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BUDGET OF FUN.
Said lie had Seen Better Days.

A sad.eyed, coal-staned son of sorrow tum-
bled into Pultzer's Office the other day, WIN
breath like the trail of a pestlence, ana said ne
had lust arrived from Louisville, IN destitute
circumstances.
1T don't take an opera glass to see that, re-
marked Pulitzer, lighting fresh cigar
II have seen better days" SAID the man sad
~.
II wouldn't have thought it," volunteered
II have indeed" continued the haggard
mendicant. AT one time was clerk in a
tirstclaSs hotel"
II don't believe it, Take off your hat"
shouted Pulitzer, getting interested.
The man removed the limp, gutter-stain-
ed fragment that sctcred his head, and eX-
posed mass Of tangled, matted hair.
"Do You mean to tell me that hair was ever
parted?' demanded his lnQuisitor, sternly.
YES, do"
How long ago."
"Bout ten years"
IN the middle?"
"As true as gospel"
WAS it ever clipped close to the head?'
YOU'RE justright there" said the man with
a hollow sound way down in his chest, that
did duty for a sigh.
'Wcll. what was it for?" inquired Pulitzer.
"Embezzlin' some diamonds from the hotel
SAFE. lHCN DclOnUtu 10 III d'u'oo VIM
70 the Office for safe keepin'. They walked
around my own business breastpin, dazzle me-
and fell 1t was their bright glitter that lur-
ed me to my ruin, and yanked me OIL the
pedestal The two WIS didn't have nothing
to do with my tumble, as sure as you're
Christian"
How much did you get?"
Three years That took the tuck out o me
and spolcd my hair, soft | could never a got
behind the desk again, even if I'd wanted to-
which | didn't"
"Well, WELL" unused the attorney, "can such
things be, and the world roll on as usual? 1t
seems hard to believe Here, old fellow, its
my candid opinion that you've warped the
facts shamefully, but | wont be hard on you.
Here's quarter-take it and get thee to a
brewery, and surprise that degenerate stomach
of yours with something warm
Ten minutes later the tramp was pccrng up
ward through the bottom Of glasS.-CtnctH-
ut BredhtdSt T0bb.
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GEO. w. w. BLAKE,


STAT'Tc OF ILl.I ~ OILS, IA NLLEt Cos.
- In he Circuit court Me3tCf. 10 JUle term. SSH
ChaHCeyR ,,.,, ,,
Ii appparng from affidavit on hle IN The once OF the
clerk of said court that said defendant Frank Ryan Is
NOT "A resident of said state and said complainant having
filed her bill Of complaint in said court, ON the cactry
side thereof the 18th day OF October A. H. 49, herein
and summons having been issued thereon according 10 law
Notice therefore, Is hereby given To said defe ndan Frank
that unless shall personally DE ana appear
before said said term thereof 10 be held at the Court
House Ottawa, in said county, on the hrst Monday 81
June next A. d. 1873 (when and whore said summons Is
returnabe and plead answer demur or except 10 SAID OH
the will be taken fer confessed against YOU ana the
matters and things therein prayed for ecrec aGc3dne
Il. w. HOLMES Clerk.
GEO. " W. BLAKE. solicitor. h'O2-lM
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n. p. JONES',

ATTORNEY at Lar. .
MORTGAGE SALE OF REAL ESTATE.-WlEREAS
VI George Hartman and sophila 9rm ian, ms WIFI d
by their certain m2rgaEc dRded lhH i, ,a U All r tbe
county of La Sale in the state Of Illinois IN Volume 20 o.
stawn his heirs and assigns forever, all Of the real estate
hereinafter described for the better securing the payment
thousand dollars and interest thereon at
the rate of ten per cent per annn according 10 tr tenor
With said mortgage executed by the said George Hartman
said of money and interest. and payable In three
with interest at the rate aforesaid payable annually;
And whereas IT is provided in and by said mortgage that
thereof either of principal Of interest according TO the
tenor and eect thereof me whoig 81 tc sn m ta an" n
ton of the undersigned become Immediately due and paya
10 the contrary Notwithstanding and the undersigned after
having advertised such sale four weeks In newspaper pup.
part thereof and all right and equity OF redemption OF tue
said George Hartman and sophia Hartmann thHT ntrs GA
the highest bidder for cash. AT the south door OF thc
sch adyrrtisoncn and mon the making such sale
sales the attorney Of the said George Hartman and So
tucd rrcvocDly in the name of the undersigned or his
legal representative shall execute and deliver TO te
deeds the IN fee OF the premises SOLD
And whereas default has been made in the payment of the
i her oY T az ip S "' NJ and l. the said Jeremiah
Sraw have elected declare and have declared the whole
Of The nsra Of ad m9'g 29S al aTrearse' OF interest
t6crrr n"c" is hereby given that l. the said Icrc.
mah Strwn by virtue ana in pursuance oil the power ana
authority conferred upon me ry the said moragG Will on
hour Of So O'clock In the AFTERNOON Of the day sen
public yenue To the highest bidder for cash AT the south
door Of the County Court House in the OTTAWA IN the
county of Ia Sale and state Of Illinois all of the real estate
in said mortgage described, viz: An of the north ha OF
the northwest quarter section thirteen. IN township tr
tyue north of range three Of the third principal mer
dian living of the Ottawa, OswcgO and Fox River Val
ley Railroad situate in the county OF Ia st. III w. s'ae
uf Illinois, containing turyNc acres more or less 10,
gcthrr with all rich. and equity 0f redemption Of the said
George Hartman and sophia Hartman their heirs eNecu.
tors administrators in said tract Of ahd ana VIII
execute anG deliver the purchaser or purchasers ~ sl
sar dec. for the conveyance In fee of the premises sold,
and will execute the powers granted "a me in and ny said
mortgage. JEhEMlAh - iNNN'
Dated January 18th, lSIs. MortgaEtt.
D. 4. JONKS Attorney. lahl'-S"
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D. P. JONES,


vi Lucien r Sanger and Elizabeth T. Sanggr his ME-
day Of september D. s5 aud recorded IN me kscorlrs
n"S in BOOK y Of Deeds pages 90 and s grant bargain
sell and convey unto the undersigned John u a. Ho ~.
the better securing the payment Of eighteen hundred dollars
at the and in the manner specified IN aud according 10
date With qd mortgage deed executed by said Lucion T.
Sanger "a secure me lays ~ T' sn U' ~ nrd
dollars and made payable on the twenty third day OF
or order with interest annually;
And whereas also it is provided In and by said mortgage
deed that if default Is made Ia the payments % secure which
said mortgage decd gwen then The undersigned John
V A. Hoes may sell Ga" said premises az public after Elg
paper published in Ottawo. IN sgid Il sale county;
Mated and agreed that there shall be- ten per cent damages
the sum which may b. t4' 10y Iu,h i,lGrt' E,n y,
therein and thereby -ettrI ana .tNd'''l '' Use "'''
Aud whereas also, diIt'' s~ h'6r made ia ~. p-y m,9i
OF the pr!nissry note lat above mentioned aud de- Died
and three hundred dollars ~ th' principal 'htF,I VIII ~
tcrst thereon from 'l' tr-i Gay %, 'u{ ~ ~ & T,1
,ory note having requested thr u4der>.-igd l".H V "
the power Z" him gwen n anu 2 -i ,id I.u
NON therefore notice j. hereby -N' l.'' !. - y
authority UPON me conferred 70 and 10y ne s aort-s
deed. viii. 81 Monday. ~" t"sl' - ..s ~ IN,
thS sum dr ~ ne county Court House n The city Uf on.
lava In ~, rolIty II H. Sie u the 81 ILLINOIS,. ih'
real estate Co. said mortgage deed N's' ril7l W ~ .
thereof may be- necessary o. ay That part ol ~
q said prumi-sry note remaining unpaid anu , .u' -
which has accrued and may hereafter cru. . ~,
l-iher With the aforesaid dlls'- ana " - '. ..t If,
II such sale VIZ: Al 81 a., east iaf uf lie SUN il
u the e;sst half o. the nnrtheat quarter SI -tn
township tiirty-thuty north. uf rams ihTfe ~ ~ w
principal merlisn. being me same cunvtfe A W uir
signed John V \ Hoe. and his wife, 90 the -ii lN' t J.
sanger on the tVeuty-thiri day OF ~epgmts- a. o. l-
excepting aud rteryiuc. however. at That part 'l So y
estate bounded and described A. follows W.: y
point the nor'h .de q Madison street tar', hundred
and eighty feet and one hundred FEET nur yl
southeast ~ said northeast GusrTrr. iiI .l
parallel with the east line u san" section ir'r aI9I
i, thence parallel with Madison street two nun et
and tfy feet thence south parallel With east line tire nun
bred feet. and thence East aiung Madison stT'tt 70 @
~ aid CONVEYANCE 10 aid sanger JOHN V \ HOBS.
l paf,1i Offau'a m January ii fs.s Mortgage
II T. JoNEs. Attorney. lani3-ol4
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EINAI4 SE.'r'rI II; NJ E.Nr NO'rICFi.-Es-
TATE OF ASA CAErER, DECEAsED.-NOtcc Is mere.
by given 10 all persons interested in said estate that the
Administrator Of the estate of Asa carter
deceased will appear before the County Court OF the county
of La Sale and state of Illinois, AZ the County Court House
in Ottawa in said county Monday, the eleventh day
Of March A. d. 1878 for the purpose Of rendering an ac
count OF his proceedings the administration Of said estate
for the final settlement. 80
Dated at Ottawa this sIh day Of February S'S ,,,
ATTEST: =. W. STOCKSLEGEH. 80 Administrator
CIrr, Tnuuty Cont a sale Co. II. telg-iw
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i JOSEPH BACH, DECEASED.--NOtcc is hereby CIV
en- to ali persons in said estate that the under
signed Admnisratrx of the Estate Of Joseph Bach, de-
ceased will appear before the County Court of the County
Ia Sale and State of Illinois, at the County Court House
Ottawa, in said county, on Monday, the 18th day OF
February 1873 for the purpose Of rendering an account
proceedings in the administration of said Estate Tor
the hna settlement
Dated at ottawa this 2ih day Of January 1878.
JUSrINA BACH.
ATTEST: p W SroCKsLRGER, Administrators.
Clerk County Court La Sale Co., Ill. lan2O-IW
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-lHOfNFVN Ht Itt"s
vi iyof Ii sale and of Illinois, by his certain mort
Isl CONVEYED H to FrScriGk sherwood Of the same coun
~ and state the following GcscTnca PREMISE S m Sa
hundred and three in the Original Town OF Ottawa,
10 secure the payment of three certain promlssory notes
hearing even date with said mortgage for the sum Of one
years from the thereof with interest at eight per cent
from date Hnt due and at Ten per Gfn IRON nar aHl m
able the order OF said Frederick n sherwood for part ot
oragG deed was duly recorded in the Recorders ofcc Of
said county of La Sale IN Book II! ~ Records, ~ page %
among other things il default he made in the payment
Of said notes above mentioned or the Interest AZ NE rar
times said nocs interest should become due, then the
pmTpose Of paving the principal and interest due on said
notes we're thereby authorized sen and dispose Of said
~ Of redemption OF said Colwe Ills heirs and assign.
therein at public auct9n at the south door Of the ,IqTt
nos for the highest and best price in giving four
la sale; ana to execute and deliver 10 the purchaser or r
And whereas said promissory notes due respectively in
two three years from the date thereof and said mort
ShcrWoo t" the Undersigned Hiram Tn by endorsement
ON each of said notes mentioned and by deed Of assign
ment bearing date ON the fifteenth day Of June A. ~ ISL
And whereas default has been made in the payment of said
mentioned notes and the interest accruing thereon
since the 18th day Of April D. s'6 and there now remains
lar. principal with interest thereon al the rate of ten per
cent per from the fifteenth day Of April A. D. 1876
Now ho rcorc public notice is hereby given that.
"wednesday. the wcntyscycnth day of February D. S'
of County Court House in the city Of OTTAWA
la sale county H., the undcrsgned Hiram TINT viii Gy
mortgage decd and assignments sell and dispose Of at public
nrn and ali ihc rht Tile bcncdt and equity OF re-
deinption Of the said John Co"e his heir. ana assign,
notes. interest and Z. sts OF sale. 1890 -
ottawa Jan D. '''' Assignee If Naiss and Worfrr
MAYO d wrpMER. Att'!s for said Assignee. jan2o-5"
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\ good story is told of Ben Buffers sarcas-
tic reply to Massachusetts judge whom he
was teasing for ruling favorable to cause
he was defending in court The Judge got
out patience at last and somewhat sharply
exclaimed: Mr. Butler. what do you think |
shoulders, and replied, The court has got me
now"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-02-16

Two Shoemakers opposed each other in bus
mess. One of them put up tiashy signboard
iutimating the superior quality OF his wares.
The other by way of showing his contempt
for his neighbor's upsetting procedure, add
al TO the usual announcement Mems conNcla
rccti" The first resolved To proceed u step
further, and 50 copied the inscription. adding.
and wOn!Cn's too"
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ZegpI.
MAYO & WIDMER,

Attorneys az Lar.
A ssIGNEE's NoTICE;-1o all whom II may concern.
n public notice hereby given, that Isaac I Van oren
by his deed of assignment dated October the 3st ~ D. ISL
duly and recorded assigned TO the undersigned all
his property real personal and choses III actO Tor the
equal benefit of all his creditors.
Public notice is therefore given 70 MI persons having
same verified hy affidavit the undersigned within ninety
days from the date hereof.
JULIUS J. CARTER
frb9-Sw Assignee.
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That's where the boys fit for college" said
the professor to Mrs Darlington, pointing 10 Il
school house-"Did they" said the old lady,
with animation Then if they fit for college
before they went, they didn't fight afterwards? ="
Yes" said he, smiling, and iavoring the de
ceit. but the fight was with the head, not
with the hands" "Buttcd-did they" said
the old lady
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Aloycr of gnod coffee entered 4 grucCTy, and
holding up u handful of ground coffee from a
big can. ne inquired Are there any beans in
This coffee
Ma. sir promptly replied the grocer
How do YOU know ;" asked the man.
Because | was out of beans and had To pat
meas in" was the answer.
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Rowland Hill said, when he once saw boy
on rocking horse, Like some Christians
motion enough, but no progress
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MAYO & WIDMER,

VI. T. MoLoxEY. Attorney. Clan26-6w)
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| WILL SEND

and ret toi customers an thing IN the Drug snd Book mn
when dc not have -. H. l. "Il""S
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-11-06
IN FAVOR OF A TRANSFER.

Gen. Crooks on the Proposed Transfer Of
tho Indian Bureau to tho Var Depart
nsent: 'i{3i
8 The following is the substances Of Gen.
Crooks testimony before the Congressional
committee on the transfer Of the Indian
bureaus: 8@9 {gs.
Senator Saunders Do you think the trans
fer of the Indian bureau to the war depart
ment would insure better management than
the present system?
Gen. Crook Unquestionably it would.
Senator Saund ers-W Why do You think so?
Gen. Crook One reason is that rewards
and punishments should follow Immediately
in order that the Indians may understand
them. It is necessary that the authority
should have the power and force to back it's
decisions and for this reason both branches
of the agency should be IN the Same hands,;
The present management is like having two
captains on board ship sure TO cause
trouble. In Oregon, whore I first entered
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-11-06
rnr yooAr.rr xuaprn.

VNCENNEs, Ind, Dot. Pa strict search
made Of farm house, ontbuildings. etc..
where the Vocalet murder Was committed, IN
hopea to find more definite evidence. resulted
in finding $75 tied in : stocking and hid in the
bottom of > barrel standing III the room where
murderer, slept. This is believed to Be the
money received By Vocalet the day before the
murder. The Jury brought in verdict hold
ing PIERRE Provost for the murder. Excepting
this, no other Developments have been made.
CREMATINa HIS WIFE. -3
New YORK, Oct. N.-James McGloin, 115
charged with attempting to burn up his wife,
Mary. She was in bed from injuries received
at his hands, and coming in drunk. he set FIRE
to the bedding with matches. The woman
rushed into the streets enveloped in flames
which were with difficulty extinguished. Her
injuries are considered fatal. s
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Days 81 nv Youth.


Days of.my youth, ye have giided ways 8 s
Hairs Of my youth, you are frosted ard ray;
Eyes Of my youth, your keen sight i No
more; s5s 81
Cheeks Of my youth, you are furrowed ali Ger
Strength of my youth, all your vigor is gone;
Thoughts Of my youth, your gay visions have
flown. r
Days Of my youth, wish not your recall;
Hairs Of my youth. Pm content ye shall fall;
Eyes IF my youth, you much evil have seen;
Cheeks OF my youth, bath'd in tears you have
been;
Thoughts Of my youth, you have led me
Strength d ny youth, ,eay lament your decay,
Days Of my age, ye will shortly be past;
Pains of my age, yet awhile We can last; IT
Joys of my age, in true wisdom delight;
Eyes of my age, be religion your light;
Thoughts of my age, dread ye not the cold
sod;
Hopes Of my age, be ye fixed on your 1;odl
- st. George Tucker.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-11-06
A Husbands Hobby.
From the Alta California

From he Alta California
Mr. Waite is model husba i'd that IS
to: say, in god many respects. H
neither drinks, smokes nor chews, stays
bone at evenings, never CANDLES and
gives his wife all the money that she
wants. 1t is said that all men have
some idiosyncrasy Or hobby. Mr.. Waite
has his ;sltEis a deep-rooted mania for
auction sales and buying articles Of every
desert ption, a la TOodles, without regard
AS to whether they will ever be Of any
practical or imaginary use to him. As
long as he gets them at a brrgain, he is
satisfied. A good joke about this pc
culiarity Of his was related to me the
other evening by friend of his. Mr.
Waite went on to an auction sale of q
dealer in sporting goods. He bought 900
dumb.bel!s at twenty cents pair and
carried them home in triumph. He
stored them in the cellar, where they re-
NAMED for six months or so. Mrs. Waite
got tired of seeing them occupying so
much space, especially as she wanted the
cellar Tor some purpose Of her own. So
imagining that her husband had forgotten
all about his 2ovel acquisition, she sold
the dumb bells for mere song to an
auctioneer. That evening Mr.. Waite re-
turned home with q hand-cart. His face
was flushed, but triumphant.
'What have you got in the hand-cart
my dear" asked Mrs. Waite.
'Dumb- bells, darling
t.What?"
Dumb bells. Bought two hundred
pairs at thirty cents pair. Paid more
Tor them than for the others | g5t, but,
you know it will never do to let the price
of dumb bells drop"
Mrs. Waite took one look at the arti-
cles. Her worst fears where realized
They were the same old dumb bells that
she had sold in the morning. Mr.. Waite
had CHANGED to be i'll attendance at the
sale where they had been offered. an
had bought them at one-third advance
over the price he had first paid for them
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-11-06

the Indian service, there were s. Wild In
dams along the Pacific q there ars IS Any
part Of the country now-a days. / bring 20
mind two tribes who happened to fan into
good hands, and to-day scarcely farming
community in the country Is more industn
GUS and thrifty, more well behaved and law
abiding than they are. One Of these tribes
the Simcoes, and the other the Warm
Springs. sss
Congressman Hooker Do you thin K that
religious instruction should be introduced
among the Indians or could properly be-?
Gen. Crook II think so. The great mis-
take made is to commence administering to
their spiritual wants before securing their
physical wants. An Indian whose whole life
is given to the probl. NJ how to live and how
to protect himself from the the aggressions
Of others wants something more than mere
assurances of the benefits arising from adopt
ing our religion. It's hard to get an Indian
to adopt our religion on an empty stomach.
An Indian would have poor opinion Of q
God who couldn't keep his belly full.
A Senator What do you think of the
necessity of breaking up the tribal relations
of the Indians?
Gen. Crook The Indians in this depart
ment are anxious to have farms and own
them in severalty, and have them fenced off
something that they cannot be deprived
Of, and which they feel that they own them
selves. When an Indian can have his little
house and farm, and his cows, pigs, chickens,
etc, something that will insure his future
something that he can call his own, it will
do more than all other things together
toward breaking up his tribal relations
When the Indians future is secure, he will
care little what the opinion of his chief is, or
whether he has any chief. You might as
we'll try to break up flock of sheep by an
order as the Indians. It is their great desire
for the most part to have some provisions
made for their families. The Indians COM
plain that they may die and leave their
families 'son tie world They like to be
provided for like the white people, and have
the feeling that when they die their families
will be provided for.
Senator Saunders Should the Indians
be made self sustaining?
Gen. Crook Unquestionably they should
I see no reason why any portion of them
cannot.
Senator Saunders Is it practical?
Gen. Crook think it is.
Gen. McCrary- the Indian outbreaks
what proportion do you think is due to dis
honest contractors and agents?
Gen. Crook-Fully ninety nine one hun
dredths could be traced to that source and
to the bad faith generally with them.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-11-06
Seals ana whales.

Orkney game includes seals which
have their favorite haunts, such as the
Wire Skerries and the Kllns of Brinno-
van in Rousay, and it requires as much
skill to bag them as to stalk red deer
on the corries of the Highlands. The
seal is about as amphibious as a beaver,
and the rapidity with which it 'sslidders''
off rocks into the water, on the approach
of danger, is highly creditable to the
promptltude and agility of this very
queer fish. matchmaking as we'll as
sealshooting must also be numbered
among Orcadian sports. In the autumn
season great "draves" of b;,ttle- nosed or
GAZING whales, often 800 or 400 strong
come down among the islands in pursuit
5of the herring shoals; and the visitor may
consider himself highly fortunate if he is
enabled to takepart in the exciting .hase.
Hundreds of the island boats, some speed
ing under sail, some pr opelled by oars,
follow in. the wake of the shoal, the
efforts of the boatmen being directed to
drive the whales, il possible, into the
shadows OF sandy bays, where they fall
an easy prey to the destroyers, who are
armed with harpoons, ware forks, three
pronged ''graips, and any other lethal
weapons which come to q point. There
IS regular battue when some hundred or
two Of bottle-noses are driven ashore By
the pursuing fleet Of small boats. The
tourists will find this spcl decidedly
more entertaining. as veil as novel, than
wandering over the Astounding moors and
healthy hill sides gun over shoulder, in
search Of snipe Or ployer, rabbit.o q hare
London Sociesy.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-11-06

It is lamentaole fact that niece Of
Dashboard with q verse on it, given as q
reward Of merit in Sabbath school, has
not half the charm for 8 boy as the same
sized piece Of paste board with the simple
tslismanic Words s Admit one