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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-29

II we desire greater contrast with the
same colored wood work, we may employ .
yellow ground for the wall surface and cover
with an oil over pattern in light brown or
copper bronze. The frieze may be carried
over the cornice line out on the ceiling, per-
haps sixteen or eighteen inches, and stop with
a molding or bands Of color, leaving the ceik
ing lighter tone without pattern Blue b .
difficrlt color to manage in large quantities,
and not appropriate for the hall
DAVID W. KING.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-29
LITERARY FRENCH WOMEN
THEY HAVE LONG BEEN A POWER
IN PUBLIC LIFE.
Copyright 1890, J

PARIS. Feb. IS.
! PROPOSE in this
letter to give your
readers some ac-
count of the liter
airy work of the
French women of
tod ay. France
has always had
great W o IN g n.
Under / he old
regime they were
famous as diet
tantes; during the
Revolution { hey
shone as patriots
and martyrs, I'M
der Napoleon, the
Restoration a n d
Louis Philippe
their political and
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-29

tiers, politics. sociology, philosophy and
business, and is the soul of her drawing
room. To the hostess, more than to any
of her distinguished guests, is due the
wide reputation which this salon enjoys
In Paris and throughout liberal Europe.
In direct contrast with Mime. Adam.
in many ways, is Nine. Henry Greville.
Nine. Greviile is perhaps the ablest and
most prolific Of living French female
noyelists. Although each new book Gre
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-29
ng Is used, it should b

or nodded, and pam GLASS WINDOW
els of wood or plaster formed by system Of
cross beams.
When the question Of color arises we must
choose a key note or prevailing tone as con-
trast. If mahogany or cherry doors and trim
mings are used, red Of the same color should
be chosen for walls, but lighter in tone. Tho
walls are best without patterns if the last two
coats of paint are stippled so as to give dun
surface The frieze may come down to tho
top of the door frames and be in irregular
design worked in tones of yellow. The csh
ing should be treated with lines of soft red On
a yellow ground, and the effect will be deco
rative, vet quiet and subdued.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-29

six or seven feet in
height, Keeping the
holdings fat and
using beveled pan
els. The entire wall
surface above may
be treated as a
frieze. With a low
er wainscot t h e
walls S h oul d b e
treated differently,
the divisions d e.
pending upon the
proportions of the
room. The ceiling
should be heavily
paneled, if of sum-
cient height. The.
exposed beams may
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03

when it is desired to close the brooder
When it is preferable to leave it open it
Fan he fastened to the roof by leather
strap caught on nail or wire hook
Another box still will serve as a
mother" and need be but half as large
as the brooder box. A soap box is good
for this purpose. This must be inclosed
excepting at one end. Here a door
must be hung which can be closed tight
ly. In the box pan of hot sand may
be placed, which will afford plenty of
heat for the little chickens and will hold
it longer than water.
This box should have q strong post,
seven inches high, under each corner
and around the bottom a strip of flannel
should reach nearly to the floor. Hav-
ing spread paper on the floor of box
No. 1 and covered it with dry, warm
sand, stand the newly-made mother in
The center of the floor. Next put on
box No. 2 which makes the roof, and the
brooder is complete. The paper and
sand should be renewed every day
When the chicks are two weeks old the
mother can be removed during pleasant
days. and when they are three months
old it may be dispensed with altogether,
and two or three low perches put in it's
place
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03
Economy in the Kitchen.

A wise economy is splendid quality
in cook. Without it even the highest
culinary genius may come rather over
expensive. But it must be intelligent
economy. What is generally known as
attempted cheese-paring, writes San
Old Bohemian" is truly naught but ex-
travagance of the worst possible kind,
and in the most openly foolish disguise.
Never go in for that sort of seeming
saving which consists in the use of
cheap materials-such, for instance, as
rancid butter or mutton-fat for pastry
and frying, or inferior-miscalled cheap
meat, fish, poultry, vegetables. fruit,
etc. You will always find the best
articles the cheapest in the end. Let
your economy be cumulative, not quail
itative. Take it for granted that lit
tie of what is really good will go
longer way than great deal of inferior
trash. Shun cheap fats in pastry, but
always use good butter. If you must
employ substitute, take pure lard.
The avoidance of waste in every depart
ment of the kitchen, the larder and
pantry, is the only true econony.-N.
Y. Ledger.
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Bedding Sweet Potatoes.

To obtain strong, healthy plants, pre-
pare frame the same as for hot-bed,
but no sashes are to be used. This
frame is filled to depth of about two
feet with coarse horse manure we'll
trodden down; this is covered with
about eight inches of wheat straw, upon
which the tubers are placed in single
layer close together, then covered with
just sufficient soil barely to hide them
from sight; then upon the soil are placed
about eight inches of pine leaves or
''shats" as we call them, that can be OBJ
tanned upon the ground beneath the
pine trees. Then, by placing boards
upon the ''shats" the bed is covered,
except space through the center which
is left open to elbow the surplus heat to
escape so that the tubers upon the outer
edges of the bed will sprout as soon as
those in the center. AS soon as the
sprouts appear the ''shats' are removed,
and from three to four inches of soil are
placed upon the tubers. In this manner
strong, healthy plants can be grown
with little difficulty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03
SWEET POTATOES.
Some Good Suggestions About Their Gull
tivation and How To Market.

Some Good Suggestions About Their Gull
tiyation and How To Market.
In selecting seed reject all crooked
and unusually long potatoes, and plant
those showing a tendency to become
rapid taper towards each end. Place in
a hot bed horizontally one-half inch
apart, drench with water, cover three
inches with earth, then one and a half
inches of sand. When the plants are
four inches above the ground, they are
large enough to pull for sets.
Ridge the ground with two-horse
pillow, four feet or less apart, and with
a spade plant on the ridges, eighteen
inches apart. Keep free from weeds and
grass. A sweet potato scraper, drawn
by mule, will be of great assistance
until the vines cover the ground, after
which little attention will be required.
Digging can be done with a spade, if
only small quantity is grown, or with
pillow with the mould-board removed,
and rolling cutter to cut the vines.
use digger, consisting of two roll
ing cutters and two plows, throwing the
dirt IN opposite directions, and two
lifters that pass under the ridge, leav-
ng the hills to be easily lifted by hand
The potatoes designed for table use
are separated from the seed and corded
iii bins in the potato house. Great care
should be observed in handling to pre-
vent marking. A slight bruise, or a
scratch of finger nail, imperceptible
at first, will become black and insight
ly, and greatly impair the sale. No
vegetable depends so much on its good
looks for quick sale at a high price as
sweet potato.
The house is kept as near uniform
temperature of fifty to ffty-fve degrees
as possible.
The crop is marketable from Novem-
Der to April in barrels and kegs lined
with paper to keep out the cold, and
shipped to market in refrigerator cars
Popular Gardening,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03
A MOHAMMEDAN WEDDING.
Some of the Peculiarities of the MosIem
Marriage System.

Some Of the Pecularities of the MOslem
Marriage System.
Al "English marriage in high life"
without either bride, bridesmaids or other
palpitating ladies on view, would smack
strongly of Hamlet with the character
role omitted. What, too, could the as
sembled gentlemen do, deprived, as they
would be, of those pleasant feminine
criticisms Of the guests and dresses
which obtain on such occasions? There
are some masculine cynics who consider
weddings rather melancholy affairs, even
under the best circumstances, but thew
would be infinitely more so without the
presence of lovely woman. That is,
from the European standpoint. Moham-
medans Of good position take precisely
the opposite view. The Calcutta native
papers lately gave long and graphic
account of the marriages of two young
men, the sons of local magnate.
Matches, Examinations, flags, furniture
and decorations are described in the
most minute details. But no mension is
made of the brides, nor does a single
feminine name appear in the lengthy
list of guests who attended. Fifteen
hundred turned up, including mahara-
jahs, nawabs, mirzahs and syuds galore,
and the affair went off beautifully in
every way. But poor Nourmahal did
not even get peep at it, unless surrep-
titiously through some chink in the
zenana. 1t is further stated that all the
guests madea point of offering felicita-
tions to the bridegrooms, but no good
wishes did they bring for the brides.
Yet, odd to say, all seem to have en-
joyed themselves greatly, or the festivi-
ties would not have been prolonged I'M
til far into the night. Unless, therefore,
we assume that Asiatic human nature is
altogether different from European,
some advantage might possibly accrue
to English society from experimenting
with the Moslem marriage system.-Lon-
don G1Ohe
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800 Reward. 300.

1&le9~ that there is at least one dreaded
disea~ahat science has been able to cure in
all its &ages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known tothe medical fraternity. Catarrh
being Constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure IS taheI internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, theeby destroying the foundation
Of the disase, and giving the patient
strength BY building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors ave so much faith in its cura-
tive powersthat they offer S10Ofor any case
That 1T fails to cure Send for list of testi-
monials. FL. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03
THE ABUSE OF HORSES.
The Noblest of the Brute Creation and
Yet Often the Worst Abused by Man.

The Noblest of the Brute Creation and
Yet Often the Worst Abused by Man.
One of the strange things we meet
with in this world is the reckless abuse
of the horse. Usually a man will be
careful with his own property, especi-
ally if it is of delicate structure. But
the horse is often stabbed and fed
wholly in the direction of his injury.
Stables are badly ventilated; many of
them are not kept clean. The food in
thousands of cases is wholly corn and
hay, perhaps bad hay. But corn is the
poorest food in the world for the horse,
which needs strength-good bone and
muscle-and corn does not contain the
elements to make them. Besides that,
corn is very heating and keeps the
blood too hot. But in the matter of
work there is frequently very little
Judgment used in the use of the horse.
There is something to do, just so much
work, perhaps, which we desire to per-
form in so many hours; and although it
may be at the very beginning of the
spring work when the horse is unused
to great exertion, he is pushed through
the work we have allotted to him, re-
CARELESS of its effect upon the animal.
We have load TO draw. The horse is
expected to draw it if he can. The
thought of straining the animal never
occurs to some people.
The results of such use and manage
ment are seen upon every side. Horses
become sick from bad stabling and bad
feeding. They become ringboned, for
ringbone, as one writer says, is often
caused by violent efforts the animal
makes in obedience to the voice of the
driver when dragging heavy load up
some sharp ascent The entire force is
then thrown upon the bones OF the
pastern; Inflammation ensues; lymph is
effused; the lymph becomes cartilage,
and the cartilage is converted into bone.
Then an eXostosis is established and a
ringbone is the consequence.
The disease may implicate one or
more bones; it may involve one or more
joints; it may also be confined to one
bone; it may be either partial or com.
plete. 1t may exist as slight enlarge
ment in front of the bone or it may
quite encircle it.
Ringbone does incapacitate the ami
NAL for many uses, besides interfering
with the free employment of the
muscular energy; no persuasion or bru-
tality can induce MANNED animal to
cast its full weight upon diseased
limb. The pace may be quickened by
the lash, but the horse will, neverthe-
less, continue to hop when the affected
member touches the earth.
Let mankind, therefore, reflect that
the horse is given as their fellow-la-
borer. The life of the quadruped is the
property of the master; but who, being
sane, would abuse his own property?
The being who should destroy chairs
and tables, although such things can be
mended, would be speedily confined as
mad. Yet it has not entered the mind
of man, as a reasonable idea, that to de-
face a living image, to destroy the
value or deteriorate the property which
is present in the animal, deserves more
than the very mildest of punishments.
Western Rural.
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CONVENIENCE OF THE TELEPHONE.

covery are household words already, and IL
has come to stay. Do come and see what
sunshine it has brought already, and let us
thank you again for it."
81 will. Good bye"
The foregoing is a fair representation of a
very common occurrence. Golden Med
ical Discovery has cured severe, lingering
coughs and arrested Consumption, or Lung
scrofula, in thousands of cases after doctors
have failed and other medicines have been
tried and abandoned as useless. The "Dis-
covery" is guaranteed to benefit or cure
in every case, if taken in time and given
fair trial, or money paid for it will be
refunded.
WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL Asso-
CITATION, Proprietors, No. 663 Main Street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
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among the servants of a family in
lewiston is one young woman of native
old country" wit who never is at loss
for an expedient. She attended a call
AZ the door the other day, where a
Stranger presented himself and asked to
see the lady of the house. "What name
snail l say?" "Mr. Stiltzenheimer,"
sa1d he. beg pardon, SIR said she.
enitzenheimer," repeated he. The
slrl hesitated at the name, which was
evidently beyond the intricacies of her
speech, and then, opening the door to
ene parlor, said, with laugh: "Step
H. sir, If you please, and-and bring the
name with you. journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03
100000 Acres Free.

The Government has recently purchased
fr3m the Sioux Indians the rich agricult-
GrarsSM grazing lands bounded by the Mis-
souri, River on the East, the Black Hills on
the West, the Cheyenne River on the North
and the White River on the South. They
lie IN Central South Dakota and are reached
by the Chicago Il Northwestern Railway.
Pierre, the Capital of South Dakota, is the
gateway to the ceded lands. The Home
steaders' Union of Pierre will furnish full
information free how to get the government
land. Write to-day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03
"Hellol Hello!! Hello III"

Glow is your mother, this morning9"
Every much better she had real rest
full sleep last night she is almost rid of her
night-sweats, cough and nervousness, and is
growing quite cheerful. How grateful we
all are to you for that bottle of medicine"
Don't speak of gratitude. What does
the doctor say 2"
HE says he never saw so wonderful a
change in such serious lung trouble He
still thinks we are giving his medicines. 1
don't like to tell him."
"That's right. He's an old friend, you
know. I'm sure your mother will get well
now; but you won't forget the name of the
medicine, will you?"
"NeVer DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03
WfT'T''--''rr7r <RF8sssssts,Sz
FIG. 1. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF p1GGER1

FIG. 1. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF PIGGERY.
ventilation. The whole is covered with
good light roof of shingles or other
material.
The ground-plan is shown in Fig. 2.
1t provides for two wholly distinct sets
of apartments. The middle section con-
tains the nests, separated by parti.
ton, containing door by opening which
the entire structure may be thrown into
communication. Each end has feed.
ing-pen, with trough projecting into the
alley far enough to obviate the neces.
sity of lifting the swill over the side OF
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03

o. One OF the most noteworthy events in the
south during the year 1890 will be the hold
Ing OF the famous Texas Spring Palace at
Fort Worth, which opens on May 10 and
closes with the ending of the month. ''Texas
ala glance" is the expression often used in
connection with this palace, and it is very
expressive and comprehensive, as the
palace displays to great advantage all the
resources of the "Lone Star State" The
pasttwelve months have been the most re-
mI1arkable in the history of development in
Iexas. Unknown counties have been peo-
pied and new towns and cities have sprung
up almost in day. Great railway systems
nave been extended, rich and vast deposits
new and immense industries established.
an the railroads entering the city have
made greatly reduced rates, good for thirty
days. For further information address
b. B. Paddock, President, Fort W orth, Texas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03
PRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

-Simmering at $50 degrees IS pre-
ferable, in cooking meats, to boiling al
212 degrees. Much heat is wasted IN
raising water to needlessly high tenn
peratures in cooking.
In bottling catsup or pickles Doll
the corks, and while hot you can press
them into the bottles, and when cold
they are tightly sealed. Use the TIN
foil from compressed yeast to cover the
corks.
"A good way to prepare sweet, ten
der beef or mutton for invalids is to
slice thin, spread it on a plate, salt 1t to
the taste, and let it stand several hours.
Coffee made of rice, nicely Drowned, Is
an excellent remedy for sickness OF the
stomach, cholera morbus or diarrhea.
old Homestead.
-Savory Eggs: Hard-boil four eggs
and cut them in two; remove the yelks
and fill the whites with a mixture OF
pounded olives, tongue. anchovy, lit
tie beetroot and capers; season eacn
with few drops Of salad oil, or squeeze
of lemon, and CRATE over each the yelks
of the eggs; serve on crisp dry toast.
Sometimes in the morning one has
no Goals good for broiling over an open
fire. Take sheet-iron saucepan and
heat very hot; lay the steak fiat on 1t,
and in half or three-quarters of minute
turn over. In four or five minutes 1t Is
cooked done. Place the steak on
heated platter, and sprinkle with salt
and pepper. Pour over it a tablespoon
full of melted (but not hot) butter
Country Gentleman.
Nodded Rice: Three cups cold wNtor,
one-half cup sweet milk or cream, one
cup rice. Start the rice in cold water
and cook forty to fifty minutes or until
tender. When about done heat the milk
to almost boiling and stir it in gently,
breaking the grains as little as possible.
Cook few minutes longer, then turn
the rice into cups and set it away to
cool. Serve with cream and sugar
Western Rural.
Rich Potatoe Cakes: Bake dozen
of very fine potatoes, remove the peels
and cut away all the dark spots; weigh
off three-fourths pound, and pound into
it one-fourth pound of butter; then add
one-fourth pound of pulverized sugar,
two ounces of dry and sifted flour, the
yelks of two eggs and pinch of salt.
Form it into rather soft paste, then
flour the board, roll it out nice and sleek,
stamp or cut into any shape preferred,
place them on creased baking-sheet,
egg them over, and bake in moderate
oven. Bake rather crisp. These can
be favored with essence, if approved
Bread Sauce for Game: Roll pint
of dry bread crumbs and pass half of
them through seive. Put a small onion
into pint of milk and when it boils re-
move the onion and thicken the milk
with half pint of sifted crumbs. Take
it from the fire, stir in a heaping tea
spoonful of butter, a grating of nutmeg,
pepper and salt. Put little butter in
a frying pan and when hot throw in the
half pint of coarse crumbs remaining in
the seive, put IN pinch of cayenne pep
per and stir them over the fire until
they assume light brown color, taking
care that they do not burn. For serving
put a plump roast quail on a plate, pour
over it a tablespoonful of the crumbs.
The sauceboat, plate of crumbs and cur
rant jelly should be passed one after the
other.-Indianapo Sentinel.
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Home Seekers Excursions.

Company has arranged for series of ex-
cursions from Chicago to points in Mime
sofa, the Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyom-
ing, Colorado, Idaho and Montana, for
which tickets will be sold at half rates. For
full information apply to Ticket Agents, or
address E. p Wilson, General Passenger
Agent Chicago & Northwestern Railway,
Chicago, Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03

To THE EDIToR:-Pleasei in form your read
ers that 1 have positive remedy for the
above named disease. BY its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been per-
manently cured. shall be glad to send two
bottles of my remedy FREE to any of your
readers who have consumption if they will
send me their express and post-office ad-
dress Respectfully, T. A SLoCUM, NJ c.,
ISL Pearl street, New York.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03
A GOOD IDEA.
A Piggery and Corn Crib COMMUNICATION
1t Is Constructed.

We give herewith a perspective view
and plan of small piggery, with corn
crib attached. The structure, Fig. l, is
fifteen by twenty-one feet in size, twelve
feet high in front, sloping to six feet in
the rear. The sides may be covered by
vertical boarding, as in the engraving
or, if preferred, by horizontal siding.
The siding of the end used as corn,
crib is Of narrow boards with intertices
an inch or so in width to permit free
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03

"BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs" are wide
ly known as an admirable remedy for
Bronchitis, Hcarseness, Coughs and Throat
troubles Solo only in bUIes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03
FIG. 2. PLAN OF PIGGERY.

the pen. The rear portion of each com.
partment is separated by partition
only six inches high. By this means,
the feed-pen is kept duly clean. The
two doors opening into the yards in the
rear are hung at the bottom, and can be
let down so that the tops rest in the
yard. Each one thus becomes a plat
form connecting the pen with the yard.
The inside of each may be furnished
with transverse Stats, if desired. In the
rear of each yard is a gate, giving III.
gress and egress. The entire arrange,
ment is snug, cheap and convenient
American Agriculturist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-03

Dose In Time Saves Nine Of Hale's Hon.
ey Oh Horehound and Tar for Coughs.
Pike Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
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GooD-sIZED sinking fund will help to
To Keep corporation ahoat Epoch
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Sic Nouels Free will be sent by Cragin &
Co., Philada, Pa, to any one in the U. S. or
Canada, postage paid, upon receipt of 25
Dobbins' Electric Soap wrappers. See list
of novels on circulars around each bar.