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TAX OF l843.

NOTICE is hereby given TO the taxable inhab-
~ itants of the aforementioned precincts Of
La Sale county, that will attend al the several
places herein mentioned for the purpose Of re-
ceiving the Taxes due the State and County for
the year A. d. lSi3, viz:
In Ottawa precinct, at my Office in Ottawa on
Saturday the 30lh day of Drcember, 1913.
In Dayton precinct, at the post office in Dayton
on Monday the LIST day Of January, 1911.
In South Ottawa precinct, at the house of Syl-
vanus Crook, on Saturday the 2nd OF January.
. In Brookfeld precinct, at the house of Angus
Mcmillan on "Wednesday the 3n day Of January.
In Grafton prcclni, at the house OF Lowell KIM
ball, on Friday the 5,h day Of January.
In Utica precinct at the house of Simon Cro-
star ON Monday the h day Of January.
In Western precinct at the house of a Moon
in the town of La Sale on Tuesday the 9th, and
at the National Hotel (he election house OF said
prccin,) on the 10Th day of January.
In Normilion precinct at the house of n. NJ.
Lets, on Thursday the llh, and at the house of
Asa lIoldridge on the l2,h days of January.
In North Vcrmiliou Precucl at the house of
l.. w. Dimmick, on the 18th day Of January.
WILLIAM REDDICK,
Collector La Sale County.
Those owing Taxes for 1912 or any previous
year are requested to make immediate payment.
County orders and Auditors warrants at all times
received.
will notify the rom,inns preciocs ia due sea.
son. WILLIAM REDDlCk.
Ottawa Dee 10 1913
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Lo,ocA-Iho population OF the city Of Lowell,
Mass, is % 0 0, Of whom Is 600 are females. Six
thousand of them are their own mstrcsses--bdght
eyed, modest, healthy, and happy looking women
-gids who labor diligently aud faithfully for their
own maintenance, and are able TO earn, one week
with another through the year, S,75 per week,
clear Of board! 1t is remarkable fact that among
this population Of rs 0 0 .ous, ten thousand Of
them arc females who require no help, no guard
anship, no looking after! They are people of
character and good habits, who earn their own H.
wing, are able to lay up, one year with another,
from fifty to scventy-five dollars each, upon an
average; some doing a great deal more than that.
SO says Brother Jonathan.
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Females ia Nf,o York Cay,-Willis writing
to the National Intelligence says; "Tbc female
dynasty is gaining ground. mentioned in a
previous letter that Ladies' Oyster Shop was
opened in New York, and Ladies Reading
Room projected. The latter is since organized
and about going into operation, and meantime
another masculine privilege has gone over to the
ladies' A Glib BOlohng Alley has been cstab.
lished in Broadway, near franklin street, most
luxurious in all its apartments otto
mans, drcssing-rcoms, DC. The families subscri-
bing sre Of tn, mos, fashionable ciqucs and no
male foot is suffered TO enter this gynceian gym.
nasum--thc pms being set up by girls and the
attendance exclusively fcminnc,---'rho Injuries
remaining to cur scI up To the presen, time are
fencing and bosing--lhe usurpu,ions OF which are
probably under con ,idcration. The fashions you
would suppose would scarcely gain by insecurity.
ing bu, the ladies arc wearing 6roaie!oih cloak,
for beginning. 7herc Is another article Of male
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stale ss.iulI Of zuIiuuu.

The Lawrenceburg (Ia,) Beacon eau
lions the public in regard TO this bank.
The editor, Col. Dunn, says "it is on tie
eve of general burst up !ha. i. is
''unsound, rotten and corrupt-ay, even
to the core - and he tells his readers ,ha.
he speaks form his own personal knowl.
edge Of his condition. The Cincinnati
Enquirer of late date republishes the
remarks of the Beacon and thinks they
should altrac, the attention of the public.
We are, of course. unable to say whether
the opinions of those papers are well
grounded, but we do know that the COLI
stitu.lonal coin is 1.-THE bcs ,currency in
the world. "-FeOria Press.
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L,i.-Wc learn from the juliet Signal of the
9Th, that Mr.. Lyman Hawlcy, a highly rcspccta-
bic citizen residing or miles north Of that place,
aud who was subject to attacks which deprived
him temporarily OF the use of his faculties, went
out from his fathers house recently with view
to cover some potatoes in the field, and, 1t is
thought, with some idea Of going to Juliet, aud
has not since been heard Of. As the night fol-
lowing the day he left was excessively coId-so
cold indeed that no man could endure it without
constant cSercisc-ii is considered beyond doubt
that lie has persisted.
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Faul.-Tbe Iihawneetown illinois
Republican of the 2Jth att, says: We
were in the bank last week when clerk
from the house of Arson, broker in ST.
Louis, presented $4,000 of the Shaw nee
town bank paper for the dividend and GER
titicates. The teller Of the bank discov-
cred that number of the bills were torn
and mutilated, the ends of some cut off,
the tops and vigneiie of others, and Gen.
tres and signatures Of others. These pie.
ces were carefully preserved and plaster.
together with gum-arabic, and rubbed over
with 81. Louis street mud, TO give them
an antique appearance. Thus out OF
every eighty Of the ten and twenty dollar
bills an additional twenty was gained
The cashier detecting the fraud, very
promptly refused to receive them.
We mention these facts to put the pub.
lie on their guard, as on former occasion
this same clerk (Woodward,) from the
same house palmed off on the Bank, as an
experiment, some three or four hundred
dollars of these mulilated bills, which
were politely presented TO him on the las
visit spoken OF, when he was constrained
to take them back.
We shrewdly suspec. these bills were
mu'ilated at that shaoing shop. We hope
the citizens Of TT. Louis will look well &c
the gentleman until they explain fully.
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Jldge, in ArkansoS.-The Arkansas judges aP-
pear, by their own account. to have hard time o!
it. The following is from the late charge Of the
Hon. John Field, judge Of the sixth Judicial dis
trct, to the grand jury Of Hampstead county:
In some parts of Arkansas it is really Danger
Gus for a Judge to protect his station from insult
OF assert his authority If what he does or saySls
not exactly agreeable to the taste Of some, he Is
IN danger Of annihild,ion. One or two prosecut
ing attorneys in the northern part Of the state
have been wayail and murdered for doing their
duty. In another part the judge was barred out
of the court house by the popuacc, aud his life
put IN danger merely because he wished to hold
hi, count as the law directed. Another judge was
near being attacked while on his bench, for cXcr-
caing his authority IN keeping silence IN The court
house during business hours. Another judge was
iiIccd by an armed ruiiiln to leave the bench and
drink with him, and this whilst his court was in
session.
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| am at loss to conceive; he has no
more right TO ca, with honest men that
leper has to eat with clean men. If he has
a particle Of honor in his composition, he
shoul shut himself up. and say, Il cannot
mngle with you'll belong TO degraded
people, must hide myself am a
plunderer from Pennsylvania"
Again the Rev. gentleman SAYS:
"Thc warIike power Of every country
depends upon their Three per Cents. ii
CTser were to reappear on earth, Wet
tenhall's List would be more important
than his Commentaries Rothschild
would open and shut the Temple of Jan
US Thomas Barring, or Bates. would
command the Tenth Legion, and the sol
diers would march TO battle with loud
cries of Scrip and Omnium Reduced,
Consuls and Cesar Now, the Ameri-
cans have cut themselves off from all re-
sources Of credit. Having been as dis
honest as they can be, they are prevented
from being as foolish as they wish to be-
In the whole habitable globe they cannot
borrow a guinea, and they canno, draw
the sword, because they have no, money
TO buy il.
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clerical LdokUce.-In petition presented by
M. Hume, to the British parliament, among ma
ny other allegations against the established church
there is the following: "'rha, the petitioner has
good reason to believe tha, very few Of them make
their own sermons, but buy them ,sady made Of
their London agents. Tina, your petitioner could
name lady, dSSenier, who employs all her lei
sue hours in composing sermons for the clergy,
for which she gains half guinea each, and gives
tue produce to the London Missionary Society"
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WISCONSIN Marine and Fire InSur-
ance Cove have heard good deal of
remark about the number of bills of this
institution which are in circulation in
this vicinity. They may be safe, but
more probably they are not. We would
warn the farmers against the whole
shinplaster tribe. There is no lack of
specie, and why should our farmers incur
any risk by receiving rags of any sort,
and worst OF all, the rags of an institution
like that Of the Wisconsin Fire and Mar
inc Insurance Company '-Spring feld
Times.
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james H. Boii'cia, ,oiere are Hard, in
deed, must DO the hear, OF Mr.. James II. Baldwin
If he eau resist the following tender appeal, which
we find in the Independence (Mo.) Expo.tor;
To James H. Bad,cip.--Shoull this meet your
eye, you will know it is from your disconsoatc
wife, who, together with your own dear infant
child, very much need the aid aud society Of their
husband and father. IT, YOU (any whcrc) yet live
and love, pray write, addressed to Waucnsburg,
Mo-, aud to your unfortunate wife,
JlNg BALnwIN.
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TIE american BOiiom.-Latc examinations, it
is said show that the Missouri river has worn
away, nj its mouth, during the last year, about 200
yards of the bank of the Mississippi Oh the ILL
nos side. There ara remaining only about 1000
yards between the shore and tho low lands, IA
vines, Sc, connected with Long Lake, in this
state. When the river is high water now finds
its way from the Mississippi into the lake, and,
unless something is done to protect the bank, the
American Bottom will be inundated, and immense
injury done both to the citizens of our own s'a,e
and Missouri. Congress should attend to this
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Robbers f5,md in The Woods.-Some

Robbers foma in the Woods.-Some
persons who were on cunning expedi-
ton, near Trenton, New Jersey, lately
discovered large pile of brush aud
leaves, which prompted them to make
further investigation, when they found it
to be a quantity of store goods, consisting
Of cloths, &c, nicely packed away, but
considerably injured by the late rains. At
night, the robbers came out of their hid
ing place, kindled ile near the pile OF
goods, and commenced preparing an
evening meal, when they were arrested
by party of constables secreted near.
They were the villains who broke open
the store of Messrs. Parsons & Hafpers,
in Morrisville, Pa, a few weeks since
". Mo. Republican.
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Large UoF &c.-An unusually large
wolf was killed recently on the farm OF
Mr.. Hewes, in Will county on the Wa
bash road, about thirty miles from this
city. lie had destroyed no less than ten
sheep belonging to Mr.. llewes, when
poison was spread over the carcass
of one, he devoured it, was tracked the
mex, morning to marsh, and found in ii
dead. He proved to be gray wolf
Chicago Express.
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UiSconSin Marine and Fire Insurance

WISCONSIN Marine and Fire Insurance
Company.-lhe Ottawa Free Trader is
ont against the issues of this denomina-
ton, and to our view he makes out a pref
ty clear case, that the time for wild cat
crash is near at hand. The Trader oc-
cupies over column in giving the reasons
for the opinion which he advances, and
they are such as can leave but little or no
doubt ,hai the day is not distant when
holders Of Wisconsin, Marine and Fire In.
surance Company shinplasters will find
that there are no visible means TO re-
deem them. We presume this word to
the wise will be suficienl.-Pe0ria
Press.
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Tank IN amir .S,ooU Nofop Voster-

Look 10 your Small Notes. Ycser-
day, Mr.. Presbury, of the Exchange or
fee, Main street. showed us a very in
genious manner of cheating the unwary
and unsuspectng. 1t consists in cutting
off the ends of the one dollar Indiana
notes, and passing on the one end Of a two
dollar note, thus converting the one into "a
two. The deception is easily detected on
examination, but in the hurry of business,
any person might overlook it; as an evil
dence of this fact, Mr.. p, himself, took
one without discovering the deception.
We learn from Mr.. p. tina, large num-
Der Of these altered notes are presented at
their counter every day. l,would be well
Tor every one 10 be. on his guard.-Mo.
Republican.
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Guni alcrciaI.

OHICAGU, Dec, 7.
Our market to-day presents an UNUSUAL degree
of activity. Wheat has had an upward tendency
since our last. 1t brings to-day from CT To 6S
cents. There are many buyers in market, though
there are but few that offer the latter price, The
quantity Of Pork that has arrived in this city du-
ring the week past has been immense. from
$3.50 to $500 is paid The latter price is freely
given for prime, and we have known tritle more,
in some cases, to be paid for an extra lot. Other
articles we quote as follows: Flour, SO 80; beef,
81 90 10 - 25; corn, 81 to 40 cents; oats, &c;
flax Seed 81! butter from 10 tn II cents.
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What Ncri THE New York Sun says there
is now in the American Museum exhibition
room u little machine, worked by dog, making
stockings at the rate Of six dozen per day The
excellence Of the hose made by this machine, and
the economy by which !, may he managed, defes
all competition. Hitherto the Europeans have
been able to manufacture hosiery far cheaper than
We could, bu, now we can compete with them
successfully. The invention Of this rotary knit
ting machine was perfected las, winter by young
man named French, of Caboyille, Mass. 1t is u
remarksb conlrivancc.
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Fascinating but dangerous Viaieys.-The Ar
kansas Gazette, published in the village Of Arkan-
sas, in the state Of that name, relates the suIon-
ed snake story. 1t seems to bear witness to the
power Of fascination, or mesmerizing, in snakes,
though, in their case, as in that of other profess
sors, it continues to be disputed by some. The
Arkansas Gazette says
a few days since fine large rat,lcsnake made
his appearance in the poultry yard at the race
track, near this place The turkes and chickens
surrounded the gentleman, who was lying upon a
sand heap, adorned with rich variety of colors.
The turkeys were crying quits, the chickens were
mute; but SO intent were they that they did not
move for the person who ran to kill him, but re-
manned until no was shot. when the charm was
broken. Two days after, his mate was killed near
the same lace in the yard. The one measured
five feet three inches and had fourteen rattcs and
a button; the other had II ra,tes and button
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The infn, daughter Of tho queen of Portugal is
TO be baptized Donna Maria Anna Fernando Leo.
poldina Mchacla Rafacla Gabrielle CARROT, An,o.
MIA Julia Victoria pmxcdcs Ganzaea dc Brnpan.
Ia Bourbon SAKE Coburg Go,ha. -Ereh.
"Ompompanoosac aud Northumberland =" is
the exclamation of the Memphis Eaglc--whilc the
Picayunc observes, "lf all this don't kill that ba.
by il must have an awful constitutions"
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Chwning BiHg-Eyey good housewife knows
that, at times, Tor some peculiar causes, (most
generally extra sournes& or bitterness of the cream
much difficulty is experienced in making the
cream Toto butter 4 lady writer in the Indiana
Farmer recommends the following course in such
cases
| wish to infOr!-, my sister butter makers of the
III, ans used, which SO successfully removed the
difficulty. churncd, perhaps, three hours to no
purpose, and then tried to think OF something |
had read in the Indiana Farmer, or some other
periodical | could not remember precisely but |
rccollcc,cd the reason stated was The cream being
too sour. then thought of soda, (pearIash, |
presume, would do as wcll,) and dissolved large
lca.spooniul III pint of warm water aud, as |
poured ii III, chufning at the same time, 1t chang
ed in moment, and gradually formed into beau
uiul lump OF solid sweet butter.
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THE FREE TRADER.


GTMr. RYAN arrived in this place yesterday
afternoon from Lockpoh, and reports quite favor
ably as TO the examinations being made by the
agent Of the bondhodcrs. Gov Davis is at Lock-
port. Gov. FonD is expected to DO at Peru this
evening, a, which place he will DO met by Mr..
RYAN. We hope to see proper manifestation
made by or citizens on this the first visit Of Gov.
Ford to the north since his elevation 10 gubcml-
,oral chair.
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I'm Inyoriant Discoreru.-A mean

I'm Important DiScorery.-A means of
instantly stopping horse when he runs
away has been discovered in France. 1t
is simple. A sudden transition from light
to total darkness, is the principle. 1t is
contrived by means Of a spring connected
with the reins, TO cover the horses eyes.
This was done in an instant when the an
imals were at the top of their speed, and
the result was their instantaneous stop
page, for the light being suddenly excu-
ded, horses no more rush forward, says
the discovercr, without seeing their way,
than would a man afflicted with blindness
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American Pork.-The London Farmers Jour
nal says " We declare, aud stake our reputation
on the avermcnt, for we speak fom personal ex-
perience obtained in almost every state in the
corn fed pork cannot be found"
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Calhoun paper has been started in New York
city, entitled Tho Daily Gazcttc'--T p. Ke,-
tell editor. Mr.. X, the Post says, is the author
OF the able money articles in the New York Her
raid, which have been much copied by other pa,
pcrs, and gave tina! paper circulation in quarters
where /, would not otherwise have been received.
lie now writes no more for the Herald.
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THE OTTAWA FREE TRADER.

A Slippery Triek.-I, is said the receiver Of
public moneys a. Mineral Point, Wisconsin, has
become so disguised with that democratic coun-
Try, that he has gone of to Canada, or some un-
known parts, but forgot to leave behind him the
government treasure ia his POSSESSION.
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Phg'arism.-It is charged in some Of the New
York papers, and by Mr.. Kendall, that much Of
Captain Muryatl'S new work, called IN. Violet,
has been stolen from Kcndall's Sketches, as pub
lishcd in the New Orleans pcayunc. Mr.. X. is
about to publish card upon the Snhjcct.
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with the 'criiter.' Perhaps my own has
been filled by ii; but it will be 80 no
more. passed the said note in paymen,
for my winters stock of wood
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The Rev. Sidney Smith, Of London,
author of the petition to Congress,
praying that Pennsylvania might be made
to toe the mark in the paying line, has
appeared again in print, in consequence
of the structures of the American press on
his petition. We quote the following
"Among the discussions to which the
moral inthrIcies of this insolvent people
have given birth, they have arrogatcd
to themselves the right Of sitting in Judge
ment upon the property Of their creditors
of deciding who among them is rich,
and who poor-and who are proper sub
jects of compassionate payment; but in
the name of Mercury, the great god OF
thieves, did any ever hear of debtors al
leging the wealth of the lender as reas-
on for Guiding the payment of the loan !
Is the stock exchange place for the table
of the money lenders or is it school
of moralsis, who may amerce the rich,
exalt the poor, and correct the inc
qualities OF fortune Is Biddie all instru-
ment in the hands of Providence TO exalt
the humble, and send the rich empty away!
Does American Providence work with
such instruments as Biddie.
The following speaks for itself:
I'll never mel Pennsylvania ut a
London dinner without a disposition to
seize and divide him--to allow his beaver
to one sufferer and his coat 10 another
TO appropriate his pocket handkerchief
To the orphan, and comfort the widow
with his silver watch. Broadway rings,
and the London Guide which he always
carries in his pockets. How such man
can Sc, himself down a, an English table
without feeling that he owes two or three
pounds TO every man in the company,
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"A Temperance Bank BW.-A cores.
ponden, OF Boston paper says-'A short
time since | received five dollar bill on
the Falmouth Bank, having the following
Endorsement on the back Of it,
'Apr ith, ~.
Cursed in this world and that to come,
Is he who passes me for rum
The bill was issued twen,y-lhrce years
ago, and has doubtless filled many a throat
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lnNt1NSEis,.

MARRlED-On Thursday evening last by
the Rev. ID. NEWTON, JoHN Hlsx, senior editor
of this paper to Miss Lucr 5. CorToN, of this
place.
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attire which they have long been said to wear oc-
casonally, bu, | am incIedulous, Seeing would
be believing"
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The New Orleans Picayunc tells Of chap who
went to bed n gentleman. md got up Httk tog.
gy' Save Us from such beds, say VIC.
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An exchange mentions pump, the water f,oin
whici, has the extraordinary faculty Of converting
. quart Of milk into three rnls.
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"a rolling stone gathers no moss. The editor
Of the Columbia (Pa.) Spy considers this very
doubtful adage. He says he has jus, seen in an
exchange the marriage Of Peleg ROuhngsion to
Ophclia Moss
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Cheap for Cash or Winter Wheat.

Cheap for Cash or Winter Wheat.
HNHE subscriber will sell on the most
b. reasonable teims, for cash or good
winter wheat, Broad Cloths, CGssimeres.
Sattinetts, French lerinoes, French
Bomba.iaeS. SC. &c., as, also, any other
article in his line of business. Call and
see and examine for yourselves.
JOHN SHULER.
Ottawa, August 25, ls43. loft.
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M.rc Samese Trim Mmsfers.-rwo children,
the popers say have been born in Lexington, Ind,
with the breast bone united the whole length.
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rASlI Paid for Pork The subscri'
~ bers will pay cash for pork slaught-
cred or on foot. CusHNAN T. GRIpLY.
Dec. Is, 1913. .,e.,., AZ.