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The Story of u Paragraph,

The Louisville Courier-Journai has the fol
lowing wall: by tremulous gaslight in a
Western newspaper office sat a young man
alternately mopping his forehead and raking
his HAIR Sometimes he would rest the tin
OF his pen'holder on the verge of some one OF
his prominent features, and fixing his eyes
on the ceiling would glare and think and
think and glare. Then he suddenly changed
his position, and all at once dashed of one OF
the most humoroue paragraphs ever written
II appeared next day and slipped silently in.
TO the Eastern mail with the rest of the news
paper matter. The New York Daily Bung
Bung presently reached for that humorous
production, and next morning the readers OF
the Bnng-Bung were RECALLED with the selec
ton, little knowing whence 1t came. The
Bung- Ruag went oil to It's exchanges, and one
of them copied the humorous selection, inno-
Gently crcditing 1t TO the Bung Bung, and
now that side-splitting extract may be seen
fitting about any where between Duluth and
New Orleans or Denver and Dover, the whole
United States surprising II TO be the offspring
Of the Daily Buag- BRg, when IL is really the
little Charley Ross Of that prespiring younr
man far on In the West, who sat and mopped
his foreheadlapd glared at the ceiling. Such
Is the injustice of journalism.
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BETTER THAN GOLD.

Better than grandeur, better than gold,
Than rank and title a thousand fold,
Is a healthy body a mind at case,
And simple pleasures that always please;
heart that can feel for neighbours woe,
And share his joys with genial glow,
With sympathics large enough to enfold
All men as brothers, is better than gold.
Better than gold is conscience clear,
Though toiling for bread in All humble sphere
Doubly blest with content and health,
Untried, by the lusts of cares or wealth,
Lowly living and lofty thought as..
Adorn and enn0ble poor mans cot;
For man and morals, or Natures plan,
Are the genuine test OF gentleman.
Better than gold is the sweet reposc
OF the sons OF toll when their labors close;
Better than gold is the poor mans sleep,
And the balm that drops on his slumbcrs deep,
Bring sleeping draught to the dOwny bed,
Where luxury pillows his aching head;
His simpler opiate labor deems
A shorter road to the land OF dreams.
Better than gold is a thinking mind
That In the realm Of books can find
A treasure surprising Australian ore.
And live with the great and good Of yorc,
The sagcs lore and the poets lay,
The glOries OF empires passed away;
The worlds great drama will thus enfold
And yield pleasure better than gold
Better than gold Is a peaceful home,
Where all the fireside charities come;
The shrine of love and the heaven Of life.
Hallowed by mother, or sister, or wife.
However humble the home may be,
Or tried by sorrow with Heavens decree,
The blessings that never were bought or sold,
And centre there, are better than gold.
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Chicago Market.


Jan. 7th, 1876.
Flour-Prices a shade lower. Fancy white
winter extras, $ZOO@7.50; spring extras $3.50
$50; fancy Minnesota patent, S6.25@9.oO.
Mheat-Lowcr. Winter sold at Sl.l0@ll
No spring, $lOO@lOl; No. 2, 05@96c.
Corn--Ne 2, 40@5lc. Options, January, 43
@44c.
Oats-Cash sales, 30@3lc.
Rye-67@6Sc., for No. 9.
Barley-No. 2, SS@9Oc.
Lard-$l2. 30@sl24O.
Tallow-Shc.
Potatoes-New, 35@40c.
Butter-Good fancy yellow, 30@S2c; roll $50
23c. I..r..
Eggs-4@25c. per dog.
Dressed Hogs-s7 5O@790.
Cattle.-Active, with better prices Fancy
grade steers $5.75@6.0O; choice natives 100
@5.50; cows and helfcrs s25O@3.75.
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house where one Of the other dogs had been
sent 1.-THE latter was blind, but kept as being
an old favorite.) In the morning when the
lady went to the door she not only saw the
dog which had gwen her such warm re.
ception the day previously, but also the old
blind dog, which had evidently been brought
BY the other dog to welcome her. When the
second night came the old blind one was ia
ken back to its home by the san dog, which
afterwards returned, having Travelled a dis
lance of twenty-eight miles to give pleasure
to the old blind one.
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CURIOUS FREAK OF DoG.--A Randnor-
shire lady, who was married in March, and
came TO reside in Yorkshire, England, recent.
ly paid visit TO her father, who, before she
was married, kept two or three sheep-dogs, Of
which she was very fond. Since thea he has
retired from business and disposed Of all bat
one dog. THIS one me, the lady with demon.
STATIONS OF great delight upon her arrival
a, her fathers house, and that night the dog
-.a. 4 als.aLl. 6. slTlE Mia u = IAN
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ottawa Wholesale Market,

OTTAWA, Jan. 9TH, 1876.
Business dull this weck--thG abomnable
weather keeping the farmers at home
Prices generally about the same.
Corn, Sc for IS lbs Oats, 28c for So lbs; Rye,
58@6Oc for 60 lbs; Wheat, 60@9O; timothy seed,
$i75@1sO; Hay 81 for prairie, $11@sl2 for tim
othy; Potatoes 25c; dressed chickens 7@Sc;
dressed turkeys 10c; dressed hogs s7@7.25.
We quote below:
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THE Boy Emigrants," By Noah Brooks;

Giving the adventures OF party OF boys on their long
Journey the plains with vivid portrss Of their
Life in CALIFORNIA during the days Of the GodFsrer. Mr..
Brooks brings to this work. In addition to his welkncwn
literary gifts thorough familiarity with the features OF
that wild country and the people then ockng toward H.
What he has to say Of them is pervaded with subtle and
OF reality that enables the reader to follow
the characters In their adventures with positive OF
companonshlp The contsgion OF the "gold.ver;" the
great difficulties pers which beleaguered their Journey
across the plains and mountains and finally the adven.
furious hsfcvized and yet In certain rude way poetic
lie In the mines Of California, all described with won
derfu tuhfulness and SKILL Add TO this the elevated tone
ryading work. and the irresistible attraction which
such narrative possesses for boys and the value OF this
stirring. healthy serial becomes evident.
There Is to I've another and shorter serial beginning In
January and running through three numhers:
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Exchange on Chicago, New York

Exchange on Chicago, New York
And all the principal clties East and wes,
BO u @ Fl II a ~ ~ SOLD
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r c. JORDAN, Cashier.
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Exchange on New York, a premium, selling
La Sale county bonds, par and interest.
Foreign exchange is selling at 5000 per G.
Sterling exchange selling 1886 to 5000 per E
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wife Ida NJ. Wallace, having left
" bed and board without lust this
TO caution All persons not 10 harbor or trust her
account, Us VIII ray no debts OF her contraciing
ROBERT WALLACE.
Ottawa, La Sale Co.. us. Dec. isth, Is'J-Sw'
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" Philip NOlan's Friends !"
by EDWARD EVERETT HALE.

By EDWARD EVERETT HALE.
This historical romance. The scene Is laid In the
Southwest at time when that territory rst Spanish
then French and then American, and when imm
nent to obtain the control of the mouth OF the Mississippi
It likely to be the great CT the Mississippi Val
ley, as Gabriel Conroy" will be OF the Pacific Slope.
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st. Nicholas for 1875,

Which, with it's magnificent pictures its two complete Sc
rails and its nnuuerabe shorter sketches poems, tair
tales rhymes and jngles. bits Of wisdom Its French
German and Latin stoests fun and its puzzles Jack In
the LetterboX, &C., &C. Is even more Superh
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DIR. "a. OLIN,

DIR. "a. OLIN,
VI Chicago. formerly Of this psscJ win visit OTTAWA, 81
Con Hotel ths ars Tuesday Of each month for treating
a, diseases OF the Rye and Far surgicsy or otherwise
upersnonsfor ARTIFICIAL pupil inverted lidseiosur
Duct eye srAsshyoms. and the removal OF
tuno and morbid ero~ths Of every description Arahcsi
eyes and ear inserted Without pain previous ops
uou. GRAMMAR eyelds ne posi egusaf ds n ne
radcailT a-d Permanently ctref
From his long experience In tezang diseases OF TIE Bye
feels oonnseni STATING that he nsay
every ease Crouie also tread Coasstsesn f
Lsrrs-i siscs 81 Affi.ris Eyrsis tue wee.
.yS.E..... - .-..
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st. Nicholas fer 1871 and 1875,
EOIIR NOLU MES.

For the convenience of libraries and because many chill
dren find large volumes for "a and rs rather bulky
handle had these twenty four numbers bounC
in (o elegant ron,es, and nclosed in neat box, under
the general title of
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BaMklnq.

NATIONAL CITY BANK
OF OTTAWA.
FORMERLY CITY BANK W EAMBs, ALLEN 4 CO
l.. H. EAMEs, Frss' Il. q. ALLEN. Wee Prss.
DIRECTORS.
HENRY F. EAMEs, JOHN ID. CAroN.
EDWIN g. ALLEN, l.. H. EAMEs.
F. S. GAMES, Il. &. JORDAN.
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10 Ottawa MERCHANTS AND SHIPPERS.
THE
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
RAILROAD
Il the Short Line 10 Chicago and
the East.

D. ". HTrCHooCK, General Passenger Agent
ROBERT HARRIS. General Superintendent.
d. V. TOUZALIN.
| fuy 5th Agent. Ottawa. Illinois.
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A. NJ SMITH, Gen'l Pass. ACT. II. RIDDLE GenI sup't
Dec. Is, 1876. D.M. HALL, Agent at Ottawa.
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st. Nicholas for 1876

Premises greater attractions than the previous vol
umes. strong feature OF the new volume is an american
Serial StOTU,
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A Brother,s Love.


Detroit Free Press just about
two minutes after an excursion boat
had left her wharf yesterday a boy
about twelve or thirteen years of age
rushed down Wayne street as hard as
he could go, waving a parcel and
shouting ''Stop 'er-stop that boat -
lie reached the wharf very red in the
face, and as he danced around on the
planks policeman inquired:
"Did you mean 10 go on that boat O.
"No didn't, but my sister Mary S
on there"
"Well, she'll be taken good care of, .
remarked the officer.
"No she won't, either" replied the
lad, blowing his nose as if cor slider
ably grieved. "She left her Irritation
handkerchief at the house, and here
I've run a whole uiln to give it to
her and got here too late. it'll be a
mighty lonesome day for her !"
-
The tower of st. Paul's American
Episcopal Church in Rome has been
finished. BY the liberality of Miss
Wolfe, of New York, it has been COM
pleted much sooner than expected.
The tower is l42 feet high, and is
built in five stories, the first of which
is fitted up as baptistry.
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pean visitors and sojourners, and the
wealthy Egyptians. Tive public gard.
ems of the Esbekaiyah are the Champs
Elysees of the Egyptian Capital. But
the great work of the last ten years is
the SueZ canal. To be sure the credit
Of this does not belong alone to Egypt.
yet, had the generous and active CO.
operation of Egypt been withheld
nothing would have been done. All
doubts are dissipated as to the success
of the canal. In January and Pebru
airy, 1870, the number of vessels pass
ing through the canal was ~ and 20
respectively, with about 100000 re-
ceipts for the first month, aud $4,000
for the second. Contrast this with l46
vessels for January, 1875, and 1852, 725
receipts, and very nearly the same fig.
ures for February.
The army and navy have been vast
ly improved, the latter by whole fleet
Of war vessels OF the finest build and
most complete modern appointments,
while the army has been drilled for
years by American officers, who have
perfected its organization and dici.
pline. Gen. Loring commanded the
second Abysinian expedition. whose
object. by the way, does not seem to
have been the conquest or annexation
of that country, but the protection OF
the Egyptian border, by securing guar
antics of future good behavior from
| Egypt's lawless and meddlesome neigh.
| bOrs.
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ity the handsome young woman in her
soldiers requirements, and listened
with plying wonder to her story.
She rejoined TIE army in the dead of
winter shortly before the disastrous
attack on Quebec, while the troops lay
at ST. Rogue, il the lowlands north Of
the city.
! cannot trace the subsequent his
tory Of Jemima Warner. 1t is prob.
able that she returned from the army
TO the States On their retreat from
Canada on the following spring and
summer. Whatever became of her,
her name deserves TO be enrolled
among the heroines of old 70.
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Dealers IN General Merchant Sc Store on
Main street, River Falls, Wisconsin.
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Published Every Thursday.
OLD BEY's TRUST.

OLD BENS TRUST.
Do you think I'm afraid Of dyn'
BeCos ! would ruther live,
And hang on 90 my Unstable chances,
And what they are likely to give
In the way Of good eatin' and drinkin,
With the 'pepsy h0undin' me so,
And havin' 10 den up in winter,
Like a bear, with the airliest snow
No, sir, tell you that dyin'
Is leavin the things that we know,
And AOatin out into strange waters,
All dark, above an below
keer notlin' for New JenIs lum;
know 'twouldu't seem like hum,
Cos where they have things so splendid,
They don't expect poor folks to come.
But, Oh, ii the singin' in heaven
Was the hum Of the wind in the pines,
Or the noise ot the brook and the river,
Where the brook and the river jines
II the birds was 20 sing halleluyar,
As they do In the bushes all day,
And the little brown chippies should chatter,
And the locusses chirrup away.
Il them streets was kivcred with MOSES,
And shaded with trees overhead,
With leaves droppin' down In shower,
Painted purple, and yellow, and red
u over hat wonderful river
! could go all alone 10 float,
In and out, among the lilies,
With only just MAZE in my boat,
II ! could hear MAZE before me,
A harkin' along the trail,
should know there was sOmethin' TO loler
That wouldn't be likely to fail;
And ia lay down my head, contented
To let the moss over me grow,
As it does on the trees in the forest
And say | was willin' to go.
Il the Lord has alters been with me,
And held me fast by the hand,
When the fog kivered up the valleys,
And I'd lost the lay OF the land.
And twas safe 70 trust him so iur,
III trust him the very last miles
Tie knows where 20 look when he wants me
Without hailin' him all OF the while.