davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05
junli6w

NCTICE.-EsrATE or JAMES DRRyTN. DECEAsKp
Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned Admins
traitor of the estate Of lanes Devn late OF the county OF
La Sale and state of His deceased viii appear before
County Court OF said county the third Monday (being
day. OF July 1873 at the Court House In Ottawa In said
county, when and where all persons having claims or de-
mand against said estate notified attend aud present
the same in writing for adjustment.
Dated this 2ith day OF May A. d. 1873 -
LEWIS r. IRWIN,
mayA -6w Administrator.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05

NOTIFICATIONS OF MICHAEL UCoySoR. DECD.
Netce hereby given that the undersigned executriy
of the last will and testament of Mcha 0Connor late OF the
county Of La Sale and State of Illinois, deceased will appear
before the County Court OF said county the third Monday
(beng the 2ls day. of July 1873 at the Court House In
ottawa in said county when and where all persons having
claims demands against said estate notified to attend
and present the same in writing for adjustment.
Dated this 9th day of May A d. 1873.
SARAH O'COSNOR,
maySl-6w EIecutrix
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05

Few housekeepers appreciate the value OF
chicken and turky wings; they use them to
dust furniture and brush up the hearth, but
tor washing windows they are of untold
worth. There is nothing that equals them
they clean the corners out easily, and leave
no lint upon the glass Then for spreading
paste on walls and paper there is no invention
that will do the work half as well. Try them
once, and there will be no necessity of telling
people to be sure snd save all the wings
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05

One of the minor snnoyances of summer
cessna solaris, or prickly heat, has come
sith the hot weather. A few drops Of lime
Juice taken occasionally in water is said to
lie III best corrective III.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05

NCIIC iI.-EsTArK OF JOHN ALLEs, DRcRAsRD.-
~ Notice Is hereby gwen that the undersigned admins
traitor of the estate OF John Allen late of the county OF La
Sale and state OF Illinois, deceased will appear before e
County Court OF said county the third Monday (beipe
the 18th day. OF August D. lS at the Court House In OF
tawa in said county when and where all persons having
claims demands against said estate are notified to attend
and present the same in writing for adjustment.
Dsted this 18th day OF June A. D. 1873.
JACOB BARR
junli-6w ADMINISTRATOR
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05
CARRIAGE FACTORY
THOSE IN WANT OF

THOSE IN WANT OF
Good Carriages, Top and Open BuggieS, Slide
Seat Bugges Twoseated oper bugges Democrat Wagons
Sukes &C. can lind them at this Factory, all OF his ocn
make Of the best material and In the approved styles
and finish. ALL WARRANTED, sad for sale at low prices
Also make 10 order suck ppntei Repairing done
promptly Painting, Trimming, Wood aEd Iron Work.
Ottawa March 1S 1871.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-08-29

~ Train 4 doe. MT slcp NJ Boyd iaiTn, Sha'irr
or Hter.s SWITCH AID stops Only o. sign"l al
BuuFhtOu aud LGkCyil'3. ~
.rFl rains DO not Stop. - step On Signal
a stop for Meals. ...,.
trains aud viii run daily All other trans
daily except suudGys. 49,
Un Suuduys rain wi. run one hour laio nom
Mnvvilc 20 Oil CITY. u..
Train will stop at Ruuccvile on signal for Pas
s0necrs cOiI. North Of TusNillt
Train may leave oil Housewife tHs7tpaois 'n''
were 10 ocv,d North OF ltusyllie.
j. j LAWRENCE, Gen. Supt.
G. J. HEPBURN. Asst onpi
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-08-29

s.eial notices 10 ssaAe PER isns' s,ea @ isss
.fssarAt.e,aents f.u,r peyA;as 4S-rt~y IN aAfAnse
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-30
American iWonders.

Tne greatest cataract in the world is
the falls of Ningara,. where the water
from the great upper lakes fornes river
three-fourths of mile in width. and
then being suddenly contracted plungcs
over the rocks i'll two columns to the
depth of one hundred and sc, enty feet
each.
The gfeatest cave in the world is the
Mammoth cave i'll Kentucky, where one
can make voyage in the wnters of a sub
terranean rivcrj aud catch fish without
eyes.
The greatest river in the world is the
Mississippi, four thousand one hundred
miles long. h
The largest valley in the world is the
valley of the Mississippi. 1t contains
five hundred thousand square miles and
is one Of the most fertile cregions of the
globe.
The largest lake in the world is Lake
Superior, which is truly an inland sea,
being four hundred and thirty miles long
and very deep. ,i.i5l1
/ The longest railroad in the world is the
Pacific Railroad, over three thousand
miles in lnnth,a =" e '" Y
The greatest natural bridge in the world
issthc Natural bridge over Cedar Cree III
Virginia. 1t extends across chasm
eighty feet in width and two hundred
and fifty feet iu DEPTH, at the bottom Of
which she creek flows.
The greatest mass of solid iron in the
world is the great Red Mountain, near
Birmingham, Alabama. 1t is three hun
drod and fifty feet high and fifty miles
i'll length of almost solid iron ore, the
largest and richest deposit known in the
world
The largest deposit of snthracite coal
in the world in Pennsylvania. the mines
of which stippiy the market with MILL
ons of tons annually.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-30
Slazlnder.

/ Ifyodtind a, person circulating ngrmss
licious reports about his nabos, ittnSy
be set down as an invio1abIe fals5 that
any such persoa is dishonest. t. Not only
dishonest but fl om his infamous dispesi-,
tion, dat;gerops 70 all with whom he nsy
BE aqhaipteH! He circulates falae iafpes6I
sions ana sets people upon nm erfoueasts
course oftjudgement aid conduct in Es-
spect to others, which, nissy 'freguentIs Be
ruinous to their PROSPERITY! e dos )
general Injury to society, more tltah to
party injured, as it destroys condolences.
The person who is guilty IF circulating
malicious reports must .neuessarifysbo
deceitful and therefore fdishonessso ha
must be abandoned to. every principle Of.
moral feeling. In ancient times. when
man was convicted Of being s!ande1er;
he was stoned to death as danger and
a curse to the community. q In modern
times there is even o better remedy thur,
this, to cease all association with eecssi
characters. Treat them like leperai
abandon them to their kind, which is It
social death, one by which they serve rs
an example to others. That rule is sob..
served among oil Intelligent people and
should be invariably carried,out till tire
desired object is detomplehed:i f.,
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-30
STATE OFFICERS.

The following is list of the State ctli-
cers elected to serve forthe next two
years:
Governor-Franklin J. Moses, Jr.
Lieutenant. Govcrnor-Ric ch a rd H.
Glraves, colored.
Attorney. .General-Samucl w. Melton.
secretary of State Henry L. Iayne.
oolored.
State Treasurer Francis l.. Cardozo
colored.
Comptroller. Generals olomon L..
Hoge.
Superintendent of Observation-Disclosures
z. Jillson.
Adjutant General Henry W. Purvis
colored.
Member of Congress mt large-R. II.
Cain.
representative from First Congrcssion-
al Distfict-Joseph H. Rniney.
IScpFcbcuLatlVc lEOJH OeCOuu SOUSre6-
sionsl District-Alonzo j. Ransier.
Representative from Third Congrcs
sional District-R. B. Elliott.
Representative from Fourth Congress
sional Distffet-Alex. S. Wallace.
Solicitor for the first Judicial Circuits:
Charles w. Butts.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Scnator-Jamcs l.. Jamison.
Representatives. Samuel T.. Duncan
JOHN Dix, Henry Riley, y. Fielder Meyers,
Abraham Dannclly.
Coroner-John l.. Humbett.
Sheriff Edward 1. Cain.
Clerk Of Court George Bolivcr.
Probate Judge-Augustus b. Knowl.
ton.
School Commissioner-Fran r. Nc
Kinlay:
County Commissioners Robert
son, EdniuRd T. II. Smoke, Alexander
Brown.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-30
ssRANGEEsUsGas SOUTH CAROLINA. THtjIsDAys JANu

surprised them. Bu1Saetr fas enshrined
himsclfin many heart, and all the world
over, the news Of his death will cAtise' a
pssng of keenest pain at this shaappFEing of
tile affections that he had bound to hitfi.
Such man, however, can never die He
has won, by hia iabors, if not Immortality.
certainly long lease of life aud favor in
the years to come. The world can hardly
afford to loose in quick succession Thack
cray, a Dickens, and . Bu!we4.- S5ayan.
nah Republican. u4G 81.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-30
Waiting.

The following is taken from the
Home Interest column Of the TnIBuNE,
edited by Mrs. Joseph b. Lyman, of
Richmond Hill:
did any one ever camputc the num-
Der of hours, days, months, years, mortals
spend in waiting? We wait for the trnin;
ne i7ait for ali expected visitor; we wait
for the goldeti opportunity and all the
time the Precious sands are slipping
through tie hour glass. Some wait
lifetime for their moment Of triumph,
and find it only at their exit from the
mortal stage. Happy they if at that
late period fruition overtakes them,
The young man waits his majority to be-
gin life for himself; the young woman
warts the coming of another morn risen
on midnoon, which shall give her mis-
sion and sphere congenial to her ma
tnre; and SO, frcm the cradle to the
grave, man never is, but always to be
blest.'
Now we have pet theory of life which
sets it to quite another tune than that of
waiting. We believe that there is in
human affairs system of promotion, Of
ten invisible to mortal eyes. by which,
when one is fitted for higher place than
that he now occupies, he will be ad-
vanced to it. Instead of waiting for the
hour when he shall step up higher, let
him diligently improve every moment of
time in qualifying himself for the posi-
tien to Shich he aspircs. While alb
sorbed i'll the pursuit Of those which will
enable him to hold successfully the want.
age ground he is fighting for, he Inay
find himself in possession of that vantage
ground unawares; one step upward at
time, persevered in, will conquer the
highest mountain, and give the climber
time to look OF the vast landscape below.
"There is nothing SO idle ms mere wait.
ing; and provision should always be
made by which this proftless waste of
time nay be prevented. A bit Of cso-
chet work or embroidery in ones pocket,
an interesting book, vcxcd social ques-
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-30

tion, may fill the gap made by delayed
train, 2 tardy guest, or all untoward ac-
cldent. If dinner is not ready on the
moment, the master of the house will
find space to read the market reports (;
and if he Is Slow to answer the dinner
belli bis Wife and daughters chn improve
The tiHe in cleaning the journals for the
latest news. It is monotony of labor
that wearies. Work can be adjusted
that one variety shall fiirRish fest from
another. When one has gone through
severe intellectual labor, nothing is more
refreshing than the rest that comes after
physical toll. The broom should succeed
tho needle and not the needle the broom.
1t is in the power of many of us SO to ad-
just our daily lives that but few of the
allotted hours=shall be passed in waiting.
The amount of actual performance one
can show who makes judscious use Of
every moment Of time is almost incredi-
ble. The greatest worker i'll this coun-
try possesses the happy secret of going to
sleep when he is tired and has nothing for
the hour to occupy him, and of waking
up refreshed when duty summons him to
action. The veil which hides the future
from our eyes is impcnctrablc, and we
cannot know to what peculiar end we
nre polishing oar faculties, storing our
minds, cultivating our moral natures
but we may be sure that when we are
ready for the niche we are designed! .c oc-
cupy, twill be ready for us, and there
will be no waiting till it is filed
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-30
How TO P1cK A Coop CAsAnY.-Ip

How TO PICK A GooD CANARY.-Ip
cciecting canaries few instructions may
be found useful as well MS profitable.
the meanly and the yellow are the two
varieties most priced, as they possess the
greatest excellence of song, tcgather with
the greatest beauty of color. AS relates
to songs; those birds are most Valuable
that have not only their own notes, but
lmitete the notes of the linnct, nigh
tingale and woodlark. Tho musical birds
mottled or mcanly in color, the bright
yellow colored birds less strong and har-
dy i'll the feathers, but are ofton chosen
on account of their beautiful color. Care
should be taken to select canaries chat
are about year old, which peveon
acquainted with the species can tell b,
the legs and feet The logs and feet of
the young birds appear s6Acvth and
gloosy, with the toe nails rather short !;
the old birds have their scales rusty and
rough, the toe nails long, md tho feet
smewhat worn A year old bird, well
taken care of, will sing until it reacde
the age of eight or ten years. 1t is much
better to purchase male than female
bird, as the latter hardly sing at all.
The male has short, stout bill, wide
between the eyes, with a full round head
while the female is more slender: The
long breed canaries, bred for style and
shape, originally imported from Germany,
were very much sought after Il number
of years ago, but they prove to be very
poor singers Hnd very weak birds.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-30
POETRY.
THE ELEVENTH HOUR.
: NIX ANNA /. RUTH.

+
Whist, sir Would ye PLACE to speak aisy
She sleeps, sir, 10 light and SO restless,
She hears every slep on the fure. .,
What ails her God knowsl She's been weakly
For months, and the heat drives her wild;
Tho summer has wasted and worn her
Till she's only the ghost Of . child.
All !! haver Yes, she Is, and God help ma,
I'd three little darlints A.sido,
Az purity as liver ye see, sir,
But wan by wan dropped like and died.
Whnt was it that tnls them ye're asking?
why poverty, sure, and no doubt
They pcrished for food and fresh air
Like flowers dried up in n drought.
1t was dreadful to lose them? All, wasitl
IT seemed like my heart-strings would break
But there's days when wild want and wild sorrow
I'm thankful they're gone-for their sake
Their father? Well; sir Saints forgive me
:, Its q foul tongue sl,at lowers its ownl
Bur WIS.,: wid the sthrikcs and the liquor
I'd better be sthrugglin' alone!
Do watt to keep this wan ? The darlint,
The last airu dearest of all!
Shure you're hiver fttlef yourself, sit,
Or you wouldn't be nskin' at al, I
What is TINT? Milk and food for the baby I
A docthor and medicine free?
You're huntin' out all the sick children,
AM poor toilin' mothers like me!
God bless you an thin that lave seiil y8ui
A new life you've given me, so,
Shure, sir, wont you look i'll tho cradle
AT the colleen you've savcn fore YOU 20 :?
y! mother o mcrcics have pity!
0 darlint who coulddt you waltz
Dead dead and the help in the durcway !
Too late! O my baby! Too late!
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-30
Coal-Its Origin.

A mistaken impression il somewhat
widely prevalent that in the al-iclds,
we have the remains of ancient ior SIS
i'll other words, it is supposed that where
ever there was Il forest in primcyal times
there now exists Il coal-feld of greater or
less eXtcut. In connection With this
view, also, the opinion is entertained that
the forests now in existence will, in the
process of time, and after due geological
changes, become the coal-beds Of the fu-
turc ages. But, although as we shall
presently see, tile coui-ieids are undoubt-
edly due to the vegetation &C former eras,
it is far from being the case that the pri.
meval forest became converted in gen
eral way into coal. Conditions Of pc
culiar, and to some extent exceptional
character were requisite for the founda-
ton of coal fields. If we consider the
eeidencs given by the ceal-felds, we shall
see what these conditions were. The
beds or seams of coal form but small
portion Of the thickness of the great ge-
illogical strata to which they for the moss
part appertain. This group is called the
carboniferous, and not sncommonly "the
Coal but even where Coal is most abun-
dant, it FORMS only minute part of the
whole mass. Thus it has been estimated,
Sir Charles Lycll tells us, that in South
Wales the thickness of the carbonifcrous
strata amounts, in all, to between II 900
and 10000 feet Cor more than two miles, }
"but the various cogl seams do not" ac-
cording to Professor Phillips, Exceed in
the aggregate 120 feet" or less than one
hundredth part Of the whole. In North
Lancashire the carboniferous strata oc-
eupy depth of more than three miles.
Here, no fewer than eighty seams of coal
have been counted (seventy one hav-
ing been exposed by the action of the
sea y Bs't these seams are nowhere more
than FIVE feet in thickness, and many are
but few inches tkieR Thus, it is evi-
dent that the formation of coal can have
been in progress but small portion of
the time during which tire carbonifcrous
series of strata Was in process Of deposi-
ton. Throughout by far tho greater
portion ct tha. time ether minerf' are
being deposited. 1t is next to be noticed
atunder each coal sesm stratum Of
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-30

aucleHC soll e3lStSJ III WHICH there are
eohlmonly found the roots of ancient
tfees; while above the coal there is coiirhi:
monty layer of shale or sandstone, in
which, not 'unfrequehtly, the trunks of
those trees are found either fallen OF still
in their original position, and only partly
converted into coal. The bark femains
but is transmitted into coal the hollow
Of the trunk, deeaying long before the
trunk gave way, is Represented by cast
in sandstone. Thus, if we try to picture
to ourselves the state Of things which cx-
listed when such a seam of coal first be-
gan to be covered up by the next higher
deposit, we see that there must have
been trees standing erect above layer
of vegetable matter, the roots of the trees
being imbedded in the soil which iorms
the deposit next below the coal. The
vegetable layer may probably have been
two or three times as thick us the result
ing coal seam, and were reduced by pres
sure to their present thickness; but such
layers cannot Mt any time have reached
the branches of the forest trees. Then
the process of deposition began. This
can only have happened when some sub
sid:nce of the soil had ca,sed it to be
sdbmcrged to greater r>r less depth.
We can infer from the depth of the
strata everything the conl seams that this
state of submcrgencc continued in many
cases for long period Of time and it is
equally clear that the formation of the
vegetable layers themselves have been a
process occupying q considerable time,
since tall trees grew before the next sub.
mergence took place. So soon as sub.
mergence was complete, the tall trees
+perished and began to decay. The stout
trunks above the vegetable layer were
brokon of and swept away by the saa.
Thcrioress itself; probably so called, wus
for the most part destroyed. L: was the
decaying refuse Of the forest, intermixed
with the lower growths, which formed
the coal seams as it now exists. Among
these were the lower tdrss of the trunks
of the ancient forest trees. These be-
came converted, like the rest of the vegc-
table matter, into coal.-CoRNHILL Mag
AZrHE.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-30
HOPES SONG.

Night and day it sing the same song;
Sings it while sit alone,
Singa Eo that the heart may hear it,
ut is better further onw
Sits upon the grave and singa it;
Sings it whSii ths hsart Would groan
Sings il when the shadows darISn !S '-1
at is better further onr'
Further on? but how much further?
Count the milestoncs one by one;
No! no counting -.only trusting,
at ID better further on 70
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-30

A WORD EoR HoRsEs.-At this sea.
son of the year, farmers and ell others
who own helses, should pay particular
attention to the shoeing of their animalpJ
in order to protect them from falling
upon the rough roads, and doing shcnf.
selves injury, as they ate APT to do when
the highways ars covered with ice, as
they are at the present time in como
places, both in and out Of town. We
saw team of horses in front of our Office
the other day, the of which hardly knew
what to do: The hoses we're smooth-bot-
toned, or else shoelcss; and were stand
ing partly in the gutter. II was almost
impossible for them to regain the road OH
account of its icy condition. However.
after several efforts, the animals reached
the road, when it required an extra exer-
ton on the part of the driver to keep
them on their feet until they reached
bare ground. No humane man will
drive horses, during the winter season in
he condition thse poor animals were,
He not only does an injusticy to himself,
but Il gfeut injury TO ms useiui animals
by so doing. Remember that mercifub
man is mcrciful to his beast,
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-30
Death Of BnlweE.

Abrief telegram, dated London Jan
uafy 18th, announced that Edward Lyt.
ton Boulwcr, the great English novels: is
dead. The death roll Of his last year was
ricB in illustrious names, but the present
yea opens even more formidable. and
already, in nineteen days, has been added
to the list the name IF Napoleon, the
prince of rules, and Bulwer, the prince
of English novoelists.
1t is more than thirty years since Bull
wer first appeared us II novelist, and since
that time there has been "no reposing
under the shade of his laurcls-no living
upon the rcsoucc of the Fast reputation
his foot was always in the arena-his
shield lung Always in the lists"
Bulwcr was remarkable in this, that he
has sought and obtained distinction in al
most every department of literature--in
poetry, the drama the historical romance
domestic novel, philosophical essay, and
political 'liSquisi,ion. He appeared as an
author i'll printed volume iu his fifteenth
year.. fact which is somewhat rcmarka
bic, the only other known instance be-
ing that of Cowley.
His first novel appeared in June, 1920
Ismael, an ORIENTAL Tale.
In 1928 he published Pelham, bril-
liant, witty book full of scenes of intrigue
and passicn
Eugene Aram, the novel which lie
claims to be his best, is highly wrought
fiction, ingeniously put together embody-
ing many fine pasrage, but somewhat
uncertain as to its moral tone.
The Last Days Of Pompeii, and Rienzi
tie Last of the Tribune, are both bril-
liant, classic and high toned, and upon
these his reputation must eventually rest
The Last of the Dnrons, and Harold, the
Last of the Saxon Kings, are inferior but
vigorous. Although Bulweris best known
rs Il novelist, he was not without ambi.
ton in the ficl4 Of politics. He was cleo
ted to tire House of Commons repeatedly
and was supporter of extreme reform
principles He conferred signal favor
OH mis- party by political pamphlet, en-.
titled "The Crisis" which met with grca,
success.
His parliamentary speaches have bce.
few, but able and comprehensive. In
the busiest portion of his political life
however, his literary studies were never
neglected: In 1853 he received the dc.
gred of D. G.. l.. from the University oi
Oxford, and in 1866 was elected rector
o. Ere Une1crsity Of Glascow, and 1855
he joined the administration of the Earl
of Derby MS Secretary for Colonial affairs.
He is best known to Americans, however
Z rough his works, and ranny an lsmori.
can youth and maiden have poured over
his fascinating pages until the small hour: