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ART DEPARTMENT 1874.

the illustrations Of THE ILDiNE have won world
wide reputatOr and in the AT centres OF Europe IL Is an
admitted fact that It's wood cuts are examples of the gh
nerfpction ever attained The common prejudice Ia Ia
yor or seel plates rapidly yielding to more educated
and discriminating taste which recognizes ne
~ snnpror artistic quality with facility OF produC'
ton The woodcut. OF TIE LDLNEpossess all the dell
cacy and elaborate finish of the most costly steel plate
while they afford rendering OF the artist org nal
To fully realize the wonderful work which IHEiLDiAE
is doing for the cause culture In America II Is only
accssry consider the 10 the people OF any ohtr
decent representations the productions OF great painters
In addition designs by the members OF INC Nhll0nal
Academy other noted American artists, IHE iLbiNF
will reproduce examples OF the hest foreign select
cd with view highest artistic success and greatest
neral interest Thus the subscriber % TNE 1LDiNh
will AT tThng cost, ENJOY Ia his own nome me treasures
and refining Influences OF true art, ., ~,
The gumrtey tinted plates for 1874 VIII be by Thomas Mo-
ran and j. d. woodward. go ,, .-
The christmas issue for 1871 viii contain special designs
anpropriae to the season. by best artist! and Wall sur
pass N attractions any OF It's predecessors.
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\ lady who had never been blessed with
children went to shop to buy some illumi-
rating notices for her sitting room. This
would be the best one" SAID the dealer who
happened to be an acquaintance, and he
passed her Suffer little children 10 come
unto me-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-13
YOUNG SCOTLAND

An imported Clydcsdac, u beautiful Brown, four
years old, stands l1ll hands high, weighs 1900
lbs. when in good flesh, has great bone and good
action, and for draft stallion has no superior in
thi, country or any other.
PEDlGREE--YOuug Scotland, sired BY Old
Scotland; his dam, o pure Clydcsdaie mare.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-13

\ sample Of the tyranny of man was shown
At q woman's rights meeting in Timsvillc,
where q gentleman entered and told HI, wife,
one Of the officers Of the meeting, To come
home guick as the baby had the colic.' She
went.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-13

One of the intelligent and handsome young
ladies' of Virginia City, New, elopcd with a
piutc Indian recently. As she left her best
scalp hchind her, her parents are not disposed
10 feel worried,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-13

A western paper tells a story Of a country
woman who made her first attempt to get in
the court house yard through the patent
back action gate. She opened the gate, went
through, as She supposed, and shut herself
out on the same side seven times; then,
calculating "Mreiful saints" cltmcd over the
innCr.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-13

Policeman Price, OF Washington, having
lied and left no less than two widows, there
is dispute over his effects. Both women
think it is too bad To be without money and
without PricGi
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-13

Two little girls were comparing progress
n Catcchism study give got 70 original
,in," STd one. How far have you rot =
Nc Oh, I'm way beyond redemption" said
lie Othcr
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1t having been said that since her marriag,
Nilsson is more free with her voice than be
fore, cynical exchange remarks that prob
ably that news came from her husband, pool
tellOWN
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-13

\ Georgia Cracker" was offered four dol
lars per day to labor, when he exclaimed
Sir, dye s'pose I'd work when I've Just dis
covered a fresh coon track"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-13

\ New York thief tied a lady to the leg of
t piano and then ransackcd the house. Thi,
is another reason why folks shouldn't keep
pianos.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-13

Persons who are liable to he sca-SfCk ar,
recommended, on the eve of a sea voyage, tC
take muciage with their food, To keep i
down.
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\ fellow who was sent 10 pcnitcntiary ten
wears for stealing lot of goods remarked
hat he got long time" on that bill of goods
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-13

Why Is pretty girls foot like the lcltc
Y, Because it is the end OF beauty
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-13

10 keep warm on cold day the womel
l0uble the Cape, while the men double th
Horn.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-13

A young and happy widow in Paris recently
remarked to friend: Il am now in the
honeymoon of my widowhood."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-13

you've destroyed my peace Of mind,
Betsy" said despondiEg lover to uuant
lass.
1T can't do mach harm, John, Cor twas an
amazing small piece you had any way was
The quick reply
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The most curious thing in ,hc world j,
woman whni j. not curious
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Prospectus for l874-.-7th Year.
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Although each succeeding number affords fresh pleasure
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pran,;ur for 1874.

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your chromos They wonderfully Fesenta
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EofS S,NLT.-Ihc subscriber Offers for sale,
sonahe terms, the follow wing lands town lots situa
ted In La Sale county, 10 wit:
LANDS.
10 Acres--wL swH OF ~ SE4 Sec. 2, 7. 39,R.
:tI Acres-H N. Of CaAaD ~ Me-. sCc.l, T. 49, T. s.
80 Acres-WX SW'% sec, q, T. "a. RS.
1850 Acres-NWa Sec. %, 4. 81, l.. 3.
TOWN LOTS
,yo-sF s. Block 9, States Addition to Ottawa.
IND 4 Lot II. Block {, States Addition to Ottawa.
Lots . T. y G. p 10, In Block % States Add. Ottawa
Lots g. TO- H. II. Is, IL % Block y. States Addition
Lon g. Block IS. - Ate's Addition 70 Ottawa
Lot ID. Block 80. Ottawa Centre.
The above will ne sold for part cash down and the residue
On time purchasers For further particulars apply
to Albert =. Dow. Car al Office, ottawa. Illinois.
O;tswB, hlsy l~6s.-u H. 4. GOODELI.
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OTTAWA FREE TRADER: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1878
MisCsllaneoGs.
CUSHING'S MANUAL
or Parliamentary Practif

Rules OF proceeding and dehatein delheraiive assemblies
An Indispensable handhook Tor every member delibeT
at!ve body and the authority In all the states.
"Ihe authu rttaye cNroUHdtr American paIla-
mcutary law "-Chas. Snmuer.
Price, II cent? by mail receipt of price. Ad.
dress THOMPSON, BROWN CO, Boston, Mass.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
a Successful Company.

1t is agreeable to hear our Life insur-
ance companies well spoken of, but we
feel much pride in the remarks of the
New York Insurance Commissioner, re-
garding our most enterprising company
The Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety-which, he says, "marks and dis
tingrishes the commencement of the
recent astounding progress in the busi-
ness of Life insurance.
The Equitable Society took its position
at the head of our companies some three
or four years ago, and has since annually
transacted more new business than any
other company in the world. 1t has no
longer an equal competitor. Its proud
position is due not only to its usefulness,
security, wealth, and Hberality, but to
the good will of the people, whose prefer
ences it has gained because it has an
swered their requirements most COM
pletely in everything that pertains to
Life insurance.-N y. ErdngciiSt
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
A MennOrn BILE Gift.

The round of gifts for a holiday sea-
son is soon exhausted Books, and
jewels, and trifes repeat themselves with
the return of every Christmas and New
Year, SO that we are weary of choosing
from them. We want to find remem-
brance for our friends, having something
more than that temporary value which
these customary gifts possess.
There is a new gift more graceful and
useful than anything that is to be found
III the shops. It's possession is not only
a benefit for life, but it keeps its giver
in perpetual remembrance. 1t is Life
Insurance policy, presented on New
Years day by the husband to his wife;
by the parish to their pastor.
Can there be better commemoration
of this joyful season of the year than
such a gift? 1t will bear fruit long
after all other offerings are lost and for
gotten, and it is one which the giver can
never regret
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
Newspaper Men in the Senate.

The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial says:
Leaving our subject at the beginning,
with the hope of picking it up again, we
will glance at tine newspaper men III the
Senate 1t is not generally known how
large proportion of the distinguished
men in this body have gone up from the
newspaper Office, or down, as you may
choose to have it.
The President Of the Senate himself,
our old friend COlfax, was once n printer
boy, and some think he ought TO be n
printer boy still. He is now interested
in one or two papers, and writes for half
n dozen more. His style is easy, grace
ful and simple, and it is in Sunday-school
literature that he shines with the great
est radiance.
Casserly, of California, has been dab
bling in newspapers all his life. As a
writer, however, he is less successful
than lawyer, without being particularly
brilliant as either. Hill, of Georgia,
while not being a newspaper man proper,
writes good deal for the papers. His
productions are solemn. j. Rodman
West, of Louisiana, used to publish the
San Francisco Price Current, which did
v.
IL is we'll that it did not. The other
Louisiana Senator, w. Pitt Kellogg, has
never been a newspaper man. His great
est literary effort consists in signing his
name. Harlan, of Iowa, writes for the
Chronicle, of this city. The life and
spice which has made that journal
household word is attributable TO his
flashing and humorous pen. Charles
Sumner has written n good deal for the
papers, and once edited the american
.Tlrist. Hamlin, of Maine, was a printer
bov. and afterward worked as compositor.
Zack Chandler was never n newspaper
man. There is no telling what n sensa-
tion he would have made in the press if
he had not gone into the dry goods busi-
ness.
Simon Cameron served a regular APP
prenticeship TO printer when n boy.
There are many who wish he had stuck
to his trade. 1t is reported that he was
n rapid compositor, and could have made
a GOOD living at it. He has been the
editor of several papers, most of which
are now dead. Anthony, of Rhode
Island. was for years editor of the Provi-
hence Journal, and is still connected
with the press. Brownlow has been an
editor most Of his life, but never
nrinter. His trade is that of house car
penter.
looked the fact that Senator Wilson was
at one time the editor of a paper in Bos-
tom. and that Carl Schurz has served in
tbe same capasity in Detroit and perhaps
elsewhere.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10

This advice, given by bluff Captain Cutie 10 the
fororn Mr.. Toots is cordially tendored to all who
are laboring under that cloud Of depression and
melancholy which usually accompanies chronic
indigestion, biousness, habitual constipation and
nervous debility. "Cheer up" woe-beRone in
valids. The causes Of your gloomy feelings,
though they may be chronic and of long standing,
are not incurable. course Of Hostetters stomach
Btters, the purest and most genial of all vege-
table stmulants and correctives, and especially
adapted TO cases like yours, will relieve you Of
your bodily ailments and consequent mental
misery, speedily, certainly, and without pain.
The chills and damps Of the present season, in
fact all its atmospheric conditions, are unfavor-
able to dyspeptic, bilious and nervous sufferers.
They need n stimulant, as well IA tonic and
combines the three. while it increases the
digestive capacity Of the stomach, and changes
and regulates the condition Of the liver and the
bowels, 1t gives an agreeable impulse 20 the mem
tai faculties and steadies the nerves. Unmedi-
Gated stimulants are never advisable; they are
too exciting. and often react disastrously. ON the
other hand, the sham tOnics which contain no diff
fusive stimulant, and are surrounded with drastic
evacuants that almost turn man inside out, are
dangerous. The system needs more vitality, and
they PROSTATE entirely. Hostetters Bittcrs has
affinity either with the dangerous eXcitant or
the still more dangerous depletent. 1t simply
strengthens and regulates the body and clears the
mind. This is the whole secret of its cures.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
Brief Mention.

THE Boston relief fund is 1913, 113.
GAMBLING houses are licensed in Ne
vada.
A COON turns a grindstone at Fredonia,
Kansas.
Coal has been discovered at the Cape
of Good Hope.
THE Chicago and Northwestern Rail
road Company owns and operates 1900
miles of track.
THE population of the United States
and of the German Empire is about the
same-3S, 800, 900 each.
JEROME b. STnLsoN, the new manag-
ing editor of the World, isthe handsom-
est editor in New York.
MAIL trains are TO be established be-
tween New York and Chicago, to make
the distance III twenty-four hours.
The first cast-iron facade in the world
was erected ut the corner of Duane and
Centre streets, New York, i'll lS47.
In Colorado, when lady wears dia-
mond jewelry to any extent, she is al
luded to by the local crusher as being
well "salted." A."
A MEMBER of the Mexican Congress
opposed II railroad bill the other day
"because," said he, "it will ruin the
pack-mule business"
CALIFORNIA is making brandy from
figs. The liquor is very pleasant, and
after drinking n quart or SO man will
cheerfully stand any amount of abuse
from his wife.
IT is claimed that the immigrants
who landed on our shores last year adj
ded upward of $2S5, 900, 600 to the ma
tional wealth, computing their value
merely as unskilled laborers.
AMONG the newspapers which the Pope
has recently placed on the Index Ex-
purgatorious" are the New York EUeH-
ing Mail, the New York Times, HdlpCr'S
Weekly, and the L0depcadcm
THE reports of about twenty lines of
railroad centering III New York show a
revenue for the past eleven months of
S135, GOO, 600, comparing with about
Sl20 900, 900 over the same lines for the
same period IL 1871.
THE Legislature of Vermont has, in
imitation of that of Minnesota, passed
an act furnishing by fine any pointing of
firearms at a person i'll play, adding an
Imprisonment of two years when any i'll
jury results from the folly.
A RHODE ISLAND factory boasts bell
900 years old. 1t was made, rs the in
scription declares, by Peter Least, of
Amsterdam, IN 1868, and was brought to
this country from the West Indies
among a lot of refuse metal.
THERE are six white people in Alaska.
They are very neighborly with each
other; the little matter of 300 miles dis
tance, or the slight inconvenience of
taking their "bed and board" along,
proving no hindrance to social culture.
A days chat is considered fashionable
call.
THE Grand Trunk railway was ac-
commodated by the Government of
Canada with a loan of $4,000, 900. 1t
has never paid principal or interest, and
at current rates the accumulation of the
latter would now probably represent n
sum not less in amount than the princi
pal.
ONE of the Captains of the old Fifty
second Massachusetts Regiment, living
at Shelburne Falls, recently got stray
cartridge into his pipe while filling it for
smoking. After smoking short time
the cartridge exploded, leaving the Cap
tain with short piece of pipe-stem be-
tween his teeth, and his facial orna-
ment" minus portion of epidermis. He
said the "smell' made him think of old
en- times.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
A Young Lady Scalped.

In Baltimore, the other day, a man
carrying an umbrella under his arm in II
promiscuous manner, went rushing down
the street. In passing bevy of ele-
gantly dressed ladies, the handle of the
rain shedder caught in the head-gear of
one of the fair ones. She gave II little
scream of astonishment and alarm, but
neither this nor the tension Of the UNI
brella could check the headlong career
of the hasty individual, and AS the UNI
brella would not yield, both the bonnet
and the whole deliberately arranged curls
and other fixtures on the lady's head
were pulled completely off, and she stood
the very image of desolation and be-
reavement. Apology under such cir
cumstances would only have been an
insult, so the gentleman hurried away,
and the lady, gathering as promptly as
possible her scattered adornmcnts, also
retired from the scene of disaster.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
LIVER COMPLAINT, LIVER DISEASE, I. T

LIVER COMPLAINT, LIVER DISEASE, /. f.
BLIoUsNEss. - Bilious complaints by
some termed liver disease-are very com
mon in this country. The ordinary in
dications, such as yellowness of the skin
and whites of the eyes, pain in the right
side under the inferior ribs, with some
times difficulty of respiration and trou-
blesome cough-are familiar to host OF
sufferers; but the liver, sometimes, is in
n very unsatisfactory state without the
presence of such symptoms. When we
reflect that the liver is the largest gland
of the body, that it secretes the bile
which lubricates the bowels and keeps
them in order, is the great blood purifier
or cleansing machine of our systems, it
may truly be called the HOusekeeper O
orr NcdlH Sudden transitions of
climatic temperature, or impure air, or
Wdtcr are disturbing elements which
arrest the functions of the liver, and
render it torpid, producing di0rrhcd,
dVsentcyy, bilious rc0'iHcntS, internlit-
tent .tcuerS, and general prostration,
and unhealthy state of the whole organi-
zatiOn.
It is not surprising that a medicine
which can restore the healthy operations
of the liver should command general
attention. Such medicine is CALIFoR-
MA VINEGAR BITTERs, The Housekeeper S
Towel and Broom. = Com.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10

To discover spurious greenbacks or
national bank notes divide the last two
figures of the number of the bill 10y four,
and if one remains the letter on the
genuine will be A. if two remain the let
ter will be b; if three. G, and should
there be no remainder the letter will be
ID. For example, note is registered
2,4Gl; divide sixty-one by four, and you
will have one remaining. According TO
the rule the letter on the note vii be A.
In case the rule fails, be certain that the
bill is counterfeit or altered.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
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THE huge, drastic, gripping, sickening
pills, constructed Of crude, coarse and bulky
ingredients, arc fast being superseded by DR..
Pierces Pleasant Purgative Pellets, or Sugar
coated, Concentrated Root and Herbal Juice,
Anti-Bilious Granucs-the Little Giant
Cathartic or mu,tum in pdrUO Physc. Modern
chemical science enables DIR. Pierce to extract
from the juices of the most valuable roots and
herbs their active medical principles, which,
when worked into little Pellets or Granulcs
scarcely larger than mustard seeds. renders
each little Pellet as active and powerful rs a
large pill, while they are much more palatable
and pleasant in effect. 20 cents cidi, by
druggists. G20
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
Our BOYS for January opens cbipperer

and brighter than ever. A grand Christmas
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notp fter the Modern" with a fine illustration.
leads or A continuation Of the two serials
"Sturdy and Steady" and Lance and Iasso. F"
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