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Which gives surplus for tue year Of. $1G4, ,273.63
To this surplus wo add the ballice Of ILL
account OIL the 31st OF Muy, 1872. 0943l
And ,t s;e 2; .sta iss .s
fiscal year.
PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT.
Tho gross earnings woro 9l2. .736'G0G.76, against
$l1, ,402, G1.44 tho previous yoar,-a gain OF
1884 4A591, or II 70-100 por cent. TLore was
9 galu Of II 4i-100 per cent in the number Of
passengers carried, q gain Of II 8G-100 per cont
III iho number carried l milo, but only gain Of
GI-100 per cont from passenger earnings. Tho
average rate received per passenger WIS 81, al,
a:aiust 31.47 the former year,-a decrease Of
Oh 08. 100 por cont tho rate received per pasaen-
ger por mile was 3.1G against 328 tho year be-
foro,-a deercaso OF 03 GG-100 por cont.
The numbor Of tons Of freight transported
was 2,959, 800, against 2,510,016 In tho previous
year-bcng gain Of II sG-100 per cent in the
number Of tons carried, md a gain Of 21 85-100
per cont in tho tons carried mile, showing in
creased service. iu addition to Increased tonnage,
In tila department Of earnings. The earnings
per ton averaged 82.91, against IS in tho pro-
rious year, and wero 02 35-l00 per ton per milo,
against O2 Gl-l00 for the preceding year. Tie
total gain in earnings from freight was IL ba-l0o
per cont or IL 82-100 per cent less than tho gain
III tonnage CaGIlc1 Uut 4|l4Os hA!4t A4O AeCAoAo0A
rates por ton por milo were nearly 10 per cent
l09 96-10o), as compared with tho previous year
Combining tho. entire service for passengers
and freight, tho result shows that compared With
tho proceeding year, there was an inoroaso in tho
aggregate number OF passengers and tona car"
rica Of II 85-100 per cont, aud an inoreaso per
passenger and per ton carried ono milo OF
20 98-1OD per cont whilo. on tho 1oyenue side Of
II, iu IN
both SOURCES, per passenger aud per ton, Of
D2 l9-100 per cont, and decroasc in tho average
earnings por passenger and por ton per milo of
08 0G-100 per cont tho ontIso traffic OF ahe year.
INCREASED COST or OPERATING.
Th!a incraaso Of service ngnnkt lower rates Of
com mpensatfon has shown its result iu conhiua-
ton with other causes in inereasod cost OF opor-
atiag. Tho large sum OF sls3.D4l.02 was paid
for increased taxes, which ia over 10 per cont OF
tho entire increaBo Of earnings for the year.
Owing to tho rigors OF the last wigtor, largo ex-
oonges worp necessarily incurred In maintaining
Tho track and roling-stock.
The operating expenses were 81 ,770. 1918,
eaual to 81 05-100 per cont of the gross cummings,
against SO G8.10D per cont In tho previous year,
and, including increased lakes and removals Oh
account Of tho Cllieago fire, they woro e8,178,-
230.71, or o. 2t-100 per cont, against 30 72-100
por cont for tho preceding yoar.
NET EARNINGS,
Tho not earnings, aftcr deductng all cl'argos
against tho property for operating expenses,
taxog. removals, rent Of Iowa leased roads,
sinking funds, dividends on Chicago i Milwau-
kee Railway stock, and interest Til Tue bonded
debt, amount to s9,183, ,01o.63 for the year. and
arc 1884, 41025 loss than The amount for tho Pre-"
rfoua wear The difference, resolved into Bp0-
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culltlnHoHH m great tnoTOHEhlnIeb u CuMWeTCo.
A!ready tho Indications Of
/, ): = 1NonEAsED BUSINESS,
which could OILY compensate for tho large OK
pettturoS Of capital for tho Inst three yeara aro
encouraging. !Binco tho cloHr Of tho tAch1 ycnr
cntnaco IN t!,ia report, tile roturns show pain
OF moro tiian 52 rer ceMt fpf d!tn month Of Juno
IN tic earnings Of tia Wionn 4 ST.. 1'otor. In
Crosao, Trompolean l. Prescott aud Iowa Mid
land Ruada. -.-..... ~...., -
independent nf tlicFc, Tho earntngH of lilo
9hfcaHo Nnr|hwfstoln, for tie month !:
".'r, l6't, 4 ~
orn qa,n of q1V 11a,7l
Egaal to ~ M-100 per cent.
Fur Ju!y the earnings were. 0819G
"kmhRt InISs 1V1V,'o'o
Being gain of....... ......"........$ I'll ,o9oo3
Equal 10 20}6 per cent. - So.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The President and Donrl Of Directors bayo
pleasure In acknowledging tho valuable services
Of tho management, md Of tho various heads Of
departments md their assistants, and to express
thoir thanks for tho faithful and nb1o mnrl-
mar In which they hnyo discharged tho arduous
and responsible dutioa intruatol to their caro-,
and for tllo success TINT has followed thoir Of
forts during the past year.
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
ALBERT KEEr, President.
CHICAGO h NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY CoMrANY,l
New YonK, August, 1879. :
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Total mfes. ....+...... ............. 1,8I967
'The earnngs and operating expenses Of these lnes
Chicago l. Northwestern Railway oompany.
tNut olencd,
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BUDGET OF FUN.
Didn't Care About Going.

Little Jennie is tour.old, with decided
repugnance to keeping still or acting prop
er'' on all occasions. Her mother was about
making visit to an absent sister, and de
signed having Miss Jennie accompany her
So she says: Now, Jennie when we get to
aunt Clara's | want you to be a good little
girl, and not act so rude as you do at home
Ma" said Jennie, in sober earnest, chow long
are YOU going to stay at aunt's?' About a
week, think" said her mother. Well
said Miss Jennie, very decidedly, IF / have
rot to behave myself whole week, / shan'
go'
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4 Chicago burglar, one night recently,
went through Il gentleman's residence, collect
ing all the spoils he could find, after which,
to pass the remainder of the night agreeably,
he went to the servants room, where two girls
were sleeping, woke them up, and chatted
pleasantly with them until daylight, when he
took his departure.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-08

An American found himself broughttacc to
face at Rome last month with an old school
fellow whom he had not seen for years. you
herey" YES, my dear fellow, | have just
been married, and have come to pass the hon
cy-moon in Italy" And your wife?' MY
Mifcy" OH, I ut her in NeN IOrk.N
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-08

1t is no secret that Prof. Agassiz is a strong
opponent of the Darwinian theory OF natural
selection Not long ago he was introduced tc
a lady whom he was quite sure Of havingmet
before She told him that he was mistaken
He laughinglyreplied: "Well, we have known
each other, but | presume 1t was when we
were both toads"
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Angola cats, which used to be common
drawing room pets in the days of our grand
mothers, are said to he coming into fashion
again They are valuable in proportion to
the pure whiteness and length of their silky
hair and their purr is softer and more musi-
cal than that of the ordinary cat.
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Simpkins, having married and settled down,
accumulated a slight scar over his eyebrow,
the cause of which is unnecessary to state but
an inquisitive acquaintance asked him Wheth-
er it was the mark of the chicken-pox. Worse
than that" replied Simpkins. Its mark
Of the hen-peck"
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\ man who broke his leg by the assistance
OF a bad sidewalk in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
las, week, collected fifteen cents damages from
the city for its earelessness TWAS wooden
=, and few shingle-nails and piece of tin
pC, the victim on his pins again
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Girls" said worthy old lady to her grand
daughters, whenever fellow pops the ques-
tion don't blush and stare at your foot. just
throw your arms around his neck, look him
full in the face, and commence talking about
furniture. Young fellows are mightynervous
sometimes lost several good chances be
fore | caught your fond, dear grandfather by
putting on airs, but learnt how to do it after
awhile"
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\ fourteen-year old son recently paid his
fathers fine for drunkenness and procured
his release form the jackson, Tenn, calaboose,
He told the officer that perhaps he'd be drunk
himself next week, and then the old man
could do the square thing in return
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\ waiter at the railroad eating house at
Neadvilc, Pa, made nine dollars last year by
saving and selling the hair he pulled out of
food after it had been placed on the table for
passengers. And he only had one Of the
small tables at that
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Mary, my DEAR" said doting husband tc
the lady that owned him, "if turn Mormon
and marry another helpmate she shall be 4
Mary too, for your own dear sake "Bt
content with one Mary, my duck said the
loving wife; lin my opinion another would
be merely super-new-M Mary"
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\ Racine girl went to the boot and shoe
shop where her faithlcss lover works, the 9th
or day. broke a bottle of backing in his face,
and poured hot glue on his head He will
stick to almost anything now
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In Davenport, Iowa, when wife catches
the husband kissing the hirded girl she says
nothing, but gives them both croton oil in Il
dough-nut divided between them, then grins
while they move around.
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4 young lady of Champaign is now anxious
to know why her beau uses blackboard 50
much She complains that his coatsleeves
and hat-rim always exhibit chalk marks, and
fears that he is altogether too studious in solv-
ing mathematical problems This is cue-ri-
ans
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\ distinguished clergyman in Boston per
formed the marriage ceremony, and the coup
lie walked away without bestowing fee But
the bride turned and said: I'VE are very
much obliged to you, sir, and hope one of
these DAYS we shall be able to retaliate."
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in indianapolis landlady always look, in a
chickens mouth before she buys it, TO tell It's
aye. Every double tooth stands for II wears
growth, and full set indicates family root
extending back to the time of Moses.
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The howery reporter of an eastern paper
saws: In the pale translucent moonlight
which now lightly bathes the earth, the dis
tant roar of the falls, the weird note of the
peacock, and the hoarse snort of the bull-calf
make life up town perpetual romance"
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The legislature Is asked To pas, law COM
Hcliing married women who are doing bust
uc,~ ON their own hook to pay th-i- debts
SOM" won't YOU know.
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There j. man in southern Indiana. who
SAYS the ten commandments arc mcOns;itu
tiOnal, because they were not submitted IN IN,
people for ratification.
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To account for the belief that sausagcs are
made from cats flesh. the Forld advances this
theory; "Sausagcs are generally strung in
links, and the lynx is near relation Of the
cat -
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nld trappers in the ar west complain that
fiCkle fashion is spelling their business. They
have either got to 90 trapping skunk 10 sup
ply the popular demand or give up their call
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Il wish I was in heaven" said a.,c1Ur
aged Mrs. O'Clarcncc the other mornin- 80
would " observed her brutal husband, "it |
hadn't friends Their, whom | value"
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W1mons farmers clubs are -priugin- uy
In the waist. The members discus, butter and
lIlia-. soft and scandal, etc, etc
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When mans uecktie +, united how 10.
tidy Dee ''os>,
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Have on hand LUMBER Of all grades,
Lath, Lime, Hair, Plaster, Cement
and Brick, Sewer Pipe, Drain Tile,
Dimension and Cat Stone, Ottawa
and Joliet Bubble Stone, Builders
Hardware Of all descriptions, and
Nails. Also Glass and Putty, Build
ing Paper, &c.
The whole of the above materials
having been purchased at the lowest
wholesale figures, we will either sell
or use them at the lowest market
figures. Being extensively engaged
in the
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EAIsnI rIs~-. ATTENTION:
MaIERH0fER, DENT ( CO.

Haze The measure - Informing %, farmers OF Ia sale Aid
.frauHIug counties tVt they are NOTWITHSTANDING AZ thelF
,p r,ra .Fmelf. 'c -ie-Cut iocA, near .e t'A -
mai ia ItFa in rs, guG cacapue's hitherto ruHl'
am lt#r .a NHr-laru Illinois, Al AlAis OF
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TIIA-. r. IsI--T'LER. Attorney nd toan-
--'0r ~ Law. u-.-e-f.euH ". g Pei U"-ec Book
y--aEa, Ls-U.-. rl--sH
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Cv,r, in another column, advertisement about Iowa
lSEf, and Nebraska Lands.
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VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE!

, >r the pro-" a @ A : ippmh I the
.
KANSAS DIMINISHED RESERVE
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aad the
1bbSaToF
pt able WILDE
If
C, rl1ah, INWARD r.
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anu the race Sne won was one OF the 1nCluentS OF
that great concourse OF people from all nations.
She started )ast In a large fleet OF yachts and
came in eight miles ahead of everything, showing
England that one Of the great manufacturing in
dustries in which she was superior only by the
neglect OF others was the building OF ships.
THE LONDON EXHIBITION OF 1882
In 1862 the second great exhibition was opened
in London. 1t was inferior In splendor to that of
1851, and in every sense less interesting. One
most significant legacy, however, 1t seems TO have
left to the world is the International Society OF
Workingmen. 1t is said that the origin OF this
ciety was In the visit Of French workinamen to
London in 1862. Through this circumstance the
exhibition Of that year seems likely to exercise
greater influence than all the others upon civilza-
tion in Europe-whether for better or verse the
future must show.
THE FRENCH EXPOSITION.
The Paris Exhibition was opened on April l,
1867, by the Emperor Napoleon, In person. 1t was
the most ambitious Of all the efforts to Guido the
world in It's spendor and extent as show 1t
was on the Champ de Mars the great military
parade. The area covered by the building was
thirty-seven acres. The Dan Of the building was q
series Of concentric circles, enclosing central
garden. The outer circle was devoted to ma
chinery. Although the most commodiOus and GER
tainly for the true purposes OF display giving the
most space for the ground covered this the best
OF exhibition buildings, yet II was without that
ternal architectural spendor that might naturally
have been looked for in an ediflce contrved for
such purpose In city like Paris, and its circular,
squat character seemed to justify the Emperor's
sarcasm when he said to the architect, You have
made me a gigantic gasometern It was, how
ever truly UNIVERSAL Mosaic history OF the
activity OF the age. In the food department there
was q practical exemplifcaton by restaurants
kept according to nationality, in which we're
served up the dishes peculiar 10 each country.
There were 1000 exhibitors and 1000 rewards
were distributed
An important part was the outdoor exhibition, In
which were shown actual examples OF the styles OF
domestic and palatial architecture OF many coun-
tries. and tents OF n0mad tribes Of the Russian
Empire and Of Bedoun Arabs. Beasts Of burden
were also shown OF all nations, and there were fine
Illustrations OF the great WORKS OF military engi
necring. This exhibition was visited by all the
sovereigns OF Europe, and was regarded as the cul
mination OF spectacles Of this kind. 1t WAS even
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THE MEDALS OF HONOR
For Fine Art for Progress, for Merit, for
Taste, for WOrkmen.
ART AND INDUSTRY In EVERY FORM.
Technical Review Of What the Great
Fair Contains.
AUSTRIA AND THE HOUSE OF HAPsBURG.

Austria, properly and strictly so called, Is an
ancient province and archduchy OF Germany, with
o surface OF only $4,000 square miles and popula-
ton oil less than three million. 1t is, therefore,
ABOUT half the size OF the State OF Maine. IL is
divided into Upper and Lower Austria and the
Ducny OF Salzburg, and lies on both sides OF the
Danube. between the Bavarian boundary and
Presburg. The Inhabitants German and mostly
Catholic These are the principal German States
that now remain to the Austrian Empire, OF which
great empire they were the original nucleus.
In the ninth and tenth centuries the dnchy OF
Austria was the frontier OF the ancient German
Empire against the barbarans. In s2s the German
Emperor Henry the Fowler, percelvng that it was
Of great Importance to settle some person IN
Austria who might oppose these incursions, in
vested Leopold, surnamed the Ilustrious, with
that country. ohio j. erected Austria into mar
quisate IN favor OF his brother-in-law Leopold,
whose descendant Henry Ii. was, created Duke OF
austria by the Emperor Frederic Barbarossa- His
posterity becoming extinct in l240 the States OF
the country, in order 10 defend themselves from
the incursions Of the Bavarians and Hungarans
resolved to put themselves under the protec Oh
henry, Marquis OF Misnia; but othogar H., King
d Bohemla, being likewise invited by party In
the duchy took possession OF IT, alleging not only
the invitation of the States, but also the riant OF
Emperor Rodolph l., pretending a right to this
lucky, refused to give 0thogar the investiture az
It: and afterwards killing him IN battle procured
the right OF it to his own family. From this Rodoph
the present House OF Austria is descended,
which for several centuries past has rendered il.
self so famous and so powerful, having given four
teen emperors to Germany, and six kings 70 spain.
In 1471 Austria was erected into an archducny
BY the Emperor Frederic the Pacific for his son,
Macmillan, with these privileges THAT these
shall be judged TO have obtained the nvestiture OF
the States If they do receive it after having de-
handed 1t three times; that n they receive 1t
from the Emperor, or the imperial Ambassadors.
they are to be on horseback clad In royal mantle,
having In their hand stan Of command and upon
their head a ducal crown OF two points, and sur
mounted with q cross like that Of the imperial
crown. The Archdnke Is born privy councillor to
the Emperor, and his States cannot he put 10 the
ban OF the Emore. All attempts against his person
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thought to have shown that they might be carried
too far, indeed. and fall and become manageable
through the dificulty Of thoroughly organizing COL
lectiOns Of such magnitude.
OTHER EXHIBITIONS.
We have cIassed the Vienna Exhibition az what
1t doubtless is-the fourth OF the great displays OF
this nature; but this sketch OF the exhibitions
would not be complete without reference to sew
eral OF much less magnitude than these four that
have been held since the first exhibition during
the first French Republic.
The nrst exhibitions were held In Paris in 179s
one. OF art objects principally in the Maison dor
say, and another, efindustral products in another
part OF the city. Both are regarded as having been
of great value In the advancement OF the scientific
study or national industry. Another was held in
1902 under the Consulate OF Napoleon, and the hold
ing Of triennial exhibitions became from that time
an established usage in France, though the
sequence was not strictly regular, as they were
sometimes relinquished through political disturb
ances. This French system was first initiated In
Ireland by the Royal Dublin Society, In the year
1922 Several cities in England followed the
example All these were exhibitions OF the same
class as the 'lairs Of the American Institute" so
familiar for many years past to the people OF this
city.
The great London Exhibition OF 1861 was first
proposed by Prince Albert, in lS4S, and was simply
an extension OF the then familiar plan of industrial
fairs, applying to the world what had formerly been
restricted to local. or at most national, industry.
The London Exposition of 1861 was followed by
one in Cork in 1852; one in Dublin in 1858; one in
New York in the same year, and one in Paris In
1856 All these, save the one at Cork, were inter-
national. 1t Is no doubt generally remembered
that the one in New York was held In crystal PAL,
ace constructed for 1t on the then vacant place be-
tween the west side OF the FortysecOnd street
ervoir and the Sixth avenue. 1t was destroyed by
fire, with nearly all its contents.
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future OF an Empire that needed only good govern
ment for the happiness OF Its people.
RECENT EMPgRORs OF AUSTRIA
Ferdinand l., uncle and predecessor OF the
present Emperor, abdicated December 2, lS4S, and
now lies at Prague. where, 1t was recently
reported he was lying so dangerously III
that his recovery seemed impossible. He was
born In 1898. and was the eldest son Of Francis
l. He was distinguished for hrs amiabe dsp0-
sition and goodness OF heart; but these excellent
attributes were not sustained by force of charac-
ter sufficient to make them OF practical benefit to
his subjects in a country where it would have re-
quired very strong will indeed for even the Sow
ereign to have overcome the political traditions
and TO have made head against the absO-
lutist tendencies OF all the institutions and
laws that oppressed the Austrian people.
Urged on the one hand by resolute uphold
ers of the old absolutism, like Meter
mich, and alarmed on the other by popular agita
TONS the reasonableness OF which his candid
mind seemed to recognize, he had an uneasy reign
OF thirteen years.
FRANCIS l. OF AUSTRIA
(and second OF Germany father OF the preceding,
was born at Florence in 1853, and came to the
throne in 1892 just in time to enter into the alliance
OF the sovereigns against the French Revolution.
Bonaparte's Italian compaign brought him however,
to the terms Of the Treaty OF Campo Formio in 1797
His reign was the reverse side OF the history OF Ma
poleon--the record OF the disasters equivalent to
that cOnqueror's victories. He made the peace OF
Lunevllle after Marengo; the peace of Presburg
after Austerltz, and the peace of Schonbrunn after
the occupation OF Vienna. His daughter, Maria
Louisa, was married to Napoleon in 1910. and he
was in alliance with the great soldier in the disas-
trous retreat from Russia; but he was again with
the allies at Leipsic. Helabored earnestly to secure
the good OF the country by internal improvements
in the administration; but his horror Of revOu-
tionary ideas (he was the nephew OF Marie An
toinette) made him an extreme absolutlst. He
died In 1873.