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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-26
Little Helps.


The following are among little helps in
good housekeeping;
If the cover is removed from soap dishes
the soap will not get soft.
Silver can be kept bright for months by
being placed in an air tight case with n good
sized piece of camphor.
Use squares of dull colored felt, pinked at
the edges, under statuary or any heavy orna-
ments that are liable to mar a polished sur
face.
Mahogany and cherry furniture often gets
dull for want of good cleaning with moist
cloth Polish with the hand, rubbing well,
and the result will be surprising,
Windows can be cleaned in winter and tho
frost entirely removed by using gill Of
alcohol to a pint of hot water. Clean quickly
and rub dry with a warm channels skin.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-26

bonbons or knickknacks of any kind, and
for ornamental book covers in plush or satin,
there is hardly q moro effective ornament
than handsome initial well painted or EN-
broidered.
The rustic branches that form the central
idea of the design can be made to lend them
selves as gracefully to the curves of s, c, r,
and other initials in which 1.-The line Of
beauty" is prominent, as to the angular char
acters of tho alphabet, such as a and M.
These designs are especially attractive for
delicate work in water coloIs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-26
A Plain but Good Fruit Cake.

Two cupfuls brown sugar, one generous
cupful of butter, onehalf cupful New Or
leans molasses, four cupfuls Of -four, three
teaspoonfuls of fruit, three eggs, half a pint
of sweet milk, three teaspoonfuls of CHINA
mon, one teaspoonful of cloves, one nutmeg,
three teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Bake
about an hour and half
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-26
Fine White MT Cake.

Whites of six eggs, two cups of sugar, one
cup of butter, one cup of milk, three cups Of
-four, two teaSpoonfuls of baking powder.
Flavor with almond One-half pound Of
English walnuts broken fine
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-26

On various articles of fancy work, such as
dainty little satin sachets for perfume, sachets
for lace, handkerchief cases, glove sachets
or cases, plush covered jewel caskets and
work baskets, as well as bags and baskets for
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-26

This costume is made Of Ottoman silk and
Grape. The plated skirt is of silk, and the
robings are of Grape. The latter widen as
they descend from the waist. The pointed
bodice is finished with Grape revers and
plated silk plastron. The long veil hanging
at the back of the bonnet Is Of Grape.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-26
A COY DWELLING.
Where Is the Necessity for Paying Rent?
A Well Planned House.

A Well Planned House.
Especial Correspondence
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 2l.-"Can You build
house for twenty-four hundred dollars which
will rent for forty dollars months"
"That depends on good many things"
said the architect. "If ! can build house
with eight rooms and bath room and pro
vide all of tho conveniences for that sum Of
money, and If the house is well located, you
can get return Of $40 month"
Said the owner; 81 have a lot co by 1876
feet, and if thought that could build four
houses on that lot, each one Of whish would
rent for $40 a month, I would do it."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-26
The Plan Failed.

snow, here's the plan" said ono tramp to
another, as they leaned against n fence on
Sproat street the other day. "You SEQ that
brown house"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20


two pairs of plates are arranged so that
the sexton can connect or disconnect each
pair; when the plates are connected the
worshiper s foot opens both doors, but
when disconnected, only one.
Another electrical device of recent ORR
gin has proved a failure. This was
clever mechanism which, when the cur
rent was turned on, threw out perfect
deluge of sparks and eeruscations. These
all germs aud impurities in the air. The
machine was very pretty as a curio. 1t
was a brilliant mass of metal inclosed III
a glass case and fastened TO the wall near
the ceiling At twilight, when the
machinery was in action, the effect was
magical. From n revolving plate or
cylinder mass of flames shot out unceaS-
ingly, which Illuminated the room and
cast the strangest lusters imaginable.
Theoretically, the invention was all
right; practically it was otherwise. 1t
heated the air and produced queer odor
of something burning 1t magnetiZed
the watch-works, knives and keys of
every one i'll the room, and every now
and then would run down or break off
One used in the t0mbs police court was
finally taken out in disgrace. The pre-
siding Judge said that all he could see
about the thing was that it made the
courtroom more disagreeable than ever
and that it had put his watch into such a
state that lie could not tell within an hour
what time of the day ii, might be.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20
EIRgETYE.
How to GepInto Society-The Defni-
fi0n Of Snob- Finest Manners. .
Good Manners and High Official Position Not
Always Found Together in American
Gentleman May Speak First.
Written for the Gazette.

Written for the Gazette.
Ms. Sherwood viii each week answer
ten or twelve questions concerning points
OF etiquette and manners
Questions should be addressed to the
editor of THE GAZETTE
It viii be impossible TO answer all ques-
lions, owing to the limited space that
can be given to this department. Mrs.
Sherwood win select such questions as
suggest points of the most general inter-
est 10 sIIr. readers.
These questions having reached the
editor, we would answer them to the
best Of our ability, promising that as all
etiquette in America is in a chaotic state
las, witness the recent dismissal Of the
English minister, which had it been done
IN like manner between Austria and
France or any other two powers in
Europe, would have been instantly
cause Of war; therefore, opinions differ
so much that these answers are offered
modestly.
The prevailing tenor of our questions
this week is that OF card leaving and as
so many questions cannot be individually
answered in the weekly space which we
have at our command, we viii write our
answers generally, 10 the one end of an
sweTing every one
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20
PERILS OF SOCIETY GIRLS.
In Washington There is Said to Be Lack
of Young Men.
Gail Hamilton.


Gail Hamilton
t'What are society s perils for yoHng
women? l Just asked ''society
girl, " and she said:
In Washington, lack of men -
For girls this is true. There are plenty
of men in Washington. Perhaps in no
city in the United States is society worth
so much while as in Washington, because
so many distinguished men gather there.
In no party do you fail to see groups,
any one member of which would be worth
making "a feast for in other cities. But
the distinguished men of Washington
scarcely come at an earlier period than
their early middle life. They are in
Washington because they have already
won more or less eminence They are
past the uncertainty, the hesitancy, the
unreality of life, and are bent on defin-
ite pursuits.
The young men, the natural mates for
the girls, are in other cities and districts,
practicing law, learning to edit newspa-
pers, cantering over cattle ranches,
preaching sermons to young women ant<
probably making a poor fist of it, explor-
ing mines, earning money, winning fame,
By and by they will come to Washington,
but in that day our girls will not be girls
any more. A few of these young men
are in Washington, but very few, hardly
enough to go around. Consequently
girl who goes into society encounters the
peril of not finding many stimulating
minds among her younger comrades.
And there are perils to 'clock teas,
ruinous to digestion and always the peril
of confounding the cakes and candies of
life with its roast beef Society is so
fascinating that girls are i'll danger of
forgetting that it is refreshment and rest,
not steady work
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20
ANACHRONIsMs OF GREAT WRITER'S
Curious Mistakes by 81 speare and Thackeray
in Some of Their Works
The Epoch


In Shakspeare's "Coriolanus, - one
of the characters, Cominius, alludes to
Roman plays which were unknown until
go years after the death of Cominius In
the same play allusion is made to Mar
clan waters brought TO Rome by Cen
soIimus, which should bear date 800 years
later than the action of the play Refer
ence is made III E'Julius Cesar to
striking clocks, which were not invented
until the Fifteenth or Sixteenth century
In q Hamlet the young prince is repre-
scented as educated at Wittenberg school
which was not founded at the time The
reference to turkeys in ''Henry " - is
an anachrOnism. Turkeys are natives of
this country, and were not introduced
into England before the beginning of the
Sixteenth century.
In ''The Newcomes edition of
1853, Give Newcome writes a letter
dated MAY /. 49, to which Mr.
Pendennis replies, inclosing an extract
from an art critic, in which it is asked
why there was no picture, by Since, 'of
Victoria and her august consort? The
reason there was no picture of Victoria
and Albert, painted by Since or any
other painter, was because they were not
married until 1910. Thackeray also
commits blunder in '.'The Virginians. -
The singing of slaves is borne to the
homestead, which was not possible, as
he located the former at least twenty
miles away
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20
A CRUEL MAID.
The Delicate Manner in Which She Reminded
a Young Man of the Hour.

Boston Courier.
eyes, she said, in answer to some
thing he had said, "the old songs are
very beautiful -
Beautiful! he exclaimed enthusi-
astically, beautiful hardly describes
them. They are-they are-weu, com
pared with them the songs of to-day are
trash, the veriest trash -
81 agree with you; vet the old songs
sometimes contain sentiments that one
cannot wholly Approve -
81 think you are mistaken. -
will give you an illustration There
Is John Howard Payne's Home, Sweet
Home, for instance. You surely do not
agree with all the sentiments it con-
tains?''
why not?'' he said, warmly. ''why
not?
Because, . she said, glancing at the
clock, which was marking the hour of
IL because there is line in that song
which says "There's no place like
home. You do not believe that, do
your"
Then he coughed hollow cough and
arose and went silently out into the
night.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20
ODD ELECTRICAL INVENTIONS.
One is Positive Failure and the Other is of
Doubtful Utility.
New York Mail and Express.

New York Mail aud Express
What will not our electrical inventors
do next? One of the ingenious members
of the New York electrical club has de-
signed door opener, which relieves the
Disguised traveller or visitor from the ne
cessity of showing heavy mass of wood
with his hands or wearing out the toes
of his boots in kicking it back. A me-
tallic plate set in the floor a foot from the
threshold is marked ''door opener -
The caller treads upon it in the same STYLE
as the peaceful street car horse treads
upon the clumsy iron switch
plates which now ornament every
street where this kind of loco
motion is in vogue The plate yields a
quarter inch TO the pressure of the foot
and forms a circuit which Immediately
starts tiny electro motor that in turn
opens the door, despite door spring, air
valve or counterweight The moment
the visitor passes in the plate is thrown
back by a coiled spring to its former po-
sition, the circuit is broken and the door
closes itself with or without q resonant
bang as may be desired With swing
doors the plate is inset ON botn sides of
the portal. With double church doors
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20
THE BOOK TRADE OF 1883.
The Unauthorized Issue of Cheap Reprints
Virtually at an End.
Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly.
1t iscertainly true that the business of
the bookselling trade in 1888 and in the
years preceding has not increased in pro-
portion with the growth of the popula-
ton and intelligence of the country. Nor
are we able TO report any such betterment
of trade methods as promises to reduce
the evils notorious in the trade Never
theleSS, the year 1883 has seen
an important change which may
have bearing on the future;
not only have The cheap quartos
altogether disappeared, but the entire
business of unauthorized cheap reprint
ing seems to have reached very near its
natural end. The supply of standard
English literature is pretty well ex-
hausted, and the reprinterS have to de-
pend mostly upon such new material as
may be given them by the English or
foreign publisher.
Much of this is not successful, and with
the risk on it and the lesSening of the
margin on successful books because they
are reprinted by so many rivals, and be-
cause the possible sale for each edition is
coTrespondingly reduced, the natural
result is an increase in the price
of the cheap reprints to an extent
which makes the transition very easy to
authorized issues at Il reasonable price
under international copyright and direct
relations with authors. The saving in
the cost of composition, advertising etc,
should enable publishers to issue their
authorized reprints of recovered
books so low that the public viii be bet
ter served than now at about the same
actual price. Several of the reprint
publishers have resorted to the device of
Issuing in two parts, say Mt 90 to % cents
each, books which a publisher under
copyright relations ought to be able to
issue in one volume at 30 to so cents in
much better shape
Subscribe for THa WEEKLY GAZETTE.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20
His Irish Name.
Washington Post.

Lady of the House-Put that statuette
of Apollo on the other side of the room
Bridget.
Bridget (taking up the marble) Faith
mem, and who is the indecent spalpeen?
Lady-Why, Bridget, he was a Greek
Bridget-Phat' that his name is,
menu?
Lady-Apollo
Bridget-Bad cess to I'M mem. Plat IS
the murtherin Grake, wild no clothes on
his back, dom Wid good Oirish name
loike o Polio?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20
He Apologized.
Town Topics.

Addie-well, Cora, do you think mar
riage is failure?
Cora-of course do. Haven It 1 been
married year?
Addie-Does your husband love you?
Cora (laughing)-What, after whole
year?
Addie-But at least he respects you?
Cora-Oh, yes. In fact he has so
much respect for me that when he kissed
me the other night by chance he apollo
gized for his absent mindedness.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20

Subscribe for the Weekly GAZETTE; 81
per aanhm.
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subsefibe fOr Tlin wEEkLY GAzErTE.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20

a reader asks 1.-the latest thing in
evening dress This is an almost inn
possible question to answer. Young
ladies wear light MATERIALS, with no
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20

''Violet'' asks eff it is proper to use
a tea gown in the evening. - No, it is
not. In England ladies sometimes wear
a very smart tea gown when dining alone
with their husbands, but they would not
wear one to receive evening company.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20

4 bi'ancn canais
nass/and laterais Of
ie boundary Of the
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20

"Novice" asks: ''What is full dress
!r a boy of sixteen?'' A round jacket
I'd collar and high hat at Elton, Prince
ebert frock coat and derby hat in Amer
s1-s it should depend on his size and
Joks. Keep TO the round jacket and
)llar as long as you can; it looks so very
retty.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11
Couldn't See the Point.
From the New Haven Palladium

From the New Haven Palladium
A Yale student returning from
abroad is distinguished with the
slow appreciation of the English
people. he says that on the trip
home he had occasion to use the
phrase Tin the soup" AS twas new
to British ears, it provoked the Gu
riosity OF one old gentleman, who
begged an explanation. The embar-
raised young man began with a
cheerful and homely example.
'H,' said he, 81 started for Ameri-
ca, and my trunk by some inadvert-
ence was detained in Liverpool, /
should be sadly inconvenience,
would not? Well, then, my trunk
would be in the soup, and so would
II
"But broke out the Englishman,
Il cannot see what your trunk has
got to do with an article of DICT
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11
A High Officials Telephone
Experience.

An amusing anecdote is told about
the recent experience of Baron Won
Mittnacht, the Wurtem burg minister
president, with the telephone. His
excellency was lately paying a visit
.incognito to his son at Ulm. While
inspecting the sights of the town in
company with his relatives and a
Hamburg senator, he went at the
request of the latter to the post
office to try the new telephone con-
nection between Ulm and Stuttgart
Afterringing and asking to be con-
nected with the foreign office at that
town the familiar voice of the chan
Gerry servant was heard asking in
broad Wurtemburg dialect; "Who
is there?" 70 Herr Won Mittnacht's
reply-''Minister President Mitt-
nacht' There came the impatient
answer: "You be blowed; don't try
and green me: the minister president
is not at Ulm." His exceliency re-
piled: Eyes, I am here; call Councillor
B. to the telephone" The servant
would not believe the voice OF the
minister, and gave the well known
evasive answer: All the gentlemen
have gone out" The minister's
angry order had no effect. The ser
want at length broke off the COM
munication after final asseveration
that his interlocutor was quite a diff
ferent person from what lie protested
to be, and that he was not going to
be caught 50 easily. Chicago Times.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11
Kissed Her for the Cigars.

"Td give 25 cents for permission
to kiss that girl,'' remarked an in
sipid-looking youth on an Albany
bound train last night, says the
Albany Express, indicating with a
motion of his hand an unusually
handsome young woman asleep in a
seat near by. The young man was
one of a group standing in the rear
of a crowded car. Another young
man said:
"You have my permission, sir,
gratis'' .-......
"'Fraid she wouldn't regard it as
sufficient laughed the first.
II don't know" replied the other;
81 have great influence with good
looking girls-I'll tell you what I'll
do; I'll bet you good cigar I
can kiss her without waking her.
''Done'' cried the insipid youth.
s'I'll give you cigar if you dare do
it, anyway, and two more if she
don't wake up"
cts a CO."
The daring young man stepped up
to the seat where the pretty girl
slept, leaned over softly, and
kissed her squarely and audibly
upon her mouth. She stirred, smiled
a little, but did not wake. The group
of men had watched the proceeding
. in breathless suspense, and long
8and simultaneous sigh broke from
them as young Impudence straight
ened up after the operation and re-
joined the group, several passengers
who had seen the audacious perform
ance staring at him in astonishment.
"By Joye! that was elegant the fell
low OF insipid aspect exclaimed as he
handed the successful kisser three
cigars. -..r
But there was another reckoning
to be made. The conductor came hur-
rying down the aisle and went for"
the daring passenger, metaphoric-
ally speaking, 'hammer and tongs."
crying: "See here, young man, don't
you ever try that again! Are you q
gentleman, sir? Don't you know
that I can arrest you Tor such a per-
Torrance as that?"
The young man 'colored, but
laughed nervously as he answered:
mo, I don't much believe you can.
I guess there isn't any American law
against a fellows kissing his own Sis
ter-is there?"
1t has not appeared yet whether or
not the young woman learned of her
brothers astonishing disrespect, or
whether, if she did, her displeasure
lessened the qualification derived
from the cigars won in such a ques-
tiOnable manner.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11
A BACHELORS CAROL.

Pm a jolly old bachelor, blithe and jocose,
I'm as happy as June days are long,
dow pity you Benedicts, dull and morose
Who can see now just where you went
wrong!
had narrow escapes, too, myseltin my time,
And my gratitude now express
In sincerity, if not in artistic rhyme,
10 the dear girls who wouldn't say eyes"
There was Kate now, the beauty who first
won my heart
If she'd had me where would be now
providing for seven four years from the
start,
And bnying ''the milk of one cow
Then, Jennie who Tilted me next, what of
herr
She's an invalid now thin and pale,
And her husband has ruined himself, they
aver,
Buying TONES and Bass pale ale.
Then Mollie and Lille, and Gertrude and
Belle,
And Fannie and Florence. and May.
And Jessie and Josie, and Halle aud Nell?-
All wrinkled and faded today
While am as jolly and young as boy;
And my thanks once again express
10 the scornful young maioens, proud,
naughty and coy,
10 the dear girls who wouldn't say eyes. y
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11
A Man Who Sleeps for Years.

A Man Who Sleeps for Years.
Twelve years ago Herman Harms
emigrated to Utica, Mimi, from
southern Illinois, where he had long
suffered with fever and ague. Shortly
afterward he found it impossible to
keep awake. He slept continuously
day and night for nearly nine years.
Three years ago he reused long
enough to work in the harvest field
part of the season, when the lethargy
returned. At the end of three more
years he again aWoke for a few days,
and again relapsed. Each day he
returns to consciousness for a brief
season, but the spell of sleeplessness
at once exerts it's sway again, and
the man is as oblivious as though he
was dead. He has been treated with
tonics, quinine, and strychnine, but
without effect. Two years ago his
eldest son, discouraged at the dark
prospect on the farm, committed
suicide, and a little later the second
boy died.-Boston Budget.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11
What Cyrus Knows About
NEWSPAPERS.

I heard a good one on Cyrus w.
Field the other day When he owned
the Mail and Express he occasionally
poked around the various editorial
rooms to get some idea of how his
paper was being conducted.
ssWho is that man who sits in that
room to the right upstairs?" he ask
ed OF his managing editor.
That's Mr.. our exchange ed
itor,o replied the managing editor.
Well" said Mr.. Field, frowning,
Its my opinion that he isn't worth
his salt. As often as have been in
his Office I've never seen him doing
anything except reading newspapers,
and he's always got a big pile of 'em
IN front of him. Epoch.