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


j. Each paper Is prepared by the most compc.
cent vrrcr, selected with reference to literary
I,biIiiy rs well as special knowledge,
30 Scri5ncr's.
u Edward King continues his Great South
: u, Giving us pictures from Florida" with
rnany handsome and striking illustrations
lie believes profoundly in the health-glving
'IquiliCirsof The climate, saying "The number
Iof persons whom | saw during my journey,
who had migrated TO the eastern or southern
sections of the State many years before more
han half dead with Consumption,' and who
are now robust and vigorous, was sufficient
To conyIncr me of the great benefits derived
from residence there" lie differs some.
what with some of our returned Ottawa inva.
lids us to the drcary, barren, sandy dcsolaic.
ness of the greater part of Florida, and talks
hopefully of it as destined to be a great fruit
country:
| But very little capital is needed for the start
! ing OF grove, and the rewards OF success.
full one are very great. Oranges sell at from
S2j t. sos per thousand in Jacksonville, and
are readily WanspOraOlc to any of the Allan
tic scaporls When the necessary dredging
and building of canals has been accomplish
led. 50 that the Indian river may have an out
Ilct via he 81. Johns, the North will be sup
piled with oranges of more delicate texture
than any it has yet seen; and the number OF
groves alolg the river will be legion
The fitness of Florida for the growth of tro.
pical aud scmi.trOpical fruits Is astonishing
| Not only do the orange, the lemon, the lime,
and the cltron flourish there, but the peach, the
grape, the fg, the pOmcgranatc the plum, all
varieties OF b-rrIcS, the olive, the banana, and
! the pineapple, grow luXuriantly. Black
! Hamburg and white Muscat grapes fruit fine
/ " in tue open alr; the Concord and the
/ Scuppcrnong are grown in vast quantities
! The guava, the tamarind, the wonderful ALI
gator pear, the plantajn, the cocoanut and the
date, the almond and the pecan luXuratc III
| Southern Florida. We have within our boun-
DIARIES a tropic land, rich and strange, which
will in future years be inhabited all winter
long b. thousands of families, and where
beautiful towns, ana perhaps cities, will.
spring up.
There is a curious Illustrated paper about
the celebrated Roman Catholic Miracle OF
Lourades," followed by portrait and sketch
or and poem by, J. T. Trowlride, author oil
the Jack Hazard stories. Jules Verne con.
tnucs his "Mysterious Island" and SAKE
ITome commences story, to run through
three or four numbers, entitled My Tourma.
line" Mr.. Huetlcr, the famous London crit
c, contributes II brief and exceedingly read
able biography OF Richard Wagner, the great
composer, and then come several short stories.
poems, &c.
Or. Hollands Topics Of the Times" dis
cusses Tynall's late address, and crlicize5 it
sharply and successfully. "What," he asks,
docs Mr. Tyndall give US worthy to take the
place of that which he would read out of our
| belicis?"
Docs his materalisilc view dignity human
| life and destiny tend to enlarge and strength
en- the motives which bind us to virtue, give
us comfort in aiilcion, add new meaning toI
existence and experience: Not at ALL He
brings Us out of matter; ne gives Us back tuI
matter lie makes us indebted to matter for
all our JOYS and all our sorrows and places
Us to walk on a level with brute life, only our.
heads being above it, That is all, and h,|
must not be disappointed to see the Christian
world turned away from his conclusions, with
content in his faith and pity for HIM. He
knows nothing on this subject beyond the
rest of Us. He offers US a material univcsc'
that make itself, stamped with laws that made
themselves, and informed with the promise
and the potency Of all forms of life This is |
his speculation, and it is worth Just As much F.
rs the apple wOman's on the corner and no .
more He offers il to those who believe that
nothing was ever made without a maker !
that nothing was ever designed without a de
sgner; That no law was ever given without a
lawg!vcr-in short that power and lntclli-I
gence necessarily prcccdc all results of poa.
er that batray int lIgcncc through the analo-
gics apprchcnded by the human mind. We
do not see how his confession eau do more
than prove how utterly incompetent the pure
scientist is to aDprchcnd religion and It's fan. .
damental truths.
Dr. Holland has also a trenchant article on |
"RelatIon of Clergyman to Woman" which
is just now healthy reading. and in "A trip to |
the City" he satirizcs kccnly the fashionable |
folly that drives every body out of town in
in summer whether they want to 90 or not
The November number begins volume, |
and the publishers make some interesting an
nounccments for the new year, including al
serial by DR.. Holland called THE Story OF |
ISevcn'oaks," and a series of illustrated arli.I
cicS entitled - Farmers Vacation Abroad"
{. Nicholas.
The November number is uncommonly |
bright and sparkling. "opens with Rus
sian story "Tchumpin," by c. A. Pups The
scene is laid among the Steppcs, where the
party are travelling, and this is what it wa
like:
"On these bare ridges we began - see scr. /
penis They glidcd away from before Us
with angry misses. They were of several va
rieties. The first we saw were of 4 Slatey.grcy
color, two or three feet long, and rather slug
gish. do not think that the were poisonous
The horse did not shy from them rs they Of
/ ten do from venomOus snakes. W. frnl many