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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23
An Entcrprising Settler in Nebraska,

The LotoeN (Nebraska) Register, prints the
record of an enterprising settler. Mr.. VI. S.
BudlOng settled on the edge of Franklin
County, Nebraska, bordering on Kearney
County, in March, 1872. When he arrived on
his homestead, with his two sons, he had two
spans Of horses, but only eleven dollars in
money. At the beginning of 1874 he had 100
acres of land under cultivation: an orchard
containing 800 young apple tree, 100 pear
trees and 100 cherry trees, and vineyard of
500 grape vines, Mr.. Budlong is now about
to plant 200 apple trees, 200 peach trees and
800 additional grape vines
The homestead Is in southern Nebraska,
and on the level prairie; and no man WHO
has the spirit of Mr.. Budong need fear to
settle where there are no trees to shade his
rooftree from the sun. If he plants as Mr..
Budlong has done, in five years his orchard
will be coming into bearing; and, if he has
made a wind break OF cottonwood, he will
have ample fuel for his stoves
Certainly, eleven dollars in cash is not ad-
equatc for the needs of the ordinary settler,
though there are numerous instances in Ne
braska of men starting in this way upon moth.
ing, rs 1t were, and in Il few years working
themselves into Positions OF comfort. Such
men are brave and enterprlsng; but capt.
tai Of $500, at least, Is u good thing upon
which to start The larger the capital-glyen
skill, enterprise, courage and industry
without which money is of little momcnt-
and the quicker and the greater the gain
There !, abundant room and ample scope in
Nebraska for men like Mr. Budding.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

Among the meancst and most contemplate
Of Gods creatures the gossipper stands prom
inent and alone in his enormity No wretch
does more to destroy human happiness and
propagate human misery than he. He Is in
heaven if he can only keep his ncighbors in
purgatory. He sinks around and prizes into
others affairs in order to keep up his stock
Of literary trash. 1t would be well if such
persons could be dipped in the river Styx
every Saturday night and dried off in snug
corner in his satanic majestyy dominions
Let decent, respectable people avoid such as
they would a wolf Don't touch them or you
will get all smeared over; and keep on the
windward side of them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

Another engagement Ofthe many announC.
ed" writes Washington correspondent "iS
that of Gen Sherman's daughter Minnie TO
Mr. Dellavcn Fitch, and is u real love match.
The day before Miss Sherman left London,
her uncle Commodore Allen, was prevented
by some duty from going with his niece to the
Crystal Palace, as he had promised, andhe told
her he would send one of his officers to 90
with her-a special protegc and favoritc, he
said. So Mr. Fitch presented himself at the
appointed hour, and the two Young people
went of together. He joined the party at din,
ncr, and, in return for his courtesy to Miss 5.
Commodore Allen invited him to accompany
them to the opera that evening, Miss Sher-
man was to sail the next day, and both she
and her new friend regretted that their &C
quaintance should end so soon. But when
she reached her steamer, 10! he was on deck
before her, and although there were no ac-
commodations for a cabin passenger, he took
his chances and sailed with her. Doesn't
that sound like a sweet, old-fashioncd story
She is pretty, unaffected girl, who so charm.
ed Prince Arthur of England, during his
brief visit here, four years ago. that he sent
her princely souvenir a delcstely wrought
l0cket with her monogram traced in superb
diamonds"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

SoFFAR TREEs.-Thc author Of a recent
book about Africa tells of a forest of acacia
trees he passed through. These are called by
the natives "sotfar," word sgnifying a
flute. The name is given because the acacia
trees are pierced with circulur holes by a
small insect, and the wind, as it plays upon
the openings, produces flute-likc sounds. In
the winter, when the trees are stripped Of
their leaves, and boughs as white as chalk,
stretch out like ghosts, the wind, signing
through the lnsectmade flutes, fills the whole
air with soft, melancholy tunes.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

The SENATOR FROM Missouri When
Carl SchurZ is seen sitting in his seat he does
not impress the spectator with the idea of Il
tall man; but when he arises, you wonder
when his head will stop going upwards to the
clouds. After he has "tOwercd' to Il certain
altitude, and all the links and kinks and
hinges seem Strengthened, he gives his shout
ders another twist upward, as much as to say,
Shades of the mighty Schiller if one only
could touch the top Of spaCc' Then there
is shake of the long brown curling locks
rs a lion losses his main, for all the royal ami
mails of creation use similar signs and sym
bos. The mouth opens. 1t is not growl.
The ear is greeted with the sweetest and soft
est strains of the human voice. Who has
ever read Oliver Wendell Holmes description
OF those velvet and tlute-like tones that ravish
the soul like heavenly melodies of Beethoven?
Carl Schurz has voice like the wind signing
through the sugar cane, and his classical
English floats IN sea of rhthymical measure
In manner this distinguished German orator
would not attract attention for either awk
wardncSS or grace. The personality of the
man is lost because his mind is fully engaged
in following his subtle thread of argument,
which is fairly embroidered with pearls of
thought-Prcss.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

The anvil for the thirty-ton steam hammer,
to be erected at the Woolwch Arsenal, Eng
land, will weigh 60 tons, the anvil-block
weighs 1913 tons, and took six months to cool.
Altogether, G60 tons Of iron will be used in
the foundation work.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

Few people know, and thousands do not
know, that by setting a glass fruit jar on a
folded towel, thoroughly soaked in cold
water, the fruit can be poured in boiling hot
with no more danger Of breaking than with
Il tin can.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

The poor boy living in Ohio, who Looked
mp so honestly in his grandma's face just as
her snuff box spilled, says he hates everything
now since his ewes have been opened 10 things
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

Quiz believes in cremation, for the benefit
of the soap trade He knows lots Of people
whose ashes would make splendid lyC.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

Think of it, Mr.. Bobbs, the United States
drinks S90,000000 worth of spirits every
year, Bobbs (eXcitedly), How | wish ]
was the United States"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

Yesterday noon George, a son Of Eli FL
bridge, aged six years, was tramp.ed and
killed by the horses in the barn while the
family was at dinner. He was barely out of
sight when the accident occurred The little
fellow was very fond o: horses and was prob
ably trying TO fondle them when they first
kicked hiH.-PClo Pres.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

DURATION or HUMAN LIFE-Contrary TO
the popular belief, the average duration OF
human life is increasing in all civilized
countries, and has 5ccn for several hun
dred years In support of this view we ex
tract the following from the Mcdicd, Mars OF
May 1874:
The mean duration of human life has not,
ably increased. There exists in Geneva NOR
tuary reports, kept with great eXactitude
from the year 1850. \ comparison of the fig
urcS IN this record shows that the mean dura.
ton of life AT tina; period above mentioned
was 22is years; it IS now 10 years and
months II has thus nearly doubled in less
than three centuries In the lith century the
average of deaths in Paris was persons in
every l6; it is now in 32-EUHioH Ncdi
r8lf, March II, 1874.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

And so they 60 on one of the late School
Committee is reported to have said 'our
great men are fast departing-first Greeley,
then Chase and now Sumner-and | don't
feel very well myself
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

Az Ayrshire cow was recently sold IN Mas
sachuscts which gave her live weight in milk
every twcnty-siX days from April - October.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-23

Straining sweetness-kis kissing through avel.
, 1874-06-22
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
TlItuotn

COLE COUNTY.
NATION, Juno 2g,.@Col7i average anonns.
tho amount sown last year. prospccts for corn
gooa; "noat nos o'os one-'o"l'o' ano oala no1
over halt crop. ..,...
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY:
UHAs1rA1os, june 1u.--lrospecta noVoT better
two-th!fds moro Of crop OF ELL small grams
this yoar than iast; .. L.
yoars past. Wheat and oass' only q half crop
oxpccted.
RA1'Touh, Juno 20.-Of wheat. oats md corn
much larger avorago was Hown than last year:
Corn prospoofa arc very flattorlng. Wheat and
oats mako good showing. ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
NEooA June 2o;IAmount Am &c sown-corn i hna
whcnt nearly double that Of Inst yoar, and GALS
mora than t!onblo. PROSPECTS Cora Eood.
Wheat. about thrce-fourtla full yield. Oats,
atrnW short, not good Tor fn1 crop
De WITT couSTY. -
CLINTON, Juno 2Q.-AMount Gown - Corn,
6a.no as last year. Whoat tllra, end oats
0nc-fourtli moro. Prospeoth Tor all gram goou.
ucaaian fly working In BONO fields.
DOUGLAS COUNTY.
aldorably moro than last year; Wheat and oats
about tho aatno., prospeotH-uorn good. WArat
and oats injured by ohinch-bugs; otlerWiso tho
crop bids FUR.
ErrrSanAa, Juno 20.-Anount sown-Corn,
namo as last year. Wheat. 200 aorcs moro. Oats,
500 acres moro. rrospectH--Corn, never bettor.
Wheat, good. Oats, very poor.
Mason, June 20.-Amount sowl-Eon anet
wheat one-third more than last your. Oats, about
one-half na much ny last yoar. Prospects-Corn,
good. Wheat, never botter. Oats, unfaYorablo.
rAHETTE = cour7i.
FaH1SA, Juno 20.-Ainouut soWn as compared
with last yoar-corn and wheat, t,moro. Oats less.
ProHpcots-corn, good. Wheat, fair. oats, not
very good. .....-.... ..-.,
VANDALIA, JllHo 20,-Iho corn prospects mover
, 1874-06-22

>of wnrm rain has brn,1rlt 1t, forward yorY
ov oi s,n 10, o S oT sTon mor
@ as peF GO cn"9 anpn 1q arYas
1cvnr mnrn tal,nr;',o At thia aeaxon Of t1,a yoar
ur roxno, 1'ss1T IT, 4s cogsrri sSnr. ro.neo,s for
r,,sst il rory rood ' II tho wnatfor il favorable
thnra ,r ~ fIty bcy oro n M "vcSa@o yiod or
nna tl,n nroa,not IN also yory favorable for good
' easo' ~ U - os! ! Iii ~ ~, ,r,,,,t En hnovv oOIi
otigoos ~ t,Ia ycinitv anv Tint nj ths tino Of
tho yoar tl,o 1,ropnook Ina not lcon no rood for
twenty yoars. takil1u in consideration all kinds
of ufauuj nrain. ,"A''' 'N"'''o 80 0e''N''
H1T' ptrAaAsr. H.. Juno 20.-Ip tho memory
Of tic ollest ni,abltant tho oropa nover locked
heftur than nov. Tho acreago considerably
HOME. Ia. Juno 2U-The crop prospect has
not bcoil bottor for twenty years for winter
wl!oat aprlng wloat, corn. oats, ryo, potatoes,
md ali root orops.
orruMwA, Ia, June 2o.-All kinds Of grain,
oxcopt wheat, iu doing finely, md proMses to 10
lpruer than ovor before gathered. Whoat may
ientl out md maku nh avorngo crop. II has not
seonaed TO do VOL in this vicinity, aud not @a
fn,,ol, Ia boing Bown as formerly. OF othor grain,
n muol, largor area haa boon planted. Potatoes
arc doing nfst-gate, aNl not troubled VIII nnRS,
shorter than last year, on acconnt Of tho dry
weather curly In tic season. Tic recent rains
Will ho1p It out vory much. Fruit Of all Kinds
abundant. III fact. at this standpoint, everything
looks favorable. ,.,.. N r,,. orosroot ,or
alt kuds Of grain lit this vicinity is tatior poor,
and tho number Of acres 10 small. Tho prospect
for corn Ii bottor than small grains.
BATAVIA, H., juno 20.-Tho prospect for TUG
corn aror Il Aattcring, Data, vlleat, and ryo arc
rnther light owing Is dry weather im the carly
D9rt IT the soAson and grnsB espenlalIy tlnaotnys
Is worry light from tho some CAUSE.
DEB MoINEa COUNTY.
hfrrnr ..1a.vI 1a lima Q1.-EYGfy kind OF
, 1874-06-22

pared with last year-All moro. prospeota-Al
good.
MAsouy111s Juno 20.-Arnonnt sown as com.
parod with last yoar-Corn aud oats, bO per % cont
DEIArAuR, June 2D.-Amonnt sown aB COM
pered with last year-All about one-thlrd moro.
prospcota-All worry good.
DUBUQUE COUNTY.
DUBUQUE, June 20.-Amount aoWn % com.
pared with last yoar--About one-o|ghth mora Of
all kinds. lrospocta-cort, uncertain. Whoat
EpwoRrn, Juno 2o.-Amount aovn >as COM
pared with lust year--All about per cent moro.
froapocss- good.
FLOYD COUNTY. ...=.
F1oyD Juno o0.-Amount Gown ns compared
with last yenr-Corn, about tho same. Wheat
and onsH moro. proupeots-Corn. good. Wheat
and ats ,only aycrago.
WILLIAMS juno 9D.--Amount anwn IA COM
pared with last year-Corh about the sanlc.
Whoat mud oats, one.fourlh moro. psospectH-
Corn, not very good. Wheat, oxcollont. oats,
good. .,,
| AoKLEy, June 20.-Amo1nt aown aR compared
| with luet yoar-Cor, ono-si1th marc. What,
more Oats, onc-tenth more ptospeots-All
eo%Sa 'es 5ae 5 s'S SS-Amount sown as compared
with Iaat yoar-Cor,,, doubo. WAeat ono-tli.d
| moro. Oats, about tho aatno. prospeots-Au
| good.
! FopssyoN, juno 20-shipnents Of grain from
| thia pont aro usually light IAe broadth Of
| corn sown this year is considerably largor tlan
tLat Of iaat soason. All gra!us look aplendldly.
| JOHNSON COUNTY.
| DANronTH juno 20.-Corn promises finely.
| There la little wheat cultivated III this vicinity
Oats are looking we'll,
INDEPENDENCE, juno 20.-Amouns aoNn "a
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WHAT ARE CIVIL RIGHTS ?

Under the above heading, the Boston
Herald, a paper Of democratic proclivities
says:
1t is absurd to oppose the civil rights bill as a
measure to force social equality upon the people
of the South. 1t is no such thing. It is meas
ure to secure the civil rights of the colored race,
to enforce that part of the constitution which say
that the rights of no class of citizens shall be
abridged by the people Of any State. All kinds of
white people are admitted to schools, hotels,
steamboats,, railway cars, etc. Does that force
social equality upon the virtuous and the vicious,
the clean and the dirty, the rich and the poor the
learned and the ignorant Everybody knows bet
ter than to suppose so. The civil rights bill is
opposed in the Sonth simply on account of apIeju-
dice, which remains from the age of slavery and
is offended when colored man is seen to exercise
the rights of citizen in any way. The southern
people have less prejudice against color than we
in the North; they are accustomed to it by the
most intimate relations but what exctes their an
imosity is to see colored citizen acting like a
white man, getting the worth of his money with
out regard to the complexion of his face. We would
like to see the Democratic party adopt the wise
platform Of equal civil rights for all; we cannot
understand how Republican can stand on any
other.
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POLITIC4L.

Tne Republican vote for Congressman in South
Carolina is three thousand larger this year than
two years ago.
a writer in one OF the New York papers says
that the Liberal Republicans hold the balance of
power in the next Legislature and may control
the election Of United States Senator, and that
among these Liberal Republicans there is no
statesman who could control the Republican vote
so effectively as Colonel Frederick A. Conkling.
Two brothers in the Senate of opposite parties
would be rare sight.
The New York correspondent Of Western pa
per contends that Fernando Woods chances for
the Democratic nomination for the next Pres-
dency good as those of any other man.
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THE DEMOCRATIC GAME.
'Sowing by the Side Of all Waters"
TO the Editor ofMs Journal;

TO the Editor cfMe Journal
IH'sycry contest it is of great importance to as
certain what your opponent is doing and going to
do. This is emphatically so in politics. 1t will
be seen by the following that the democrats are
now making efforts in every town and county in
the country TO increase the circulation of demo-
cratic newspapers and ''sowing the seed for a
democratic victory IN 1876"
The following communication was recently re-
ceived by one of our republican friends whose
name appears to have been accidentally placed
upon the n. Y. Worlds list of faithfuls:
1.-THE WORLD" OFFICE,
NEW York, December, 1874
DEAR Sir Please read and reflect on the
Prospectus herewith and then write upon the en-
closed Postal Gard your answer to these two ques-
tons aid mail it.
Firt Question.-Will you cooperate in an eff
fort now making in every county a4d osn in the
United States TO increase the circulation OF demo-
cratic newspspers-of your local journal which
should not be neglected-and of the New York
World, which has central position national
circulation, and is the ablest advocate Of liberal
progressive democracy.
second Questiol.-How many friends and
neighbors can you probably enlist to form news.
papsr club, SO that the World, whether you seeI
wake, may bs sowing seed for the harvest O.
democratic victory in 1876
If you are unable to join in this effort, pleas
designate the best influential working democra
in your town, and send his name to
Yours truly,
MANToN MARBLE.
Accompanying this was Postal card addressed
to the World, IS Park Row, New York, witt
printed form upon the reverse, as follows:
Dear Sir;
In reply TO your
First Question,
Second Question,
M&mMe#m Name.
$50 - *t&RBat Post Office.
County.
1874 State.
This shows what the World has learned from
experience, that in correspondence with the aver
age democrat it is no. only necessary tofurnsh sta
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taking place in a remote part Of Warren county.
Nicksburg is the county seat of Warren county.
Such, in brief, are the facts. | will not give
the mass ofdetails learn Of the troubles in Nicks
burg. The leaguers have had full and complete
control of the affairs there, and there no
necessity for the massacre of Monday than there
was for the riot in your city some twelve years
ago, which resulted in the death of so many inno-
cert and harmless negroes. 1t is the opinion Of ma
ny--so It's reported-the White Leaguers proclaim
that, as they find they can get political control
only by force, they will apply force.
ADELBERT AMEs. Governor Of Mississinpi.
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PERSONAL,

Senator Buckingham Of Connecticut, is so ser-
ously i'll at home that it is thought he will not be
able to be at Washington at all during the Winter.
Emerson Wright, the newly elected Mayor Of
Springfield, Mass, has two wooden legs, having
lost both of his natural ones by railroad accident
several years ago.
The session of the Baptist Convention OF Social
Unions at Brooklyn last week was addressed by
Governors Tilden and CASTOR, Mayor Hunter and
others.
Senator Morton occupied his seat i'll the Senate
Thursday for the first time this session. and looked
much better than he has for several years. He
was warmly congratulated by his brother Senators
from both sides of the Chamber as he entered.
julius l.. Clarke has resigned the office Of State
Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts, and
Gov. Talbot has appointed as his successor Steph-
hen III. Rhodes, of Taunton, the Deputy Commits
sioner.
Vice President Wilson gave dinner party
Thursday evening IN honor of the distinguished
Englishmen, the Right Hon. w. Z. Forester and
Sir POWELL Buxton, who are now visiting Wash
ington. Among the guests were Mr.. Bancroft,
historian, Speaker Blaine, Mr.. Stoughton of New
York, Senator Hamlin, Sir Edward Thornton,
Samuel Hooper, Chief Justice Waite, Hon. Ben.
Wade, and Admiral Porter.
The President has appointed Benz Moran, of
Pennsylvania TO be Minister Resident in Portugal.
That gentleman has been for many years Secre-
tary of Legation at London, and at the last scs-
sion of Congress was confirmed as one of the AS
sistent Secretaries State which offer he declined
The President has also appointed Wickham Hotf-
man to be Secretary of Legation at London, and
Robert r. Hit, of Illinois, Secretary of Legation
at Paris.
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Rodney Fogg, Esq, has received clean bill
from the jury in the United States District Court
as appears in our court report. Now that Mr.
Fogg has been fully indicated by the highest
tribunal known to our laws---a jury of his peers
wouldn't it be well for some of the journals which
have passed preliminary Judgment upon him for
partisan purposes TO give as fun and conspicuous
place TO the announcement of his eXculpation
they have given to the blazoning of the offence
of which he was charged. The great force of the
best citizens of Augusta, who rallied around Mr.
Fogg in his time of trouble, shows the high c-ti-
nation in which he is held at home, and his num-
friends everywhere will rejoice 4. this hap
Ply result.-IoHlaRd Press Dec ith.
Gratifying intelligence has been received o! the
success of several of the scientific expeditions sent
out to the other side of the globe to observe the
event of the century-the transit Of Venus. Ia
India and at various points in Egypt the obselya-
tons were perfectly successful. At Shanghai the
the sky was overcast and the sun obscured.
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Personal NOTICE.

All officers, sailors ard soldiers. wounded rup-
tured or injured in the late Rebellion, however
slightly, can obtain Pension by addressing ID. T..
Il. JACKSON, late surgeon in United states Navy,
No. 4, New Chambers 81, NeF York City. Com
muncatons promptly answered. ott-S-s ~ J
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Special Notices.
Use EseNne's PGjn Killing
MAGIC OH.
"H Works ike It Charm

1T FORKS like Charm"
One Bottle of this Magic Oil in q family, cares 4,
number of persons of Headache, Colds, Neuralgia,
Toothache, Earachc, Sore Eyes, Catarrh, Lame
ness, &c. 1t might be more mannerly it each per-
son had bottle Of Renne's Magic on fer their u"it
partiCH!aruse one man sail, II Wai il hi nos 81,
'one IN eSch room in the house" But
One Bottle OF l,enncs Magic Oil is better than more
One Bottle OF Renncs Magic Oil is better than none
One Bottle of Rennes Magic Oil is bettcrtha none
One Bottle OF kennc's Magic OH better than none
One Bottle Of Rennee Magic oil is better than non"
One Bottle OF kcnne's Magic Oh Is better than none
One Bottle of Henne Magic Oil /, better than none!
Use Renne's Magic Oil, Men
Use Renne's Nagc Oil, Womca.
Use Renne's Magic OF, Children,
Use Renne's Magic Oh, InvalidS.
Use Renne's Magic on, Old and Voting.
Use Renne's Magic Oh in Family.
Use Renne's Magic on journey.
It is the best thing to Kill lice cattle ana horses,
and to use tor Harness Calls, and sores, Cdkcd nd.
der cows, Horse distemper, Colir and Cramps.
Try it and see. WIN. KENNE & SONS, SOC pro.
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