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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-02

All our readers will be interested In the
quaint and amusing way they will be told
why ga Horse Sheets and ga Horse
Blankets are the strongest made and why
the owners of horses will save money and
have better animals by using those goods.
The most amusing illustrations are yet to
come. so look out for them. We think the
manufacturers of ga Horse Blankets, Fly
Nets and Lap Busters are on the right
track when they make strong goods which
will last several seasons. Farmers have
been deceived so often by horse blankets
which will not wear well that they will
appreciate strong goods. Our ga friends
are also on the right track when they use
the columns Of oar newspaper to let the
people of this county know how they can
get strong horse blankets. BY using our
newspaper the manufacturer increases his
trade, and the farmer knows how TO buy
horse blankets which will wear we'll,
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CrOp Notes.

Whsdt-Less than two thirds OF crop
of winter wheat is promised, as large
proportion of wheat seeded last fall failed
to terminate on account OF the drouth
Added to the large area In this county
already plowed up for summer crops, Is II
still larger area, which will be turned over
for later seeds.
In spring wheat, there Is an Increase In
acreage OF abb ut seven per cent In this
country, and the promise of an average
crop is very good.
Corn-The warm damp weather has
placed corn In comparative safety. II l.
about all In, and II the warm weather
remains, the high grounds will produce
nearly. II not full crop. Corn on low
ground has been damaged conside ebly by
tne heavy rains, aud much of II will be re.
planted. Until last week, the drain tile
farmers report, not drop of water flowing
from them, although many Inches OF rain
had fallen. This shows previous condi-
ton Of drouth, which II continued meant
ruin and more mortgages.
Grdss-Meadows show growth that Is
truly surprising. The grass In many
instances 20 inches high, and a double
crop of hay would not be An impossibility
should The weather continue favorable.
Odts-Oats are doing well and cover a
larger area than last year. They are high
for this time of the year, and have start
which month of drouth could not effect
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les can 60 by with only one wheel on the

les can 60 by with only one wheel on thu
stone.
To sum up the matter in few words
the points to De insisted on are these:
l. The stone broken must he small;
e., one and halt inches In their larges
dimensions.
2. Hard material, flint where obrainable
or granite should be employed.
3. No earth, screenings, sand, or 80
lalled "binding material" must be used
but the stones must unite by their own an
giles into solid mass.
4. Economy of material must be- pro-
NOTED by filling up the holes at once, and
by never putting down stones moe thar
one thick; also by spreading small patches
of stones where wanted, instead Of large
ones whether wanted or not.
5. All mud must be removed.
g. Attention must be paid 10 drainage
especially by filling up puddles at once
and keeping them so ill d ty the ID, OF
the rake.
The adoption of this, the only proper
system of repair, will diminish the road
taxes, and will conduce TO the comfort of
every one. In short, much less should be
spent on materials, and rather more on
skilled labor and superintendent.
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DUNCAN. o'CoNoR & GILBERT,


STATE OF ILLINOIS, Ia SALE CoUSTY-ss
- In TIE circuit court To lime Tam. A. u. 1873.
Trustees OF School of Township Thiry.ttree North.
Range one, East OF the Third Principal Meridiaa. -
julia Downing, Theresa COrCorRn. Murty CGrcuran
Martha Scott, william Scott. Anna LedCh. George
Ledch, Thomas Downing Sarah Bowling, John Dow
ling, Margaret Bowling, and Henry Prce.Hi chan
can
Affidavit Of ron-resdence Of Martha Scott, william
Scott, Anna LicdCh, George Ledch and Jupn Dow ling
mpleaded with the above defendants having been He'd
In the clerks Office OF the Circuit Court OF said county
notice Is therefore hereby 10 the said rcsd
defendants that the complainant ed its hill Of com
plant IN said Court the chancery side thereof on
the eighteenth day OF May, lSSs and that thereupun
summons issued OF said court wherein said suit
pending returnsble on the second MONDAY In the
month Of June "a. u. lSSs Is Il by law required.
Now, unless you, the said nonresident defendants
above named, shall personally be and appear before
said Circuit Court on the first day OF the next term
thereof a. De holden al Ottawa. IN and for the said
county. on the second Monday In June lssS, and
plead, answer or demur 10 the said Companants bill
Of complaint the same and matters and things therein
charged and stated Will De taken confessed, and
decree entered against you according a. the prayer Of
said bill. WILLIAM W. TAYLOR, Clerk
ottawa. Illinois, May lSth ISIS
DUNCAN, O'CoSoR GILBERT, Compile sors. Iw
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The Farmers Bill of Costs.


The great majority of Americans suffer
from the high tariff, but on none is the
load SO heavy rs on the farmer. The ben.
him. The high duties do him no good, for
he sells his wheat at price determined In
the markets of Liverpool. An import tax
of 81 a bushel on wheat would profit the
Illinois farmer not one cent. The worlds
demand regulates his prices inexorably.
If the farmers of the land really knew
how large share of their incomes Is taken
from them in this way, they would at once
be up In organized rebellion to do battle
at the polls.
Let any farmer, righteously exclaims an
exchange, who wants to appreciate the
wrong that is done him, draw up a bill of
costs against the government for the
amount which he pays out in support of a
tariff from which he gets no benefit:
The shoes, breaches, coat, tlannels and
hat which he wears are taxed.
The pillow he guides and the harness on
his horses are taxed.
The mower with which he cuts his grsin
and the thresher that fails il out are taxed.
The jute bag for which he pays five
cents he could get for three if iute were not
taxed.
The boards out of which his house Is
built and the paint which covers 1t are
taxed.
The paper that hangs on his walls and
the carpet that lies on his floor are taxed.
The stove on which his wife cooks and
the gown that she wears are taxed.
The coal In the stove and the blankets on
the bed are taxed.
The medicines he swallows and the coffin
he Is buried in are taxed.
So from the cradle TO the tomb the
farmer bears the load.
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LORENZO LELAND,

CTATE OF IL LIN OILS, Ia S,ILK Corn
- TY-ss. IN The CV Wt court, m JuUt T.,J,. A
u. 1855.
Angcnette j. Peavey rs George Howard. ,Iamri
Howard, William Howard. Robert Howard ami Thorn
AS Howard--iH ChuHrsyV.
Affidavit of non.rczdence Of Robert Howard and
James Howard implicated with the above defend ants
having been ned IN the cIert's office Of the Circuit
Court Of said county notice Is therefore hereby gyeI
to the said resiCent defendants that the complain
ant nled her bill Of complaint In said court. The
chancery side thereof the Sth day Of February sS
and that thereupOn summons isrut out Of said
wherein said suit is now pending returnable as s BY
law required.
Now unless you, the said non resident defendant,
above named. shall personally be- and appear before
said Circuit Court on the nrst day OF the next term
thereof 10 be holden At OTTAWA, IN and for the said
county, on the second Monday In June. lS and plead
answer or dcmur to the said compaluanrs Oil OF com
plant the same and the matters and things therein
charged and stated will be taken rs confessed. and
decree entered against you according tn the prayer
said bill. " W. TAYLOR, Clerk.
ottawa. Illinois. May 18th. 1885.
l.. LELAND. COmplts SOlr. may2G=iw
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CHlNCH BUGS.
Remedies and Preventives for This seri.
Gus Pest.

Remedies and Preventives for This seri.
Gus Pest.
Remedies and preventives recommended
by Professor Riley. and found to DO ef'
fective on trial In the determination OF
that serious pest. the chinch bug. are
briefly as follows Irrigation. burning.
rolling, trampling, manuring, early SOW
ing. mixing seed or protecting one plant
by another, preventing the migration
from one field to another by upright
boards or plowed burrows or bitches and
abstaining from cultivation of grains
upon which the insect feeds With no in
sect more than the chinch bug Is there
greater necessity for clean cultivation.
Numbered with other summer remedies
Is irrigation where 1t can be practiced. In
addition to winter burning the remedy can
be used to good effect in other cases. as
where the attack Of the bugs appears to
be confined to a definite portion Of the
field, that portion should be overlaid with
straw and burned, II not too large The
prevention Of migration by means Of
bitches or tarred boards has been EN-
ployed with good effect in some localities.
Sowing strips Of plants distasteful to the
bugs, such as flax, hemp or buckwheat
around the fields to be protected is re-
sorted to in some cases. On the other
hand, sowing strips Of favored food
around the fields to be protected Is prac
ticed, as strip of timothy, Hungarian
grass or millet, The bugs lay their eggs
by preference in this protective strip and
then are destroyed by the blowing and
burning.
A new, and. under certain circumstan
ces. efiicacious remedy is that of kerosene
emulsion. Applications made by PROBES
sor Forbes and reported upon by l.. O.
Howard all proved etiicacious The time
of application was just after the wheat
harvest. when help is abundant. Expert
ments made with kerosene emulsions by
Professor Osborn, of Ames, Ia, and re.
ported to the chronological department
at Washington. make the emulsion appear
of value when directed against the bugs
that are messing on corn. This resulted
in the destruction of great numbers In
this application the cyclone nozzle was
found exceedingly satisfactory.
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Judge T. c. McLendon writes to the
Swift Specific o.: About three years
ago Jerry Bradley had cancerous
sore on his face near the right eye
II caused him great deal of pain, and he
lost the sight of the eye but was finally
cured by the use of Swift's Specific. This
case is we'll known in Wilkes Co., Ga,
where he lived"
Mr.. l.. Cox, of Arkabutla, Tate Co..
Miss, writes: III suffered great deal
from old ulcers for years Your medicine
was recommended, and after using six
bottles was completely cured. Your med
icine does even more than you claim for It.
| have known II to cure cases which were
thought hopeless"
Mrs. A. NJ. Goldsmith, No. GA Warren
street, Brooklyn, N. Y, writes: ~ COM
menced using s about three years ago
had suffered much with sore throat for
over year. used great many other
remedies with no good results. My little
girl, Also had sore fingers; 1t commenced
from the quick, and then the nails would
come off. We doctered her for over two
years, and when l began using S s
thought would see what 1t would do fol-
her. l am thankful to say that 1t entirely
cured her. 1t is the best remedy know OF
for the blood really believe It was the
means of saving my life. The doctors TOLD
me l had throat disease similar To Gen
Grants. cheerfully recommend II to al
suffering from dis2rdered blood"
Treaties on blood and skin diseases
mailed free. The Swift Specific Co.
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
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GRIGGS q ALLEN.


EINAL SElTLE.Ni E.NT.--EsrATR OF
WILLIAM G. MOORE, DECRAsRD.-NOtCei II hereby
given % all persons interested in said estate that the
Administrators Of the estate o. said vii
liam Moore deceased will appear before the Probate
Court Of the county Of La Sale and state OF Illinois
the County Court House In ottawa, In said county on
Monday the llth day OF June, A. u 1888 FOR the pur
pose Of rendering an account OF their proceedings in
the administration OF said estate for the hnal settle
mcnt
Dated at Ottawa, this IL day OF May. lsSs
j. CRAIG MOORE,
CARRIE l. JUDD.
AT"rEsT: HENRY HELsIG. Admlnlstr tors.
Clerk Probate Court. Ia Sale Co.. M mayl93w
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Honey Plants.

All flowers. whether wild or cultivated.
are visited by the Industrious bee for
honey. and it is not easy to say from
what species it derives the most Of its
sweets Orchards in full bloom are me-
lodious with their hum, and later on the
fields of buckwheat are extraordinarily
attractive. so much so. indeed. that honey
made principally from this plant is readily
distinguished from that made earlier from
fruit blossoms, white clover. etc. which
is more highly esteemed on account of its
finer color and quality.
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fore, to know how to prune, what to prune
and when to prune.
A horticulturist in Country Gentleman
calls attention to fact often ignored.
viz. that pinching back growing shoot
or pruning a growing branch weakens the
same. This fact must be borne in mind
when one is endeavoring to make tree
shapely or get uniform growth of vine.
In the Old World use is made Of this
principle in training fruit and other trees
into various forms. Some fruit trees are
trained so as to make perfect trellises,
espalier. Others are erect. round and
shoot up like Lombardy poplars, colum.
mar trees. Appended is an illustration OF
q columnar pear tree.
To make this tree, explains the horti.
culturist quoted from, the grower has to
pinch back all the strong growing shoots
toward the upper portion of the tree. as
the season progresses, and any shoot that
seems stronger than the rest, anywhere.
In the fall and winter, when the finishing
time for pruning arrives, the upper part
of the tree is still severely pruned, as
shown in the illustration.
Attention has been called to this form
OF Tree SIMPLY 10 llustrdte Ine Seuelai
principle that pruning or pincLing back
a strong shoot weakens it, and that the
weaker ones profit by what to the strong
ones has been denied. In conclusion adds
this hortcultist: If the shoots on a grow
ing vine are all weakish at the bottom,
and few strong ones are pushing at the
top we should pinch these strong ones
back and take out the growing point soon
after it starts, or as soon as it occurs to
us that the lower branches need strength
ening. II it be- an evergreen that we
would thicken at the bottom, pinch out
the growing points of the stronger
branches. but let alone the weaker ones
If it be pear tree that we would train to
any special form, keep back the stronger
branches and let the weaker ones grow.
Only in this way can we get branches
where we need them.
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The one fault of this rose, according to
James Wick, the well known seedman at
Rochester, N, Y, is that it is little
tender In most localities this will not
detract from it's merits, for if properly
protected. as thrifty rose growers of the
north always practice, it will bear north
ern winters unframed. One excellent
Characteristic of this rose, according to
Wick. is its continual blooming habit. 1t
blossoms freely the second time, and so is
true remontant. The flowers are of
medium size, semi globular and full Our
cut gives az idea of form, though reduced
in size The color Is crimson maroon,
very rich and strong.
Louis Van Houtte was introduced by
the late Francois Lacharme, of Lyons,
France, one of the most celebrated rose
growers of our time. Among other nota-
Bile crimson varieties raised by him are
Alfred Colomb. Anne de Diesbach, Charles
Lefeb.re, Hippolyte Jamain and Xavier
Olibo, The only rose Of American origin,
according to Wick, that will compare with
Louis Van Houtte and the varieties above
mentioned. in color and other valuable
qualities. Is Marshall p Wilder.
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Deem Soil for Strawberries.

Strawberries will send their roots from
twenty to thirty inches into the ground,
if it is made very rich and well worked to
that depth Mulching with rotted forest
leaves saves all necessity for watering.
and with the ground prepared and fertil
lied in this manner the plants will be sure
to produce larger, more and better colored
berries. This is not guess work, but the
teaching of practice and experience.
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HENRY QUINN.

iffOJbey az IOg.
E1NAL SETTLEMENl,-f~IArEo OF PARtCk MEK-
HAM DsC'p.-Noticc IL hereby given to all per
sons Interested In said estate that the undersigned al
minlstratriN VI the estate Of said Patrick MeehAn
deceased, viii appear before the Probate Court OF
the county Of Ia Sale and state Of Illinois, nj The
County Court House IN Ottawa in said county on Mon.
day, the 18th day Of June :. D. 1883 for the purpose
Of rendering AN account Of her proceedings In the ad
mlnistratOn of said estate for the final settlement
Datcd4.t Ottawa, tins 2Ith day II May lsSs
KATIE NJ EHAN,
ATTEST: Henry IIEIMiu, Adlnu-trntrit
Clerk Probate Court Ia Sale Co., III. may2G- 3w
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Board and Feed Stable.

have leased the Barn In front OF Whites Hotel
(known the BAH yarJ 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 ana see me. Strangers coming to Ottawa
will md the best Of accommodations and care taken Of
their stock. Teams be gotten from the barn AZ any
hour Of day or night. Mr. Brown would ike 10 have
his friends cal and him, and he will endeavor 20
give them satisfaction. L. X. BROWN,
dcCl0-tf Proprietor.
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Nea9l.

NOEICE.-EsTATR OF ARCHIBALD MORRISON
~ DKo-Notce Is hereby given that the undersigned
Executor OF the last will and testament Of Archibald
Morrison, late Of the county OF In sale and state Of hi
nos, deceased win appear before the Probate Court OF
said county on the third Monday heng the 10Th day OF
July, 1885, Mt the Probate Court Room, in Ottawa In
or demands against said estate are notified 10 attend and
present the same In writing for adjustment
Dated this 10th day Of NAV, A. u 1899.
RICHARD j. HORNlCK.
mayl9Sw Executor.
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Bucklins Arnica Salve,

The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter
chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect sat
isfactiop. or money refunded. Price rs cents
per box For sale bv ID. Lorriaux.
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are taken A single stroke in prepared
ground will be all that is necessary,
although in harder soil tap with NAL
let or some convenient object makes
quicker work.
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="
garden. 1t may
not be familiar to
our gardeners, but
it has stood the
tie st Of tim o
among Fren c h
gardeners, W h o
use it quite ex-
tensively.
1t is made of
hardwood. turned
on a lathe or
otherwise cut OUT.
The great u 5 o
made of it is in
putting out bed
ding plants from
small pots, and
t h o dia IN g t g r
should b e t b @
same as that of
t h Q pot from
which the nlantS
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ment Of trees,
shrubs and vines.
We prune one
part of q tree to
reduce its vigor
and to vor
the growth Of an
other and weaker
plant. We prune
q branch. or a
shoot, to produce
ramifcations o (
these parts, and
thus change or
m o d y t h Q
forms OF tn Q
whole. We prune
to induce fruit.
fulness and to
diminish it. We
prune in t h Q
growing as we'll
as in the dormant
season, and finally
we prune both
t h Q roots an d
branches. Thus
we see that prun-
ing is applied to
all parts of a tree
at all seasons,
and to produce
the most opposite
results. How i'm
n0rfant [ b era.
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How to Build Macadam Road Scien-
tificalIy,

We reproduce herewith the details OF
Macadam's system as compiled by l.. III
Porter. This is found to be the cheapest
and most durable rOad
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FARM AND GARDEN.
EVERY DAY LESSONS OF VALUE TO
FARMERS AND GARDENERS.

An Important Point In Horticulture That
Is Often Ignored In tho Endeavor to
Mako shapely Trees and Induce uni
form Growth Of Vines.
Pruning Is one of the most important
operations connected with the manage
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SOME DOCTORS

honestly admit that they can't cure
Rheumatism and Neuralgia. Others
say they can but-don't. Ath.lo-
pho.ros says nothing but - cures.
That's the secret of its success.
Years of trial have proved it to DO
aquick, safe, sure cure.
Concord, N. H., Sept O. 1887
In my own family Athlophoros was used
As q last resort, the user having suffered
from rheumatism for years and having
been treated for the disease by different
physicians in this State and Massachu.
sets without even temporary relief
Upon my Recommendation scores Of peo.
pie have used this remedy with the same
results claimed for It, C. H. WuSoN.
Dubuque Iowa, Jan. g. Iss
Mhlophoros has completely cured me Of
nervous headache and feel thankful for
all the good 1t has done me.
Mrs LOUISE CHERRY
~ Send cents for the beautiful colored pic.
ture, Moorish Maiden"
THEATHL0 PH0R0S co. ff2 WaN St. M
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Crimson Roses.

Numbered with desirable crimson roses
Is the Louis Van Houtte, which last sum-
mer endured SO well the heat and dry
weather At the English rose shows,
where the varieties exhibited are judged
by very strict rules, Louis Van Houtte
occupied the twelfth place in list of
sixty varieties at the National Rose soci-
ety's London exhibition last summer.
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The great sources of the extensive curative
range of DR.. Jones' Red Clover Tonic are It's
great blood purifying qualities and its gen.
tie operative action. thereby removing all
restraint from the secretive organs, curing
promptly and thoroughly dyspepsia, costive
ness, bad breath, piles, pimpe., low spirits,
sick and nervous headache, ague, malaria,
and all stomach, liver and kidney troubles
The most delicate stomach accepts it with
relish. Price fifty cents of L Y. Griggs.