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Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-10-27

with him, and it is more matter OF habit that
prompts him to pay the money out of his lordly
pocket into any ones hands more gracously than
to hers.
What happiness can dollars bring compared to
that mutual love and confidence between husband
wife? "For better, for worse-for richer, for
poorer" means the most perfect content that life
can bestow when accompanied by the sympathy
that alone makes adversely no less than prosperity
a condition of happiness.
If she is indeed unwise in her expenditures and
use of money, would not more happiness result
from his teaching her the true methods, that they
might walk on in life together, she doing her part
as he his? When he suffers losses, there are al
ways murmurs of the wife's extravaganza. When
he courts prosperity do they murmnr about the
wifes economy? Rarely and it's poor rule
that won't work both ways. No family purse and
the wolf at the door is far from condition of
bliss, but on the other hand regard for the dollar
as the cornerstone of domestic happiness is
breeder of such dlssension that neither is it pro-
ductive of great felicity.
The agitation of the family purse will perhaps
correct some masculine faults and lead to improved
measures. Of course, if a man desires to keep
his wife in state of subsection, he can devise no
better method. This to say the least is cowardly.
If he falls into the error unintentionay he needs
to have his attention called to the fact, for man
never yet could make dollar go as far as woman
can, and when he hands over the money generous
ly into her keeping, for her to do her best with in
her own particular lines of work, he will find the
family purse will swell to greater dimensions than
under the old regme his heart, instead of con-
tracing, will expand, and his worldly affairs and
happiness will flourish like the bay tree beneath the
rays of tropical sun.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-10-27
The Family Purse.


Among the every day axioms Of life is the one,
'twhen want comes in at the door, love flies out at
the window - but as an occasional exception to
this rule life sometimes furnishes an illustration
which, if put in words, would read, "when riches
come in at the door, love flies out at the window
This is not an axiom it is merely the exception to
the foregoing rule, that stands in the position of
proof The empty purse is rarely the one referred
to in the subject of these remarks, it is the full
purse and the principles that are in the possession
of it's owner, which have caused the controversy
and comments that have been going the rounds of
the press.
We hear so much about the down-trodden, lily
paid wife, who is often housewife mother and
slave all in one. 1t is not the empty purse that is
Feature of this condition. far from it, but is from
the wellfattened purse that arise the grievances of
woman the fat purse with the strong strings safely
tied in a combination knot which the feminine head
of the family is unacquainted with, that so often
forms the bone of contention.
When man courts his sweetheart, the pathos
and eloquence he employs in pleading his cause is
not marred by the metallic ring of the silver dollar
with which he proposes to buy her the comforts of
life. He wins his suit, and she accords him the
confidence and trust and love that form the essen
tia parts of the feminine nature, and she expects
struggle at best, but less so, perhaps,
when combating with youth, energy and ambition
than at any other time, and as the family interests
are no less dear to her than to him, she adjusts her
round youthful shoulder to the wheel and cheery
lends all the aid in her power Family cares in
crease with the years, and the burden weighs Oft
times heavily for both, but in the growth of his
responsibilities he forgets that the gentle shoulder
is bearing with twice the pressure in the uphill
path. Prosperity attends him, but the struggle
has planted some avarice in his heart-the heart
that was so large when he offered it in early life
and the purse that was so small have changed
places. In the years agone the purse was in the
heart; now the heart is inside the purse and the
purse-strings have become 50 intertwned with the
heart-strlng that tension on one means
tension on the other She has prac-
ticed economy in countless ways he knows
not Of she has made herself the cat spaw for his
economy, and at last the fire burns her and she
rebes-rebels after it is too late after her own i'm
age in his heart has been usurped by round
bright, shining dollar marked, 'In God we Trust. A."
1t is right here that the aforementioned family
purse materiazes. The position of cat's-paw all
at once grows very monotonous, but she finds on
inquiry that he is unwilling for her to renquish its
duties. Instead of his gaining confidence in her
abilities that have stood the test, she discovers that
he recognizes in her no capabty whatever. He
gives hundreds magnifcently, to build the church
steeple toward the skies, and when she asks for
money he wonders what she is going to do with it,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14

Cut and rake in square lands of such q
size that the hay will make stacks of ths
desired dimensions. The stack is to be
made in the center, and the windows,
which should be straight, run towards it..
To get the hay to the center use plank
twelve or fourteen feet long, as rake.
Hitch a steady team to each end by q
rope or chain ten or twelve feet long. One
team walks ON each side of the window
and the driver may stand on the board or
not, as he pleases.
To elevate the hay an inclined plane like
that shown in the illustration is used.
The incline is made of fence boards six
teen feet long, planned on the upper side,
and supported by frame made OF two by
four scantlings, which are firmly braced.
The frame should be fourteen feet long,
twelve or fourteen wide. and eight high
To elevate the hay, drive one team on each
side of the incline, sliding the hay up and
letting it drop over the end onto the stack
1t Is best to have two men drive while do
ing this. The man who stacks can help,
only two men being actually needed to
perform all the work.
When one part of the stack gets as
high as the incline, the incline can
be moved forward few feet, by hitch
ing one or both teams to the front
of it, or by moving 1t with the plank,
as you would a bunch of hay. The first
part is topped out while the rest is being
built. To get the plank out after unload
ing. unhitch one team and the other pulls
1t out lengthwise.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14
WHEAT FOR DIFFERENT SOILS.
Interesting Information Furnished by In.
telliSent Observers.

II is quite well known that varieties that
succeed well in some sections of the
country prove Improbable in others under
different conditions of soil and climate.
New varieties are also being constantly
introduced, and il is desirable 10 learn
when and where they succeed or fail in
order that rs little loss As possible may
be sustained by making unnecessary eX'
periments with sorts not adapted TO one S
own locality. Some interesting informa-
ton of this kind is furnished in the re-
ports of intelligent observers to the agri-
cultural department at Washington.
The Michigan Agricultural college re-
ports that the imported varieties-Geno-
ese, white Crimean. Egyptian and Indian
grew vigorously in the fall, but were
not sufficiently hardy to withstand the
winter. Extra early Oakley proved too
tender for this latitude. The Diehl Med
iterranean, bearded variety, stood thick
on the ground; no smut or rust; was ready
for harvesting July l, the berry being
plump ana hard. The McGhee white
showed some rust on the leaves. but no
smut ripened unevenly.
Missouri experiment station reports:
The Crimean. a coarse wheat, mostly win
ter. killed The Indian and Egyptian
wheat, all winter killed The Diehl Med
iterranean stood the winter well and gave
a good berry. The Genoese, failure The
McGhee white gave moderate yield of
most beautiful wheat of light color, with
pearly luster, and ripened June l6. From
Pawnee county Neb., the Sheriff wheat is
reported as badly winter killed.
The New York experiment station re-
ports the Diehl Mediterranean is well
adapted to this climate. Martins amber
is first class. Genoese. white Crimean
and Egyptian are failures.
The Pennsylvania state college reports
all the imported varieties, white Crimean,
Genoese, Egyptian and India, winter
killed. The yield from one quart Nc
Ghee seed was % pounds; extra early
Oakley ~ pounds; Diehl Mediterranean,
go pounds; Martins amber, 10 ounces.
All suffered considerably from the fly.
South Carolina experiment station re-
ports the extra early Oakley very early
variety, and an admirable sort for this
latitude. Yield, about 20 bushels to the
acre. MeGhee's white Is a week later and
a good southern wheat. The Diehl Medi-
terranean rather late, but made a fine
yield; the Sheriff too late for this latitude;
the Egyptian. Crimean and Indian all
killed by cold; Martins amber about half
killed.
Virginia. Hampton School reports: Red
Mediterranean seems to be the only wheat
at all sure here.
The southern states generally report
but little wheat sown, as it is not as sue
cessful as in higher ATTITUDES and is al
most invariably injured by rust
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14
Late Fall OF Winter Cabbage.

For late fall or winter cabbage, where
land is cheap, the plants are set in rows
three feet apart each way. This, says
Joseph Harris in American Agriculturist,
requires 4,S4O plants per acre. The land
is marked out with common marker
both ways, the plants are dropped where
the two rows cross, and a careful man
sets them out, They are set deep enough,
so that the lower leaves stand level with
the surface. The great point is to press
the soil firmly around the roots and not
merely around the upper part Of the
stem. Mr.. Harris plan, after marking
out the land both ways, is to drop about
two tabiespoonfuls of fertilizer or good
handful of pulverized hen dung where the
two rows cross, and then run narrow
horse hoe up and down each row both
ways.
The favorite varieties and the time Of
planting vary considerably in different
sections The usual time of planting
these varieties for late fall and winter
use ranges from the Goth of June until
the 10th of July. Much, however, de-
ponds on the land and season. When the
soil and preparation are all that could be
desired. these varieties can be frequently
planted safely until the Goth Of July, and
occasionally until the LIST of August,
The after management Of the crop con-
sists merely in keeping the land clean and
mellow by constant use of the cultivator
and hoe. Simple as this is, it is where
many cabbage growers fail. In two or
three days after the cabbage plants are
set out it is well to run cultivntor be,
tween the rows, and follow with hoe and
break the crust round the wilted plants
and draw a little fine fresh soil round
them. If any of the plants are dead, set
out others in their place. In two or three
days cultivate again. and keep on cult
waiting until the cabbage leaves cover the
ground. 1t is one great secret Of success.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14

The Mills bill proposes in the main two
things;
Ftrst-To make raw materials used In
the great manufacturing industries Of the
country duty free. This will be an I'M
doubted and very great advantage to the
manufacturers and still more TO their
facturer in duties on his raw material
enables him on one hand to pay his work
men better wages, and on the other 10 sell
| his surplus product in foreign markets
and thus keep his works and workmen
more steadily employed. If the bill be
comes law II will secure this great boon
of a steady, uninterrupted industry In
many of the great branches Of manufactur
ing in this country and by enabling our
manufacturers 10 export their surplus will
prevent those frequent gluts of the home
market which have been so injurious to
workman, and will at the same time revive
our foreign commerce.
SecOad-With free raw materials duties
on manufactures can be lowered without
injury TO employer or workmen; and this
is so judiciousiy and carefully done In the
present bill that many manufacturers find
to their surprise that the actual "proteC-
ton" in the bill for them is greater than
that they now enjoy. Here again the EN-.
ployer and his workmen are guarded, while
at the same time the consumers, the mass
of the people, will get their goods cheaper
than before.
1t is not "free trade" measure; on the
contrary, no free trader can eXaming IL
without strongly disappearing very many
of its provisions. 1t Is measure for tariff
revision made strictly from the protection
list standpoint, and there is not section or
clause In it which does not show the iniu-
ence of protectionist opinion or protection.
list information upon those who framed it,
II will, therefore, in many ways disappoint
tariff reformers and free traders.
But it deserves the support Of all moder,
ate protectionists, and the prudent friends
of the protective system will do we'll TO
study its provisions and the spirit In which
they were drawn before they are misled by
extremists into opposing IT,
For If this bill Is beaten, the next will,
we venture TO say, deal far more trenchantly
with this question. IL Is quite certain that
all the revenue the government needs for
all purposes can be got from taxes and
duties on no more than twelve articles, all
luxuries. If the friends of protection re-
ject this bill they will hasten the day when
the people will demand that revenue be
raised by taxes on the fewest possible
number of articles, aud those luxuTies
only Il will be great folly In those who
sincerely hold 10 protection by foolish re
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14
The Tariff and Wages,

The wrong foundation of the claim thai
a high tariff makes wages high anG work
plenty Is, says the Cleveland Plain Deaf
er, iallacy. What Is II that fixes the wage
rate The relation of the demand for la
Dor 10 the supply of labor, as every man
who works for wages very we'll knows. II
there Is plenty Of work for all the men who
want 10 work the wage rate will be high,
but II there are more men wanting work
than can be employed the wage rate will
be low. This Is the natural law that gov
ems the matter, and no legislative enact
ment can ever set 1t aside. How then can
the tariff make wages high II can only
do so in one way and that is by increasing
the demand for labor and decreasing the
supply or labor. Has the tariff ever done
this? Let the iron workers who are now
on a strike against 10 per cent. reduction
In their wage rate, caused by glut Of the
iron market and dearth of demand for
labor, brought on by this very high tariff,
answer. Let them say how N UGH the tariff
on iron has ever benefited them, or Is ben.
citing them now.
For how can high tariff increase the
demand for labor when the very first thing
its advocates claim for II is that II restricts
production If less of anything Is pro-
duced, as a necessary consequence fewer
persons will have to be employed In the
production, and If there Is less work TO be
done there will be a greater pressure of
unemployed labor, and wages will be low
or. This Is the necessary consequence of
a high tariff, and such a tariff instead Of
being a benefit TO working men will oper-
ate against their interests every time.
Is II not easy TO see that the cheaper
products are the wider the markets will be
and the more will be sold? ls II not easy
to see that the best policy for the wage.
worker Is that which increases the mark
cts cheapens products, and multiplies pro-
duction? For, whenever the consumption
is doubled, production will be doubled, and
whenever production is doubled the num-
Der of men necessary to be employed will
be doubled, and, as necessary consequence
of all this, there will be more work and
better wages
Workingmen and all citizens who want
to see real and lasting prosperity based up
on natural laws should think of these things
for there Is no mystery about them, These
ele uentary laws of political economy are
easily understood. A little attention to
their working and reflection upon the man
ner of their operation will convince any
candid man that the whole argument of
the high tariff advocates Is delusive, and
their claim that tariff can bring about or
maintain a high rate of wages is not only
incapable of demonstration, but self-evi
IDENTITY false
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14
A Desirable Hybrid Rose.

Professor Budd, of the Iowa state agri,
cultural college, thinks that the question
of the possible improvement of the beauti.
full foliaged Rosa rugosa ought to be
agitated. He writes:
80 far as yet tried all of its forms from
China, Japan, Poland north Silesia and
central Russia are perfectly hardy and
perfect in foliage on the great prairies of
the west and northwest, where, under
common cultivation, nearly all the varie-
ties grown at the east either fail on &C
count of severe winters or imperfect foil
age and flowers in hot, dry summer air
Some of the red and white varieties of
east Europe have already developed all of
their stamens into petals, and there are
good reasons for believing that judicious
crossing and selection would soon give q
list of varieties uniting the grand foliage
of the rugosa with the beauty and per
fume of bloom of some of the favorite old
varieties"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14


The need of harder varieties OF roses
than we now have is made apparent over
large part of the rich prairies west and
northwest of Lake Michigan, where nc
variety less hardy than the yellow Harri
son can be grown unless more care ID
given in the way Of winter protection
than is usually bestowed by the average
owner of prairie homestead. Professor
Budd closes his letter with the remark
that the professional rose growers should
take up this much needed work" The
editor of American Garden heartily in
dorses the professors remarks and calls
attention to the new variety, Nine.
Georges Bruant, and Mr.. f. S. Carman's
success in the same line, as sufficient en-
enlargement to induce our rose growers
to systematic efforts in this field of prom
Use
The experiments of Mr.. Carman on the
grounds of The Rural New Yorker have
resulted in sixty hybrids between Rosa
rugosa with pollen from many different
roses. One of the first Of these to bloom
this season is, explains the editor of The
Weekly World, hybrid between r. ru-
gosa and Harrison's yellow. The flower
is surprise; it has twenty petals, and
the color is far from that of either its
father plant yellow or its mother plant
"a light pink. The color is almost that of
Gen. Jacqueminot.
The hybrid rose depicted in our cut,
Nine. Georges Bruant, is the result of
flower of r. rugosa fortified by the pol
len of Sombreuil The plant is said to
inherit the hardy constitution of the
mother plant, and having foliage much
like that of rugosa, while in the flower it
resembles tea rose; the flower is white,
semi-double and fragrant, and is particu.
larly attractive in the bud.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14

Tomatoes ripened on the vines are
much superior to those that are picked of
partly green and laid in the sun to ripen.
Many persons. in order to get early fruit,
tie the plants to stakes and pinch off the
ends of the vines as soon as enough fruit
has set. The best soil for tomatoes is a
sandy loan, and they will not do we'll on
wet or too highly MANFRED lands
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14

Do you feel languiu, low spirited, lifeless
and miserable, both physically and mentally
have poor appetite, frequent headache, bit
ter or bad taste in the mouth, nervous pros.
trstion, and do you know what the matter
is? You have torpid liver, associated with
indigestion You need DR.. Jones Red Clover
Tonic You need it today. By of Z. Y,
Griggs. An ever prompt cure for headache,
contipation, pimples, rheumatism. scrofula,
dyspepsia and sll blood disorders.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14
Nothing Like IL,

Every day swells the volume of proof
that as specific for all blood diseases
nothing equals DR., Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery. Remember this is an old
established remedy with a record il has
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fulfilling every claim! IL has been tested
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14

The Friday following the first day of
May in each year shall hereafter be known
throughout New York state as Arbor day,
by proclamation Of the governor.
New York's appropriations for agr-
culture and kindred purposes, available
after Oct l, 1883, make a total of $685.
4241i
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14

The best on earth, can truly be said Of
Griggs' Glycerine Salve, which is sure
safe and speedy cure for cuts, bruises,
scalds, burns, wounds and all other sores
will positively cure piles, teter and all skin
eruptions. Try this wonder healer. Salts
faction guaranteed or money refunded. On
ly 25c. Sold by f. Y. Griggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14

Each plant is trained to a stake four to
five feet high. The plants are trimmed
closely at first, leaving only few
branches for early fruiting. Later he does
not trim, but simply ties the vines to the
stakes until the top is reached when they
are allowed to hang over and fruit until
killed by tine frost. In training he makes
about three tyings to a stake, leaving only
the main vine to grow. The shoots or
laterals are cut back to one leaf. The
grower quoted from is convinced that
leaving sufficient foliage to protect the
fruit from the direct rays of the sun,
and at the same time not so dense as to
exclude light and air too much, will pro-
duce the finest fruit.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14
FARM AND GARDEN.
MODES OF AGRICULTURE PRACTicED
BY PROGRESSIVE FARMERS.

An Illustrated Description of How Hay
Is stacked in the Field by Farmers
Grass Is Largely Grown.
A correspondent in Prairie Farmer gives
the following illustrated description of
how hay is stacked in northwestern Iowa.
where wild grass is mostly grown and
where it is stacked in the field.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14

sistence to the present measures to bring
about the downfall Of their system,-N. Y.
Herald
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14

A leading market gardener of Pennsyl-
vania describes in Popular Gardening
his plan of training tomatoes.
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DISSOLUTION.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN thar The partnership
y heretofore existing between Y. e. Harris and b.
&, WlthrOw. under the arm name and style of '. &.
Harris CO.. u hereby dissolved hy mutual consent
y C. Harris will cdptinuc The husies-. assuming Ell
obi cation. Of and collecting 40 arruuufs Cue said rM
'. {. HkEEIS.
n { wIlHUOW.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-14

See your dealer before cold
weather, and if he hasn't 81 Horse
Blankets don't get stuck with
poor limitations, but ask him to
order some for YOU. IN