The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-11-02

age what possibilities are almost within
their grasp.
Fine laces may be cleaned by immersing
in acids for week, rinsing out In benzine,
afterward in soft ram water and then dry
Ing by pressing, In copy OF Dr. Gums
Family Physician, between pages 4OS and 400.
The dirt will then be found to have been re-
moved. Also the lace.
Among the long mantles sent from Paris
this winter is a beautiful one Of royal pur.
pie velvet with pulled sleeves and Queen
Anne collar bordered with black ostrich
feathers, trimming and braid ornaments.
1t Is first rate and does not cost more than
couple Of good mich cows.
Bots In horses can not be removed by the
use Of insect powder. Bots like insect
powder So do all other insects.
had a congress Of cocsiroaches at my
country seat this summer and l tried
Persian powder on them. Gout was all
the harm it caused them. Children are the
Only mammals or insects know Of who do
not thrive on insect powder and "Rough on
Rats
The saltcellar on the table is again trying
TO assert itself, but it can not endure very
long. II people would avoid missing in
their gravy with the salt spoon, all would be
well, but the thoughtless are prone to make
this mistake Just the same as they are also
apt to stir their coffee with the sugar spoon
awhile before returning it. A little salt
box with salt in it for each guest, and
holes in the top which will allow the salt to
escape, will always be en- rapport.
The old infantry overcoat of ga may be
easily dyed with decoction of hazel bark,
lnu,ynnl and mailing a frat
opera coat for this winter. Cavalry
trousers will be worn this season by a
great many of the eligible young women Of
Standing Rock Agency, who have organized
q Delsarte movement and anti-corset club.
Since the custom among gentlemen OF
pressing their pantaloons at night between
the mattresses Of the bed has obtained, fat
men whose trousers were formerly the
quickest to lose their shape are now In .
good deal the best form.
The custom of allowing pet dogs to sleep
in the same room with the children at night
is found to be so unhealthful that it will not
be long continued 1t soon breaks down the
strongest dog to breathe the vitiated air re-
quired by child.
A good winter mantel is made by cutting
it square In front with brass fender, iron
revers and ashes Of hickory facings.
Table covers and table cloths are no longer
cut en- train. Guests got to surreptitious-
ly wiping their patent leather shoes on them
while distracting the attention Of the hos
tess by telling mirth-provoking anecdotes
from English joke-books, and so now tho
table cloths are cut smaller. The big ones
will not be discarded, however. They will
be used for napkins.
Vaseline is good thing to use in bright
ening up blase patent leather shoes. twill
also give luster to pdsse silk hat unless
the hat has been sat upon by grown per-
son.
Rub the backs Of postage stamps on your
hair when you buy them and they will never
stick together. l should have printed this
recipe before the hot weather, but forgot it
because it did not interest me. / could not
60 and hunt up friend and borrow his
hair every time bought dollars worth
Of stamps.
The elevated roads of New York will
shortly introduce in their cars cast iron
lap robe, which will be on hinges and may
pe opened Dy the passenger wnen ne gets
in and closed when he is seated. This is
done to ward off the stumblers who walk on
the passengers feet or fall into the laps OF
total strangers who differ with them con-
siderably in the matter of sex. l am glad
to hear of this, more in the interests Of
those men who can not now comfortably
read their papers while seated, because I'M
known ladies', owing to the motion of the
car, are liable to be thrown against them.
Cheap, but durable slippery-elm clubs are
to be furnished also to passengers in order
hat ba1 "a ahla RI II Oht their Ol1t
of a car when their destination is reached.
Burned corn has been found to stop the
spread of hog cholera. The experiment was
made at Peoria, ILL.,, after the burning of
q large distillery, together with great guam
titles Of corn. l hope, however, that the
man who sleeps in your car seats and puts
his baggage and feet in four more, will not
rely too much on this remedy.
The custom of being little late at dinner
is becoming repousse cafe. 1t has been by
some considered good form to drop in
about time to miss soup and create pleas
ant surprise by sailing to third base and
taking seat IN stately way, thereby en-
phasizing the set of q new gown or the loud
sough of Russia iron silk train. Now it
getting more and more ricochet, because 1t
has been found that the early moments OF
the meal are frequently used in discussing
the shortcomings of those who are absent,
and SO, though such people still obstinate.
ly refuse to do any thing because it Is po-
lite and decent, they reluctantly come up to
time for fear they will be the prevailing
topic Of conversation.
A new schemeis proposed bya New York
theater, whereby people who buy certain
seats will be requested to remain in them
during the performance. There are people
who can sit two hours without cocktail,
and they, by sitting together, will not be
annoyed by those polite wife-beaters who
need rum every hour. This is intended to
be more ironic than comic, for there is no
theater as yet that has adopted this plan,
but am hoping that they will do so some
day.
The American custom of insisting on
every true friend joining you when you
drink may be considered as relic of crude
civilization, but what do you think Of asking
strangers to stand up, both men and women.
while you walk over their feet on your way
out and over their corpses on your way
back from your drinka
Considering that we send our bibles and
toothsome missionaries to every heather
cline, why not organize movement on the
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