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Why Should | Go to
Montana {?

Great Reservation. Because 100000 acres
of free Government land, with delightful climate,
and equally suited for general farming and stock rails
Ing have Just been opened TO the homcseeker, In the
MIX River Valley and Benton and Great Falls.
Stock Raising. Because the favorable climate
and superior grasses Of Montana make 1t the natural
nome OF horses CATTLE sheep and other domestic ami
mails and because winter feeding not required AZ
stock grazes at large the year around.
General Farming. Because a rich soil and
abundant summer rains produce wheat, oats, rye bar
yield unsurpassed.
ginning. Because Montana produces more OF the
precious metals than any other state or territory and
abundant opportunities remain to secure valuable
properties at nominal cost,
Immigration. Because the Great Reservation
is the meeting point of settlers from the Pacnc Coast
and from the Eastern States and is the only extensive
tract of good land left, suitable for settlement
Business. Because the rapidly growing towns
along the St. Paul. Minneapolis and Manitoba Ry. offer
splendid opportunities to engage in business.
Manufacturers. Because the 100000 horse
power water.power at Great Falls, the extensive coal
VEINS the wool mineral and grain raising resources OF
Montana offer exceptional opportunities to the manu-
facturer.
Tourist Because the canyon Of the Gates Of the
Mountains the Great Falls OF Missouri, the Giant
Fountain and Continental Divide offer the most sub
lime and diversified scenery TO be found on the Cont
nent. Take q summer tour.
Why Travel by the ST. p, NJ. X Nj.
Because only by IL you travel through the largest
body OF free land left for settlement. Because II
reaches the Great Falls, with the largest waterpower
on the Continent Because II reaches Helena, the
richest city OF Its size In the world and because IL
the shortest and best to Butte the largest mining
camp on earth Special tourists and landseekers
rates Daily trains through solid to Montana Choice
of three the Pacific Coast Find out all about
1t by writing for The Great Reservation and Tour
lists Summer Guide" For further information, rates
maps, etc. apply to r. l. WHITNEY, G, p. 4 7. A.. 81
pan, utpneanuits A. Manitoba Ry ST Paul MINI,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-10

Joliet is making heroic effort to get the
Rathburn, sard s. Co. stove WORKS. The
Joliet News is an editorial on that subject
says: Now let US get the stove works, and
our trade will increase So. O00, 900 per snnum.
The nay roll for labor aloue will be million
of dollars per annum. The stove works
will bring q nickel plating works. A nickel
plating works will bring brass works. A
brass works will bring copper works. A
copper works will bring a silver plating
works. A silver plating works will bring q
watch case works. A watch case works vii !
bring watch factory. A watch factory
will bring nice lot of girls, and nice lot
Of girls will make money, build nice house
each and get married, and be able to support
q husband, and there will be large additions
to the population that will require dimity
carriages, candy and gum.
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THE GRAND AVENUE BRIDGE.

THE GRAND AVENUE BRIDGE.
street, with SO foot roadway and two foot
paths on either side l2 feet in width. The
approaches of the bridge are 200 and 2l0 feet
respectively, and the three viaducts on each
side aggregate 800 feet in length. The main
span Of the bridge is 700 feet in length, with
a middle span of 400 feet in the clear. 1t is 9
feet wider than Eads' great bridge across the
Mississippi and cost total sum of $3.50, 900.
Two steel towers, IS feet above the stone
piers, themselves IS feet in height, support
the steel eyebars, twelve in number, which
take the place Of the cables of suspension
bridges. The bridge across the middle span
is 40 feet in height.
This bridge is undoubtedly one Of the most
pleasing architectural objects in the city Of
st. Louis.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-10

The american Economist says that Amer
lean capitalists are the main owners Of the
celebrated Inman line of steamships-that
only fraction sufficiently large to secure
the advantages given to British shipping is
owned in Great Britain.-Repubican.
Our contemporary would have been more
clear-certainly more--accurate If 1t had
said that the lnman line, though possibly
owned In America, is British line, be-
cause Its ships, having been built on the
Clyde, cannot, under American shipping
laws, be registered as American vessels
not, at least, without the payment of such
enormous taxes that they could be sailed
with profit; and that in case of war, they
belong to the British navy!
The Republican adds on the same au-
thority that there is
an Indication that something like re-
vival in American shipping has followed
the election OF Harrison and republican
administration.
One can not understand the reason for
republican desire to rebuild the American
shipping which by their own favorite pol
icy of trade they have, in the past % years,
completely destroyed. Shipping is built
for the purposes of foreign trade. Now
protectionists do not want foreign trade.
The american Economist itself says, see
issue of July 20, 1889; p. so, I'd column
The American manufacturer depends
for market for his wares mostly upon
those who are engaged in other American
industries. .,
1t is false ambition, as well as q aor0ng
policy, which would seek to extend our
foreign markets, and by so doing injure
the efficient demand for the home market.
The Economist, being the organ of the
American Protective Tariff League, speaks
e. cathedrd.
Therefore, all talk of rebuilding the
American shipping by republicans is alb
surd. If foreign trade is desirable, why
discourage II by excessive taxes and re-
strictions? But the protectionist says 1t is
not desirable-"It is false ambition and a
wrong policy" If so, why talk of such
manifest absurdity as raising money from
taxes levied to discourage foreign trade
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-10

The ALToS's Harvest EXCURSIONS cnly
one fare for the round trip. Leave Joliet
Aug. 9th and goth, Sept. 10th and "a. Oct.
FSth, to points in Missouri, Kansas, Indian
Territory, Utah. Nebraska, Montana, Texas,
Arizons, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, New
Mexico and Wyoming. The Alton gives
better accommodations than any other line.
Apply for full information to
J. E. BIRCH, Passenger and Ticket Agt.
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and then spending the money 90 raised to
subsidIze ships to engage In the trade 1t Is
sought to discourage?
Sensible People.

WIN have nothing to do with ure-alls"
medicines that are advertised 10 cure
everything from chilblain to broken
neck. Read the list of diseases that Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Will
cure. Affections of the throat and lungs
incipient consumption, dlsordered liver
sore throat, bronchitis, asthma, catarrn
ulcers, tumors and swellings caused ~
scrofula and bad blood fever and ague
and dropsy. This seems like cure Gil bn,
1t is not. This great Discovery" VIII
really cure all these complaints simply ne
cause It purifies the blood upon when
they depend and builds up the weak places
of the body. By druggists.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-10

II Is quite a curious coincidence that
while last year England imported $4O7, 1884,
Ol5 of merchandise, specie and bullion
more than she exported, and, therefore,
ought, according to protection doctrine, u
he four hundred seven million OF dollars
poorer than she was at the beginning OF
the year, now, on the contrary, she mas SO
much money that she doesn't know "na'
to do with It, and Is sending IT TO America
bv the hundred millions to buy up sai'
works brewsries, iron mines, brick yards
four mills leather factories, etc., etc, This
,nnour,ne of British gold to America Is the
mora remarkable from the fact that Eng
land has been buying herself poor import.
ing more than she exported) at about the
same rate every twelve months for years
past. She ought by protection logic to be
miserably impoverished-yet clearly she
is tremendously rich. According to pro-
lection logic-based on the theorem that
importation is hurtful and expectation ben.
eficial every time great steamship, with
its immense cargo of fabrics and manufac'
tured goods, goes to the bottom, the coun'
try is 80 much richer because nothing can
be imported in exchange for the lost
exports. The Englishman-still In the
"barbarous age" of economic thought
counts the sunken ship and cargo loss 70
him because he can import nothing in ex.
change for the goods at the bottom OF the
sea. The American protectionist says 1t Is
a gain the Englishman, that 1t is loss to
himself and the nation. When q house
and its contents burns, by the same protec
ton token, the owner should feel himself
richer because while he has exported
the house and he and the nation have been
compelled to import nothing In return
But some protectionists say this influx OF
money to the United States Is because our
protection gives their money better profits
Leaving out of the calculation the facility
with which immense capital can WELD
monopOlistic power In this country, the
claim that the money comes here because
of protection is by no means admitted by
protectionists, for while the American
Economist takes an optimistic view, a great
many good authorities of the protection
camp see in the amazing influx only an
other undetermined scheme TO break down
the policy of protection and reduce the
country to a free trade basis But, at best,
it is amazing to see the Economist sanction
ing this amazing amount of imports even
for investment here, for these two hundred
millions will come largely Of necessity in
the shape of goods and not in specie. In
deed it might not be desirable to have
$200,000,000 (the estimated amount invest
ed here in the past year, added in so short
time to our volume of money, since such
an immense addition might reduce the
value of our present supply of cash, raising
prices of goods-the inevitable result of
plenty of cheap money.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-10

TIN and glass have found rival In
paper as a material for making kerosene
oil cans. The latter, 1t is claimed, will not
rust and leak like tin or crack like glass.
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of truth in this, and C-Water Works.
in fact he has published an emphatic denial.
That is the way the matter stands at present.
The new bridge crosses the Mississippi at
the northern limits of the city, at point OPP
posite Venice, which is small town on the
Illinois side of the river. At the point where
the bridge is built, the river at low tide is
1850 feet wide. The bridge has a span of 800
feet, and is fifty feet above the water level,
as required by act of congress- According to
the plans, the superstructure is supported on
four masonry piers, founded on pneur 'tic
caissons resting on limestone or rock. The
two river piers are II feet thick and As feet
long under the coping, and contain 1850
yards Of masonry each, the caissons on which
they are founded being 2Sx70 feet and II feet
high. The two shore piers are 10 feet thick
and 48 feet long under the coping, containing
3, 400 yards of masonry each, and founded on
caissons 26x70x17 feet. The upper portions Of
these piers have straight sides with rounded
ends The lower portions have the ends
slightly pointed SO Us to pass the water with
the least resistance The total length Of the
bridge is a little less than half mile.
st. Louis has another bridge, which has prob
ably attracted as much attention as the one de-
scribed 1t is in an entirely different part of the
city and has been erected for different pur-
pose. Grand avenue is in the western part Of
the city and is considered, and probably is,
the most fashionable thoroughfare Of St
Louis. 1t is the Fifth avenue of st. Louis
and it is here that, especially on Sunday, all
the wealth and fashion of the city can be
seen. But Grand avenue is cut in two by the
railroads and the Grand Avenue bridge has
been built over them, thus furnishing an I'M
interrupted roadway for fashions march.
The work ON the bridge was begun three
years ago and has but recently been finished.
The appearance of the structure is very
pleasing, combining in its plans massveness
with graceful.
In its construction only the very best ma
terial has been used, and it is the equal in
every way to any bridge of its kind in the
United States The superstructure is of steel,
with iron floor system, the whole resting on
massive rock faced stone piers capped with
Missouri granite. The length Of the bridge
proper with its approaches is 900 feet. 1t is
90 feet in width, the same as the ordinary
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-10

PAPER has gone to the front again. Paper
clothing is being made by Minnesota in
ventor 1t is as soft as cloth, and 1t is
claimed that the cold can not penetrate it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-10

WHEN home is ruled according to Gods
word, angels might be asked TO stay a,
night with US, and they would not find
themselves out Of their acknowledgement
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-10

THERE are in England 347 female black
smiths, who actually swing heavy ham.
mers, and 9,l3S women employed in naA
making.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-10

III we make religion our business, God
will make il our blessedness.-J. Adam.
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THERE is sense in which we are nothing,
but another in which we are Of immense
Importance, and both these conditions are
recognized In the Scriptures. AS compared
with God, how insignificant we are, and
apart from Christ, how worthless. But as
Gods children and workers in His cause,
how unspeakable is our Importance
limited Presbyterian.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-10

that not a single
railroad company
will patronize the
new bridge. In fact,
it is claimed that
Mr.. Gould proposes
to squeeze tn e
bridge people SC
hard that they will
be obliged to turn
over the bridge to
him, and thus, III
stead of having any
competition, he will
have increased ia
cilities for railroad
traffic at a lower
price than if he had
built the bridge
himself. But, on
the other hand, Mr..
Cobb declares that
there is not a word
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-10

nR. J. -. RYBURN, Physicia and Surgeon.
~ Office IN Opera House Block. Telephone 10.
Residence. l2j +. Jackson 81. Telephone 1885, otts.
wa. H.
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nR. q. MILLER, the well known Oculls
H. ana Aurist. OTTAWA, III. Once, over Lynch's
goods store, Main street,
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NJ kNEUSSII, German Druggist and Apothe.
WI. cary. (wholesse and retal) Main street, Otta.
wa, H. Importer OF Drugs, Chemicals, French Cogni.
&C Brandiea. Wines &C
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nR. w. r. wEE,SE. successor TO DR.. VIM.
~ Sheppard, Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist, As.
sstant State Veterinarian graduate Ontario Veterinary
College, Canada Dental course under Sayre and Drake
Chicago. Office and Inhrmary lafayette ST., Ottawa
III feblS-lyr.
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nR. CHARITY sSA NDERS, successor
- 10 Dr. Acinda Auten. Once Opera House Block
Ottawa H. Telephone, No. 1877 sepl3
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The american Economist says that Amer
lean capitalists are the main owners of the
celebrated Inman line Of steamships
only fraction sufficiently large to secure
the advantages given to British shipping is
owned in Great Britain.-Republicdn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-10

J. ". DUNCAN. Az. CoNoR. n. T. aILBlRr
DUNCAN, O'CONOR & GILBE,RT.
~ Attorneys al Law. Office In Futterer Metzger's
block. eat Of court house, Ottawa Illinois; and La
Sale, III. july29e2
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n II. TRAINOR, NJ. ID. Rooms l5-l7
1 Opera House Block. Ottawa Illinois. augll.
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n McDOU9ALII,A Attorney at LAW, Ottawa
~. ILL., Once In 6edney's Block. dec2Te
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-06
Value Of Hen Manure,

Having a quantity of hen manure on
hand in the spring of 1888. conclud.
ed to experiment little. Desiring to
test it side by side with other fer.
tilizers, l selected two acres of heavy
clover sod (gravelly ioa ny and ma.
nured with stable manure at the rate
of 20 twd-horse loads to the acre,
spread as drawn. When the clover
was about 10 inches high, I rlowed
inches deep, put it in fine filth with a
wheel spring took harrow and marked
it in rows 3X33 feet. [ took my hen
manure and mixed the most of it with
land plaster at the rute of parts OF
plaster to Of manure. Into each hill
put about pint of this compound, GOV.
ering with dirt and planting two pota-
toes. On another set of rows I used
the hen manure clear, on another
used ashes and plaster, on another
ashes. and on another plaster. The
result was so marked that those who
ran might read. AS I sold my farm
before the crop was harvested have
no way of estimating the definite re-
suit, but am sure it was as marked in
the harvest as in the growth, both in
potatoes and corn. The hen manure
and plaster ranked first, while the
plaster gave the least satisfaction,
though the yield there was better than
in the rows where no fertilizers were
used. Gentleman.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-06
An Important Industry.

The manufacture of the oil of sassa
fras is becoming an important industry
in some parts of the country, especially
in the Southern States, where this tree
is common. Only the roots are used
they are chopped up into small pieces
by machi1e constructed for tho pur-
pose, the Oil being then distilled from
the chip by the aid of steam. About
one gallon of the oil, weighing nine
pounds, is obtained from a thou.
sand pounds of the chips. The
uses fer which the oil of sassa.
fras can be employed are numer.
Gus and varied. 1t is a favorite per-
fume for soaps and candies; it is used
as solvent for different gums, and as
liniment. It is also very largely
employed iii the manufacture of sew.
eral popular proprietary medicines.
The Importance of this industry may
be expected to increase rather than di.
minish, as the sassafras and the per:
simmon are the two trees which are
spreading most rapidly over the old
and abandoned fields throughout the
Southern States outside of the pine
belt proper; and at present prices good
wages can be made digging o1t the
roots. ..55s al ..=. .. .S
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-06
CORRECT CARD USAGE.


Fon calling or leaving cards the hours
are from three to FIVE
CARDS or calls can be returned any time
within month.
On no account must cards be left in the
mornine-that is, before half-past two.
A DAuaHTEE's name is written under.
meath her mothers, on the same card.
CoRoNErs, monograms, crests and initials
are never printed on visiting cards.
ON, first visit you leave one of your
own and two of your husbands cards.
PERSONS in the country can now send
their cards by post if living at a distance
and unable to make the call proper. A po
lite note should accompany them.
A LADY's visiting card should be about
three inches in length and two in depth.
WITHOUT glaze, and not TOO thick: small.
clear copper plate is the best for the name.
BACHELORS should leav. their cards in
person, though on very exceptional occa.
sions they may be left by mother, sister, or
friend.
WHEN people are not we'll enough to re-
turn thanks IN person, they can do 80 by
poss-thstis to say, they send cards with
Ito return thanks for kind inQuiries'' writ
ten underneath the name.
AFTER every entertainment to which
lady or gentleman has been invited, visit
ms cards must be left, whether those who
have received invitations were present or
not, and whether they accepted or declined
IL lady has a friend or acquaintance
VINO Is Ill. she leaves a card as soon as she
can with the words "to inquire" written
underneath her name These cards can
not be sent by post under any circum-
stances.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-06
HOME AND EARN.


When flatirons become rusty, black
hem with stove-polish and rub we'll
With a dry brush.
More mutton and less pork should
be used on the farm. Mutton hams
can be smoked the same as those of
he hog.
Sec that kitchen stoves have q
thorough cleaning inside and out every
two or three weeks. Many times stoves
are blamed for not drawing or baking
we'll when they are clogged up with
ashes.
Mushrooms in Batter: Make a
quart of batter. Have some boiling
hot butter in a frying-pan, but a large
spoonful Of batter with q mushroo m
in the center and drop in the butter to
fry.-Farm and Preside.
Mustard is the nearest approach
to q universal cure-all. Few pains
will not give way before mustard
plaster, and a wide range of internal
intlammations from colds and other
causes may be stopped by it's timely
application. 1t is the first and best
resort in threatened pneumonia or
congestion Of the lungs or hard colds
on the chest.
Maple Sugar Cake: Break two
eggs in a cup and fill it with sweet
milk. Take one cup sugar, two table,
spoons of butter, two cups of flour,
two teaspoons of cream tartar and one
of soda, or if baking powder is pre-
ferred two teaspoons of baking pow.
der. Bake in layers.
Gather the hen manure as soon as
dry, say twice week, and put in bar
rels in dry place. In the spring,
compost one part manure with foul
parts of loan; let it stand week, then
overhaul thoroughly, breaking up all
the Jumps; after standing another
week it will be ready for use. It may
be applied broadcast or in the hill, fol-
all crops; if in the hill, mix thorough
~ with the soil, to prevent it's burning
the tender rootlets.
The seed of plants and trees are
the parts that require the most plant
food. Apples and pears have less seed
that most fruit in proportion to bulk,
hence they should be classed among
the least exhaustive to the soil. The
peach and plum have the largest
amount of seed and are more exhaust.
i've. Raspberries. blackherries, straw.
berries and grapes have a larger pro.
portion of seeds than apples or pears,
hence are more exhaustive, but are not
excepting Strawberries and grapes)
to be compared with wheat or potatoes
as regards the amount Of plant foo6
required for their perfection.
Old hens and pullets should be
separated because the feeding suitable
for the one is unsuitable for the other.
Old hens have made their growth, and
if to be kept over should be fed with a
sparing hand, in order to prevent them
from becoming too fat. Excessive fat
ness leads to d suspension of egg-pro.
duction and predisposes to certain
forms Of disease. Pullets, on the othe,
hand, are growing and should be FED
literally in order to promote growth
and keep up their strength. There il
little danger of their becoming too fat.
Americas Poultry Yard.