The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-02

illustrated His subject Is the mountains OF
Tennessee Georgia and South Carolina, WIN
etchings of some Of their mountain Cities
among which none is more prosperous than
Knoxville, Tenn:
Knoxville is to-day tourishing town with
nearly fifteen thousand population. 1t mas
more capital than Chattanooga, but not inc
same wonderful transportation facilities
More actual business is, however probably
done there; the town has large wholesale
trade, and is kind OF supply depot for the
mountains On the line OF the road from
New York to New Orleans, 1t has hopes OF
other communications shortly. The SUBJECT
of narrow gauge railroads mas very mdch III
terestcd the people of Eastern Tennessee, and
will, in few wears, traverse the valleys in all
directions. A direct line from Knoxville toI
Macon in Georgia has been projected; and
the completion of the Knoxville and Ken
lucky roads would be OF great Importance to
the town. The general government is erect
| ing n fine custom house and postofiicc in the
civ. Thirty miles to the northward are large
coal fields, close to veins of iron; in Carter
and Green county there are iron mines which
supply the rolling mills and car-wheel estab
lishmcn,s at Knoxville. There is on extern
sivc manufacture Of glass in that section the
lumber interests are large, and considerable
shipments are made to New England Five
miles east of Knoxville is a fine marble quar-
nv, operated by capitalists from st. Louis
At Coal Creek and Caryville, same thirty five
miles north of the town, there are extensive
coal mining interests The whole of East
ern Tennessee offers the best of inducements
for the practical farmer, the wool grower, and
the investor in mines and minerals.
,nha rIc hoe ~ tnl m
"The New Homes in New York." telling all
about the "fat" system of living. Mr.. Sted
man discusses Tennyson; Mr.. Ruffner, Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction in Vir-
ginia, discusses the co,education of the white
and colored races; and Mr.. Schumacher de-
scribes the lately discovered "Silver DESERT
in South America. There are several good
stories and poems; DR.. Holland writes about
"Star Lcc,uring," "The Temperance Move
ment," and other Topics Of the Times, and
the Old Cabinet contains "a Crooked Line"
and "Woodspurgc," the number closing with
four pages of pleasant etchings.
St. Nicholas
The frontspiccc of the May number is a
fine, large engraving illustrating a passage
in Goethe's poem, Johanna Sebus; and there
are numerous other engravings. Without at
tempting to give list of the literary contents,
we can only say, they alternate very fairly be-
tweer the practical and imaginative all the
writers being well known names of high re-
pute Jack in the Pulpit continues a main
attraction, from which we extract a case of
Low Spirits:
A low.spirited turtle who came creeping
near me the other day gave such melancholy
puff of sigh that couldn't help asking him
what was the matter.
"Matter?" he gulped Matter enough,
can tell you. | heard II school.bOy say this
very morning, that this earth is over "a 1000
miles in circumference That means drOund,:
doesn't itY'
Certainly" said |.
"Well, then, how do you suppose feel
How, in the name of all the inches, am | cv-
err to accomplish it! Why, life isn't long
enough tor the purpose! can't do it,"
DO what, my iricnd?'
"Why, go around the earth, of course"
Well, tried and tried to persuade that tur
tie that there wasn't the least sense in his try
=,
him to- and nobody would care snap if he
didn't; but might as well have talked to the
wind. Around the world he must, could, |
should and would 60 SO | said at last, by |
way of consolation:
"Well, my friend, it night be worse Think
Of the planet Jupiter one of those worlds |
that twinkle up in the sky. Iheard a school
boy say that Jupiter was fourteen hundred
times larger than the earth Think of that |
You ought to be thankful that your lot is cast
here instead of there"
At these sensible words, what did that |
turtle do but roll his eyes and gasp
harder than ever.
"Alas," said he, 81 didn't put myself here |
and how do I know but as soon as get
around this globe | shall find myself sudden |
~ placed on the other one; and | never
would travel around that, am sure. Four
teen hundred tunes bigger-l0urtcen hun
-timcs-Oh, Ihy!"
Out of all patience, | shouted out, as he
hitchcd himself along, "Get out Of your shell,
hen, and sCamper, you absurd thing! Get
)ut of your shell and scamper, or you'll never
inish your journey"
But, children, if YOU meet that poor, mis-
yulded turtle don't turn him around. 1t will |
,ut him back, you know. 1t is notion com
non to all turtles that they must travel
lround the world, and, suppose, thet's why
f you pick one up and set him down with
lis head in an opposite direction from the one
II which he was going he'll turn right
'round again.
| wonder if boys and girls ever are ST. fool
Sh rs my low-spiritcd turtle.
The Aidine
For May is fresh and beautiful as the month
t represents, filed with choice flowers of art
md literature. The cngravings are all splen.
lid. John DAVIS opens the number with a
ull page picture, The Dying Hound" a
strong work, showing that it is a study from
'eal life. j. d. Woodson contributes three
Inc drawings of scenes in Florida, one of
he most picturesque states in the union. Two
,ther handsome pictures are \ Retriever by
Diekcr, and The Bashful Lover, by J. NJ. Ben
icld. y dozen of smaller pictEres embcllish
bp nnm her all pt mar, .,r ln.s ,,,,,;t Il