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The New York herald., 1875-12-13
SYMPATHY FOR A GERMAN PATRIOT.

The New York German Patriot Association of1s4s4o (of
which General Franz sigel is member) yesterday
through the hands Of its secretary, handed rcsolu
tions OF sympathy on the occasion OF the death or
the Rev. Gcorg Friedrich Schlatter, Of Baden, Ger.
many to his Mr. Schlattar. OF Hob0kon-
The New York herald., 1875-12-13

Sit Not Among Ashes. but "Gird Up Thy
Loins Like a Man."
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"s Thy Days So Shall Thy Strength Be-
Very Comfortable Words.

HOW TO CONQUER HARD TIMES
The New York herald., 1875-12-13

CONDEMN NOT BUT PRAY FOR RULERS
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GOD CANNOT Be FOUND OUT.
The New York herald., 1875-12-13
CLERICAL IDEAS.

Beecher Considers Atheism a Good Medi-
cine for the Christian Body.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04
w. C.. RALSTON,
currency

Several newspaper attempts have been
made to write a brief biographical sketch OF
w. c. Ralstou, the California Merdles, (see
Little Dorrt,) yet few of the writers seem to
know much about HIM. One says he was
born in the village of Wellsville, As miles
from Pittsburgh and was at one time clerk
on steamboat plyng:between that city and
Cincinnati lie is very well known in Pitts
burgh, and Mr.. j. n. Mccullough, general
manager of the Pennsylvania company's rail
road lines, and Gen. f. II. Meyers, general
passenger agent of that institution, were boy.
hood companions of Ralston," &c. Another
writer has him born in Massachusetts, and
leads him quite different life. The st. Lou.
is RepuJltcaH says Both Ralston, the presi'
dent, and Brown, the cashier of the Bank of
California, were once well known In st. Louis,
and are well remembered by many u the
older citizens. Ralson was formerly resi-.
dent of Carrollton, Illinois, and for several
years was connected with the steamboat In
terests upon the Upper Mississippi and Illinois
rivers" His wife is believed to be niece
of Gen. Jacob Fry, now of Carrolton, ILL.,, but
formerly resident Of Ottawa.
As President of the Bank of California he
lead gay and festive" life. "Prince Rails
ton" as he was generally called, was indeed,
in his style Of living, more than prlncely. y
contemporary says, at is probable that few
men living have carried things as royalty as
he did. His residence was palace; its sur.
roundngs all that a luxurious taste could
devise, and money purchase. His cuisine,
his domestic establishment, were on scale
such as could be found otherwhcres only in
a romance, or in the display OF some duCal
representative of the old world When his
princess travelled, she went in a special car
fitted up without reference to expense. In
addition TO a luxurious taste, and a DISPOSE
ton to prodigal expenditure in constructing
nabob had other likings, such as for wine,
women, and cards, any one Of which, as ex-
perlence has thousand times shown, is suf.
ficient to disspate the wealth of CrGsus."
nls palace was located about 25 miles from
San Francisco, and was sufficiently capa.
cious to accommodate 200 guests and seldom
held less than forty. He had a smooth road
constructed for his own use from the city to
his palace, over which, though railroad
passed near his door, he rode back and
forth IN his own carriage, driving his own
fast horses.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04

A. j. Grover, IN the last Earlvilc Tran
scripthas a column of very sensible talk on the
money qestlon, sounding very much as if he,
too, like Morton, Carpenter aud other noted
infauonists of year ago, was INDUCING So
Der second thoughts and forming some sensi-
BILE conclusions. Here is brief extract:
In some points of view it is a good thing
when the lender Of money can't lend it. Big
interest stops it. This eases up the producer,
The aurplus of products begins to be- re-
duced this helps to create demand for Ia
Dor. Fast living stops to degree; this tends
to the accumulation of surplus of earnings.
Plenty of money may not be good thing.
Scarcity of money may not be an evil thing.
1t is certain that the money lenders are not
getting rich now, because their interest, which
is their only source of income, is stopped.
Bankers are not just now absorbing the earn
ings of labor, because their sucking machine
has been stopped, or its capacity to suck di,
minished, say, one half, that the people would
thereby be benefited in just that proportion.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04
A Relish for Gin-Drinkers.

Dr. Richardson, in his Cantor Lectures on
Alcohol, Its Action and Uses" gives the fol-
lowing elaborate account OF the processes en-
moved 10 make rin suit the palates of con;
SINNERS. Gin" he says, has to be made
cordial, to be sweetened, to be rendered;
creamy aud smooth, to be Favored, to be made
biting to the palate, to be beaded, ana what
not else. To be made cordial 1t must be
charged with oil of Juniper, WIN essence "a
angelica. with oil OF bitter almonds, with oil
of cor,ander. and with oil carraway. To
Sraeten # must be treated with oil of Wit
ro,I oil of almonds, oil of juniper, spirits Of
wine and loaf sugar; TO force down the
same il must be further treated with solu-
tion of alum and carbonate potassa. To be
rendered creamy and smooth, it must be
sweeteued with sugar, and lightly charged
with a small quantity of garlic, Canadian
balsam, or Strasburg turpentine To give j.
piouancy, it mast have digesteu in il, shreds
of horse-radsh To be made biting 10 the
palate, 1t must receive that touch OF caustlc
potash of which have spoken. AS you see
the habituated gin-drinker partaklng Oh ms
iavourife drink, you observe, often, lhat ne
enjoys it the more, if 1t be what nc cars
'pearly' or beaded Ae holds up the plec-
l0us liquid in his glass, and as ne sees lhe
oily fluid as beads roll down the Sues ieaV-
lpG each a creamy train behind II, he reJeices
in his treasure. ii is cremede IA creme of gin.
Those wicked pearly drops are, to his flushed
eyes the nroofs of the purity and excellence
Of What he would probably tell you was with
out mistake, the genuine article. The genui-
;nnrass INSISTS in the fact that our enthusi-
ast,c friends gin has been beaded by the ad-
J,,;on Of The following artistic mixture:-An
onnca of oil of sweet almonds has been added
70 an ounce of oil of vitriol. These have been
rnbbed together in a mortar with two ounces
of loaf sugar, until paste has been formed;
The paste has next been dissolved solved 10 sPnlm9i
ana This added TO one hundred gallons ofgln,
has given the fine pearly bead that Is so muck
I,,,fr rod
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04
THE CALIFORNIA EXPLOSION.

We had time in our last barely to mention
the failure of the Bank of California, Win
its five millions of paid up capital ana eX.
tensive business connections all over the
Pacific slope Since then other starting
events in that connection have followed. W.
C.. Ralston, the president Of the bank, through
whose reckless gambling in mining STOCKS
it was alleged the catastrophe was NANNY
precipitated, on the day OF the explosion
committed suicide That is he went, as nc
often had done before, TO u fashionable oa'h'
ing establishment on the bay, and maze MS
usual plunge into the water. But this t'He'
m the horror of the bathing house keeper,
after gong under the water, very much con-
trarv 10 his usual custom, he failed to come
up-st least not within any sort OF reason
ahle time. The alarm was givcn-o'hers
came 10 the rescue, and the body OF Kalston
was taken in out of the wet but not until the
vital spark had left.
This tragedy-whe,her really suicide or an
accident is not fully settled-directed the eS'
element for day or two into other chan
mel, and the dismayed bankers and business
men had time to cool off little ana look
around. Meantime the indignation against
Rals,on that broke out with the trst an
nouncement of the failure, changed rapidly
into sympathy, and when, on Monday, his
body was ready for burial, he had the largest
and most gorgeous funeral that ever TOOK
place west of the Rocky Mountains, a re-
action. also, seemed to succeed the funeral
in regard to Rast5n's management OF the
bank. The affairs of the bank were found TO
be in far less desperate condition than was
imagined, and the stockholders actually met
and subscribed some 100000, to restore
the capital stock of the hank, pay of all its
liabilities and put it again on It's feet and IN
operation Under this action, il is quite
probable that the bank will resume its old
place on the Pacific coast. 1t will not be
alone in the struggle for supremacy, how
ever, for the new bank of Nevada, owned by
the proprIetors of the "big bonanza" is
about ready to start business, and will make
matters lively. The new candidate for pub
lie favor will have much to contend with
The owners of the California Bank are sat
isfied that the recent crash was the result OF
a combined effort on the part OF Flood X
O'Brien, at the head Of the Nevada rival, and
the war on them will be waged without
mercy. 1t is possible that there is room west
of the Sierras for two such gigantic bank IN
stitutions, but probable that one or the other
will ultimately be driven to the wall. The
fight between them will be bitter one, and
no one can ioretel the outcome.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04

the old saying, "What is one mans sauce is
anothcrs poison" In writing this l shall
probably draw down on my poor head the
vengeance OF many here whose sole desire Is
to draw the hard working, industrious farmer
and mechanic of the Eastern states from their
comfortable homes and firesides to this
"bloated aristocratic" state.
To the young man who has, like myself, to
earn his bread and butter by the sweat that
trlckles from his brow and whose brain reels
with the thought Of twen,y-dollar gold pieces
and nuggets MS large 9s hens eggs, l would
say, look before you leap into the vertex that
you suppose holds all that glttering wealth,
and if you are not we'll supplied with rags,
Gas our national currency is here termed,)
make up your mind to play the tramp or vaga-
bond here, by roaming over the country with
your blankets on your back looking for a
place to earn al honest livelihood, making
the soft sand your bed with the canopy of
heaven for a covering. Do not expect, if you
should get a job, that your employers will
furnish you with bed. No, sir; it's blind
delusion. With the other brutes you can any
where, except IN the house, find resting
place for your tired limbs, that have toiled
from early dawn till close of day for the pur
pose of filling the rich lords Golfers
If the young man that reads this is honest
and industrious let him stay where he is, and
his labor will raise him to wealth and com.
fort as soon in Illinois as it will here; but if
a rogue, why let him come TO California, so
he will be Kidding Illinois of an evil, and in
no way injure California, for there are many
here, and he will not be noticed.
Yours, &C.,
ROBERT Z. SKINNER
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04
From Marseilles.
1 OURS, NC,
ROBERT Z. SKINNER.

MARsEILLEs, SEPT, I'd.
VIM. Trumbo, Esq, of Grand Rapids has
just finished barn 40xG0, which for dura-
bility and beauty stands uneQualed in La
Sale county. The building is surmounted
by an observatory, from which you can OBJ
tain beautiful view Of the surrounding
country, and presents very beautiful APP
pcarance
We understand that the Marseilles manu-
factories are to be pretty we'll represented at
the State Fair. The Pitts Manufacturing Co.
are to have their threashing machines there;
the Alberty & Osgood chair factory are to
send chairs; G. w. Dow is to be there with
brackets of every description of his own
manufacture; and also several varieties Of
Adams's corn shelters and wind mills will be
there,
Our city has lately been overrun with
tramps, who are almost invariably hunting
work and praying not to find it. Extra po-
lice force has been employed, but thus far NO
serious difficulty has occurred.
A base ball club from your city, whose
name we haye been unable to learn, played
game here this afternoon with our Lone
Stars" In which the Ottawa boys were de-
feated by score of 10 to IL.
Mr. Robert Murphy has concluded to shut
up his turiture store here and remove to
Ottawa.
A new befry now surmounts the bluff
school house.
Work on the aresian well IN East Mar
settles will be commenced the early part of
next week.
About fifteen members composed the Kan
sas party from this station.
Last Saturday four Of the crack sho fists OF
this place brushed the dust off Il cir imple-
ments of war and proceeded to rand Rapids
township, where four chicken $ and one grass.
hopper came to an untimel,, end. The grass
hopper was killed while. ON the wing by the
captain of the expedi don.
We noticed &c smiling countenaUce of
Beemus up acre yesterday.
Carr.tl's Ethiopian Ministries were billed
here for last night, and drew very small
house, They were all young actors, Some'
where between IL and 90, and were supposed
to have come from Ottawa, from the fact that
they got their printing done there-and all
wore white vests. CENTENNIAL
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04

You Bet THEY DID-The legislature ap-
propriated just $4,000, to be expended by the
"Feeble-Minded Commissioners in hunting
up and paying for site for the feeblemind'
cd Institution. If they could &c, site for
1880, they would have $4,000 left to pay
themselves. If the site should cost $500,
they would have but $500 for their services,
They paid $500 for the site and had S25o0
of the appropriation left Did they take all
Of it? You bet they did, The bill they put
in covered that amonnt to dollar-$357.l Ia
each. They might, at least, haye allowed the
IA cents to 60 towards erecting the building,
especially as their jaunt over the state in
search of site was mere prefense ana
sham anyhow, the site having been selected
before they were appointed and majority OF
them knew it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04

1t is said that money is plenty. now at the
than they n can n DISPOSE poe d. down.
on their interest charges? They still want
ten Der cent which is four per cent. more
than ANYBODY can make out of it when he
gets it. If money is so plenty as the Banks
and money lenders report, let them loan it
out at reasonable per cent. and ease up
business little. Acts often speak louder
aud with more convincing effect than words
Joliet Signal.
The New York banks are loaning on l. 5.
bonds as collaterals for to 4 per cent, and
Chicago banks on similar securities at ito
s per cent 1t looks as if the character OF
the securities offered had good deal to do
with the rate of interest-dont it?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04

every ounce melts into music. II is no won.
der the people talk about the JUNCTION Of his
singing.
BY state census of Louisiana recently
taken it is shown that The blacks IN that state
are gaming in population on the whites. In
1870 the white population was 1862, 0Gj, and
the colored 3Gi2lO; now, according to the
state census, the white population is 404,3Gl,
and the colored 4jO023. What is most sur
prising about 1t is, that Louisiana should
have gained in population at all, white or
black, during the last five years, considering
the execrable government she has had.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04
FREE TRADER FOR THE FAIR.

Next week we shall issue large extra
edition of the FREE TRADER for circulation
among visitors at the State Fair, containing
an extended account of the business firms
manufactures, and private and public enter
prses in general of Ottawa, Utica and Mar
settles. No more papers Will be printed
above the regular edition except what are
ordered, Those wanting extras, who have
not already lett their names and number
wanted, will be supplied, provided they ap
ply at this Office by Thursday next.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04

The editor of the Ottawa Republican finds
his loyal, righteous soul fearfully narrowed
on account of the Jeff Davis fever" as he
calls it, which has recently broken out In
the North, especially among officers OF
agricultural societies. Our SUPERFICIAL CO.
temporary admirably illustrates remark of
the Boston Ne,cS, that when one feels the
spirit of '76 so moving upon him that he must
do something patriotic or burst, he can curse
jeff Davis. This is safe and fashionable and
requires little or no pluck"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04

Governor Tilden, of New York, says that
the financial question will not be the leading
issue in the next presidential campaign; that
it will be the peoples answer to the question,
which party Will give to the country the best,
most honest, and the most economical gov
eminent, which will decide the victory in IA
vor oftho democratic or republican party
Er.
The present tendency certainly is in di-
rec.on to confirm Gov. Tildens idea. Both
the democratic and the republican party will,
in the nomination Of presidential candidates,
be compelled to pay such decent regard to
common honesty and public opinion as to
select men in favor Of honest money and to
place them on substantially the same hard
money platform. On the tariff question, also,
both parties will adopt substantially the same
platform-very likely something double faced
or milk and watery in both cases. Then the
only issue left will be that indicated by Gov.
Tilden as above.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04

THE GOVERNMENT STAMP.-Says the New
York World: Sam Carey has been on voy-
age to the land OF finance, and brings back
as many wenders as Cyrano de Bergerac
fetched with h i'm from the moon. Sam has
found out that it is the government stamp
which makes the value Of money, and not
the material. This reveals Sam TO be man
after Burns own heart, for gowd is but the
guinea stamp, the mans man for a that"
But suppose Sam had mule-there are
mules In Ohio, and donkeys, too--a con
demned government mule which he wanted
TO sell, would he expect TO sell the beast by
the United States stamp on his shoulder, ire
spective of age, soundness and utility in
drsit' The stamp is not worth "shucks"
even on gold, except as an index of asserted
weight and fneuess. If Sam Carey were
offered a United States dovbleesgle with
the mint stamp for an eagle on il, would ne
take IL at the stamped yaluer He might dc
so, during the present campaign, but wha'
disposition would he make of il when this
cruel war is over' The government stamp
does not make money; II simply, for con
venience, asserts weight and aneness- Lei
his stamp be the truth.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04
CENTRAL RAILROAD AND STATE FAIR.

The Central Railroad Company has issued
the following instructions TO agents regard
ing the shipment of freights destined for the
State Fair. as well as for county fairs on the
line of said rOsd in Illinois:
Freights for exhibition at the State Fair,
Ottawa, H., will be billed prepaid, to the
point where It leaves our line. at tariff rate.
Upon its return, under the same ownership,
and certified by the Secretary OF the fair that
it has been on exhibition, and returned to
the same point it started from, the amount
that was prepaid will be refunded by the
agent at La Sale, and he will bill back to the
point it started from on our line free. The
same rule applies for the Dubuque fair, Du,
buque agents returning the prepaid charges.
The limit for the exhibition IN Illinois will
be the entire State; for the Dubuque Fair,
the State of Iowa and as far south as Dixon
on the Illinois Division. For county fairs,
if held within the county, charges prepaid &c
the fair, and returned free, and the amount
prepaid to be refunded by the agent where
the fair is held. If held outside the county,
or not on the line of this road, the charges
to be prepaid to the fair, and If returned I'm.
der the same ownership, returned free, but
the amount prepaid not to be refunded.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04

1t is untruthful and dishonest to "whislle
down the wind" the recent attempted negro
instruction in Georgia by saying, as all the
republican papers do, that 1t was "no!hlng
but huge scar. The pretended finding of
lettcs, charged to he written by a negro which
they (TcO wanted to get rid of was the foun
dation for the report Of general rising"
That won't wash. twas established beyond
question that there was secret and extensive
military organization by the negroes, and
that it was their intention 10 kill and rob the
whites, 10 divide the land into forty acre lots,
and TO share the personal property among the
insurrectonisjs II was also established be
yond question that the groundwork of these
secret organizations consisted of the old Tn
ion League Clubs which the radicals had or
ganized throughout the South, and which
they are now laboring to re-establish in that
section. That the conspiracy fell through
was on account of the incapacity of the lead
ers for purposes of organization, and because
of the leaky and unreliable character Of the
Ignorant tools whom they employed. Ii was
Suppressed by the prompt action of the state
authorities, and without any executions or
severe punishments mainly through the com
passionate Intervention Of such men as Judge
/ llerschel V. Johnson and others.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04
WAKE UP, ILLINOIS!

A letter written by Gen. II. 5. Lannng,
representative of Illinois of the Centennial
board of finance, to the state Jou'mdI, CON
tains the following:
To-day Ohio has, application for 2'9oo
spaces from industrious exhibitors; IHtnOts'
90! That's all! All Europe Is alive to II;
the heather Chinese and Japs, Egypt and
far India are coming, and yet the iourth
state OF the Union remains in ignorance OF
the great forthcoming yhibition-inuiiler-
ence to its succcss-not preierrng lls AID
and in happy oblivion to the fact mat lhe
eyes of the whole world are, for the first time
in our history, all and with one accord,
turned upon us to study, criticise or con-
denim. ShaU INiaois, niM Ter 100000 peo-
Dle be absent?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04
CONVENTION CALLED.

We publish call to-day for a convention
of the Independent Reform Party" of this
county to nominate candidates Tor county
officers. This Is the name under which the
opposition to Republlcanism last fall beat
that party in this county and congressional
district, and is the only opposition patty IN
the county that has an organization. Oi
course the invitation to attend this conven
ton embraces all democrats, as well as lib
eral republicans and all opposed to the party
now in power at Washington, and will be
responded TO by such.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-04
Independent Reform County Convention.


The legal voters OF La Sale County, VINO De-
lieve that the party in power has most signaAy
failed in protecting the rights of the citizens
against extortion and unjust class legislation
and are therefore unworthy OF being longer en-
trusted with this control of puplic affairs, are re-
ouested to meet in their respective towns on
Saturday, Sept. 18th, and appoint delegates 10
County Convention, to be held at the Court
House in Ottawa, Thursday, September I'D al
o O'Clock p NJ. to nominate candidates for the
offices of county treasurer and coroner.
The basis OF representation will be two dele
potes from each town, except Ottawa, Peru, La
Sale and Mendoza, each Of which will be entitled
10 four delegates. 1t is hoped every town in the
county will be represented in in the Convention
WV. r. MILLIGAN,
EVAN LEWIS,
DAVID RICnEY,
WM. Y. WoRsLEY,
County Central Committee.