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Facts About the Late Emperor.

We shall miss the emperor of China SC
much. lie was good young man, and his
several wives quarrel every morning as &c
the privilege of shedding the first of the daily
tears over his departure lie used to arise al
8 o'clock in the morning, or thereaboutS and
salutng his partners, would select with great
impartialty the particular one TO manipulate
the leaves Of the morning cup. HIS partners
were reasonable persons, and instead OF max.
| ing A fuss over his selections, they stamped
| the little feet in their wooden shoes by way
of applause, and there was a sweet peace. AT
| 3 clock in the afternoon he bcssed the ser.
wees in a little chapel convenient to his pal
ace, and from halfpast - 0 clock dispens-
ed presents, through an attendant, 10 the poor
within his neghborhood, Al the same time,
nobody ever saw him excepting his wives
and his rcgulNt attendants. There was one
execution to tho rule couple Of years since,
certain foreign representatives being admitted
TO the glory but those favored ones were SICK
for three weeks thereafter. Once an ordinary
Chinaman, though a heavy taxpayer, accl,
dentaly oil tanned view OF him, and he leil
down IN c0nyulsiops and eventually dIeu.
HIS best widow wears beautiful freckles and
silks valuable beyond our American tsuEeS'
Another Of them has Il magnificent Spit Gll
and rarters studded with diamonds. Another
is remarkable for Tie ability with which she
affixed hattons to the cmpcror's sacred shirt
and she is known as the sweet creature OF
the family. There are many other things
which might be told of our late distinguished
friend and his family; but time is precious
and space is limited. The moral is sufficient
" appareRt to the youthful reader, however.
Let him go and do likewise, II lie can
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he different expressions OF compliments in dif-

the different expressions OF compliments IN I'LL
icrcnt localities.
Mr.. Curtis, living some six miles from town
gave a select party on Monday evening Mcssrs
George Fisher and Chas. Raymond were present
while Mr.. Chas Irion remained at home and
sawed wood.
The Park House assistant" Boss" and the res
of the dusky Ministries, begulcd the time away
on Thursday, by singing, dancing, &c,
After pricing fanncs and other household
goods for an hour at Lynch Il Bcatty's, and max
ing liberal purchases, young man applied &c
city clerk Courtney for marriage license. Joe
gently reminded him that he had but one left
and as he intended using it himself, referred the
verdant to county clerk McCaleb
A Row(s)c looking fellow echoed the scnti-
ment of several other smitten Lotharlo', BY
chanting the following as be was leaving the
club dance on Friday evening;
~ sat me down in thought profound;
This maxim wise drew:
It's easier to like girl,
Than make girl like YOU
Jas. McQuade is Willing away his leisure
hours in training pair Of pet nice
The Pee Wee has an artiel on twins Is inns 20
be the coming event which casts the shadow ne
fore!
ACKNOWLEDGMENT We are under very many
obligations for several exquisite winter ooquets
left upon our windows, last Wednesday night,
and indeed on several other occasions, OF late
They are of rare beauty, white howers delcatcly
shaded. and dazzling with crystals too brilliant
for the eve in the light of the sun Still we must
saw that we would rather take the rest OF ours in
cbromos, or even fall back npon the dried rose
leaves sleeping Hndstgrbed between the lids of
prayer book
An industrious citizen of North Ottawa arose
a few mornings ago, while the festive lark was
still snoring, and with . tin bucket under his
arm went to The barn to milk the family cow 1t
was dark and rainy, and in iumbling about for
old Brindle he got into the wrong pew and be
can't remenber now which side of the roof he
W cut out vt, but he rccolects olighting on the
picket fence wildly lie cXpests the bucket
down in about week
Charlie - says he can put 4 head on any
woman that Will look in the window
We know of some one that didn't attend the
Club dance, last week.
The " Old Home amt what ii used TO be,
The firm of Jones and S-tea-eye.pea- pea offer
2 reward of $50 for the person who stole thatl
brick.
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THE LION IN HIS OLD AGE.--Whcn a
young lion reaches the age of two years he
is able to bring down Il horse or an OK; and
so he continues to grow and increase IN
strength till he reaches his eighth year,
when his taons teeth and name are perfect,
aud he grows no more. For twenty years
after he arrives at maturity his talons and
fapgs show no signs of decay, but after that
he grows "chubbish.' He is no longer II
match for the tremendous buffalo; he prowls
around the cattle kraals and snatchcs lamb
or kid, just as he did when he set out with
his parents, nearly thirty years before. A
woman or child at night shares the same
fate His strength and sight now decline
more and more, till the mighty lion grows
lean and NANCY, and crawls about from place
to place, eating ally otlal he can pick up,
and despislng not even 50 small an animal as
a field mouse; and he starves and dies, or is
fallen On and slaughtered by few cowardly
hyenas, on is discovered, unable to move, be-
meath a tree, and knocked on the head by
some wandering katlir,
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Interesting Facts,

The organ of vision is considered the most
delicate organization ot the human frame
yet many who were born blind have been en-
abled TO see by surgical operations, and the
following Is an interesting fact concerning
one OF mat class a youth had become -
years Of aye when his eyes were touched by
a surgeon. He thought scarlet the most beau
ttul color; black WIS painful. He tancied
every object touched him, and he could not
distinguish by sight what he perfectly well
knew Dy feeling, Tor instance the cat and dog.
When his second eye was touched he re
marked that the objects were not 50 large IN
appearance to this as to the one opened first.
Pictures he considered only partly colored
suriac sand "A miniature absolutely astonlshed
him, seeming to him like putting bushcl
into pint.
Stanley the organlst, and many blind mu-
siclans, nave been the best performers of
their time; and Il school mistress in England
could discover that the boys were playing in
Il distant corner OF the room instead OF study.
ing, although person using his eyes could
not detect the slightest sound. Professor
Sanderson, who was blind, could, in few
moments tell how many persons were IN Il
mixed company, and OF each sex. A blind
French lady could dance in figure dances
sew and thread her own needle. A blind
man IN Derbyshire, England, has actually
been surveyor and planncr OF roads, his
ear guiding HIM as 10 distance rs accurately
Us the eye OF others; and the late Justice
Fielding, who was blind, on walking into a
room for the first time, after speaking few
words, said: This room Is 90 feet long, Il
wide and y high, all of which was revealed
to him with accuracy through the medium OF
the ear, Verify 1--WE are fearlully and won.
deriully made.
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4 WONDERFUL. lsIAND-AIen have often
tried 10 rival nature on her own ground. One
remarkable scene OF such AN effort is still
sought by tourists in Lake Macciore, IN
Northern Italy adjoining Switzerland. In
Lake Maggiore lie the islands belonging to
the BorrOmean family, among which is "Is0la
Bella" an enchanted ground well worthy OF
its name. Two Luudre,, years ago the island
was n barren rock; today, thanks 10 the
freaks of spendthrift nobleman, u is "a joy
forever Ten terraces. built in massive stone
piers, rise out of the water, earth of sufficient
depth 10 grow the largest trees was brought
there, and these many years 1t has been lit
tie forest oi luxurious vegetation from every
cline. There flourish the camphor and the
india rubber trees the bread fruit and the ba
mana, the black bamboo and the American
aloe, the cedar of Lebanon, the magnolia, the
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date palm laden with fruit, and camellias IL
feet high Every step brings one in contact
with new beauties, while statues and won
drous works in stone mingle everywhere with
the living green ivies, honey-suckles, trump
ct, reepers and wealth of ferns and creeping
plants. The "spend,hrift nobleman' who
perpetrated all this magniticence was Count
Vi,aliano Borromco, a descendant OF the cele
bratcd philanthropist, Archbishop Charles
BorCmco, one of the saints OF the Roman
cnlendAr.
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A man recently hid himself in a car load
ed with apples at Chicago, to get free ride,
and the car was not opened till it had reached
galveston, Texas, after an eleven days trip.
The man, having had very little but apples
to eat, was unable to walk when taken out,
and is llkly to become martyr Ia Tue dead
head system
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Large tracts of land in the south of France
not hitherto cultivated, are beng planted
with the kind of oak trees beneath which
truffles are generally found, and it is expect
ed that each acre OF this land, lately sold as
low as e5, will yield crop of trufiie worth
geo per year The experiment has been sue.
cassfullv tried in one department.
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1t is estimated by the best judges that the
crop of cotton this y0ar at the south VIII
reach at least 100000 bales in round num-
bers. At fifteen cents a pound-the price an
tcipated for 1.-THE goodly sum of $500, ooo,-
600 will jingle we wish we might hear il In
the pockets Of our citizens, of which S225,
100000 will come from abroad, mostly from
England
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How To SPELL SHAKsPEARE'S NAME
For one hundred and fifty years critics have
disputed over the correct way to spell the
name of Shakespeare The Troy Times thinks
that the reason that the Bard OF Avon Undue
ed Juliet to inquire Whats in name"
was for the purpose of discovering the cor
rect photography of his own name, and says
that in some of the earlier editions of Shaks-
peare it reads, whats in las nameY or IN
IN plain language, How many letters are
there in his shakespeare 50 name" The
spelling of Shakspeare's name has been an
photographed puzzle that critics for n cen
fury and Il half have labored over. Stevens,
Drake, DIR. johnson, Reed, Hazlett, Chateau
BRAND, Lamartine, Ulrich, and Bodenstedt,
spell the name with ten letters, thus: Shaks-
peare Chidworth, Mason Heath, Lord Camp
bell, White, Guizot and Horn insist on eleven
letters, thus: Shakespeare: while still others,
though less in number and ability, declare
for only nine letters, thus Shlkspere. vii.
liam ought To have known how 10 spell his
own name, and as he wrote it Shakespeare, we
are inclined 10 give him the benefit of the
ten letters rs he placed them Louisville
CourierJourRdi.
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HEAVY WEmurs.-W have been handed
the weight, OF family Of five persons,
we think hard to beat. The aggre gate weight
of the five is 1145 lbs, distributed as follows
Issac NJ Stansell' father 265; |. NJ. Stansell,
$50 eldest son, $50; next to the eldest son
300 and Mrs. Stansell, wife OF Isaac, 1870
The average weight Of the five is 299 lbs
How heavy ISL dot.
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Have you Goldsmiths Greece: was asked
of the clerk in which books and various mis-.
cellaneous articles were sold. Nc, said
the clerk rehectively, we haven't Goldsmith' 8
Greece, but we have some splendid halr OIL
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a Beautiful Answer.

When the Emperor of Germany was lately
on visit in distant portion OF his domin
ions, he was welcomed by the school children
of the village After their speaker had made
a speech for them he thanked them. Then
taking an orange from plate, asked:
ITO what kingdom does this belong
"To the vegetable kingdom sire replied
II little girl.
The Emperor took gold com from his
pocket and holding it up, asked;
"And to what kingdom does this belong
"1'o the mineral kingdom, sire, replied
the little girl.
"And to what kingdom do belong, them
asked the Emperor.
The little girl colored deeply, for she did
not like to say "the animal kingdom as he
thought she would lest his Majesty should be
offended, when a bright thought came, and
she said, with radiant eyes;
"To Gods kingdom, SIRE
The Emperor was deeply moved. a tear
stood in his eye. He placed his hand on the
child's head and said, most devoutly:
"God grant that may be accounted worthy
Of that kidgdom.
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Here Is a story of gallant Phil Keamey
During the hottest part OF the day at Seven
Pines, when bis division were putting in
their very best ticks in holding back the
confederate column, the colonel of certain
regiment Of infantry that was hurrying for
ward, galloped to the American Bdyard and
asked him where he should go in. oh, any
where, colonel, anywherel Its all the same
Lovely nghiing along the whole line
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The weather is mild and balmy in Caliior'
mia Strawberries are growing in the open
air, and last Sunday they had match game
of base bali at Sacramento for S2o side.
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The world would be a sandy desert oflone
sou.eness IL womsa ware not privileged to
attend auction sales and pay more for an old
bureau than "a new chamber set would cost.
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In Lowell, the other day, discouraged
mill-girl said to her clearinghouse mistress,
who was lamentlng the fate Of boarder who
had eloped with scalawag grocery keeper i;
You keep us on bull beef at 81 week and
then expect us to be contented angels.
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There is Connecticut widower who de-
clares that nothing reminds him of his poor,
dear wife so much Us to live within earshot
of a saw mill.
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The Georgia negro has no more faith IN
banks. He lays his money out in store
clothes and hair oil, and the news of bank
suspension causes him to cXclaim: 'bus
away wild We, but you caA't hurt desc laven
der pants
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A Cairo man warns people not to trust his
wife, and she retorts by saying that he'll go
without clothes all summer before she'll take
in washing TO rig him out again.
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A clergyman in Kansas City said ii there
was any one within hearing OF his voice
who would try TO put stop To sunday dog
fighting he'd like 10 have EN- rise up. A
small by and an ole woman rose up.
We cant even raise that macy in Ottawa
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A strons.minded woman will always be
sDca ker of the house.
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Kaakaua is pretty good hand at telling
story himself. I'VE have in Hawaii" said
he to an admlrng circle at Washington, "sev,
eral excellent baseball clubs, and as swim.
mers we are proficient. | think nothing OF
making a leap into the water from precipice
800 feet high" Five hundred feet high
Why, your Majesty, that beats Sam Patch. y
From what height did he leap:' the king
asked. Minister Pierce was appealed to for
information, and if lie was correct he though,
It was somewhere in the neghborhood of l2O
feet. At this the King could not represS a
smile, and said why, gentlemen, | should
think nothing of jumping into the water
from aprecipice 900 # above it, Even little
girls jump from heights three ana tour hun
dred feet IRON the water The King des
cribcd the position assumed in these leaps
and AS no Yankee was present competent to
beat the story the topic of conversation was
changed.
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The Colorado potato bug is denOuncing
himself for his want OF energy. Names po'
tato crop measures over 3,OOO,OOO bushels.
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Farm Ridge, Tuesday, Thurs. Saturday 200Pn ISS0
Prairie Centre Wednesday and Saturday 2O0PM iEoo
Night mail ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS :DPM
Once opens at 1880 N, and closes at PMnoy ~
jan so, 1875. J.h.CAmEhoN'f'' ~
CONDENSED TIME TABLE,
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.
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w A r e n o v S e

T TKINS RANDALL Il STEPHENS. Manu-
IL iacturers OF CHIC AGO WHITE LIME Wood burned.
Oace af Lime Works. corner Broadway ana NerIhlnOh
streets Sreator NJ. W. H. Iukins. StTeator; j: W. nan
dan Batavia; | s. Stephens Aurora. Gecl%-y
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BLwAItE,

BEWARE
Avoid DELAY. 4 ttdhent may turn the
scale for life or death. Dry ground, shelter,
stimulants etc, at this moment are nothing
artificial breathing is everything-is the
one remedy all other means are secondary
Ii the breathing has but just ceased a smart
slap on the face or stomach Will sometimes
start it agan, and may be tried incidentally.
,. Prevent friends from crowding around
the patient and excluding currents of air;
also from attempting Administration OF any
stimulant before the patient is well able 10
swallow; the first promotes suttocation, the
second fatal choking
3. Avoid impotence of results. Any time
within two hours you may be on the very
threshold of success without there being any
sign of it.
In suftocation from smoke, coal gas, or
other poisonous gasSes, as also IN hanging,
proceed in the same way as for drowning,
but omit Rule 1.
In case of sunstroke lay the patient in the
shade in free current of air, loosen the cloth
lnr, raise the head slightly and pour upon ii
small continuous stream of cold water.
The following important suggestions to
bathers are given by the society:
Avoid entering the water within two hours
after meal or when exhausted from any
cause, OF WITH lHc DOuy Is Cooiihs oi'ei PSi
spiration. 90
Stay in the water usually not more than fiji
teen minutes.
Leave the water always with promptness,
and dress at once. Do it Immediately on sui
ierng from chillness especially if there be
numbness of hands and feet
For the young or weekly the best time Is
two or three hours after breakfast.
Bathing should be entirely avoided ey
those in whom it habitually causes faintness,
glddiness or disagreeablc palpitation OF the
heart
Exposure of the head to the sun during
bathing is attended with special danger OF
sunstroke.
The proper method of bringing drowning
man to shore, is to approach the drowning
man from behind. Seize him with your lett
hand by the hair, coat collar or shoulder.
Turn him on his back, and then place his
head upon your chest, and with your right
arm free, swim upon your back to the shore.
Of by the left hand alone it be too difficult to
turn him upon his back, apply in addition
the right hand to his right shoulder, and the
turning will be easily accomplished. If he
be conscious, encourage him, and direct him
to straighten out his legs.
If the drowning man be out of sight under
the water, watch carefully for the rising OF IA
bubble upon the surface; he will usually be
found directly under it.
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School books Of all kinds, at o.man & Hare.
mans
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.. ". EIrcHcoCK, General Passenger Agent.
RoBERT H. Rals, General Superintendent.
ID. V. TOUZALIN.
.u Agent, ottawa, Illinois.
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BIRD BICKPoRD. It. NJ. r. MoLoNEY.
plCKFORD, BOWEN a. MOLONEY, AttOr-
ID neys and Counselors at Law, No Court street. VIII
promptly and diligently attend all business entrusted to
their care, aprIg13
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Reyiving Drowned Persons.

! The executive committee Of the Life Saving
Socicty of New York has issued the follow
! ing series of rules for the treatment OF per
sons rescued from the water in an inSensible
condition:
! RULE Ito drain off water from the chest
and stomach: instantly strip the patient 70
the waist. Place him face downward, the
pitt of the stomach being raised above Inc
level of the mouth by a large hard roll OF
clothing placed beneath it. Throw your
weight forcibly two or three times for mo-
ment or two upon the patients back, over
roll OF clothing, so rs to press all nuiuS IN
the stomach out of the mouth
2.-To perform artificial breathing
quick yturn the patient upon his back, the
roll of clothing being So placed beneath as
to make the breast.bone the highest point OF
the body.
Kneel beside or astrde patients hips
GRASP front part of the chest on either side OF
the pit of the stomach, resting your fingers
along the spaces between the short ribs
Brace your elbows against your sides, and
steadily grasping and pressing forward and
upward, throwing your whole weight upon
your chest, and gradually increasing the
pressure while you count one, two three
Then, suddenly, let go with final push
which springs you back to your first position
Rest erect upon your knees while you can
count one two; then make pressure again as
before, repeating the entire motions at first
about four or five times a minute, gradually
increasing to ten or about twelve times.
Use the same regularity as in blowing bel
Ows and as is seen il natural breathing,
which you are initiating,
If another person be present, let him with
one hand, by means of a dry piece of linen.
hold the tip of the tongue ont OF one corner OF
the mouth, and with the other grasp both
wrists and pin them to The ground above the
patients head.
After treatment-Atter breathing has be
come natural, dry The patient briskly. Wrap
him in blankets only, and let him be Kept
perfectly quiet. Provide free circulation OF
air. Give brandy and water-a teaspoonful
every five minutes the first half hour, and af.
terward occasionally as may seem expedi-
ont
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CIIAS. IL. BRUSH, Attorney and Counselor
" Mt Law. Offce-Room No. Post Office Block. Otta'
wa, Illinois, marl'13
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p. L. W.
ION ES ~ IBR ISIs, Attorneys and Coun.
sellers AZ Law, Ottawa, Ills Office, Rooms Nos. 8,
second floor, Metropolitan Block. octls,'12
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| a.. B., I'm. LEWIS
| JNI.DkID(1 e 81 LEWIS, Attorneys and
" COnnselOrs 1T aW GlOynr COOKS Block. OTTAWA
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IA Nj EsS O'DON ~ ELL, Attorney and Coun
sellor at Law Collections made and promptly remit
Ted. Office IN Glover Cooks BLOCK, with Rice Wal
bridge, Ottawa, Illinois. novl5,3
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I J. H. R,Ck. K. WALBRIDGF.
DICE; 81 wAIBRIIDSGF f., Attorney at Law
IL Office in Glover& Cooks Block, over Dimmicks drug
| store. Ottawa aprlg'I3
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rII.BERT D'EPISY, French Physician
VI Clifton Hotel Ottawa, III. Thirty seven years OF pac
tIce the last ten years at ST. Louis, NO. From IL TO IL
NJ and from to SP. may be found at the ofce OF h
hotel !ah~ru
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.Snp,svN. d.
Connsfors at Law WIN practice in the courts OF La
sale anu adjoining counties Office, OF Court Horse
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3]rpfessiDaaf Cards.
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u. y. LINCOLN. ALE ROWE. cOfrRrSRy
| INCOLN, ROWE COURTNEN Attorneys
atLaw. Office over No. 10 La Sale street west of the
Court House. Ottawa, Ills. novls,7i