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GEORGE M, LELAND,

Muster ia thuHcsfU.
S'rbR-.- "a Il ..-NUtice il hereby given that
wi Nv virtue of decree made aud entered of record by
the Circuit Court Ia sale county state Illinois, the
October of said court 1874 IN certain can'c then
pendug said court the clanCcry side thereof wherein
James Thompson and Laura Thompson were cUmpainanr-,
and bridget Gacney. James Gaheney Mary Shccrun, Pat
rick Sheerun. MARI Dcryin and Margaret Dcryin were
defendants shall Monday, the thiryhrst day Of De
cember s1 the hour Of o'clock ia the afternoon Of
said day offer for the south door O the County
House. In ottawa In said county. at public auction and will
sell highest bidder, the following described pro
perty being the same ordered by said decree 20 be sold that
tnsay lot one in block four IN jane Carks Addition
to North Utica in the county uf l. sale and Of
Illinois ..... ..
Terms or SALE.-ta-ll ttplslrt NJ LELAND
fl.fs.l In : TSt. Master IN thanrr-N
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2oyards all linen crash for 81 at d. Heenan Il
Cos
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The Woman's National Christian Temperance
jnion has requested all the Unions throughout
the land and throughout the world 10 observe
thc second Thursday of December (thc l3th) as a
day Of prayer and thanksgiving. Meetings to be
held from 8 a. III, to IL, and from , p. IN. to D.
Topics for prayer are stated for each hour also
rcquesting that the meeting be in charge OF one
person one hour, and Il portion Of scripture be
read by each. 1t is hoped that every christian,
if impractcablc to spend an hour at the meeting,
will, in the closet, earnestly plead with God in
hehalf Of the cause, and surely He will hear the
universal suppcaton Of His people.
There will be a mass meeting in the evening at
$50, at which Mrs. Conwcll, who lccturcd so ac-
ceptably in South Ottawa will preside, Short
addresses will be the order Of the hour. There
will be some giving temperance speeches who
have been living Incorporate lives. All
are cordially invited. Meetings 10 he held in the
t1He. l....
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SALE OF
Valuable Real Estate.
FARM FOR SALE
OR RENT.

la,. in the SEA Of section T. IN the uf Grand
Rapids ahalf miles south Of MarScle. farm of
leo acres which will BE- for sale until January lSS ~ not
then sold will be for rent X. WOLFE.
ottawa. December s-lmU'
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L'INAl. SETTLEMENT NOTICF.--Es-
TArk OF CHARLES BRTAN. DKrEA-Fp.-Nntce i mere
H even 20 All persons Interested In said estsi that the uu
r"~1ri. ADMINISTRATIVE % the 81 sad Charles
R az dssesse vii appear before te County Court u the
ny u IA sale and .fate q Illinois the County Court
HUrs 10 Ottawa. In aid county, Monday 2isi day
January l-S for the purpoee u rendering
ar the final settlement.
Dated At OTTAWA this ID day % Dcccmber iSI;.
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STATE or ILLINOIS. II SALE CoyNIY-~-. D. Dc
- Cirrtit COWt N.ifgf 10 January Tenn, lS''.. iH
ChaHoery.
Nicholas Nathci- r., Krr-euzca Nniheis.
IL appearing from aiCaSt ME ia the office 81 ir
clerk Of said court that said defendant kr'nlca Ma
thes. l. not resident OF aid sate. and said complainant
having ne his h Of complaint in aid court on the chan
cry side thereof the seventh day 81 pccenrr ID. $50
herein. and summons having been l--uc thereon according
To- Law:
N.trc therefore, j. hereby given said defouanf Hr
'r s Msii.is. that unC~s You shall personally IT, and a
lsr fsrc said court said term thereof to D. held az the
Court House in Ottawa Ia said county, the third Monday
% January next ISIS when and Wherr sd Summons
fsurnhel aBd plead. answer. dCmur or excerpt 70 d
n, the will b. tasrn for confessed against You and
ne matters and things therein PRAYED Cor derced accord
lngly. l. W HOLMES. Clerk.
l. BEEWEE. Solicitor. derS-iw
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Especial attention given Relieving that the perpctnity OF
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INTER OCEAN the advocate of the free school sys
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MOORE'S RURAL YORKER,
will hereafter eds IL" Farmers Page of
THE WEEKLY WORLD.

No paper In the country will have better FAEMEliS'
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The Question and Answer Department,

Long special feature of The INTER OCEAN, is valuable
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the course year many Of the elaborate works pub
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The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-10-11
An Invasion Of Bears.

More wild bears than have ever been
known since the swamps have been set
tied by white men are reported to in
habit the bottoms of the Mississippi
valleys this year. These carniverous
plantigrades are particularly fond of sue
culent food, and the juicy corn as it
ripens in the field is an especial object
of affection. So strong is Bruins appe-
tite for it that the planters of Coahoma
and Tunica counties, Miss. have recently
been compelled to place guards around
their cornfelds to protect them from
destruction. A medium sized bear, with
an ordinary appetite, has been known to
cut down and destroy two acres OF grow
ing corn in single night. They go on
their foraging expeditions in the night
time, and entering a cornfeld they squat
on their launches, shuck an ear OF corn
and proceed to masticate it with an ap-
parent relish equal to their bipedal enc
mics. When their appetite is satisfied,
they cut off cornsalks below the ear by
the armful, and, walking erect, carry
their booty through fields, over fences
and into dark recesses of the swamps
and canebrakes to their hiding-places.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-10-11
Shopping In Venice.

Shopping is quite Q feat in Venice. "A
lady who sets out on shopping e1pedl-
ton may well prepare herself for doubt
full and hostile encounters. Having
found the object sought, she demands
the price. The shopkeeper names sum
of one-third more to double the value OF
the article. The customer starts back
with curious sort of shrek, which COM
mences on q high key, ascends slightly,
and then suddenly falls, sound express
ing incredulity, contempt, and astop'sh-
ment, and after an instant OF silence
offers less than half the sum demanded.
The same howl of indignation is, then
repeated by the shopkeeper, only an
octave lower. He protests that the
amount asked is in reality too low; that
from anxiety to please the Sigposa he
had mentioned his very lowest rate"
The purchaser then offers halt OF the
first required sum. Another howl OF
derision from the shopkeeper, who, how
ever, drops perhaps fourth of his price:
The customer takes up her parasol and
departs. Once outside she calls out
slight advance on her Offer. The pro,
PROPRIETOR invites her to enter again, and
PROPOSES that they shall combinari, "
!. e., combine, and, ,endeayor to meet on
common ground. The customer: repeats
her ultimatum. The shopkeeper declares
that sat such ruinous rates he might as
we'll close his shop" The lady loses
patience. and quits this time without
looking hack. After she is some PAGES
from the door the shopkeeper sends
small boy, kept for the purpose. after
her or calls himself from the door
"The Signora can have it this time." he
saws sadly, "but he can never sell again
SO cheap" He folds it up and hands it
to her with graceful flourish, saying
with q courteous bow, "Servo SEA
Oiterally, her servant), in which. the
clerks and even the small boy JON IN
chorus.-Galary.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-10-11
A Black Hills Character

A Black Hills paper says; One of the
biggest, meanest and most over bearing
fellows in the sHillsbisr q fellOuscalled
"The Colorado Lion He isagambler,
swindler, q robber, Q road agens and
murderer, and not q week goes BY that
he doesn't shoot or stab some one, gem
erally without the slightest provocation.
He used to walk into eshotel or dance
house, and, holdinga revolver IN either
hand, order the crowd to "git. " f any
one hesitated or showed resistance ne
became target, and was soon under
ground and forgotten. He would saun-
ter up to q band of half a dozen miners
working o claim and insist to have first
staked it. and If they did not buy ihim
off he would out with his levolsers and
blaze away. HE had courage and a
steady hand, and Deadwood feared him
more than all the Indians innthe West.
He left here two weeks agotIunder
cloud, and it is probable that he~M be
shot on sight ifShe returns
Fifteen days ago, ,whenf Ihe4 2oloredo
Lion" was king bee and had everything
his own way, he took a little galk up
the creek to raise stake by blackmail-
ing o miner or two. He wss Earmed as
usual, had slowed away, the usual
amount of whisky behind the deer,sk,n
shirt. and there wasn't the least doubt
in his mind that he would come back to
town with increased wealth. and q safe
hide. He finally halted at acclaim being
worked by three men, one OF whom Ii
an old fireman from Chicago named Jed
Sweet. He is an undersized man, about
forty.five years old, and hard worker.
When the Lion halted before the trIo
10 aTere, sSsa 'y you coyotes, what al ye
workin' nv claim FIJI? = e ~ TN
They protested that they swere the
original stake-drivers, but Ives his
plan to claim priority of ownership, and
"This is my claim, and yere's two
revolvers what backs me |! Either Jump
ont or buy me off ]" Il assie7Li
- He had his weapons in his hands, but
that fact did not prevent the old fireman
from reaching out and knocking him
into heap by blow between the eyes.
The Lion was hardly down before the
trio disarmed him, and then kicked,
cuffed and pounded him till he was
hardly better than dead. Some friend
in town concealed him, and patched him
up. as well as possible, and two days after
his humiliation, the defeated Lion
skulked out of .Deadwood to start anew
somewhere else.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-10-11
Pearls of Thought.
Faith is necessary to victory.

Faith is necessary to victory.
Wine has drowned more than the sea.
Modesty once extinguished knows not
how to return.
Honor is like an island, rugged and
without a landing place; we can never
more re-enter when we are once outside
of it.
To assist our fellow-creatures is the
nobl st privilege of mortality /; it is, in
some sort, forestalling the bounty Of
Providence.
Party spirit is like gamblingz-a vast
number of persons trouble themselves
about what in the end can be beneficial
only to few.
Philosophy has not so much enabled
men to overcome their weakness, as it
has taught the art of concealing them
from the world.
If all the year were playing holidays,
to sport would be as tedious as to work;
but when they seldom come, they are
wished for.
OF the acts of cowardice, the meanest
is that which leads one to abandon a
good cause because it is weak and join
a bad cause it is strong. -
They who have experienced sorrow
are the most capable of approaching
Joy +; 80, those only who have been sick,
feel the full value of health.
Men of humor. are, in some degree,
men of genius; wits are rarely. 80,
although q man of genius, amongst
other gifts, may possess wit-as Shake
speare.
It is as difficult to win over an enthu-
siast by force of reasoning, as to per-
suade q lover of his mistress faults ; or
to convince a man who is at law OF the
badness of his cause.
Man was born for action; he ought to
do something. Work, at each step,
awakens sleeping force, and drives out
error. Who does nothing, knows moth
ing. Rise! To work If thy knowl-
edge is real, employ it. Wrestle with
nature; test the strength of thy theories;
see if they will support the trial. Act
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-10-11
The Capture of Hyenas.

The following mode of tying hyenas
in their den, as practised in Afghanistan,
is given by Arthur Connolly, in his Over
land Journal, in the words OF an Afghan
chief, the Shirkaroe Synd Daond:
"When you have tracked the beast to
his den you cake a rope with two slip
knots upon it in your right hand, and
with your lett holding felt cloak before
you, you go boldly but quietly in, The
animal does not know the nature Of the
danger, and therefore retires to the back
of his den, but you may always tell
where his head is by the glare of his eyes.
You keep moving on gradually toward
him on your knees, and when you are
within distance throw the cloak over his
head, close with him and take care he
does not free himself. The beast is SO
frightened that he covers back, and
though he may bite the felt, he cannot
turn his neck round to hurt you, so you
quietly feel for his fore legs, slip the
Knots over them, and then with one
strong pull draw them tight up to the
back Of his neck and tie them there. The
beast is now your own, and you can do
what you like with him. We generally
take those we catch home to the krail,
and hunt them on the plain with brides
in their mouths, that our dogs may be
taught not to fear the brutes when they
meet them Wild"
Hyenas are also taken alive by the
Arabs by very similar method, except
that a wooden gag is used instead of a
felt cloak. The similarity in the mode
of capture in two such distant countries
as Algeria and Afghanistan, and by two
races SO different, is remarkable. From
the fact that the Afghans consider that
the feat requires great presence of mind,
and an instance being given of a man
having died of bite in clumsy at
tempt, we may infer that the Afghan hy-
ena is more powerful or more ferocious
than his African congener.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-10-11
A Lone Widows Device.

An amusing story comes from France,
where, according to the tale, an agrl-
culturist recently died, leaving wife,
a horse, and o dog. A few moments
before his death he called his wife to
him, and bade her sell the horse, and
give the proceeds of the sole to his rela-
tives, and to sell the dog and keep the
money thus gained for herself.
Soon after the death the wife went to
the market with the horse and dog, and
exhibited them, with the announcement
that the price of the dog was one hum
dred dollars, and that of the horse one
dollar. The passers by stopped and
stared, and judged the woman mad,
more especially as she Informed all
would-be purchasers that to buy the
horse it was necessary to buy the dog
first. At last a curious passer-by con-
cluded the bargain after which the
skillful woman handed over one dollar to
the family of her deceased husband, and
retained one hundred dollars for herself,
thus contriving at the same time to
carry ont the letter. if not the spirit, OF
the wishes of her husband, and to Sc
cure the largest sum of money for her.
self.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-10-11
An American Stage Coach.

Itwould not be difficult, in the vicinity
! of New York, to make arrangements for
running line of stage-coaches strictly
on the American plan. Any of the part
ly opened streets in the upper portion
of the island would. do for q starting
place. and rough bridge, in imitation
of those in use in the unsettled portion
of the Southwest, might he thrown over
Spuyten Duyvil creek. The route could
then be laid out along some OF the least
frequented country roads, and some OF
the low-lying places might be filed In
with corduroy.
Then one of our Western stage-coaches,
with six mules at full gallop, and a
driver who wes accustomed to guide
them with the lines in his teeth and q
rifle in his hands, would tear along the
road, with all the clatter and bang and
wild excitement that you could get on
a road down near the Mexican border.
The mules would be of the kind that no
driver could stop between stations, and
if he could keep them in the road it
would be all that would be- expected OF
him.
At certain points there would be
armed men, ambushed by the roadside,
whose duty it would be to fire at the
stage as it passed, and as each OF the
passengers would be required to carry a
rifle, very pretty sport could be had by
peppering the bushes as the stage
dashed along. -,
l. At other points, the stage would be
stopped, and each passenger carefully
robbed by highwaymen. This part OF
the exercises might be made very effec-
tive. The valuables taken could be re-
turned on application to the stage Office,
or they could be kept as perquisites by
the obliging attendants.
Sometimes the services of Indians or
Mexicans might be obtained, and an at.
tack on the stage by small party OF
these would give variety to the proceed
ings.
Refreshments, such as are found at
the stations on the prairie roads, would
be furnished at the stopping places, and
many persons be thus afforded oppor'
tunities, which they could not otherwise
obtain, of eating the crust off an i'm.
mense lump of dough, hastily baked
over hot fire, and put on again after
the departure of each coach, to be re-
crusted for the next load of passengers.
Some pork and beans, and hot fried
cakes, could also be served, if thought
necessary.
Miners would be hired to play cards
in the coaches and all the cards, knives
and revolvers necessary could be furnish
ed by the company.
By careful attention to these and othel
details, a line of coaches might be es
tablished, which should represent, with
accuracy and fidelity, some OF the char
acteristic methods of travel in our OWL
country. And it is scarcely necessary te
say that this would be great education
al boon to people like the citizens Of
New York, who will soon begin to be-
lieve that there are no stage-coaches ex,
cepting those modelled and run upon the
English plan. - Scribner's " Brio a.
| BraG,"
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Items OF Interest. -

In camp meeting near Guerneville,
CAL, house of three stories was made
of hollow tree, the cavity being thirteen
feet in diameter.
An apothecary asserted in q large com.
pany sfthat all bitter things we're hot.
"No," replied physician, ." . bitter
cold day is an exception" 10 s~o, sds
Somebody painted . pet Spitz dog in
Bethlehem, Penn, with alternate car
mine and green stripes. The dog is not
yet mad, but its owner is-very.
A marriage is probable between the
ex-prince imperial OF France and the
Princess del Pillar, sister Of the king OF
Spain. She is sixteen years OF age.
The aggregated exports OF petroleum
oil this year are i21, 900, 900 against
"a, ,O0O, 900 gallons last year. Over a
million gallons are daily exported from
New York. a4, ~ .gyig s.yyf sas
One firm in New York, engaged in the
manufacture of matches, consumes; per
annum ZOO, 900 feet of white pine lumber,
100, 900 pounds of sulphur and 150 tons
of straw board for boxes ~; iAt =
The Potter journal saysthat the farm
ers in that part of Pennsylvania have
discovered that the thrush will not only
eat the potato bug, but that 1t soon sue
ceeds in exterminating that pest. y
The young man whose heart stood still
every time through the long summer he
thought of ice cream at fifteen cents q
plate, is now ready to lie down and die as
lie smells oysters at fifty cents dish IN
the dim distance.
THE RUSSIAN Lowers PARTING.
without thee am poor indeed, -
But with thee am rich;
Oh wouldst thou make my heart to bleed,
Beloved Tzazkoskovitch.i p,,cg ,-o
Tzazkoskoyitch Ehihelankof, ,;-,y
As from her arms he tore,
Burst two suspender buttons Oh, ~ "a
Which rolled upon the floor. 8 nssys
"Keep them, " be cried in piteous tone,
"And think of me, my love,
Then, turned and madly fed his ownsS
Skobeskifraulenstoy. .hsyssy s5oIl