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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-31

~ Y. l:iSI<iGsS, Druggist, Bookseller and sta
L.. TONER Ottawa Ill. Second storen Nattinger sblock,
south side Court House square.
NJ IN EIJs-;S-Il. German Druggist and Apothe-
vi. cary (whocsae and rcta1 Main street, QwaWa, III.
Importer of Drugs Chemicals, French uoghlAG aaies'
. Wines, &c.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-31

JOIfN j. Il E;E1I.oGCs, Attorney and Coun
y scor OF Law, and Real Estate and Insurance Agent
Special attention given to Collecting Soldiers B0unties
Back PAY, ONCE in Jesse Dickcy's new butn cor.
ner Of Main and Columbus streets. AMI ~,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-31

l'iRA Sl-cS HARVEY, Attorney A. Law
y and Notary Public Collections made and promptly
tcmttted. OMce, Room T.. o. Block, Ottawa NJ NiyI
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22

In the will of the Countess of Lou
don, who died in England recently, was
found clause directing that her right
hand be cut off and buried in the park
at Castle bennington, at the bend OF
the hill to the Trent, with small cross
over it, bearing the motto, &C hyde my
tyme." The explanation of this singu-
lar request shows that the countess,
who had been a lifelong enemy of
Queen Victoria, desired to carry her
implacable hatred of Victoria beyond
the grave. The place of burial men
toned overlooks one of the queens
country seats. The skeleton hand with
its threatening epitaph was meant to
point its slow unwavering finger at the
queen, reminding her of the nJustlce
done long years ago to younger sister
of the countess. In the early queen
hood of Victoria the sister mentioned
was maid of honor. Gay and thought
less. the Young girl had freedom of
manner which gave the gossips of the
dov an opportunity, all too well abused,
of bIackening her fame, which had been
tarnished by no criminal act of hers. The
1neen hardened to the slander, and ban
isbed the beautiful but indiscreet girl
from her household. The falsity of the
scandal was shown, but not until the
poor, dishonored maid of honor had
died of broken heart. The Countess
of Loudon blamed the queen for her
sisters untimely fate, and determined
to revenge that sisters wrongs. Never
after did she appear at court, and upon
every royal fete day kept close immured.
Her post-mortem pursuit of the queen
is ghastly but impotent.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22
The Use of Slang,

It is said that the use OF slang Is
growing more and more n fashion and n
habit with the English, and f. B. Tylor
defends it entertainingly in Macmillan's,
calling it Zone of the feeders Of what
may be called standard language" and
genuine and influential branch Of
speech. He illustrates the curious way
in which low-lived words gradually be-
come respectable. Thus donkey, CO.
nundrum, fun, now unquestioned Eng
lish, made 'thair first appearance as
slang, though how they came into ex-
istence there no etymologist has proved
for certain. From the wretches who
made a trade of stealing children, polite
society has adopted their cant word 10
kidnay-i. e., TO nab kids the verb 10
knab; TO snatch, is good provincial
English, borrowed by the canting crew;
but kid for child may possibly be a
term OF their own devising. Not long
since, to take another pair of examples,
it was "slaBgy" to speak Of a tie as il
now is to speak Of a choker.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22
THE.pEACoN,s SUNDAY.
A. Short Story With a Neral for the "RiH-
idly Righteous"

A. Short Story With a Neral for the "RiY-
idly Righteous"
Beautiful! beautifulr" mentally eiac-
ulated Deacon Barnes, at the close of a
sermon about Heaven. "Those are my
ideas exactly"
And SO enrapt was he with his
thoughts, as he passed from the church,
he forgot to ask lame old Mrs. Howe to
ride home with him, as was his usual
custom.
Perhaps it just as well, hethought,
:. for she is a worldly old woman, and
| wou1 probably have drawn my thoughts
away from Heaven"
At the dinner table his son exclaim-
ed, ooh, father, 1 have situation at
last"
"Have you forgotten it is Sunday,
John ?" asked his father stsruly.
"Don't let me hear any more such
talk"
John ate his dinner in silence. How
could his situation be wrong thing to
speak of on Sunday? He was so thank
full for 1t thgt it seemed to como from
the hand of God. God knew all about
the restless months in which he had
answered an advertisement every day.
When the minister gave thanks In
church for all the mercies of the past
week, Johns heart gave grateful throb,
and he determined anew to acknowledge
God in all his ways. John ate his dinner
in silence, while his father thought about
Heaven.
In the afternoon Mr.. Barnes nephew,
a stranger in the place, came over from
his boarding place opposite, and set on
The piaZZa. talking with John.
" L can't allow this, Tom," said Mr..
B4rnes, coming to the dovr with the Bi-
BILE in his hand; "you must not sit here
breaking the Sabbath. Go back to your
boarding house and read some good
book"
Tom started up angrily, and spent the
afternoon fishing and bathing with an
old colored man, his only other acquaint-
ancs in the place, while Deacon Barnes
sat in a large rocker on the piazza, with
a handkerchief over his head, and
thought of Heaven.
Presently, his two little granddaugh-
ters came out on the piazza with large
picture book, and sat down near him.
There was fiutter of leaves and a great
deal of buzzing as the little yellow
heads bent over the book, and finally
they laughed outright.
Children, where's your mother ?"
sternly demanded Deacon Barnes,
springing to his feet.
Cup stairs, putting baby to Sleep"
they both answered together.
Deacon Barnes strobe into the hall.
stElleni EllonT" he shouted, II should
think yod might keep these children
quiet on the Sabbath. They WON'T al
low me to think"
Ellen had been awake all night with
frstfuI baby. She had hushed him, and |
had just fallen asleep, when the fathers |
voice aroused her and woke baby.
"Please sendthem up stairs, ''said she,
YEARLY.
And all that sultry afternoon she
amused the three children, in a close
upper room, while her father rocked
and famed himself and thought of
Heaven.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22
The Good-Bv Hosnitalitv.

The half of hospitality lies in the
speeding of parting guests. Lavish welt
comes are easily y enough bestowed, bu-
the hospitable thought must be very
genuine, indeed, which dares to leave
the guest as free and welcome to go as
to come. We all suffer, now and then,
from undue urging to stay when we
prefer to go, and nearly every one of
US is himself sinner in this regard,
too. No sooner does the gu st intimate
a wish to terminate his visit than we fly
in the face of his desire, and urge him
to stay longer. We sometimes do this,
(do we not p as mere matter of duty,
when in our hearts we care very little
whether the guest goes or stays. We
feel ourselves bound to show our appre-
citation of our friends visit by asking
that he prolong it. Now, true hospital
ity ought to learn its lesson better than
this. Our efforts should be, from first
to last, to make our friends visit thor
oughly pleasant and agreeable to him.
We strive for this result in welcoming
him. 1t is the desire to do this which
prompts us to offer him the most COM
Portable chair and to set out our best
viands, if he break bread with us. 1t
is that he may enjoy his stay that we
talk cnly upon agreeable topics. In
short, from the time he crosses our
threshold until he rises to leave, we
courteously endeavor to make the mo-
ments slip by as pleasantly as possible.
But the moment he asks for his hat our
courtesy fails us. Hitherto we have
studied to anticipate and to crafty his
every wish. Now that he wishes to go,
however, we endeavor to thwart his
pleasure. We selfshly try to turn him
from his purpose to ours. We wish him
to stay, while he wishes to 60. Courtesy
would prompt us TO give his wish pre-
cedence to our own, but, as a rule, we
ask him to sacrifice his own to our
pleasure.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22
The Inventor of the Circular Saw.

In lonely, secluded position in the
northwest corner of the cemetery near
the ever-beautiful little village of Rich
mOnd, Kalamazoo county, Michigan, the
historian can find ION pure white mar
BILE slab, nearly concealed from view
by large cluster of lilac bushes) en-
graved the simple name of Benjamin
Cummins, born A. d. 1772, died A. d.
1848." And who was Benjamin Cum
minis ? He was the inventor of the cir
cular saw now in use in this country
and Europe. Nearly sixty years ago,
at BurtonsviIle, n. Y, near Amsterdam,
this man hammered out at his own
bIacksmith's anvil the first circular saw
known to mankind. He was q noted
pioneer in Michigan, a first con in to
one of the presidents of the United
States, a slave owner in New York state,
leading Mason in the days of Morgan,
and at whose table the very elite of the
then great state of New York feasted
and drank freely of his choice liquors
and wines, A vessel owner on the
North river before the days of steam
boats, q captain in the war of 1912,
where, after having three horses shot
under him, with one stroke of his broad
sword he brought his superior officer to
the ground for an insult and because he
was traitor and a coward, and, after
having been court-martialed, instead of
having been shot h was appointed a
colonel in his place. And in this lowly
grave are the ashes of the man who,
nearly seventy years ago, at Albany,
New York, took up and moved bodily a
large block of brick buildings, and to
the then wonder and astonishment of
the world, and who also subsequently
constructed a mile and a half of the
Erie canal through a bed of rock, and
who also built per contract those first
low bridges over the same. He also
aided in the construction of the first
ten miles of railroad built in the
United States, and founded both the
villages of Esperence and Burtonsville,
on the old Schoharie, near Amsterdam.
The study and aim of this mans life |
to be to accomplish that which |
no other man could accomplishment |
when the object sought was secured,
or overcome, he passed it as quickly |
by as we would the pebbles on the |
sea shore. He was twice married, |
and the father of twenty-five children ;
the last wife is still surviving him, and |
his posterity are scattered over the en-
tire northwest, he having emigrated to |
Michigan in 1881, when that state was
q uiIdarDaSs
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22
Southern Iron.

The highest price of iron at the mines,
to be penetrated by the Memphis, Boli-
var and Knoxville road, is twenty five
dollars per ton. At some points its cost
is twelve dollars. Northern iron men
cannot sell for less than thirty dollars
without bankruptcy. A furnace produc-
ing only twelve tons per day, and making
iron at cost of twenty-five dollars per
ton, and selling at thirty dollars, clears
sixty dollars per diem. There is idle
capital enough in Memphis banks to
start twenty such furnaces. Are there
such iron-felds and such opportunities
for speculation, or is this story about
the iron-felds of Dixon and Humphreys
counties call gas ?" The man that built
the New Memphis gas works doesn't
think so. He has put his money in Dix
on county iron banks.-AppeGL.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22
R1ue skv and White Clouds.

The ethereal blue color of the sky is
due to minute particles of matter which
float in the air. We're these particles
removed. the sky would be dead black.
1t is f ct in optics that exceedingly
fine portions of matter disperse or scat
ter the blue rays of light, coarser por-
tions scatter red rays, and still coarser
portions scatter all the rays, making
white light. An atmosphereis full Of
aqueous vapor, the particles of which
difuse white light in all directions.
When these particles are enlarged they
become visible in the form of clouds.
The vapor particles of the white clouds
are supposed to be finer and lighter
than those of the dark clouds. That
the diffusion of light in our atmosphere,
the blue coloring of tie sky and the
colors of the clouds, are due to the
presence of matter floating in the air,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22
VOL. XIX, NO. 43.
A Court which Knew Herself.

A funny affair in a court of law lately
came off at Chicago. One Amelia
Donnerschlog brought suit against
August Behrens, who had promised to
marry her, but failed to keep his word.
The lady demanded only 5000 in dam
ages, not an exorbitant price for her dis
appointment in being obliged to retain
so cumbrous a name as Donnerschlog.
The suit came to trial before Mr.. JUS
tice Banyon, and Mr.. Behrens, not de.
nying the principal facts alleged against
him, excused himself by saying that
Amelia insisted as q condition OF the
marriage that her mother should keep
house fol the young couple, and this
August could not consent to. "I told
her, said he, "that loved her deeply,
and was ready to marry her, but did
not wish to marry her mother also, who
was woman of lordly and unpleasant
habits, and insisted on feeding me too
much on cabbage, a vegetable always
dislike" After this frank avowal of
his purpose and his un-Teutonic dis
tate for .ihe national vegetable, Mr..
Justice Banyon said, (Which would
you rather do, marry the lady and take
her mother TO live with you, or pay
pAOO uOHu August duSWeTeu uEuly
/" 1 will pay the $780," Whereupon the
worthy and enlightened magistrate de-
livered the following judgment cal
low me to shake hands with you.
envy your firmness. There was period
in the life of this court, Mr.. Behrens,
when it was placed in circumstances
somewhat similar to your own. If it
had the moral courage which you pos
sess it would have saved about twenty
five years of misery and unhappiness.
The alternative was presented to this
court whether it would marry young
lady and her mother or whether it
would pay $125 in gold. This court
was poor at that time. It was earning
an unsatisfactory living at the restaurant
business. 1t yielded. It took the young
and the mother-in-law and kept
the 1925. For a quarter of century
this court regretted its hasty action. |
1t is glad to meet man who cherishes |
happiness more than he does money. |
The order of the court is that the de-
fendant stands discharged, and that the |
who has been trying to
bring a man into slavery to a mother
n-law, be fined ten dollars and costs"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22
"nuM YIYTMUs VTYAMUs.a

In the youth Of the heart, ere the glorious ray
That was born of hfe's morning has faded away
While the light fingers yet in the eyes that dear,
And the voices we love still remain with us here;
While the wine is yet red, and the stars are still
bright,
And the winds and the waves bring us music by
night.
While the warm blood leaps up when the forests
With the tread of the horse snd the bay of. the
hound
Oh ever and always, as long as we may,
d" As We journey through life, let us live by the
way"
Let us live! In the power to enjoy that is given,
The earnest on earth of the glory of heaven.
In the courage that ever in mrth or in sorrow,
Has strength for each day, and hope for each
morrow:
With smiles for the future, though tears for the
past,
And Joy in the hours that steal from US so fast.
For tire friends whose brave spirits have gathered
around us,
For the love whose bright blooming tendrils have
bound us,
"As we journey through life, let us live by the
way"
When the'world has grown old, and the night stars
at last,
That rose in the future, have set in the past,
savotlsas lr9i1te-t Of all ~aels B. guf1fr
To the beautiful country beyond the dark river;
When We pause at the end, and look thoughtfnlly
back
Through the change and the chance of the long,
weary track,
It will cheer the old heart to be abe to say,
Gas we've jeurneyed through life, we have lived b.
the way"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22

has been conclusively proven by Tyn-
dali. On passing beam of sunlight
through a glass tube, the beam is rem
dered brilliantly visible by the refec-
ton of light from the dust particles
floating in the air contained in the tube.
But on removing the dust particles,
which is done by filtering the air by
cotton wool, or causing the air to pass
over a flame, the beam of light j. no
fonoer visible in the tube.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22
The Dashing Flirt.

The dashing fiirt has great Partially
and aptitude for physical and out door
amusement she waltzes with Capt.
Jones long after that gallant officer is
ready to faint from heat and exhaustion,
and mamma and Aunt Lucy are almost
in spasms of terror lest she should
break a blood vessel and she plays
croquet until it is so dark that the gen
tlemen are compelled tie white handker-
chiefs on the wickets in order TO Sc
them, and her devoted slave Johnny
Wilkins holds lamp for her, and con-
sequently las to bear the blame of all
her misfortunes in that exciting pastime
for not throwing the light further than
it can shine. When she joins aquatic
excursions she always takes an oar and
pulls most doughtily; she makes her
self very merry at the expense of those
timid young ladies who, one would
imagine, had the hydrophobia, so great
is their terror of water; she Jumps
about to tilt the boat from side to side,
and at their unaffected uneasiness
laughs aloud SO liquid, so merry, so
musical laugh, and withal looks so
saucily beautiful, that the attendant
cavaliers, instead of reprobating such
heartless conduct, flock in numbers 10
her standard, and by and by receive the
reward they merit. They do anything
ard everything she wishes steer in the
direction she pleases row rapidly or
slowly as she is fresh or tired and
their indulgence of her whims is re-
ceived as a matter of course. She ex-
presses a desire for some lovely water
lilies. Capt. Jones hastens to crafty
her, and he exerts all his strength to
break them from their tough stems
she, holding the rudder-lines, deftly
turns the boat to one side, and over
goes the adventurous Jones into the
water. The other gentlemen think this
most bewitchiDg playfulness, and the
ladies-oh, never mind them who cares
what they think In for penny in for
a pound. Jones, wet through, swims
about and gathers all the lilies he can
find, returns to the boat and presents
them to his 6ien aimee, who smiles
prettily, thanks him in the kindest
manner, and tells him he is like great
wafer-dOp
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22
How the Eye is Swept and Washed.

For us to be able to see objects clearly
and distinctly, it is necessary that the
eye should be kept clean. For this
purpose it is furnished with a little
gland, from which flows a watery fluid
(tears) which is spread over the eve by
the lid, and is afterward swept off by it,
aud runs through a hole in the bone TO
the under surface of the nose, while
the warm air, passing over it while
breathing, evaporates il. It is not re-
markable that no such gland can be
found in the eyes of fish, as the element
in which they live answers the same
purpose. If the eye had not been fur
nished with liquid to wash it, and a
lid to sweep it off, things would appear
as they do when you look through a
dusty glass. Along the edges of the
eyelids there are a great number of lit
tie tubes or glands, from which flows an
oily substance which spreads over the
surface of the skin, and thus prevents
the edges from being sore or iiritated,
and it also helps to keep tears within
the lid. There are also six little mus
cles attached to the eve which enable
us to move it in every direction F; and
when we consider the different motions
they are capable of giving to the eye,
we cannot but admire the goodness of
Him who formed them, and thus saved
us the t, ouble of turning onr heads
every time we wished to view an object.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22
How to Merit Succass.

The way to make live city is to do
all that you can to make the business
of your neighbor a success. Advertise
your business men by speaking a good
word for them wherever you go. AL
ways be on the alert to induce new
branches of industry to locate in your
midst judiciously aid every enterprise
that promises to add business facilities;
support local newspapers by taking and
paying for them, and feeling an inter
est in their welfare if you know of any
item of news which would interest the
public, take some pains to let the edi.
tor know it don't hold your vacant
lots at a price too high don't hold a
penny so near your eyes as to hide a
dollar at arms length.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22

Omaha says it has a Russian noble
man in its telegraph Office. We trust
Omaha will keep him there. There are
more noblemen in New York, tending
bar and working in barber shops, than
you can shake even a small bit of a
stick at,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22

"A Florida correspondent says that
although many persons suffering from
consumption in other states have gone
there and been restored to health, there
are old d-established Florida families fast
dying of the same disease.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22

An Iowa boy was lately overheard
addressing his paternal in this filial
style You JUS lem me lone, yeow ole
cuss, or I'll climb yeow, I will. :"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-01-06
Doubling I'D.

Last spring, as well as the year
previous, the printing for the city
of Alpena was awarded to the Pio-
neer. as the bid from the proprietor
of that paper was considered the
lowest, and the agreement last
spring was that the, Council Pre-
ceedings, etc., were to be printed by
the folio. The editor of the Pioneer
has, from time to time handed in
his bills, which he made affidavit to,
to be correct, and the accounts have
been allowed, without reduction or
change, with one exception, until,
on Monday night of last week, he
presented his bill for seven weeks
printing, amounting to three humid
red and sixty-nine folios. There
was, however, some doubt as to the
correctness of this bill, and the
files Of the Pioneer were consulted,
with the result as shown in the fol-
lowing table: ~, -. ar,. .-.,.'
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-01-06

Friday evenings. We have known
men to miss that "greatest or all
earthly blessings mother-in-
law, by not being prompt on such
occasions.
AS near as we are able to learn,
the prospects are growing more
favorable every day for a railroad
to this city, and the probability is
that the work will be commenced
next spring at this end of the line.
Bewick, Comstock & Co. are at
work on their new single mill,
which is to be erected on the site
of the one destroyed by fire in the
summer of 1872. The new mill is
to be considerable larger than the
old one, and the cutting capacity
will also be somewhat increased.
A German, known as "Dutch
jake" was thrown from a sleigh
last Thursday, and badly injured.
Lost, on Thursday evening last,
between the Alpena House and the
residence of ]. G, Wall, on Wash
ington avenue, a portmanteau. The
finder will be suitably rewarded by
leaving the same at the store of J.
M. Bla seley g. Co., or at the ARGUS
office. 81 N.,N .A .....'
J. B. Tuttle and family, of this
city, arrived at jacksonville, Fla,
on the 23d Of December. NS@AA
Two or three of the skaters were
slightly moistened on New Years
day, by breaking through the ice
on the river. QagNW
c. Gardner, the erayman, is pre-
pared TO receive orders for filling
ice houses this winter, as soon as
the ice is of sufficient thickness.
See card 10 another column. ~
There is to be a dance at the
Thunder Bay House, on Wednes-
day evening of next week.