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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-06-27
SUNDAY MORNING.
THOUGHTS DURING SERVICE.

THOUGHTS DURING sEHNi'E'
Too early, of course. How provoking
told Ma Just how il would be.
might rs well hayc on wrapper,
For there's not q soul here yet to see.
There! Sue Delaplane's pew is empty
declare if that isn't too bad
| know my suit cost more than hers did,
And wanted to see her look mad.
| DO think that sections too stupid
He's put some one else in our pew
And the girls dress just kills mine completely
Now what am going to do!
The psalter and sue isn't here yet!
don't care, | think it's sin
For people to get late to service,
just to make great show coming IN.
Perhaps she is sick and can't ret here
She said she'd headache last night
How mad she'll be after her fussing.
declare it would serve her just right.
Oh, you've got here at last, my dear, have you?
Well don't think YOU need be so proud
OF that bonnet if Virot did make it.
It's horrid fast-looking and loud.
What dress for girl in her sense,
To 90 ON the street in light bluc-
And those coat-slccves-thcy wore them last
summer
Don't doubt, though, that she thinks they're
new.
Mrs. Gray's polonaisc was imported
So dreadful!-a minister's wife,
And thinking so much about fashion :.
A pretty example of life.
Inc altar > uTcssCu sNccilN-l WOHutI
Who sent those white flowers for the font
Some girl who's gone on the assistant
Don't doubt ii was Bessie Lamont
Just look at her now, little humbugl
SO devout-I suppose she don't know
That she's bending her head too far over
And the ends of her switches all show,
What sight Mrs Ward Is this morning,
That woman will Kill me some day,
With her horrible lilacs and crimsons,
Why will these old things dress so gay
And there's Jenny Welles with Fred Tracy
She's engaged to him nOw-horrid thing
Dear me. I'd keep on my glove sometimes,
~ If did have a solitaire ring!
How can this girl next to me act So
The way she turns round and stares,
And then makes remarks about people;
She'd better he saying her prayers.
Oh, dear, what dreadful long sermon
He must love TO hear himself talk!
And it's after twelve now-how provoking
| wanted to have nice walk.
Through at last. Wei, it isn't so dreadful
After all for we don't dine till one;
How can people say church Is poky!-
SO wicked!-I think its real fun.
-tiro. 4. Baker, jr. IN Sc,jj'e,'s tor JalH.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-06-27

| The following Patents were issued from the
United States Patent Office to citizens of Ilinoi.
from May 10th, 1874, to May 10Th, 1874 Reported
for the FREE TRADER by Alexander IL Mason
Solicitors of Patents, 605 Seventh street, Wash
in-ton, d. c..
Car Startcr-Wm. Carpenter, Lawrence.
Combined Picr and Severn. CleXton IL a
King, Chicago,
Apparatus for Warming Steam Fire Engin,
Houses-H. v Coleman.
Photographic Pictures-ThOs Doney, Elgin.
Draw bridge Gate-L. Gasser * G. SEVERN
Chicago.
Horse Detacher-Conrad Metzger, Orugee.
Churn Dasher-Danicl Moore, Chicago.
Tax CalculatOr-P T. Pettibone do.
Stretchcr Frame for Picturcs-A Stemple, Chi
cagO.
End Gate for Nehiccs-T C.. Hawkes., Pana,
Whiiletrec Staple-Munson Hinman, Hallock
Seed Planier-John Johnston, Perry.
Whiiiletree-lIarycy NJ. Kelly, Irving.
Wheel plOw-John B. Ralston x VI. Harvey,
Rockford.
Cande-Stici. for Christmas Trces-G. W Rees-
sing, Chicago.
lee Cream Frcezer-J ID. ConncEs, VI. e. Free
man Il VI. Falcon, Bloomington.
Sheet Metal Elbow Joint-Joscph 5. Dennis,
Chicago.
Lifting Jack-M. h. Henry East 81. Louis
Grain Binder-lIenry \. Dictzel- Carlyle.
Wheel plow-lsaac K. Gilbert Champaign.
Soldering Tool-Moses \. Hawkes., Chicago.
Windmill-Thos jefferson, Watseka.
Fountain Lamp--W J, Jeifery. Chicago.
Heating Stove-John \. Young, Collinsyille.
For the week ending May ri, issi
Car Coupling. Baker * \. Malticid, Spring
field.
Photographic Plate Holdcr-D. Ii. Cross. Chi.
cagO.
Dress Elcvator-Mary Dewey Chicago.
ia, Observation-Disclosures H. Edwards, Chicago.
Churn Dashcr-Thos. Matthias New BERN.
Tool Ulndlc-G. {. Morgan * ; Riet, Chica-
20.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27
A GOssip's Punishment.

In a small society like that of Edin-
burgh there was a good deal of scandal
and gossip; every ones character and
conduct were freely criticised, and by
none more than by my aunt and her
friends. She used to sit at n window
embroidering, where she not only could
see every one that passed, but with q
small telescope could look Into the
dressing-room of a lady acquaintance,
and watch all she did. A spinster lady
of good family, n cousin of ours, carried
her gossip so far, that she was tried for
defamation, and condemned to a months
Imprisonment, which she actually I'M
derwent in the Tolbooth. She was let
out just before Kings birthday, to cele-
brate which, besides the guns fired at
the Castle, the boys let off squibs and
crackers in all the streets. As the lady
in question was walking up High street,
some lads in a wynd, or narrow street,
fired a small cannon, and one of the
slugs with which it was loaded hit her
mouth and wounded her tongue. This
raised a universal laugh; and no one en-
joyed it more than my uncle William,
who disliked this somewhat masculine
woman.-Mrs. Somerutie'S AutObiog-
raphy.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27
The Elder Booth Acting IN French.

In these days, when 80 much wonder
has been excited by the performance in
English of Mr.. Fechter and Madame
Janauschek, it may be interesting to re-
member that so far back as 1928 Junius
Brutus Booth (the elder achieved one
of the greatest triumphs the stage has
known. Playing in French in the
character Of Orestes, in Racine's tragedy
OF "Andromaque," his accumulation
was so perfect, and every popularity Of
French acting 30 infinitely observed by
him, that the astonishment and delight
was general. At the close he was loud
~ called for, and cries of "Talma
Talma !" saluted him amid every sound
of applause and appreciation. Speak
ing of the performance, the critic OF the
New Orleans Courier of the day wrote
"A spectacle Of deep interest, one as
novel as it wal pleasing, was offered
last Tuesday night in the Orleans Thea
ter of the lovers of dramatic talents.
Yielding to the solicitations of several
gentlemen of this city, Nj. Booth con-
sented to present himself before a
French audience in the part of Orestes.
This effort, perilous in the extreme, and
which nothing but a wish to give to
Frenchmen an opportunity Of Judging
fairly of what is termed the English
style Of tragic acting. could have urged
Mr.. Booth to risk, has been crowned
with the most ,fiattering success. The
ever-increaslng interest excited by the
warmth of his feelings, the earnestness
of his manner, and the impetuous ardor
of his delivery, and above all, whenever
passion rose high, when the furies
goaded Orestes to crimes, criticism was
merged in admiration, and with one
voice all wondered thata stranger should
thus feel and express all the beauties of
Racine"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27
Amusing Scene in q Theater.

A funny scene occurred the other night
at the Bowery Theater, N. Y, where
the stage was occupied with the repre-
sentation of a bedroom at midnight,
with an oldgentlemanreadin s~letter. To
the sound Of slow music q villain en-
tered the room, and with a cat-like
tread approached the old man, clutch
ing in his hand q glittering knife. He
approached slowly, and the excitement
among the gamains in the gallery be-
came intense. Just as the would-be-
murderer was about to make the deadly
plunge at the unsuspecting victim, o
boy who was leaning with open mouth
far over the railing of the gallery sung
out with frantic earnestness, "Look be-
hind you, guv'ner. There's a Teller go
in to stab yer" The assassin dropped
his knife and roared with the audience,
and the curtain was rung down without
anybody being murdered. n'- E3a
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27
Squat"

From DIR. W. J. Jordan, a planter of
Morehouse Parish, we learn the par
ticulars of a most outrageous act of
piracy, committed in that parish. 1t
appears that the steamer Ellen D.,
| which left here some months ago, fitted
out for a trading expedition by Messrs.
Krantzfass & Gerson, was tied up at
Point jefferson, on Bouff river, during
the greater part of last week. They
had been doing a pretty good business,
and felt satisfied with the result. On
Friday, however, just before dark, five
men, whom none of the traders had
ever seen before, came aboard at nearly
the same time. Some Of them had
crossed the river, others had ridden
down to the landing by different ap-
proaches. No two arrived together, yet
all arrived within the space of fifteen
minutes. They were handsomely
dressed, good-looking men in every in
stance, and there was a striking air of
intelligence about them. With the ex-
ception of this prevailing similarity,
they seemed to be quite unknown to
each other, bent on entirely independ-
ent errands, and only assembled thus
by the most unaccountable of acci-
dents. They were sitting or standing
about, as ali customers on q trade boat
are in the habit of doing. One, a par
~ticularly handsome fellow, had Just
bought and paid for a pair of boots ; an
other was rejoicing in a new hat /; others
were contemplating different purchases,
and everything seemed to be going on
as usual. Suddenly the handsome man
cast his eyes around, and said, in low
clear tene "Shall We 2" and instantly
the other four started to their feet.
"Ready |" they all answered, and quick
as thought their pistols were drawn,
presented OF the heads of the clerk,
salesman, pilot, and engineer of the
hapless boat, and the laconic but sug-
gestive command was given "Squat !"
1t was done like lightning. Before
those unsuspecting traders quite com
pretended the state of things, they
were tied, blindfolded. and lying help
less on the floor. The five elegant
looking gentlemen then proceeded be-
low, where the four deck hands we're
subjected to q similar operation. After
this the real business of the day COM
menced. 1t t%ranspired that the five
gentlemen knew each other quite init
mately, for they laughed and talked in
the pleasantest possible way, while
they went through the safes and the
stock of goods, taking all the money
about 81, 0N-and such of the goods as
were at once valuable and portable.
Their selections in the latter-which.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27
Ohio Men at the Head Of the Nation.

Ohio certainly has no reason to COM
plain of her representation in the high
places of the nation. President Grant
was born and lived most Of his life,
prior to the war, in Ohio. The General
of the army, Sherman, is an Ohio man,
and so is Sheridan, the Lieutenant-G Gem
eral. Secretary Delano is a citizen of
Ohio, SO is Justice Swayne, of the Su-
preme Court, and SO is MI. Schenck,
our Minister to England. The late
Chief-Justice Chase wal from Ohio, and
10Y the new incumbent, Chief-Justice
Waite, is taken from the same State.
Thus Ohio men stand at the head of the
civil, the military, the judicial, and dip
lomatic departments of the Govern
ment. Since the organization of the
Government, we doubt whether there
has been a time when men from any one
State filed SO many of the highest na-
tional positions. And there are still
several men in Ohio who would accept
Office under the national Government
if pressed to do so.-Learh and
Home.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27
Origin OF the Dollar Mark.

A writer in the atlantic Monthly has
a curious paper on the origin of the
dollar symbol 20. In brief, his theory
is that the two parallel upright marks
may be traced back to the pillars of
Hercules, and the S-ike figure is the
scroll entTined around them. Accord
ing to tradition, when the Tyrian colo
ny landed on the Atlantic coast of
Spain, and founded the ancient of
Gades, now Cadiz, Melcarthus, the
leader of the expedition, set up two
stone pillars rs memorials, over which
was built a temple of Hercules. As
the temple increased in wealth, the
stone pillars were replaced by others,
made Of an alloy of gold and silver, and
these two pillars became, in time, the
emblem Of the city, as q horses mead
became hat of Carthage. Centuries
later, when Charles Y. became Emperor
of Germany, he adopted q new coat of
arms, in which the pillars of Gades, or
Cadiz, occupied a prominent position in
the device. Hence, when q new coin,
the colonnato, was struck at the Impe-
rial Mint, it bore the new device-two
pillars, with q scroll entwined around
them. The coin became a standard of
value in the Mediterranean, and the
pillars and scroll became its accepted
symbol in writing.
The two horizontal bars which cross
the symbol Of the English pound ster-
ling are also thought to have q similar
origin. In the same paper the symbolic
origin of the pillars Of Hercules is
traced far back into the remote era
prior to the dispersion Of the human
race from its Asiatic birthplace. They
are identified with the household pillars
of the Scandinavians, and the idea from
which the concrete embodiments spring
is to be foond alike in the Sanskri
Vedas and in the glowing imagery of
the Hebrew poets. They are the sym
bols of night and day, of light and
darkness, which, to the dawning intelli-
gence of the Arian races, were evidenc-
of the Omnipotent, and, to the Jew
ish patriarchs, the work of q revealed
Creator.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27
Salt in the Ocean,

Everybody knows that the waters of
the ocean are very salt to the taste ; but
how many Of you have thought of the
immense quantities of salts of different
klndst that must be in the Atlantic and
Pacific to give a flavor to such enormous
bodies OF water?
Scientific men have thought about it /;
n one of them Captain Maury) has
told us that if all the various salts of
these oceans could be separated from
the water and spread out equally oven
the northern half of this continent. thew
would form a covering one mile deep.
sc heavy would be this mass of salts
that all the mechanical inventions of
man, aided by all the steam and all the
water power in the world, could not
move 1t SO much as u inch in even
centuries of time.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27
Cure for Cancers.

A writer in Cotenaan's Rural World
gives the following recipe for the cure
of cancers
Take chloride of zinc, blood root pull
verified, and wheat -four, equal parts or
quantities, worked into a paste, and ap-
piled until the mass comes out. First,
spread a common sticking plaster much
larger than the cancer, cutting a cir
cular piece from the center of it a little
larger than the cancer, applying it,
which exposes a narrow rim Of healthy
skin; then apply the cance plaster,
and keep it on twenty-four hours. On
removing it the lancer will be burned
into, and appears the color of an old
shoe sole, and the rim outside will ap-
pear white and parboiled, as if burned
by steam. Dress with slippery-elm
poultice until su%ppuration takes place,
then heal with common salve. I've
known the above to cure.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27
Ab0ut Thumbs.

Mar would not be what he il without
the thumb. This fact has been so i'm
pressed upon us from our school-days
that we are not likely to forget il.
Without the thumb for a lever we
would be unable to hold any thing
tightly, and most of the inventions of
u era would be useless, not to speak
OF the enormous general power that
would be lost. Let us accept the fact
Of having thumbs, then, and be thank
full and rejoice over our Darwinian
friends, the apes. We did not know,
however, till we saw it in print recent
ly, that the thumb represented intelli-
gence and affection. Born idiots fire.
quently come into the world without
thumbs. Infants, until they arrive at
an age when intellect dawns, constantly
keep their fingers folded above their
thumbs, but they soon know better, and
as the mind develops, recognize the dig
nifty and usefulness Of the despised
digit. At the approach of death, the
thumbs of the dying, as if impelled by
some vague fear, seek refuge under the
fingers, and when thus found are
an almost certain announcement of the
end So, in leaving this world, it
would seem that our hands, in their
last desire for movement, assume, with
our growing Inconsistencies, the sam
suggestive position in which the hands
OF the newborn babe, with faculties all
dormant, first shape themselves.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27

The origin of the term sub-rosa, or
under the rose, is said to be the fol-
lowing Cupid gave a rose to Hippo
crates, the God of Silence, and from
this legend arose the practice of sus-
pending a rose from the ceiling over
the table while eating, when it was in
tended that the conversation must be
kept secret. The explanation of the
origin of SPY hook or by Crook I" is
that in the old time, persons entitled
to get firewood in the Kings forest,
were limited to such dead branches as
they could tear down with "a hook or q
crook, without hurt to his Maiesty's
tree" SIN spite of his teeth " origi-
mated thus King John of England
once demanded of q Jew the sum of ten
thousand marks, and on being refused,
ordered that the Israelite should have
one of his teeth drawn every day until
he gave his consent. The Jew submit
ted to the loss of seven, and then paid
the required sum, and hence the ex-
preston, "in spite Of your teeth"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27
Religious Items.

ELDER KNAPP, the great Baptist re-
vivalist, is hopelessly i'll.
A NEW 800, 900 Presbyterian church
has just been dedicated in Brooklyn.
METHODIST revivals continue to be
reported from all parts Of the country.
HAMMOND, the r~evivalist, will next
make a raid on the sinners of Kansas
City.
A COUNCIL of all Presbyterian church.
es in the world has been projected, and
the preparations for it r making
progress.
CYRUS II. Mccormick, the millionaire
reaper manufacturer, is sole proprietor
of the Chicago Interior, the organ of
the Presbyterians. y,f.
ONE hundred Thousand dollars have
been subscribed in New York in aid of
Bishop Cummins' Reformed Episcopal
Church movement.
AT Rome Professionalism numbers
nor than forty chapels or places of
worship, open every Sunday and several
times during the week. .
In the efforts to christianize the world,
it is said that Mohammedan fanaticism
has proved stronger than any sort of
heathenisna in other parts of the world.
We read that in Northwestern Iowa
and Southwestern Minnesota Methodist
ministers are living on less than 800
per annum, and do not complain
either. t"i
THE Presiding Elder of the Colorado
Methodist Conference has q district en-
bracing So, 600 miles. He often travels
sixty miles without seeing q human
abode.
REV. FLORENCE MCCARTHY, a sensa-
tional Baptist minister of Chicago, and
pastor of one of the largest churches in
the city, has been locked out of his
church for indecent language used in
the pulpit.
The London Nonconforrnist says that
the practice of reading or preaching
two sermons a day is a practice that is
" terrible, and ought to be put down
by some society for the prevention of
cruelty to preachers"
A NEW religion has sprung up in Per
STA, which threatens to make a great en-
croachment upon the Mohammedans.
The principal doctrines are praise of
the Supreme Being, truth, and virtue.
1t is regarded with great disfavor by
the followers of the Moslem faith.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27
Acreage and Prices Of Corn In '72
r- r-H and ia. Epas

The Department of Agriculture fur
nishes some interesting statistics in re-
gard to the yield and prices OF the
principal farm productions of the coun-
try. The decline in the yield of corn,
as compared with 1872, is considerable
in all sections of the country, but great
est in the heart of the corn-growing
region. Illinois furnishes the lowest
acre rate of any Western State-21
bushels, and Michigan the highest-31
bushels. California shows the highest
average of any State-41 bushels, and
South Carolina the lowest-91 bushels.
The average yield of 1872 for the whole
country was 30.7 bushels, while that
for 1873 wal only d. bushels. The av-
erage of prices of corn for 1873, as COM
pared with those of 1872, shows q large
increase in the following Western
States : T. f
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27
Life in Davidson County.
When Bates arrived opposite Jos

When Bates arrived opposite Joseph
Briley and partner he said "Look q
here, I'm going to shoot ; I'm going to
kill somebody" As he said Joseph
Briley said, We shoot, then," and
he had not fairly gotten the words out
of his mouth before Bates sent a leaden
messenger through his heart. tBriley,
clapped his hand upon his heart, stag
gered back, said, "Oh, my God ! Oh,
my. God p and fell back dead. Bates
then commanded everybody stand
back. The first one that lays his hand
upon me 1 will serve in the same way"
and with this walked out into the yard,
every one in the room standing back
astonished at what had occurred. After
he had reached the yard Bates said
"There is one more of the family I want
tc KILL" referring to Robert Briley, who
yet remained in the house, and then he
left forparts unknown.-Nashpilte Ban
feT,
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27

The National Grange circular for
January shows "A increase since the
18th Of December, when the last circu-
lar was issued, Of 1866 oranges. The
total at that date was 1896 ; the total at
the date of the last circular was 10, 1872.
The membership is only approximately
stated at about $50, 600. The increase
is largely in the Sonth and the Valley
States, as viii be e e by the following
table:
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27

The only States into which the order
has not yet penetrated are Delaware,
Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Since
the circular, of which the foregoing is
an analysis, there has been an increase
of 800 or 400 oranges.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27

These are the average of prices rul
in the home markets of each county.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27

OcTAeoSAL watches are fashionable.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-01-18
La Industria progresa,

Ell duefio funaador de la fabrica de tabacos y
cigarrillos Las dos AntiLL0s en- su Wage & La Ha-
bana NO ha OmitidO sacriticlO de ninguna espe-
Gle, para pr0veerse dc los adelantos dc perfec-
cion que reQuiere La indust,ia 4 que esta dedi-
cadO hace cuatrO amos y que con feliz 6xitO ha
desembueltO segun 10 uemuestra su marcha
progressive on los adelantOs que esta plantean-
do en- 81 fabrica. Como veIan sus buenOs favo-
recedOres, en- 81 lugar dc anunciOs, ha instala-
do un tren de cajonerfa hecha con c6drO de la
Habana, MADEIRA auxiliar que necesita el tabac0
elavoradO On esta isla para que en- condolences
fumables no deje NADIA que desear al que de
aQuella prOcodencia % lmpOrta On eeta.
EstamOs infOrmadOs de que tambIen trajO el
sistema de confe ,cion papef de beTrO y del buen
resuitadO que Obtlene de este vegetal tant0 Dor
el buen gustO que le da al pape, 81 jugode esta
planta, como pOr ell triunf0 que CANA siendO el,
ell primerO On esta AntiIla que despierta el Pc
qneis comercio del citado vegetal pues ya en-
Ii d. Cuba 90 haeen grandes siembras con tai
ObjetO. No cabe duda La industria tabaQuera y
cigarrera progresa y los fumadores estan de
.enhOrabuena Dor que el duefO lie Las dos an
tillas 80 desvela en- sOlicitud delos adelantos
pOsiblesy tan 90 asf que On 1871 On Ia Exposition
pGblica de esta PrOvincia fu6 recOmpensadO con
L. medalla de ORC y con La de M6rito ahors en-
el gran cOncursO Universal de Viena, con 81 pa
pefpectoral de bervo, no hay rival para las afec
clones cataErales -. 10