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Located in Martins Block. Corner
ofThird and Main SITS, Little
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for the management Of business and financial
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The full Commercial course as presented in
the preparatory, Theory. Actual, Business
ana Banking Departments OF the College en-
braces critical instruction to those who may
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description. Business Premiership, CONNER
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Detection of Counterfeit Money. Lectures ON
the Science of Accounts, Business Activities
Organizations. Economies, Business Forms
business Customs and Etiquettes. Commercial
Law, Finance and the General Laws Of Trade
TERMS.
(Pdgabte IN dduaRCe)
Life Scholarship full Commercial
:, course $50 90
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Special Discounts uW be made 10 Gibbs
and DESCRIBING FolIies
Usual time required to complete the Fun
Commercial Course-from 10 to Is weeks.
students can enter the College at any time
as there are no vacations
BE sure to visit or address this Colleoc be
fore going elsewhere.
AARON BALES. Principal.
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STATE OFFICERS.

a. II. GARLAND. Governor.
u. Il. BEAVERS, Secretary of State.
WA. Il. MILLER, Auditor.
L. j. CHuRcHiri- Treasurer.
). Z. HuGHEs Attorney General.
y. SMIrHEE. Com of Public Lands.
j. II. EAkiN. Chancellor.
\. X. WIrr, Clerk Pulaski Chancery Court.
j.. II. ENGLISH. Chief Justice.
w. Ii. HARRISON. DAVID WALKER Associate
Justices oi the Sapreme tenrt.
Fifth Judicial District
Counties OF Pope. johnson, Franklin. Craw-
ford. Sebastian, Sarber Yell.
w w. MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge.
J. z. ByERs, Prosecuting Attorney.
Crawford County officers
u. IL. CRfhkMoRE, County Judge
Ed. A. ScorT. County Clerk.
w. j. ALEXANDER, Assistant County Clerk
j. +. WINFREY. Sheriff.
I. w. DAVIS. Deputy Sheriff.
CHARLES RIRiING and W. l.. TAYLOR. Notary
Publics.
JonN J. RuRRow and NJ osEs I.EMLEY. Justices
of Van Bnrea Township.
J. G. GRADY. Van Buren, Township Constable
Van Buren, City Officers.
+. NJ. NEAL. Mayor.
JAMES l.. WHITFIELD, Recorder.
J. >. IL. iloucK, Marshal.
PHILIP SMITH Cemetery Sexton.
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Shamrock Grange No, -.
Van Buren Grange, No. 3S.

Van Buren, Grange, No. 3S.
DANIEL MICHAEL, Master,
NJ. {. Lemley, Orerseer,
p, II. lloyl, Lecturer,
NJ. T. West, Steward,
Michael Furic, Assistant Steward,
Samuel McCurdy, Chaplain,
Alfred Tool, Treasurer
Henry Shibley, Secretary,
William Hurst, Gate Keeper,
Mrs. Belinda Tool Ceres,
Mrs. Phebc Brnnk, Pomona,
Miss Mary A. Shoop Flora,
Mrs. ). A. Fure, Lady Asst. Steward.
Lafayette Grange, No. 40.
RICHARD HILL, Master,
Thomas N. Ingram, Oversecr,
Elisha Dean, Lecturer.
James Il Jones. Steward,
Lcondus NJ, Ilill Assistant Steward,
w. g. Meadors, Chaplain,
Columbus G.. Adams. Treasurer
w. I. Dean, Gate Keeper,
William A. Arnold Secretary,
Mrs. Mary E. Hill, Ceres
Mrs. Caroline Dean, Pomona,
Mrs Caroline Love, Flora,
Mrs. Il. V. Meadors, Stcwardess.
Regular meetings every Saturday. before
the first sabbath in each month ut the resi-
dence of Elisha Dean. at O'Clock, p. m, and
we earnestly invite members in good stand
ing of other Oranges to meet with u.s.
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New Hope Grange, No. GIG.

New Hope Grange, No. GIG.
HENRY RFsiY. Master.
J. c. Wright, Oyersccr,
j. W Hatfield. Lecturer.
j. +. Hatfield. Steward,
Boaz Adoy. Chaplin,
John Hatfield. Treasurer.
John Johnston, Secretaryi
A.. NJ Couch, Gate Keeper,
Mrs. NJ. +. Hatfield, Ceres.
Mrs. l4avina Wagner, Pomona,
Miss Cordela Giistrap. Flora.
Miss J.. j. Johnston, Asst StewarleSs.
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Arizona Grange, No. so.
G. c. HOLLAND Master,
&. W aAssccihs. 0ytfsect'.
Walter Fine Lecturer
". NJ Wicket. Steward.
w. NJ. Walker. Assistant Steward,
Il. .. Kelley. Chaplain,
c, B. Roe, Treasurer,
II. Narhle. Secretary,
w. NJ. Varhle, Gate Keeper,
Mrs. Canette llanlin, Ceres,
Miss Sarah Mckibben. Pomona,
Mrs, Catherine Walker. Flora.
Mrs. Martha Gilmore, Lady Asst. Steward
Hickory Grove Grange, No. 21o.
I. j. STEWARD, Master,
w. p Iaden, Oversecr,
IL. Snow. lecturer,
James Filbn. Secretary.
A. Howell, Assistant Steward,
j. b. Hill, Chaplin,
John Spier, Treasurer.
s. ID. Mcclure Secretary.
William Asbell, Gate Keeper,
Mrs. H. NJ. Steward, Ceres,
Mrs. +, l., Bragg, Pomona,
Miss +. +. Spier, Flora,
Mrs. NJ Bullock. Lady Assistant Steward
Regular meeting first Saturday after full
moon.
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At last she completely cured hin .
For months she had patiently endured the
pangs so many thousands Of young wives
are compelled to suffer. Almost every
morning at breakfast the heartless hus.
band expressed the hope that he might
live to see the day when he should get
such coffee as he used to nave at home
Or such corn bread as his mother was
wont to make and bake At dinner the
meat was oyerbaked in the range To be
SIRE his mother used to roast the meat
in An old. fashioned Dutch tin oven, and
the piece was always done to turn--the
last turn of the revolving spit, Those
days were forever gone. But he might
and ought to get such green apple pie,
with new cheese as his mother used to
give him. AT length the long suffering
wife arose in her wrath. upset the table,
sending the dishes and their contents
crashing to the carpet, strided over to her
astoundcd husband, gave kim box on
the ear which knocked him off his chair,
and remarked: There's clip over the
head for you, such as your mother used
10 give you when you was boy, gel
dern yer Thereafter, there was domcs
tic peace and quiet in that house, with
never even An allusion TO the maternal
cookery and comforts of the by gone
pays.
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Patronize Home Establishments.

Patronize Home Establishments.
VAN buren, PRESS,
VAN BUREN, ARK,
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Nor MY PLAcE.-A dispute having OK
listed long in gcntleman's family, be
tween the maid and the coachman, about
fetching the cream for breakfast, the gen
tlcman. one morning, called them before
him, that he might hear what they had to
say. and decide accordingly. The maid
pleaded that the coachman was lounging
about the kitchen, the greater part OF the
morning, and yet was so illnaturcd that
he would not fetch the cream Tor her, not
withstanding he saw she had so much to
do as not to have moment to spare
The coachman alleged that it was not his
business.
Very well, said the master, but
pray, what do you call our business
To take care Of .he horses, and clean
and drive the coach, replied he
You say right answered the master,
and l do not expect you to do more
than hired you for; but this insist on,
that every morning. before breakfast, you
get the coach ready and drive the maid
to the farmers for milk and hope you
will allow that to be part of your bust
ness
The coaehman and the maiden soon af-
ter came to terms Once Week.
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THIRD TERM.

Tho Snbiny has spoken. President Grant
has made an utterance on the third term
o,os,;o, He tells his followers and all the
world exactly what his innost thoughts OH
III at subject are, so that there may be no more
worry about it. The utterance was forced
an, NV the recent anli-third term resolution OF
tho Pennsylvania convention, and is Grants re-
NV 10 that challenge. The letter IS quite
lopp-very long, for Grant, especially Tor
saving so little. Its substance can be given
IN a dozen of words. Grant says he meyer
was candidate for the first term, or second
term-never wanted either; nor is he canal
date for the third term, and won't have It,
unless-''the public good compels him 10
make the sacrifice" which, however, ne
thinks is not probable contingency. vi
course ninetenths of the Republican journals
and leaders think the same thing ana as they
we're very anxious to have Grant pen nat
footed declination of third term, they &C
cept this joyfully as such, and very posi'iVeiy
and decidedly now talk Of Grant as happiiy
ont of the way. Less interested and more
candid journals, however, do not regard the
letter in that light To most sensible people,
it is an eyasive letter What was wanted OF
Grant was an express avowal that the ques
ton of third term would be treason to
sacred precept Of our unwritien common law
a declaration that whoever presumed to use
his name for such purpose would do an I'M
worthy act, an admontIon to the country OF
the dangers to liberty which twelve years OF
Capitalization had produced, and prayer
that the people would destroy Caesarlsm by
limiting all administrations to one term,
Such declaration would have thrilled the
country and been a graceful capsheaf TO the
fame Of Grant.
But the letter is nothing Of the sort. In
stead OF that, it is pltiful equivocation. AS,
however he has left room TO put two inter
pretations upon it, it will answer all the pur-
pose as if it had been written in plain and
positive terms for the country will interpret
It against him, and his third term aspirations
are settled by 1t "all the same"
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"Old Lightnin''-whIch is the polite name
the whisky ring have given to Secretary
Bristow-has struck Phil. Wadsworth, the
internal revenue collector at Chicago. Phil.
had attained the height of human felicity in
getting such good fat office less than year
ago, and now thinks it awful hard to be in.
vited to resign when he is not conscious OF
having done anything to deserve such treat.
ment. Under the civil service rules, Phil.
thinks he is entitled to have charges prefer
red against him and chance to answer them
and before acceding to Bristow's polite in
vitation to step down and out, has gone to
Washington TO see about it. Poor Phil, when
he gets 10 Washington, will find that in i'm
agining anybody in that quarter ever had the
remotest idea of treating the civil service
rules otherwise than as an electioneerlng
dodge and huge joke, he was laboring un.
der a pitablc delusion.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-05

Professor Benjamin Slliman, of Yale col
lege, came west last week, solely on the invi-
taton of our Spring company, and to make
an ANALYSIS OF the water of the Ottawa Miner
al Spring. That was his only business On
his way home he was delayed few hours at
Chicago, and to kill time in that dull city
took look at the government building there
being erected. He hit a few of the stones
with his walking stick, possibly to test wheth-
er they were really as frail as the Times had
represented them, and doubtless was greatly
amazed tina, the slight impact failed to crush
them to smithereeHs.
But Times reporter saw him, and no one
Yale professor, nor all the Yale professors,
nor all the professors in the world, can G.
tend to know half as much as Times report
er, for the aforesaid genius knew at once
that Prof Silliman had been secretly sent to
Chicago by Secretary Bristow to examine
those stones and tell him all about them.
Why, professor Silliman is frequently EN-.
ployel by the government in scientific work ~
Nothing bat the best whisky vinegar can be.
gin to equal the sharpness of these Times re-
porters.
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]. w Browne, Esq, of Earlville, is a close
observer of nature, and generally gets things
pretty near right; but when he makes the
bold statement that the curculio don't sting
the plum on the outer surface to deposite It's
egg, but that the egg is deposited in the bios
som, and in due course emerges from the
pit of the half grown plum to daylight, he
runs counter to all former knowledge on the
subject. How does he account for the little
half moon shaped incision in the surface of
the half grown plums, and for the further
fact, that only the plum thus stung fail to
mature? Does the curculio, after depositing
its egg in the blossom, make this subsequent
incIsion to let the little "cuss" out?
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Mr.. Goodspeed, of the Joliet Republican,,

Mr.. Goodspeed, of the Joliet Republican,,
has been victimized by directory man. His
name was Seymour, and he was getting ap a
Directory of Joliet and Goodspeed was to
print it and divide the profits, &c. Endorsed
by Goodspeed, Seymour borrowed a horse
and buggy at livery stable in Joliet to take
a three days ride in the country. The said
horse and buggy never came back, neither
did Seymour and Goodspeed is in for 1t,
He offers $500 reward for the horse, buggy
and thief. The only consolation we have to
offer is, that any man who is green enough
to 'co .nucks" with and endorse an initerant
directory man, deserves to be swlndled The
people of Joliet may be thankful they got
rid of the man so cheaply. Had he remain
ed and got up his directory the swindle
would have been on them, and would proba'
bly, have amounted to thousands instead OF a
few paltry hundreds.9
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OLD SETTLERs.-At the old settlers meet
ing last Saturday the following officers were
elected for the current year:
President-John Miller, Freedom
Vice Presidents-Ransom Palmer, Grand
Rapids; W. Bushnell Ottawa; John Hoxie,
Serena; f. 5. Leland, Ottawa; /. II. Freden-
burg, Utica; ID. +. Hit, Ottawa.
Secretary--A NJ. Ebersol.
General Superlntendent-J. n. Pickens
1t was voted to hold the next annual picnic
in Hoes Grove and to invite Judge Leland to
deliver the annual address.
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ASYLUM CnILDREN-The announcement is
made that a company of children mostly boys,
from the New York Juvenile Asylum, will
arrive at Streator, in this county, on Friday
next, June 18th. Their ages will vary from
seven to fifteen years, and they are stated to
be mostly of good parentage and promising
and desirable children. OF course the oh
ject is to find homes for these children in the
west, where they may be lndentured in GOOD
families and raised up to become industri
Gus aud useful citizens. The purposes ofth'
Asylum referred to, and the nature of its work
are SO well understood by our people gener
ally, that any more extended reference is un
necessary.
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NEWS ITEMS.

Gov Beveridgc is probably believer in the
proverb "belter late than never but issu-
ing proclamation appointing May Goth as
a general decoration day and getting ii fairly
into the papers only after the 29th was over,
was no better than never to any extent APP
parent to common apprehension.
The Scribners are getting voracous to a
degree. Last week we mentioned that their
st. Nicholas had swallowed up about all the
other juvenile publications OF the country,
including the Little Corporal. This week it
is announced that their monthly has swal-
lowed up the well-known Boston magazine
"Old and New
The Peoria Transcript went of at halt-cock
and said it was matter OF local PRIDE that
none of the dstilleries in that neighborhood
had been seized The next day the officers
swooped down and captured the whole coun-
ty.
Setting type by telegraph is the latest in
yention. The London Times Is said to have
the machine, and to be pertecting system
by which the paper will be set simultaneous
ly in each of the large cities where 1t has
large circulation.
The recent remarkable pedestrian feat OF
O'Leary at Chicago has started the fever
among the boys of that city, and last Satur-
day two boys one 10 and the other ID years
old, for purse Of $780, undertook to walk
so miles in 70 consecutive hours. The IL
year old boy broke down at the 44th mile,
but the thirteener, James McAndrews, ac-
complished the feat in II hours and - min
utes
Asa result of the attention paid to fish cul.
ture in New York and New England, during
the last few years, it is stated that shad weigh
ING four and five lbs. each, are now retailing
along the Hudson river at 20 cents each, and
the papers for the first time in % years men
tion "glut of shad" Fisheries where three
wears ago but 600 day were taken, now
yield 5000 day.
The New Orleans Picaytne says: ut is es
timated that the fruit yield this summer will
be quadruple that of last year, and the largest
ever known at the south. Considering the
extensive crops expected, we would not be
surprised to see peaches during the season as
low as thirty or forty cents box. Grapes
it is said, will be in excessive supply"
The streator Monitor of last Friday says
The Chicago & Paducah Railroad Co. own
the Illinois River Valley railroad and Will
proceed to lay the iron at once. they eXpec,
70 run trains from Altamont to Joliet in 81
davs. The sale of thatroad to the G. u A. Co
was made in the interest of the Paducah.
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TEMPERANCE.

A National Temperance Convention, com.
posed of four or five hundred delegates, male
and female, from all parts Of the Union, met
Mt Farwell Hall in Chicago on Tuesday. The
body was called tc order by W. E. Dodge, the
big New York merchant, and Rev. John NJ.
Waldron was appointed temporary chairman,
afterwards displaced by the appointment OF
Hon. Hiram Price, of iowa, as President,
with some twenty vice presidents and secre-
,aries. Immediately after the organization,
the Honorable Henry Wilson, vice president
of the L. S., was introduced, and made the
opening speech. He was followed by other
speakers, and indeed all the sessions, from
Tuesday to Thursday night, were mainly
taken up with speech making. The conven-
ton it seems was anything but harmonious
on the various planks to be placed in the ma,
tional platform. The subject of using alcO-
hohc wine for sacramento purposes; the
Punishment of alcohol in all shapes and under
all circumstances from the sick ROOM the
questions of absolute legal prohibition; OF
independent political action, &c, DC, all ex-
cited acrimonious debate, and il is hard to
tell what the real sense of the convention was
on these knotty points, The folly of third
party movement during presidential cam
paign, however, seems to have struck the
more practical delegates as so palpable, that
the scheme was virtually dropped
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-05

The Joliet Republican, tor some lneXplica-
BILE reason, makes n tolerably savage assault
on Gov Beveridge, on account of an alleged
abuse of the pardoning power, and inciden-
tally in that connection, heaves some heavy
rocks at the Hon. Henry Snapp, whom it
presents in no very pleasant light as par
don broker The Republican gives list OF
60 convicts who have been pardoned out
since January LIST, 1865, with the reason, i'll a
few cases, for their pardon. Considering,
however, that there are regularly some 1900
inmates in the prison at Joliet, OF whom at
least 300 are released every year by the ex-
| pration of their time, and that many ofthesc
are pardoned by the Governor few days be
fore their time is up, on account of good be
havior, to save them from the forfeiture of
certain civil rights, and really sixty five par.
dons in six months, under all the circums,an-
ces, look like a small rather than unreason.
ably large number The Republican, probably
gives the correct clue to the Inspiration OF
It's attack in its closing remarks:
/ Many of the contractors Tor labor at the
pcniteDtiary are very loud in their denuncia
lions of the acts VI the Governor, claiming
THAT he Is injuring their business 10 no small
lextent; while the Governor claims that the
: injury is solely due TO the fact tina, those
I whose loss Is felt most keenly by the con
, tractors are generally or almost universally
those who have made themselves valuable By
their excellent behavior and the promp
performance of the tasks assigned them aRC
are therefore mest entitled 10 clemency.
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ALARMING PHENOMENON.

MONTICELLO, Ill, June 1st, 1915.
\ singularly terrible phenomenon was wit
messed at this place about O'Clock today.
4 dark cloud made disappearance in south
westerly direction from here and moved on
towards the northeast. As it approached this
town it had the appearance of terrific terOa-
do Great clouds of dust rose high in the air
and iloated across its inky black background.
Vivid flashes Of lightning darted through it,
and deep peals of thunder mingled with its
awful roar As 4, swept along daylight rap
idly gave way to midnight darkness. For
three or four minutes il was SO dark in the
Hotel Office that chair or table two ieet
from the could not Ue seen. Many OF the CIT
izens TOOK refuge IN their cellers, while ON
ers watched its progress with great alarM
Yet strange TO say, threatening as 1t looked
IT was accompanied by but little wind anc
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-05

A Springfield Qll) newspaper correspond
ent having telegraphed to various journals
that our state officials were preparing to take
a census of this state under the old law OF
1915, on discovery that said law had not
been repealed by the late revision Of the stat
u,es, Attorney General Edsell has taken pains
TO look the matter up, and ADVISES Col. Har
low, secretary Of state, that the law Of ls4t
has been repealed, and there is no need o.
further worry about It. Thus happily thu
state escapes another expensive and useless
,iohp
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the state expenses 10 less than half what they
we're under the "midest" republican rule.
In Georgia and Tennessee, democratic rule
has reduced government to an honest, eco
nomical system, after five years of republican
extravaganza and shameless robbery. And
now It is announced that democratic govern
ment in New York has reduced the state taxes
three and half millions below what they
were under republican rule There is no
state IN the union, north or south, in which a
return to democratic government duriag the
last eight years has not been signalized by a
return to economy in public expenditures and
a reduction of taxation.
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fore fall

Springfield, Mass, was visited by very dc
structive fire on Sunday last The fire broke
out at O'Clock p. NJ in the paint shop of the
Wason Manufacturing Company, on Lyman
street, and swept down Dwight street in
southwesterly direction, destroying in It's
course some forty buildings, including nu-
mer6us business buildings and manufactur-
ing establishments. Several lives were lost.
The destruction of property is estimated at
half million.
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DR.. Eggleston, of Philadelphia, was on
Friday of last week elected Episcopal bishop
of Iowa, after contest lasting three days.
1t is thought the doctor will accept the office.
He is said to be gentleman Of profound
learning, good preacher, and will bring to
the discharge of his duties all the energies Of
his being. tie belongs to the moderate church
party, and is not particularly obnoxious to
either high or low churchmen.
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The city Council ofStLouis finally mustered
up courage enough last Friday night TO de.
eide that Mayor Brtton was duly elected, and
on Saturday proceeded to inangurate him.
So the wheels of the municipal machine
are again in motion.
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institutions at Jacksonville az whom we
came in contact, and o. NJ Fitzsimmons,
Esq, OF that city, tor his persistent friendly
attentions; to the Champaign Cornes Band,
who accompany us on the trip and give US fine
music during the day and evening; and 10
the owners of this noble boat, who gave Us
their best craft, and are daily and hourly
heaping kindnesses upon US H.