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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-04-07

The Modoc Indians number 81 males and
63 females, 1T in all. They have epioyed
ten months schooling the past year, under
the supervision OF the Society of Friends
ORTHODOXY, the Government expanding ST..
$3.50 for their schooling, together with do.
nation Of $50 from other sources. The agent,
H. w. Jones, in giving report of the Mo.
docs and their condition, at Quapaw Agency,
Indian Territory, says: The Modocs are 10.
Gated on very fertile tract containing 1900
acres in the northeast corner OF the Shawnee
Reserve The greater portion of this Is tllla.
Bile, and about 1900 are well wooded. They
have remained steadily loyal and peaceablc
during the past year. They have engaged
energetically in labor, and, as a result, have
large and valuable crop on their farm.
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REPLEvIN.
~ uARoAnBr yANDERaRiTT.

MAkdAhhI
IL was youth all simpleness,
And she maiden full OF wiles'
How could the rustic ever guess ;,os,
That mischief lurked beneath such smiies:
he did not wish his heart to break
Yor pastime ere she went TO town.
snt lust TO keep herself awake,
And win, perhaps, some siigh' roho""'
She airted with him at the well,
She flrtcd with him in the wagon,
And at her mcals-though, truth 70 aell,
His mother watched her IKE uraSon'
re cut her pencils when she drew,
He cut her name On several beeches--
In fact he did the best he knew,
And racked his brain for pretty speeches.
The thing went on some little while,
Until at last the maid grew weary;
She could not always raise smile,
The country, too, was growing drear''
she thought she'd try new effect
And so, without the slightest Warming
She said to her firtee-elcct,
"I'm going home tomorrow morhihS'
She scanned his face for signs OF grief,
But what she saw surprised her' s'ghuyi
Ailook OF most intense relief
Appeared there, and he answered oriRh'iy
ppm thankful-n0-I mean 10 say,
hope You'll find some other fellows
To firt with, if you come our way
Again, for Sues most awful Jealous!
"rvc tried to tell you, but somehow
I always felt so dreadful sheepish
And next thing, there'd a been row,
For really, 1t was getting deepish.
yOu see. we're promised, Sue and me
She's bright, though she's not had muc
schooling
She said last night she'd set me free,
Unless I'd say I'd quit this fooling.
"Of course said would, but then
uondernd what yOud think about me.
thought I'd catch it, sure again,
You seemed so lonesome like without me,
never thought that you might hear
From some one else Of my engagement,
But Mas been telling you, it's clear"
.
He wondered what her look OF rage meant!
"Bric-a- Brac;" Scribner for April.
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The Queens drawingroom and bedroom
are more simple than those of some New
York ladies I know The first mentioned is
upholstered in pale blue satin, the walls hung
here and there with a few family portraits,
The books Of the day, the magazines and
when her majesty Is at the castle) the news
papers are placed here. In this parlor break.
fast is laid each morning for the Queen and
her only unmarried daughter the Princess
Beatrice. Lnpch and dinner are served in n
handsome dinning-room on the other side of
the gallery, the most recent adornment of
which are portraits OF the Duke and Duchess
of Edinburgh, the Queen being, it is SAID,
most particularly attached to her proud and
imperial dauohter.ln law. The bedroom
where her widowed Majesty sleeps is hung
with two shades of yellow satin, and there is
little adornment to il in the way of art objects.
But If it were bare of every yard Of hanging,
every stitch of furniture, Il would still possess
such vision of loveliness over park and
stream, meadow and lawn from the windows
as would recompense tor the lack Of any Ct
mans adorumcnts. II Is quite sufficiently
provided with these, however, and is CON
Portable, elegant, small and coy bedroom
| Further on, the privileged visitor will tiud
the rooms which were always occupied by the
prince ConsOlt, and have never been used
SluCt MS Ntdln. ! ht ihl'uiNl SciNlltI WIN
points them out says that nothing has been
touched in them since the fatal 14h of De
cember. 1861, when the "hlamecss Prince"
Quilted these scenes of earthly glory to find
| let us hope even more delightful ones among
celestial spheres. The Princes hat and cane
stand where he last placed them; the book
he was reading is open at the page where he
left off; the bed on which he slept and where
he died stands exactly as it did when be
breathcd his last; an inscription on lis foot
records the date of his birth and his death
To come daily icto these deserted rooms and
see tor herself that the thoughtless hand oi
some servant has not disturbed apv of their
piors arrangements; 10 gaze her fill on the
vacant couch, the unfinished book; even (i'
is said) To herself brush away any traces al
dust which NAV have fallen within the hour
upon the cherished relics of h.r dead hus
hapd, is dniy scrupu'orsly performed by
this exalted woman and gpo wife each day
when she is at Windsor. |, may he that it is
the reports of these truly witrly actions
which could not degrade "A woman " she were
n Queen of heaven Instead nf Empress oi In
ldin--whlch have spread from lip 10 lip and
forme,! basis for unfounded gossip about
The Queens s"mi.lunacv concerning thu
Prince. That she causes his plate 10 he pres
, NJ MI meals, talks h him aS if he were pres
+ ent. and other thlrcs move shocking thar
these, are rumors wi'hnui gram of truth il
them at this time "r f rmHrly.
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Fires.

The New York insurance Chronicle of March
% has the usual valuable tables Of fire statistics
for the month of February from which we take
the following, for the |. S and Canadas;
I8;7 1876
Aggregate Losses silt.m s'i S,S.
,,r,nor or nres .-.....,, b3S rs!
The loss of February 1876 contains the great fire
on Broadway, n Y, which swelled the total i'm
mensey. In the United States in February
1877, the greatest loss in any one day was 1892,
200, including the destruction OF Fox's theatre
Philadelphia, on the 2jth; the smallest loss, $50,
400, on the 23d The State of New York suffered
most, losing 100000; Florida, the least, $1,000
except D. c., $1,000. Illinois lost S322, 700.
In the endless variety of property burned the
following are most conspicuous; and If our read
ers have noticed it, they almost invariably lead
in numbers if not IN amount bakeries, 9; car
penter shops, 10; drug stores, IA; country gro
Gerry stores, Isl hotels, 2l; liquor stores, IA pub
lie halls, 5; restaurants, Is; school houses, !.
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A New York paper records that the wife of
n sexton belonging tn Que of The churches IN
healthy locality WAS, last w'ek, interrupted
IN The middle at Il hArlngue nn the hardness
of the tunes bv rrrsun Who desired la sell
her couple al ducks "Ducks" exclaimed
she, "hnw can hun ducks ar anything else
We have not buri.d living soul these six
mon,hsr'
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Horse Bills.

Having printed horse bill for over thirty years
and having on hand a number Of fine cuts, We
believe we cannot be excclled in that line OF
work. Farmers and horse men are invited 10
call and see our styles and compare prices. We
are sure to please you in both cases.
OsNAN ~ N NPEuNN
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MILK FOR lNK--lf INK be spilled upon 8
carpet, u can I've removed IN the fnllowir z
manner: As socn as poss b." after the ink
is spilled nm the carpet, Dup a clean sponge
in milk. aud sponge he l. K spot, clelrsIng
the spnug" again in clean water h,fOre put.
ting II again in ihe mila, So as Ia avoid
smesring II; continue the operation until all
the INK is out: then, "i course, the ink can
be washed out afttrwsrd.
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AneCdOte Of Lincoln.

"One day. said Mr.. Lincoln, "when
| first came here, l got into a bit Of
muslng in my room, and stood resting
my elbows Oh the bureau. Looking
into the glass, it struck me what an
aw1ully ugly man | was. The fact
grew on me, and | made up my mind
that must be the ugliest man in the
world. 1t so maddened me that re.
solved, should l ever see an uglier, l
would shoot him at sight. Not long
after this Andy" (naming a law
yer presenD "came to town, and the
first time | saw him | said to myself
There's the man. | went home, took
down my gun, and prowled around
the streets waiting fer him. He soon
came along. Halt, Andy said l,
pointing my gun at him. Say your
prayers, for I'm going to shoot you"
"Why, Mr.. Lincoln, what's the
NATTER what have l done p
swell, made an oath that if I ever
saw man uglier than am, Id shoot
him on the spot. You are uglier,
sure SO make ready to die
"'Mr. Lincoln, do you really think
I'm uglier than you?'
"'Yes.
"'Well, Mr. Lincoln, replied Andy,
deliberately, and looking me squarely
in the face, 'ifI am any uglier. fire
array r. Editors Drawer, in Har-
per's Magazine for December.
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AFFLIcTIoN should be borne patiently.
Henceforth Ill bear
Afliction, till it do cry out itself,
Enough, enough, and die.
-Shnhanlnrp

When Senator Morton was a
young lawyer, just getting into prac.
tice he had case the success of which
depended on single authority in
some one Of the State reports. In the
course of his reading he had noticed
it, but now that the point was needed
he could not find it. Two days were
spent in the most earnest search, and
the case was set for the next morning,
At midnight it had not been found,
and he retired, exhausted and disap.
pointed. But while asleep he dream
ed that the authority wanted was in
the Massachusetts reports. The vol
ume and number of the page appear
ed, and even the opening sentence
stood out before him. The supposed
delight at finding it woke him from
sound sleep, and although it was two
o'clock in the morning, he hurriedly
dressed and walked to his Office,
where he found the petition jus! as
presented to him in the dream. Before
noon he had won the case.
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Don't SCOId.

For the sake of your children, dort
do it. 1t is great misfortune to have
children reared in the presence aud
under the influence of scold. The ef-
feet ofthe everlasting complaining and
fault-fnding Of such persons is to
make the young who hear it upami-
able, malicious, callcus.hearied and
they often learn to take pleasure in
doing the very things for which they
receive such tongue-lashings. As
they are alays getting the blame Of
wrong doing, whether they do it or
not, they think they might as well do
wrong as right. They lose all ambi-
tion to strive for the favorable opinion
of the faul..6nder, since they see they
always strive i'll vain. Thus is a scold
not only a nuisance, but destroyer
OF the morals of children. If these
uuloyed, dreadful people could only
see themselves as Others see them,
they would flee to the mountains in
very shame.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-11-21
John MorrIssey's Religion

Mr.. Morrissey has passed his sum.
mers for more than twenty years at
Saratoga. a clergyman who made
his acquaintance became especially
anxious to converse with him upon
religious subjects, Morrlssey received
him cour,eously, and the frequent WIS.,
its seem mutually pleasant. They
continued two or three seasons. The
clergyman always getting interested
in general conversation, kept postpon-
ing from time to time the real object of
his visits. Finally, however, he SAID,
"Mr. Morrissey, we have now been
acquainted for several years. You
have uniformly treated me with atten
tion and kindness, always responding
to the charitable requests [ have made /;
but somehow | have failed in the dis
charge ola more important duty. |
have always wanted to converse with
you about religion. Are you willing
to hear me ?" "Certainly," replied
MIR. Morrissey. 81 am confident that
a man of your intelligence, absorbed
as you have been with worldly things,
must have reflected upon what con-
Germs your future existence. Morris
sey replied that, though conscious OF
his deficiencies, he had often thoughts
of serious things. The clergyman
said that he presumed Morrlssey had
settled opinions on the subject, and
that, at least, he was believer. To
this Morrissey replied atlirmatively.
''Then," said the clergyman, ''if you
are willing TO state it, l should like to
know just what you do believe II
believe" said Alorrissey, sin doing as
We agree"
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WHOLE NO. 1873 8

and care-won. One of them was
heading and sub-heading cable dis.
patches from the seat of war, another
was writing editorial paragraphs on
the important telegraphc news that
came in, another was damning new
play in viruleut prose, another was
revising thrilling account of a muir
der, another was transcribing his stem
ograpbic notes of a speech on the in
tlation of the currency, another was
putting the finishing touches upon a
well.considered article crticisiug de.
bate in the French Assembly, and an
other was absorbed in the description
OF yacht race. The little tin box in
the shaft bounced up and down more
frequently, and the night editor be-
came more nervous and imperative
than ever, as the fingers OF the big
clock on the wall went beyond two.
The pages Of manuscript were sent up
one by one, and long moist proof.
sheets came down from the compos-
ing-room. Then the "cutting.down"
began, aid some of the writer's saw
articles that had cost them hours of
search annihilated by the stroke of
pen, or reduced from columns to par
agraphs-not on account of unmport-
ance, but simply because there is al.
ways superhulty of matter, contrary
to the erroneous notion that the edl-
tors great difficulty is to fill his space
and in some instances even the par
agraphs were finally omitted to make
room for unexpected news that arrived
later. Telegrams were still coming
in at half yast two, but soon after that
hour one dispatch brought the words
"yocd-night,' and that meant the clos
ing. The night editor and his assist
ant now disappeared into the compos.
ing-rooms, where they remained to su.
perintend the making,up of the forms,
and the men at the desks prepared to
leave, or threw themselves back in
their chairs for a chat aud some more
William II. Rideing, in
iarpers Magazine, for November
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Retrv.
[From the Atlantic Monthly for N1vember.[
November.

When thistle.blows do lightly float
About the pasture height,
And shrills the hawk a parting note,'
And creeps the frost at night,
Then billy ho though singing 30,
And whistle as I may,
There comes again the old heart-pain
Though all the livclong day.
In high wind creaks the leaaess tree
And mods the fading fern;
The knobs are dun and snow-cloud be,
And cold the sun does burn.
Then no, hollo though calling 30,
| can not keep it down;
The tears arise unto my eyes,
And thoughts are chill and brown.
Far in the cedars' dusky stoles,
Whore tho sore ground.vine waves,
The partridge drums funeral rolls
Above the fallen leaves.
And hip. hip, no though cheering 3d.
1t stills no whit the pain;
For drip, drip, drip, from bare branch-tiI
hear the years last rain.
So drive the cold COWS from the hill,
And call tho wet sneep in;
And let their stamping clatter fill
The barn with warming din.
And ho, folk, no though it is 30
That we no more may roam,
We still may find a cheerful mind
Around the fire at home d!
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)CK, W.T., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 81, 1872.

inc that pair Of pitiless gray eye
were waiting for the appearance o
his head, while pair oflithe and ner
vous hands were ready to pounce upon
bis ears. 1t was MT many minutes
however, before each ear was suddenly
caught in an inexorable grasp, anC
his head began to oscilIate with re
markable speed between the floor ano
edge of the tedstead.
Won Moltke himself could not have
surpassed Miss Johnson's tactics. She
had the man completely at her mercy,
and he was as helpless as though his
head were in the stocks. AT first his
captor maintained a grim silepce, but
after she had bumped him sufficiently
to ease her mind, she addressed him
upon the wickedness and folly of
seeking to rob her. In vain did the
man protest that his motives were in
nocent that he had mistaken the
house, and had merely intended to
take quiet nap under his own bed
stead, where the flies could not find
him. Miss Johnson sternly told him
that he could not make her believe
any such nonsense, aud that she would
"let him know and would also show
him" These threats were carried out
by 4 renewal Of the humping process,
until the man yelled for mercy so
loudly that the nelghbors were arous-
ed, and rushed to Miss Johnson's
house with the firm conviction that
gang Of burglars had murdered that
excellent woman, and were quarrelling
over the division of the spoils. lit
was not until strong force, armed
with clubs and hatchets, had reckless.
ly entered the room, that Mrs. Johnson
surrendered her captive, with the re-
mark that the sooner they took them
selves off the better, and that if any
other man would like to lie under her
bed, she was entirely ready to knock
a little sense into him.
Thus this intrepid woman not only
defended herself with the most signal
but she pointed out the true
way to deal with a man under the
oed. Most women would have tried
o poke the man out with broom, at
he same time requesting him to
shoe " The result would have been
o expose themselves to an attack at a
'ery great disadvantage, Miss john
sons plan, on the contrary, places a
nan under the bed entirely at the
mercy OF a good and courageous wo-
nan, and those women who may any
ime hereafter find man under their
respective beds will do we'll to initiate
Ter example and share aer we)l.earned
glory - n. Y Times.
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Comfy: Waiting."

Ia very aged man in an almshouse was asl
d what he was doing now. He replied, "On
'aitipg."
Only waiting till the shadows
Are little longer grown,
Only waiting till the glimmer
OF the days last beam is flown
Till the night Of earth is faded
From the heart, once full Of day;
Till the stars of heaven are breaking
Through the twilight soft and gray.
Only waiting till the reapers
Have the last sheaf gathered home,
For the summer time is faded,
And the autumn winds have come.
Quickly, reapers gather quickly
The last ripe hours Of my heart,
For the bloom of life is withered.
And l hasten to depart.
Only waiting till lie angels
open wide the mystic gate,
At whose feet long have fingered,
Weary. poor, and desolato.
Even now hear the footsteps,
And their voices far away;
II they call me am waiting,
Only waiting TO obey.
Only waiting till tho shadows
Are little longer grown,
Only waiting till the glimmor
OF the days last beam is flown.
Their from out the gathered darkness,
Holy, deathless stars shall rise,
BY whose light my soul shall gladly
Tread its pathway to the skies.
Anonymous.
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To COnsumptiveS.

The advertiser, having been permanently
cured of that dread disease, Consumption, by
simple remedy, is anxious to make known
to his fellow sufferers the means of cure.-
To all who desire it, he will send copy of
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ON HAND.
He packed his valise in his bedroom,
Then carefully raised the sash,
And attached to the well.worn handle
The end of a long whiplash.
Softly he lowered the treasure,
And thought how the landlord would swear
When he arose in the morning
And found that his man wasn't there.
Slowly the valise descended
Into the darkness of the night
When the voice of the landlord shouted,
"Let 60; I've got it all right u
oil city CaR
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The first frost banished the flies,
and the young man with the straw
hat feels as much out of place as
delinquent subscriber would in heaven.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-11-21

God has given to occupation the
mission Of the north wind, that OF
purifying tie miasma Of the heart as
the wind purifies the miasma Of the
atmosphere - Golden Sands.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-11-21

The man who went from Jerusa-
lem to Jericho and fell among thieves,
had evidently started out to organize
a new party. They all got there
BroCkville Jeffarsonian ...t. .
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will mail (Free) the recipe for preparing
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Education is better sategurd OF
liberty than standing army Ever
ett. ..-
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"A quiet mind, like other bless
ins, is more easily lost than gained
[An0n.
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