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Kansas Pacific Railway.

The main lneeXtends from Kansas City, Mo-,
and Leaycnworth,k Kansas, both tiourishing cities
on the Missouri River, through Central Kansas
and Eastern Colorado 639 miles to Denver, Colo
RADIO, and with several hundred miles Of Branch
es, in addition, reaches every portion of Kansas,
Colorado and New Mexico, and all of its fertile
valleys. Rare opportunities are offered for ac-
quiring homes III a section OF country unsur-
passed for fertility and health. The State Capt.
tai, State University, State Agricultural College,
State Normal School, Blind Asylum &c, of Kan
sas, are all located Immediately along the line,
aid the educational facilities generally are un-
equaled. By refererce to the United States Ag-
ricultural Reports, il will be observed that Kan
sas had greater yield to the acre Of the cereals
than any other State, and Gold Medals and D-
pomas Jor the greatest and best display of Fruit
and Agricultural, Horticultural and Mineral pro-
ducts, have been awarded at the Great EXPOSE
tions and Fairs throughout the land in competi-
ton with the other States. For the tourist and
invalid, a varied and charming landscape is pre-
sented and the delightful air Of Colorado, and
the now justly celebrated Cold, Warm and Hot
Springs, in the vicinity OF Denver, have given re-
newed life to the weary ane have restored health
to the sick. Don't fail TO take a trip over the
Kansas Pacific Ralway,and If You want a good
home, be sure to settle along its line. You can
obtain Maps, Circulars, &c, giving all Informal
zion, by addressing General Passenger Agent,k.
PR, Kansas City, Mo. II
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The Sabbath Bells.

The old man sits in his easy chair,
And his ear has caught the ringing
OF many church-bell far ana near
Their own sweet music singing.
And his head sinks low on his aged breast
While his thoughts far back are reaching
To the sabbath morns Of his boyish days,
And a mothers sacred teaching.
4 few wears later, and 10! the bells
A mcrrier strain were pealing,
And heavenward bore the marriage vows
Which his manheods joys were sealing.
But the old mans eyes were dmming now,
As memory holds before him
The sad, sad picture Of latter years,
When the tide Of grief rolled DER him.
When the bells were tolling for loved ones gone
For the wife, for the sons and daughters,
Who, one by one from his home went out,
And down into deaths dark waters.
But the aged heart has still one JOY
Which his old life daily blesses,
And his ewes grow bright and his pulses warm
Meath a granchild's sweet caresses.
But the old man wakes from his reyerie,
And his dear old face is smiling,
While the child with her serious eyes reads on
The Sabbath hours bcguiling.
An, bells, once more ye will ring for him,
When their heavenly hand shall sever
The cord of life, and his freed soul flies
10 dwci! with his own forever.
--HdrperS Weekly.
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Very few people are aware of the results to
be accomplished in series of years by the
habit Of saving Il small amount each day
and putting 1t at interest Most persons
spend these small amounts on unnecessary
and useless Injuries: and, because each
amount is small, they fail to take any par
tIcular notice of 1t, and utterly fail to estimate
the aggregate of such spendings during the
course of life. In this way many man
spends fortune without knowing it; md IN
this way, too, the poor are kept poor.
Most people in this country who enjoy an
average degree of health, and who are indus
trious, earn at least small surplus beyond
their necessary expenses; and, if they would
save this surplus and put it out to interest,
they would find in the end much larger sum
than they had anticipated. Thousands OF
them would have competency II living to
old age, instead of being dependent on the
charity of others. We submit the following
table to show what would be the result at the
end of fifty years by saving certain amount
each day and putting it out 20 interest at the
rate of per cent.
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Died, At her residence in Serena, Oct list,
1874, the wife of John r. Jones; aged "a
years.
WHEREAS, Death having again invaded
our Grange and selected Sister Manerva
Jones as lis victim, thereby depriving US of a
most worthy and useful member, one who
was ever found in her place ready for duty
therefore,
ResOlttd, That in the death of Sister Jones
we lose an estimable member; one whose
christian example counsel and friendship
will ever be remembered
RCs0lred, That AS wife, mother aud ne! Gh.
Dor she had no superior, and that we tenuGr
our heartfelt sympathy to the bercayed iami.
ly OF our beloved sister.
ReSolced, That these resolutions be recorded
in the proceedings Of our Grange, and copy
furnished the family of the deceased; also
copies sent to the FREE TRADER and Repub-
icdn for publication.
Thou art gone few days before,
Waiting for us on the other shore,
Where we all shall meet some glad day,
When We also have passed away.
Mrs. CHAs. HoAc,
MKs. ii. PAIR,
Mrs. ii. HUPP,
Comm it.pp
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One of the grandest Illustrations of the enter
prise Of the times, is the completion of the great
iron bridge over the Mississippi at Louisiana,
Mo-, erected in the short space of five and half
months from its commencement twas formal
ly opened on Christmas for through trains from
Chicago to Kansas City Uin the ChicOgo and AL
ton and st. Louis, Kansas City and Northern
Short Line The route of this line is from Chi
cago to Kansas City, through Joliet, Dwight,
Chenoa, Bloomington, Petersburg, Jacksonville,
Roodhouse, Louisiana, No. Mexico, Mo-, Mober-
ly, Mo, and over the Missouri river at Kansas
City, on the first bridge ever built across the
Big Muddy" This line passes through an eX-
cecdingly prosperous country, Astounding Ia
splendid views, through n succession Of cultiva-
ted farms, and possesses numerous attractive
features TO dispel the monOtopy that prevails on
ordinary routes, and makes the trip one of pleas
IRE, instead of tedious journey. This line has
become proverba for the excellence Of its equip
ment. New Pullman Palace Cars, new Reclining
Chair Cars, elegantly carpeted and fitted with
drcS sing rooms with every toilet convenience for
ladies, gentlemen and families travelling with
chldr,r, without extra charge; also superb day
The 'Ai .Igo and Alton and 81. Louis, Kansas City
and Northern Short Line, to Kansas, Colorado,
N,h,l-..., California, and the Great West. For
VI 20. ,lar5 and Time Tables, address either
jam carlton, Chicago, or 2. b. Groat, ST.
Lpu.- .,., either of whom will furnish any in
f.. : desired H.
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4 Western Man.

During nv first trip to 'thc West"
plunged into the wilderness of Illinois, where
often wish l had remained, for the savages'
OF that region are the most delightful people
know of, and, were it not heresy to say so
would call them far more intelligent ant
refined than any have known at home
| found three meals day and feather bed
(fOr which have a weakness at the httlt
town of Ottawa, where | worked and thr1veG
for three months. In less than two weeks
believe / knew everybody in the place, and
never chat did we have without revela
ton of our origin. Nearly every converse
ton commenced or ended with II came all
he wav from Runktown, Maine or "Mc
and Jane were born in old Chester, and you:
or Lord bless you, I've only been here a
wear; left Boston last March"
This got to be so monotonous that called
loudly for a Western man. just TO see what he
was Ike. Everything a man calls for in the
West he gets. That's one OF its pecularitics
All made diligent inquiries Of the Oldest in
habitants, but none knew anybody but what
came from the East, generally New Eng
land However, the matter was considerably
agitated in lively way, and was frequent
" saluted with the question, Found your
Western man YETI 10 which | replied, mo
I'll give Il dollar to see one
Finally itbccame necessary for me to re-
turn TO the land oflong faces and civilization
and concluded should have to so with
out gratifying the darling wish of my heart
that of seeing Western man. The day for
my departure arrived, and | was carefully
packing away my paper collars, etc, in my
room, when Il summons to skip down stairs
into the parlor" was brought to Inc by minC
host of the haspitable inn, and down stairs
skipped. y delegation of townspeople re
ceived me very cordially, and l felt happy
I'VE resolved" said the spokesman, THAI
YOU should not return home without seeing a
Western muu. % we have brought you one
He seldom comes into town, but he had &c
come this time, and here he is So | was for
mally introduced to him, and we had pleas
ant time all round.
The doctor, rs he was called, and as | be
leve he was, proved to be a man of fine abil
itv and charming manners. He was born
and brought up in the West, and many of hi:
neichbors could vouch for the facL | could
DO nothing less than order retrt shments
which did, and we talked much oithe brigh
and growing country Of which he was a rep
resentatiye. I'm glad, really glad, doctor,
said |. ito have had at last the pleasure o
seeing Western mal--they are so rare
Nav / ask what part of the West you were
born inE' Certainly he replied certain
IL. and shall be proud to answer you.
was born On tie Western part y Ne,o I0Ti
slate
| dimlv remember leaving Ottawa tina
Mich, on the freight rain, with barely enough
To rakc NE to Albany.
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l!nvllc, he viii be treated to coaguia'eu CON
catenation Of Heterogeneous calaclysmatic ithpai
sions which will urit him as a subject LOT cN
pcfments in catophtronancy
An injured friend Of ours says II moues'
Young man glldcs quietly INTO Cariinvliie 10 DC.
a man, and softly out again ana iorsels 10 urea.
Fidrr Eimball. of the Democrat, he must SUBMIT
10 hear himself called II deep, onrhH uesPe'"
ton OF deNagrabe, diaphorelic dls'factioh.
,o,I ninp,u, a warm stove. pretty girl or q
Inewsnor'cr are not bad things to SIT up with
ErehaUGe
Yes but there is a difference when you have
to sit aoon them.
Is this true, or a libel?
'Nen scorn to kiss among themselves,
And scarce would Kiss brother,
! Bat women want to kiss so bad,
| They kiss and kiss each other
As model salutation, we give the latest which
might apply with equal force to many northern
politicians:
When two Georgians meet now. they don't go
on about the weather, bat merely exchange the
novel saiutatiOn: Do you think that Iombs VIII
ever die:
Fred Wagner, Of Rockyalc, Ogc county, plow-
ed up q rich specimen Of lead orc.-Di10" It's'
graph.
The paper above named is edited by Mr.. SHAW.
%. P-Shaw' You may send Fred down here ana
let him plow our garden. Whatever rich spec
linens he may find we will divide with him.
young man has been arrested in Ne" lork
for sleeping in standing position lie would
stand on the street for four hours at stretch
with his eyes closed, and not move muscle II
is hereditary. His father was policeman.
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/ would take fine shoes. and well do we remem
Der the smile he smole as lie marked II down
on the slate.
| We mt the shoes or and wore them down
to Madison. They hurt in several places, oul
we supposed it was because 'hey were mol
accustomed TO riding on Gears. In Se,uhg
ont of the bus AT Villas House, the right toe
got caught under the pavement ana tore up
n little of il. but we happened to remember
that the pavement there always was rotten.
! pconIn noticed the shoes, and many asked us
| If the man who made them was yet living.
We wore them TO the wedding, and If there
was any female clothes there that we didn't
s,ep on they must have been up stairs The
toes seemed to be loaded with lead, and the
ihoy toe shingled with boiler iron, and the sole
vas thick, and the upper leather was made
of some metal substance When we walked
no stairs, people trembled and put on their
things to 60 home. If there is one thing we
want to be forgiven for, il is attempting to
dance that night. 1t was in the mansard
roof and the roof WAS canvassed, but that
didn muiiie the squeak any, and when one
of those pile drivers came down, il did seem
as though the house would fall in. 1t was
in the "alamaud left that the trouble was.
We put out our left flipper towardsa little
angle from Columbus. She took it with her
LETT bower, and we stepped on her dress with
one of those shoes of HanscOme's. We could
have got the foot of only the other shoe caught
under bench We were fastened May our
right hand forget its cunning before we for
get the cunning look OF compassion which
that Columbus girl ventured upon our unpro
tccted countenance The bench was removed
and we finished the dance, and then went
down stains to the refreshment room. If any
people went home with crushed toes, and
didn't know the author of their misery, we
hereby confess, aud the doctor bills may be
sent to us We kicked off more paint from
the base boards and dOOr.casings, than AT
wood could get put on againfor sixty dollars.
Finally we got the shoes home, and we went
to see Hanscome. He said he had been look
Ing for some victim to sell that pair OF shoes
10 for the past two years, and now that he
had got them onto us, he could die happy.
They were pair he had used for sign for
thirteen years, and he bought them off an
Indian trader, who had them on hand in an
early day. We want to trade those shoes for
q ticket IN lottery. Since we told the story
about Hanscome stealing the bell off of his
o wn COW, and throwing 1t down cellar in the
smoke.house, he has been laying for us.
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The steam Potato Digger.

In the Frankin Institute Fair, in Phila
lelphla, they have on exhibition steam
po,a,o digger" which is warranted to do the
work of sixty men" 1t interested me very
nucn. because only few days before Iheard
Cooicv tell of his experience with one of these
machines lie put il in bis potato field, and
for a time /; turned cut the potatoes in mag
niticer, style, and he began To think that lac
bad obtained "a prize. But after while
s,rn.,binr occurred 10 the throttle valve
and The digger began to jump about in the
mos, extraordinary manner, rearing, and
pitching, and snprtIng without paving any
attention ~ the potatoes Cooley managed
10 Get upon il for the purpose OF
shutting of steam, but he must have pulled
the bar The wrong way. Tor no sooner had nc
reached the ground than the digger gave
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D.. Morris LIVER PILLs-It is easy enough
10 make pill, but 10 make good one, all. that's
the difficulty! There are cheap, harsh, drastic
nj IS that are of even less benefit than dose Of
salts; but a good medicine, like DR.. Motifs Liver
Pills, which penetrates to the seat of disease, is
desideratum indeed. VIII positively cure all dis
cases of the liver Sold everywhere. John r.
Henry, Curran Il Co., Proprietors, and 9 College
Place New York 90
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The LARGEST NAULTED EooF IN qHE
WuRLD.-The largest vauied roof in the
world is claimed by NIenna-that belonging
to the great Exposition building. lii, said
to cover nine times the space of the dome OF
St Paul's, in London, eight times the area OF
st. Peters, and seven times that of -. Sophia.
ut Constantinople This miracle ofarchitec.u.
raj skill is 360 feet IN diameter, 1859 fee, ID
circumference, AMI stands on ring Of thirty
columns thirty-SiN feet apart all around The
circumference. Within the long column,
there is no support. the upper DOME. 700
feet in diameter, admits hight by serirs 3D..
windows forty feet high and ten feet wide
between thirty columns which carry the up.
per dome. The slope Of the cone is thirty d
grees, and the length of the slope on all Sides
is 200 feet. The roof is formed of 3gD iron
plates, tapering uniformly upward from tie
circumference TO the apex Of the cone. They
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are riveted like the plates of ship; each
row of plates covers one degree OF the circle,
and each bottom plate Is one yard wide oe.
tween the lines of rivets, and one meter VIDE
over the lap.
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SELFIsHNEss.-Livc for some purpose in
the world. Always act your part well. Fill
up the measure of duty to others. Conduct
yourself SO you shall be missed with sorrow
when you are gone Multitudcs of our spe.
cics are living in such selfish manner that
they are not likely to be remembered after
their death They leave behind them scarce
ly any traces Of their existence, and are for,
gotten, almost as though they never had lily
ed. They arc, while they live, like some
pebble lying unobservcd among Il million on
the shore, and when they die they are like
the same pebble, thrown into the sea, which
just ruiiles the surface, sinks, and is forgotten
without being missed from The beach They
are neither regretted by the rich, wanted by
the poor, nor celebrated by the learned.
Who has been the better for their life,
Whose tears have they dried up? Whose
wants supplied? Whose misery have they
healed? Who would unbar the gate of If.
To re-admit them To exis,enccs or what face
would greet them back again TO our world
with smile? Wretched, unproductive mode
of existence. SeltshnesS Is lis own curse;
It is starving vice. The man who does no
good gets none. He is like the health in the
desert, neither yielding fruit nor seeing when
good comclh; u stunted, dwarfsh, mlserall,
shrub
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The daily saving OF sums intermediate be
tween those named in the above table would,
Of course, yield similar proportionate results.
We invite our readers to study this table with
care. There Is no man. woman or child liv-
ing to whom it would not convey very i'm.
portant practical lesson.
The fact is, the miseres, poverty, beggary
and want that prevail among men, especially
in this country, spring very largely from
their prodigallty. They manage to consume
AS they go along all their income, whether
from business or wages; and hence, they are
always poor, thousands of them never being
worth enough to pay their funeral expenses.
A great many fortunes that might have been
saved are lost IN this way. II the entire body
of society were to act on their principle it
would be in the state of permanent pauper-
ism, consuming as it goes along all the pro-
duce of its industry, and, hence, living from
hand to mouth. The only reason why this is
not true of all is that portion of the people
do not consume all they earn or produce
and hence they have a surplus, which goes to
make up the aggregate of the general wealth.
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i =. y. LINCOLN AaF ROY, o.. . y oorurx,y
i lNCOLN, ROWE IL CO.. kTEEI, Attorney,
~ AZ Law. Office over No. - La sale street west the
. Court House, Ottawa, Ills. noystTi
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CREAM OF OUR EXCHANGES.

AS an appropriate heading we publish the iF
lowing from the pen Of the live local OF u
Kansas City Times, and entitled, The Ncwspap
man:
Little they know, or even think
Of the work there is in sending iph
BY the busy wieldcrs OF pencil and pen
Generally known as newspaper men
'Jetting,' In General Spice CT Liie,
Variations, and rumors rife,
Saturday Notes and Sunday news,
All sorts of paragraphs to amusc,
Market reports and steamboat disasters,
Pufs of pills and patent plasters;
Now in the theater in white cravat,
Claw hammer coat and opera hat;
Then the prise ring, where you write
Sickening details OF a bloody fight
Back TO the city, just in time
TO report the sermon of some divine;
Steamboat collisions, smash up trains,
Election returns to bother your brains;
Agents dramatic, with long wnded story
owrite up his star to theatrical glory,
Deaths and marriages, murders, rows
Ball and parties, minstrel shows,
stock speculations, bubbles OF air.
Tossed about by bull and bear;
Praising the limb in the dancers pose
Aod next the calves in the cattle shows;
Pencil in hand at the racin9fou{se'
Taking the time of a trottpg horse
lotting down each stroke ana eaten
Made in famous base ball match;
Now of street row taking note
And then row in college boat.
These are q few Of the many things
At which the tireless pencil swings.
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Mr.. g. HARD, Physician and surgeon, over NO.
IL ,l9 Main street, Metropolitan Block, OTTAWA, illinois,
June 1th. 1871.
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twenty. first birthday by a grand dinner,
given at the country residence OF the
Mcdonald family, Guilford, on the
York road. Cards Of invitation were
issued, and the guests present com.
prised some Of the leading citizens OF
this city and Baltimore county. When
Young Mcdonald came home from Eu-
rope, before attaining his majority,
where be had received IN education, he
had opened to him the best society in
this city, and his career seemed n prom
isipg one, but he soon developed u taste
for the compauionship of the vicious
Two years ago, the widow OF Mr.. VIII
liam Mcdonald, and the mother of this,
young man, married Il Swiss gentleman,
said to be Of distinction, named John
De Sbeyr, and the couple now reside in
Nice, Italy. More than a year ago the
son left Baltimore, having purchased a
fine farm near Tcrre Haute, Indiana,
where he has since been living a very
luxurious life. He returned only re-
Gently to this city on a visit"
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Land Leeches.

A traveller in Assam, Mr.. L. L. Coop.
er, describes as follows the land leech $
which abound in the forests OF that
country "ln length they are about
an inch, while their thickness does not
exceed that of an ordinary sewing nee.
die. Their mode of prog, ess on is very
curious. Fixing one extremity, by
means Of its bell-shaped sucker, firmly
on II leaf or on the ground, the leech
curves itself into an arch, aud the other
end is then advanced till the creature
res mbles n loop, again to expand into
an arch, but the movement is quicker
than words can describe; the rapidity
with which they get over the ground is
quite startling. AS they occasionally
rear themselves perpendicularly and
sway about from side to side, taking a
survey round them in quest of prey,
the observer cannot fail to nceiv a
dread of the bloOdthirsiv little Great.
ures. | could never resist watching
them whenever | took a seat. At first
they would hold themselves erect, then
suddenly ,asihongh they had just diucuv.
ere ! my whereabouts ssIney, wcnld throw
themselves fcrvaul. anu with 1ulck
eager strides, maketoU ard me. Anotber
kind OF leech found in Assam il tha h.;,
leech, 80 c lied from iis great len,lh
AMI extreme tenuity. II lies IN sa,t IN
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mated with these animals, and they
have transmitted it to others, its power
being, az always, lessened by transmits
sion. They are it's originators. Then,
to carry out a suggestion offered in the
article, it is noticeable that the odorous
secretions Of the skunk, when admins.
tered in proper quantities, have a very
beneficial effect upon all sorts Of con
vnlsive trouble and attacks of that kind.
The inference is then made that the
liquid is an antidote for the poison of
the bite, and the idea is thrown out
that in the skunk the source and cure Of
hydrophobia may be simultaneously
discovered, if my scientific person feels
inclined TO wrcstle with II problem OF
suCh innate strength.