The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-02
OTTAWA FREE TRADER: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2. s7e

halfopen doors. At length the more adven-
turous guests Of the Inn, rushing up stairs
and knocking violently at Paganini's door,
with view of ascertaining the cause IF all
this hubbub were quietly informed ty the
ar,lst that, beng unable 10 sleep, he was sim
ply amusing himself by reproducing upon
his violin the varying humors OF an dct0Hche-
ment.
Other illustrated articles relate 10 The
PHILIPPINE Islands; The Recent Important
chronological Discoveries in Ten nessee; The
Knickerbockers of New York; and Boy S
and Girls, by Port Crayon.
Two of the illustrated contributions are
poems. The Book of Gold, by !. T. Trow,
bridge, is powerful and dramatic Christmas
story in verse. At Two Score, by Il. b. AL.
drich, while it is sufficiently per,onal to be
welcome to the poets many frie,ds, is not
egotstical, and will be read withdelIght by
all lovers of poetry. The other psetlcal con.
tributions TO this number are OF unusual ex.
cellence-notably Paul Haynes Nuscadnes,
which reminds one of some OF Ae happiest
efforts Of the older English poets.
| But the paper in the present humber Of
Harper's which will attract more attention
than any other, is letter from Mr. Gladstone,
ex British Premier, in which he defends him.
self from charge, made in the case of the
u. S. .aid before the Tribunal of Arbitration
at Geneva in 1872, that the Premie Of Eng.
land had, during the rebellion, expressed I'M
friendly feelings towards the goiernment Of
L. S. Mr. Gladstone being the Premier re-
ferred to- now takes occasion or the first
time to meet and rebut the charge
In fiction, r. d. Blackmore, tie author of
Lorna Doene Alice Lorraine, and The Maid
of Skier, begins new novel, entitled Erema /;
or, Ny Fathers Sin. In the current number
of Woman-Hater there ia an exceedingly
entertaining chapter touching UPON the sub.
ject of woman's higher education. Miss
Thackeray's exciting story, Peat Fields, is
concluded. There are also in This number
four excellent short stories.
The Editors Easy Chair discusses Political
Mass Meetings, Newspapers aud Orators,
Our Transatlantic Critics, and .he Kitchen
Question, concluding with SONS suggestive
hints as to beetsteak and apple.pe. The 9th
er editorial departments are well sustained
st, Nicholas,
OF course the December numbg of this IA
yorite of the rising generation is largely de-
voted to the approaching great religious
festival of the year-Christmas. The fronts
piece, called The Heart of Winner, is a su-
perb engraving, representing sone exquisite
bits of winter scenery and life. Then we
have Poems and Carols of Wilter; Doings
of Pollys Christmas Society; Tie Complaint
of the Stockings; The House Of Santa Claus;
The Petcrkins Christmas Tree, &c But
aside from Christmas, there is the usual rich
iscellaneous variety. William Cullen Bry.
ant tells about Boys and My Own Boyhood;
Professor Proctor,the great astronomer, points
out an nfallibe Clock IN the Sky, by which
the time on clear night may be known
by the stars as accurately as by the sun in day
time. j. 7. Trow bridge, the great favorite of
American boys, begins new serial, His Own
Master; and IN the Horse Hotel we have a
striking description of the great stables Of
one of the prominent lines Of New York
Street Cars How will this do for horse
residence:
This Horse Hotel, the largest one Of all, is
on Third avenue between SiXty-fifth aud Sixty.
sixth streets. 1t is one vast iron building,
six hundred feet long and two hundred feet
WIDE, and covers an entire block. 1t is three
stories high, with a basement, and two thous.
and horses belonging to the Third Avenue
Railroad Company reside there in a style OF
splehdor and luxury quite unknown to horses
who have never travelled from their native
farms. There are waiting and reception rooms,
nice quarters for horses who happen to have
a cold or a headache; there is a fine hospital
for those who are very sick; there is house
surgeon and shoemaker, to say nothing of a
cobbler to put on new heels or otherwise re-
pair their shoes and there is housekeeper
and whole army of WATERS and chamber
maids; also q chief cook, with dozen as
sis,ants. Altogether, the hotel is unsurpassed
for horse-luXury and elegance; and If the
horses could tell what they think about IT.,
doubtless there would be 4 mass meeting of
the guests, with vote of thanks to the mana
gers, or at least a committee of three to wait
on the housekeeper and chief cook, with an
appropriate set of resolutions expressive of
appreciation of their kindness and attention., -
and full of words like elegant apartments, +"
"choice viands, "polIteness," "urbanity," etc,
But our space will not permit us 10 touch
upon all the merits of this fine number The
only way is to get copy and see how is
yourself
Bailou's Monthly.
The December number of Ballou's contains
the conclusion OF NJ. Quads great story, That
Taylor Boy, and which ends most happily