GARDEN.
FACTS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT
MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

An Unpatented Device OF Easy Construo-
tion for Holding u Cows Tail In Fly
Time, That Promises to Lift Burden
from summer Milking.
There are numerous patent devices for
holding a cows tail while milking. There
are also many ingenious ones, and equally
effective, for which no patent has been
taken. In Ohio Farmer is described and
illustrated the simple plan shown in the
cuts.
The device represented in Fig. is sim
DIV stout cord with "a loop at one end
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05
MODEL CATTLE STALL.

inches or two feet in width, and about
eight inches in depth, is left for collecting
the manure. Next to this again is left a
walk of convenient width through the
stable. If desired another set of stalls
can be arranged in corresponding posi-
ton to this walk The use of stanchions
of course is optional. Many prefer strap
around the stall fastened to chain or
rope
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05

and q small wire
hook at the other.
The cord is just
long enough to go
twice around the
tail, then around
the thigh and then
hook. If this is
too simple, get
two pieces of steel
wire s or 10 inches
long, of the size
of a knitting
needle; bend and
loop them to-
gether as shown
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05
NEW Works BIG REVIVAL.
II Has Resulted In 1000 Conversions Un-
der Harrison's Preach ing.


der Harrison's Preaching.
Thomas Harrison, the "boy preacher" has
been in New York for the past eleven weeks
stirring up the Methodists to renewed zeal,
and bringing many wandering sheep into the
fold.
To celebrate this grand jubilee revival
was inaugurated, to last three days.
The first meeting was held in the spacious
Central Methodist church on Seventh avenue,
near Fourteenth street, TO celebrate the con-
version OF 1000 souls The edii!ce was
packed with people, and it was found neces-
sary TO leave the doors and windows open so
that the vast throng outside could partci-
pate in the rejoicing, The revival has been
the most successful that has ever taken place
in New York
Undertaken Stephen Merritt led the sing
ing. His enthusiasm seemed Ia inspire the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05

entire congrega-
ton. Even the
people on the side
walk joined in the
III usic, and the
grand old chorals
could be heard for
blocks around. In
the intervals of the
singing Revivalist
Harrison spoke TO
the as e IN b lage,
walking from one
side Of the platform
TO the other in a
n i III b le manner,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05
SILVER PENCILED HAMBURG HEN.

AS show birds there are several varie
ties recognized, among which are the gold
penciled, silver penciled, gold spangled,
silver spangled and black. The silver
penciled variety represented in the cut is
aa old one-one of the best known, in
fact, to fanciers. The black Hamburgs
are considered the best for commercial
pIlrnOSpS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05
Hamburg Fowls.

Conspicuous among all laying breeds of
fowls stand the Hamburg, for they are
exceedingly prolific layers. Their eggs,
however, run small as regards size, and
the fowls do not bear confinement as well
as some other breeds. These fowls are
remarkable for their beauty, and this fact,
along with the drawback of small sized
eggs, has had its influence in placing the
Hamburg as fancier's fowl rather than
a common purpose bird.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05
SCHOOL WORK AT HOME.

The amount of school work To be done
at home is subject In which parents and
teachers are equally interested. Aside from
the physical injury already referred to
caused by carrying loads of books to and
from school, is the time consumed out OF
school hours in the preparation of lessons
No one with the least knowledge of ply
siology will contend that ten hours day
of intellectual labor is reasonable taA
upon growing child, The teachers them
selves are paid only for one half of that
time, and some have even been known L
rebel at the occasional necessity of pro
longing their labor two or three hours
beyond the limit. Confinement at a desk
in a school room should not be followed by
Nm almost equally close confinement a
home for the rest of the day and evening
Fresh air ana exercise are of infinitely
more consequence TO the child than the
successful reduction of certain number OF
pounds to a certain number of pence, OF
the ability to recite the list of all the King,
of the Saxon Heptarchy, Parents, too
have right to protest against being con
tinually called upon, perhaps In hours they
themselves can Ill afford to spare, to help
their children solve problems or write
compositions. For such service are the
teachers employed and paid. AS such
work belongs to the school room, 1t should
be done there If, in order to get it done
at all, it must needs be crowded into the
hours rightly belonging to rest, recreation
or home duties, then less should be attempt
ed, that the teacher may have opportunity
to personally superintend the labor which
is legtimately hers.-"Sch00l Mothers ana
Home Helpers" By Caroline b. LeR0y in
" Woman"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05

A five wear old daughter of =. Williams
of Ogeshy, had narrow escape from
burning u death by rs clothing taking fire
the other day.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05

Offensive breath vanishes.with the, use
of DR.. Ssge's Catarrh Remedy.
Cheese straws are new wrinkle at din.
ner parties. The cheese comes In long
sticks like macaroni, and one end Is tied
with narrow strip of ribbon which is no,
eaten--a fact mentioned for the benefit to
the unsophisticated! These cheese straws
we're first introduced at the five O'Clock
teas two seasons ago, and now find their
way to the fashionable dinner table.
"BIRD TALK MATiNEEs," is the name of
a lately fashionable entertainment These
consist of lecture "replete with pretty
stories and unhearC-o facts, coupled with
bits of verse and snatches of biography
On stand near the lecturer are birds In
variety-wrens, jays, ravens boblinks,
rollins and larks-illustrative of the lee
ture." The ladies attend in pretty car
rage and street dress"
No room is considered fashionably ap.
pointed, according to the latest edict, with.
rut some musical adjunt in addition TO the
piano 1t may be but music box, It's oft
ener the guitar or banjo with bright
ribbons. A either or zithern, a harp OF
antique horpsichord are considered pretty
lumber for bare corners. The mandolin
which was introduced into this country by
the famous Spanish studiets is another
instrument which is In vogue.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05

in Fig 9 One end is sprung around the
tail and the other around the thigh above
the hook. Neither of these is patented
80 use them unhesitatingly when flies be-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05

Don't spoil your girls dress by
buying apoor, loosely-wovcn car
riage buster. "a Lap Busters for
carriage use have the stock and
work put in them to make a first
class article. The new patterns OF
embroidery, flowers, birds, scenery,
etc, are we'll worth seeing. One
hundred different designs at prices
to suit all. For sale by all dealers.
Copyrighted 1888, by WI AvRrs & soss.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-07
Woman and Her Waterproof,
from the San Francisco Chronicle.

from tne san tranc1scO Chronicle.
I suppose it's all right now. Natures o
woman and likes good cry and this rain should
make her feel better. We are developing in
style of late years. The old Mother Camp UNI
brella is not quite SO numerous as il used to be
and the ''street sales are falling Off The
gentle maiden does not now care about being
seen with The dingy alpaca she was content
with few years ago, and she must have
handle to her umbrella that is worth showing
But fashion has q hard fight to knock shape
into waterproof. You do see the attempt to
shape the waterproof to the figure, but unfor-
tunately the hustle sticks out and little pools
has got to be popular yet awhile. The water
proof makes all women equal, and the seam
stress may be a millionaire milliner for aught
you know, the servant may be the mistress,
the belle of the western addition may be a
simple dudeen. It is different with
mistake about man because he is
in rancoat. He'll give himself away with
his feet il you cover his head up, and with his
head if you cover his feet up. 1t is pretty hard
to judge a woman nowadays if you don't see
her bonnet or her dress. certain taste is
born in California women that enables them to
carry themselves gracefully anywhere. The
California man is equally unmistakable; but it
is not the same kind Of taste exactly. Give a
man all the money in the world and he will
never be able to hide his real quality and the
original elements in him. Give O woman
money and let her alone and in two weeks she
will not be discernible from those who have
had money all their lives. She will surround
herself with the daintiest things; she will pick
up in no time the ''savoir faire" that man in
will develop an amount Of taste that will as
tonish all her male relatives; she will get six
teen times more real enjoyment out Of life
than her husband, il she has one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-07
HOW WAS INDIANA CARRIED?
Capitol Talk About the Meeting Of the
Republican Executive Committee.

There has been q good deal of gossip at the
capitol a. to the doings of the republican na-
tional executive committee, which has been
In session in this city. Among democratic
Senators and Representatives there was q
strong belief to the effect that the COM
mittes is struggling with q deficit of from
$4,000 to $500 How this can be settled up
is said to be the problem which worries Mr..
Quay and Mr.. Dudley, and it is limited that even
MIR. News experience in the Treasury depart
ment has failed either to diminish the
deficit or to show way to clear
balance sheet. Republicans, however, and
some Of them are republicans who know
whereof they speak, say that the proceedings
OF the committee when discussing cam
paign finances were as quiet and sat-
isfactory as could be desired. 1t was
gossiped around the Hobbies that the deficit
was caused by extraordinarily heavy expendi-
lures in Indiana. One of the quiet hoosier
republicans, a man who is as near the throne
as any other man in the party, man
with an unimpugned reputation for verac-
ity. told STAR reporter to-day that there
was not the slightest foundation for such a
rumor.
1.-The national committees contribu-
ton to the campaign expenses in In
diana was S6,000-not q penny more;
what other money was used came
from other sources. And, by the way" he
added, there never was anything more untrue
than the statement that the republicans dis
bursed huge corruption fund in Indiana
The amount of cash expended was
extremely small, and it went for
legitimate purposes. There was less republic
can money in this campaign than there was in
any past presidential fight The 'foaters' were
all bought up by the democrats, although
nine-tenths Of those 'foaters' were really
democrats anyhow. The truth of my state
ments could be easily proven il both parties
would only agree to make public their campaign
account books"
How did you carry the state il you didn't
buy few foaters?' queried the reporter
I'VE neglected the 'hoaters' and looked out
after the farmers and the workingmen; there's
where We got our VOTE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-07

hUCIcuL substitutes IOE the Corset.
From the San Francisco Call.
As long ago a. the days Of the Greeks and
Romans a Slight, elances figure was admired
and stoutness looked upon as . deformity.
Martial ridiculed fat VIC on and Ovid put
large waists in the first Pa Of his remedies
against love. Several remedies were tried
then, as now, not only to restrain an expanding
figure, but to enhance the beauties Of very
slight one. But they were of Q different kind
from those with which we are familiar. Band
ages were worn with the generic name Of fascie
mamillaries. These consisted Of the strophium,
the cloth worn around the bosom; the tenia. q
simple band below, and the coma, or waist
belt. When bandages failed, those who valued
the beauty Of their figures had recourse to
a remedy prescribed by Serenus Sammonicus.
They enveloped their busts with garlands
Of Ivy, which were thrown ON the fire az
soon as withdrawn, and afterward rubbed
goose fat mixed with warm milk or with the
egg of q partridge. Men were ~ vain a. the
women, il we are to believe Aristophsues and
other writer's. The great comic dramatist
Knocked his contemporary, Cinesias: for wear
his biography Of the Emperor Anthony, men
tons that he also had recourse to them to COM
press his swelling figure. Testimony 10 con-
hicting, however. Some contend that the an
clients wore veritable corsets, arguing that
when Homer, in describing Juno's toilet when
she Wishes TO csptivate Jupiter, speaks Of the
bordered with gold fringe, the other borrowed
from Venus-he was really describing Greek
corset; and that the egide or curass OF Minerva,
which Vigil describes, 10 TO be interpreted in
the same manner, but this view e surely mis-
taken, for no monument OF antiquity, no artis-
tic work. no evidence cleaned FROM other
sources, point to the use Of stiR, unyielding
whalebone corsets.