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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-19

general Sherman Is known as capital t!lEer and In
this hook ne said write much as lie tdlhs-"lth le
same freedom and sprit."-N Y. Tribune.
AT is not offered TO public complete history but
rather as an n memoir 70 the future Napier OF our Cvl
MAR and the effort been. to COndcnse much as posi-
hlo and leave abundant room Tor others 10 follow FROM
he tendency OF General Sherman's mind TO :ranknesS ana
of statement expect his work VIII be
one 10 rOyoxe criticism, but this Will Increase rather han
lis value and II is well that IL should see me gt
ha many of the prominent actors in the scenes 1t de-
cres si continue among We shan have further &C.
cason 70 refer TO this most important contribution To mil
ary history as II advances toward puDlcaCon'-Afmy
ana Ndry journal
The Messrs Appleton soon to publish w.rS Of very
roat ,nnrest II il 10 be memoir written by General W.
r sherman Of the events IL WHICH he was 80 uslous an
actor General Sherman In his dedication OF me Noiue
~ lis Cnrnrales In Arms Volunteers and e-utrs says
mat he does not design write history OF the var rePe
account OF the events OF the war WIKI which he
as bat merely his recollection OF events, cor
,"cIei Inv reference 70 his own reCOrd.'-N,c i"k tt
ming Post. ''-
s0ld In ottawa by Osman q Hapemaa.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-19

This sale will begin al 70 o'clock
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28
THE LOTTERY TICKET.

James Lannlng was a mechanic, q
young, honest man, whose highest ambi-
ton was to gain a comfortable living for
himself and wife, and to be thought well
Of by his neighbors. He had built him
self house, and there still remained upon
tia mortgage of $500; but this sum he
hoped to pay in a very few years if he
had only his health. He had calculated
exactly how long it would take him to
clear off his incumbrance, and he went to
work with his eyes open.
One evening James came home to his
supper more thoughtful than usual. His
young wife noticed his manner, and she
inquired its cause.
What is it, James ~ she kindly asked.
Why, | never saw you look 50 sober be
fore.''
Wen, I'll tell you, Hannah, I" returned
The young man, with a slight hesitation
IN his manner {" ! have Just been think
ING that | would buy lottery ticket"
Hannah tanning did not answer i'm
mediately She looked down and
smoothed the silken hair of her babe,
which vas chirping like little robin in
her arms, and the shade of her handsome
features showed that she was taking time
to think.
How much will 1t cost" she asked
al length, looking half timidly up into her
husbands face.
Twenty dollars" returned James, try
ing to assume confidence which he did
notfeel
And have you made up your mind to
buy it?"
Well, think | shall. What do YOU
think about it,"
If you should ask my advice, l should
say 90 not buy it,
But why SOY"
For many reasons" returned his wife,
IN trembling tone.
She would not offend her husband, and
sshe shrank from giving him advice which
Ne might not follow.
In the first place. she said, Il think
Ue whole science of lotteries is bad
one and then you have no money to
But just look at the prizes" said
James, drawing scheme" from hi:
pocket. Here is one prize of 10000
smother OF $4,000, another of 5000, anG
- on Something tells me that il buy
1tAe, shall draw a large prize. Anc
men Just think, Hannah, how easily
Slou!d pay all up tor my house, ant
PeT,tAaps have good, handsome sum left ,
Inc young man spoke with much ear
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28
The Way 1t Rains In Florida.

1t is hard for a Northern farmer, who
watches the horizon with aching eyes, TO
understand the clock-like regularity of
this rainy season South. Occasionally, as
this year, it is delayed; but once it sets in
it goes on regularly. There is misty or
clear morning the air transfused with a
blushing, rainbowy effulgence that melts
away in the ardent kisses of the sun into
an intense dazzle of sunlight up to two
O'Clock Then the skirmishers Of the
rain rush in on cool, dewy winds, and by
sharp three O'Clock the whole line is
platoon firing in great, heavy fusilades
Such rains Gorgeous, glorious, rushing,
magnificent enthusiasm OF plunging
moisture. Then the long roll of the
thunderdrums; the cracking artillery,
with its splendor of electric flash, toned
off in low rolls; and before you are aware
the mobile army has gathered up its
splendid wings, its fire, and afterguard
and reserves, and only in the west you see
its grand victorious battlefiags ribbing
the sky with broad bands of color. Mix
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28
JESUS OF NAZARETH PASSETH
BY.

What means this eager, anxious thronE,
Which moves with busy haste alorg,
These wondrous gatherings day by day.
What means this strange commotion, pray
In accents hushed the throng reply:
"Jesus OF Nazareth passeth by"
Who Is this Jesus? Why should He
The city move so nightly?
passing stranger, has He skill
To move the multitude at will?
Again the stirring notes reply:
Jesus of Nazareth passelh by"
Jesus! tits He who once below
Mans pathway trod, mid pain and woe;
And burdened ones, where'er He came,
Brought out their sick and deaf and lame.
The blind rejoced to hear the cry:
Jesus OF Nazareth passeth by"
Again He comes! From place to place
His footprints we can trace.
He pauseth at our threshold-nay,
He enters-condescends to stay.
Shall we not gladly raise the cry:
Jesus Of Nazareth passeth byY
Ho! al We heavy laden. come!
Here's pardon, comfort, rest and home.
Ye wanderers from Fathers face,
Return, accept His proifered grace.
Ye tempted ones. there's refuge nigh
Jesus of Nazareth passeth by"
But II you still His call refuse,
And all His wondrous love abuse,
Soon will He sadly from you turn,
Your bitter prayer for pardon epurn.
"Too late! too late!" will be the cry.
Jesus of Nazareth has passed BY"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28
A Victorious Wife.

The Detroit Free Press thus sketches an
incident of the Police Court:
And you are a wife-beater, are your"
asked His Honor Of red -necked, ugly
looking man named Walter Henry.
"She is enough to drive any man crazy"
was the sullcn answer.
A woman with black eve came for
ward, was sworn as a witness, and the
Court said:
"Now, Mrs. Henry, what's the long
and short and breadth and width of this
storyPn
"He came home half drunk, sir, and
began to tell that he wished he had never
married, and answered that he could go
AS soon as he pleased. Then he says
Mary, don't you sass men And | re-
plies: And don't you sass me, either =
Then he says: 'I'll black your eye for
that And / replies: You touch me
and I'll have you arrestedr And he said
he didn't care for the police, and he hit
me an awful cuff"
what have you got to say TO this. Mr..
Henryg''
Nothing, sir, only wish was dead "
presume she wishes so, too, and Pm
sure the public won't grieve much.
fine you ten dollars, sir, and if you come
again on the same charge I'll put you
where you won't taste of huckleberry pre-
serves for six months"
Here's the money" said the wife,
producing a bill.
What! you pay his fne?" exclaimed
the Court
Yes sir here's the money. ! told him
I'd have him arrested if he struck me,
and kept my words And I'll have him
arrested every time he strikes me-"
| And she took his arm and walked out.
A CRY sure to stop buss-Mammas'
l
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28

In A long-yanished age, whose varied story
No record has to-day
81 long ago expired its grief and glory
There fourished, far away,
IN a broad realm, whose beauty passed all
measure,
A city fair and WIDE,
Wherein the dwellers lived in peace and
pleasure,
And never any died.
Disease and pain and death, those stern ma
rauders,
Which mar our worlds fair face,
Never encroached upon the pleasant borders
OF that bright dwelling place.
No fear of parting and no dread of dying
Could ever enter there;
NJ mourning for the lost no anguished crying
Made any face less fair.
Without the city's walls Death reigned as
And graves rose side by side;
Within the dwellers laughed at his endeavor,
And never any died.
Oh happiest of all Earth's favored places!
o bliss to dwell therein!
To live in the sweet light of loving faces
And fear no grave between!
To feel no death damp, gathering cold and
colder,
Disputing iifes warm truth
To live on, never lowlier or older,
Radiant in deathless youth!
And hurrying from the worlds remotest quar-
tiers
A tide of pilgrims flowed
Across broad plains and over mighty waters,
To find that blest abode
Where never death should come between, and
Them from their loved apart
Where they might work, and win, and live
forever
Still holding heart to heart.
And so they lived, in happiness and pleasure,
And grew in power and pride,
And did great deeds, and laid up stores of
treasure,
And never any died.
And many years rolled on and saw them
striving
With undated breath;
And other years still found and left them liv.
ing,
And gave no hope of death.
Yet listen, hapless soul, whom angels pity,
Craving boon like this
Mark how the jewellers in the wondrous city
Grew weary of their bliss.
One and another, who had been con cealing
The pain of Life's long thrall,
Forsook their pleasant places and came steal
ing
Outside the city wall.
Craving, with wish that brooked no more de-
nying,
So long had it been crossed,
The blessed possibility of dying
The treasure they had lost
Daily the current of rest-seeking mortals
Swelled to u broader tide,
Til none were left within the city's portals,
And graves grew green outside.
Would it be worth the having or the giving,
The boon of endless breath!
All, for the WEAKNESS that comes of living
There is no cure but DEATH
Ours were indeed a fate deserving pity
Were that sweet rest denied;
And few, methinks, would care to find the
city
Where never any died!
Chicago Journal
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28

THE infinite Savior, in whose hand all
the good works Of the world are moving,
is rich The treasures of the world are
His He is as able now as when He was
on earth 10 bid us cast in our line and
find piece Of gold in the mouth Of the
first fish Our gifts are only valuable to
Him for that in us which they express.
Had Mary not shed the precious balm
upon His head she would not have been
reproved for the omission, yet the exalta-
ton of love which so expresses itself was
appreciated and honored by Him. Re
ligious offerings to have value In His
sight must be like the gifts of lovers, not
extorted by conscience but by the divine
necessity which finds relief in giving
Nrs. H. u. Stoace
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28

in few rainbows, some ioggy mornings
when the whole air is prismy, and the
clear, still lake looks like an under sky,
and you have some idea Of Florida in the
rainy season. Regular as the clock that
marshaling and grand battle panorama
goes ON at set two O'Clock, to be closed
positively-no change on account of the
weather-by five o'clock p. m.-Chcinnati
Commercial
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28

THE man who lives right and is right
has more power in his silence than an
other has by his words. Character is like
bells which ring out sweet music, and
which, when touched accidentally even,
resound with sweet music.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28

COP takes some things from us lest we
should spoil them, and we have more of
them in missing them than We should
have in Keeping them.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28

A CRY sure to stop buss-Mammas'
looking.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

The most extensive deposits OF meer-
schsum in Asia Minor are about twenty
four miles southeast of the city OF Esk-
ischer, formerly Dorylea, the inhaDl,
tants Of which, numbering about i2,UU
Armenians and Turks, are principaiiy
employed i'm collecting or dealing IN
this mineral. 1t is obtained down IN
the earth, shafts or pits being sunk TO
depth of twenty-seven to thirty-three
feet. Forty TO fifty miners work In one
mine aud form a company, dividing the
profits among themselves. The stones
are generally irregular in shape, and
vary greatly in size, being from the size
of a nut to a square foot or more in SIZE
The largest pieces are the most in de
mand and the dearest. The mineral,
when freshly dug, is of a yellowish
white color, and covered about finger
thick with red, greasy earth, so soft
that it can be cut with knife.
The treatment which the meerschaum
must be subjected to before it is fit for
exports is very expensive and tedious.
The pieces must first be freed from the
adhering earth and dried for five or six
days i'm the sun, or for eight or ten days
in warm rooms. The mineral is then
cleansed second time and polished
with wax. After this it is sorted into
different grades, of which there are ten,
and carefully packed with cotton into
boxes for export. The stones lose two
thirds of their weight and volume III
the operation of cleaning and drying.
The price depends upon the demand.
The largest quantity is sent to vienna
and Germany, the yearly exports being
5000 to 10000 boxes, having value OF
$40, ,OOO.-Joarndl Of Applied Chemistry.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

A French lady once told me the fol
lowing anecdOte on the subject of con
trolling the temper: There was regi-
ment of hussars formed with q new
and elegant uniform; they wore a white
dolman, braided with gold. The gar
ment was very dear, and young men
with slender purses could not often re-
new it. A young man of good family,
though poor. enlisted i'm this regiment.
He went quickly through all the grades,
and was at last named officer. His
parents gave him all their spare money
for his equipment. He wore this splen
did costume, of which he was not little
proud, for the first at dinner at his
cOlonePs. He was an intelligent fel-
low, though As violent as gunpOwder.
He was placed at table near the mis-
tress of the house, on account of his
new grade; he began to talk with much
gayety and: ::diverting originality. One
of the dishes was served with thick,
dark-colOred sauce. The servant who
was performing the buffers functions
took up the dish from the table TO carve
one side, and all the sauce fell on the
young officers shoulder. In the twin
king of an eve all the consequence of
his terrible misfortune presented them
selves to his Imagination: he saw him
self ruined, for he had not the means
of buying another dOlman. The blood
flew to his face and blinded him; he got
up in fury, gave his chair kick, and
took his serviette by one hand to strike
the servant. Happily, his eye met that
of the colonel fixed upon him: he saw
all the consequences of what he was
about to do. His expression changed
as if by enchantment; he held out his
serviette to the stupefied valet, and
said in an amIable tone: will you
wipe my dOlman, pleasef-Ihe Young
ERgliskwoBian.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26
kissing In China.

1t is singular fact that the custom
of kissing is altogether unknown in
China. The Chinese indeed, have no
word or term expressing love as we
understand the tender passion. An
American navy officer voyaging China
wards narrates an amusing experience
of the ignorance of the science of kiss
ing. Wishing to complete a conquest
he had made of q young mel jim (beau-
tiful lady, he invited her-using the
English wOrds-tO give him a kiss. The
girl ran away into another room, thor
Oughly alarmed, exclaiming Terrible
man-eater, l shall be devoured." But
in a moment, finding herself upinjured
by the salute, she returned to his side
saying: 81 would like to learn more of
your strange rite, Ke-e-e-s me.' He
knew it wasn't right, but he kept on in
structing her in the rite of ke-e-e-s me"
until she knew how to do it like na-
tive Yankee girl; and, after all that, she
suggested second course by remark
ing, Ke-e-s me some more seen jim
Mee-lee- keel" lAnglice-American,l
and the lesson went on until her man.
mas voice rudely awakened them from
their delicious dream.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26
Dyspepsia Dyspepsia!
Dyspepsia

Dyspepsia Is the most perplexing of
all human ailments. Its symptoms are
almost Infinite in their variety, and the
forlorn and despOndent victims of the
disease often fancy themselves the
prey, in turn, of every known malady.
i his Is due, IN part, to the close sym
pathy which exists between the stom
ach and the brain, and in part also to
the fact that any disturbance of the
digestive function necessarily disorders
the liver, the bowels and the nervous
system, and effects, to some extent, the
quality of the blood t-F
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a slre eHre. This is not new prepar-
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it has been prescribed daily for many
years in the practice of eminent physi-
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not expected or intended to cure all
the diseases to which the human family
is subject. but is warranted to cure
Dyspepsia in its most obstinate form.
kunkefs Bitter Wine Of Iron never
fails to cure symptoms of Dyspepsia OF
loss of appetite, wind and rising of the
food, dryness of the mouth, heartburn,
distensi0n of the stomach and bowels,
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

The blood being the source from
which our systems are built up and
from which we derive our mental as
well as physical capabilities, how i'm
portant that it should be kept pure. II
it contains vile fostering pOisOns all
organic functions are weakened there
by. Settling upon important organs,
as the lungs, liver or kidneys, the ef-
feet is most disastrous. Hence it be-
hOOyes every one to keep their blood in
a perfectly healthy condition and more
especially does this apply at this par
ticular season of the year than at any
other. No matter what the exciting
cause may be, the real cause of a large
proportion of all diseases is bad blood.
Now DIR. Pierce does not wish to place
his Golden Medical Discovery i'm the
catalogue of auack patent nOstrums by
recommending it to cure every disease,
nor does he SO recommend it, ON the
contrary there are hundreds of diseases
that he acknowledges it will not cure !;
but what he does claim is this, that
there Is but one form of blood disease
that it will not cure, and that disease is
cancer. He does not recommend his
Discovery for that disease. yet he knows
it to be the most searching blood clean
ser yet discovered, and that it will free
the blood and system of all other known
blood pOIsOns, be they animal, vegeta-
BILE or mineral. The Golden Discovery
is uarrdnted by him to cure the worst
forms of Skin Diseases. as all forms of
BlOtches, Pimples and Eruptions, also
all Glandular Swellings, and the worst
form of ScrofulOus and liberated Sores
of Neck, Legs or other parts, and all
Sernfnlnnl IltsAaSas nf "A
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26
Education.

To read the English language well, to
write with despatch neat, legible hand,
and he master of the first four rules in
arithmetic, so as to dispose of at once,
with accuracy, every question of figures
which comes up in practice-I call this
a good education. And if you add the
ability to write pure grammatical
English, regard it as an excellent edu-
cation. These are the tools. You can
do much with them, but you are help
less without them. They are the foun-
dation; and unless you begin with
these, all your flashy attainments, a
little geology, and all other ologies and
Osophies, are Ostentatious rubbish
Edtoard Everett.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26
SHOCKING INCIDENT.
BY oRPHEus C. KERR.

Il was . solid Boston man,
Majestic ss stork,
Who thought TO have another scan
A soeptic from New York
Without preparing for the thing,
His city's ancient pride.
That Common which she thinks q King
Would joy to be inside.
He took thereto, by devious ways,
The infidel in charge,
Through winding streets, in grievous maze
And alleys email and large;
Not ssying whittier he would lead,
Nor yet intending to,
Until the transcendentsl mead
Should burst upon their view.
At last, q sudden corner turned,
There beamed upon the sight
That vision the Bsstonian yearned
To have his friend delight
And then-alas, the bitter cup
Commenced on the spot =
why don't you build your city up5
Who OWNS that vacant lot
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26
The Heart.

From a recent review of DIR. HOuton' s
experiments regarding the muscular
force eXerted by the human heart we
condense as follows: 1.-The heart is
composed of innumerabie muscular
fibres arranged like two balls of twine,
each with a cavity in its center, and
both completely enveloped in a third
ball. These fibres are, however not con-
tinuous, as in the case of twine wound
on a ball, but work independently. By
calculating the force exerted by these
fibres when either contracted or ex-
tended, and expressing the result in
"foot tons'-that is, the force required
TO lift 4 ton to the height of one foot-it
appears that the daily work of the left
ventricle alone, which lifts at each
stroke three ounces of blood through a
height of s, 1923 feet, is equal to about SO,
706 foot-tons. Estimating the relative
power of the right ventricle to that of
the left, in the proportion of five to
thirteen, the total daily work of both is
equal to l24 ,20S foot-tons. Although
the average weight of the heart is about
9-36 ounces, the work done by it in Il
given time exceeds that accomplished
by all other muscles exercised in boat
race during the same period. Helm
holtz, the German physicist, proved that
the heart could raise its own weight 20,
80 feet i'm an hour, while the best loco
motive engine could only raise its own
weight 400 feet i'm the same time. An
active climber, with the full exercise of
all the needed muscles could only ac-
complish 5000 feet i'm nine hours, or
one-twentieth the work done by the
heart.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

The Pdssirify Of Ion.-M. de ReguOn,
in order to produce in certain manner
the somewhat capriciOus phenomena of
passivity, uses rods of fencing foil or
iron wire, the surface of which is pro-
tected for certain length by q glass
tube or a layer of mastic. The free
extremity, to a length of 0'9 inch, is
plunged entirely IN the acid. The con-
clusiOns recently reached bv the above
means show that most of the causes
which produce passivity in iron may be
reduced to q vOltaic force carrying the
oxygen to the iron and pOlarizing it on
the surface of the metal. Most of the
causes which destroy the passivity of
iron may be reduced either to q voltaic
force of the contrary direction. or to a
current, due to the polarization of the
oxygen and by which it exhausted: or,
lastly, to an absorption of the pOlarized
gas by a body that has avidity for
oxygen.
These phenomena of passivity are
believed to be more general than is
now supposed. The acid employed in
the experiments was nitric marking s.
degrees b.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Ben Billings stole horses. and then
lied about it; so his friends took him
out and performed q surgical operation
on him from which he never recovered y
is the way the hanging of q Nebraska
man is recorded In a local paper. f..