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Cost auo fcnno.

7 OST-Passbook No. s2,s09. Deliver to
IL German savings Bank CITY
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Gountrp ReaI estate for Sale.

AT CROTON LANDING-FOR SALE
N FARM Of 26scres suitable fol genteman's country
residence property located the side OF the Al
bany Road mile north Of the station and commands
extensive OF the Hudson River The land - July COW
apples pears other small fruits and IS all under
cultivation The buildings comprise good barn. ieehouse
other buildings; the house contains II large rooms
EDWARD CLARKE. Tribune Oice
GOOD FARM or Country Seat in Orange,
" Duchess Westchester wanted for unencumbered and
graded Prospect Park, Brooklyn IT, Tribune
Office.
GALE or EXCHANGE, at Newport, r. l.,
- about acrez splendid front, for prop
erty in NewYork Philadelphia vicinity. Address A. H..
b24 GFandst, n. Y.
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Gitp fltal estate for Sale.
GOOD WORK and reasonable prices
VI CHARLES WARN, practical carpenter and builder
WILLIAMSBURG corner will be sold
w very low a prompt purchaser. .
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FREEHOLD and NEW YORK RAILWAY
connections Leave foot OF Llberyt, for Freehold at
7:45, lla6 m, 4, D. o p. m.
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WEST POINT or NEWBURGH:-lD,a aI!nS Eek <:
-, a. ~ ~ FST poi M hours; NEWBURGH nearly
hours; due &C New.YOrk on return Al oiSo
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Hotels.
AIusiral Instruments

~~-~~~~~-~
DUMAHAUT, late S. X. BALL g. CO.,
n. No. rs EAST l4THST.
Chickering's Stein aud other Pianos ana organs low
for cash, on instameuts, and for rent.
NEEDHAM'S PARL0R ORGANS, sos (6
stops double reeds) TO $1,000 Buy OF manufacturer.
save :wo profits. new instrument-(THE NEEDliAM
MUSICAL CABINET)-upon which any one can play any
tuna nv simply working pedals Price SO and up.
49, " +. T. NEEDIIAM & son, 1iS East 23d.st, N y.
WATERS'S ORGANS ARE THE BEST
w made warranted for SIX YEARS. PIANOS
7 octave si26i IA octave $685. ORGANS. stops SiI
stops $50 stops S63 stops, $50 ~ stops So ~
s95 cash ali perfect ORDER not used year sheet
Music at half price some at one cent page iu'sTs1SS
factnrers and Dealers, 30 East l4th.st HewNork
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ENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW-JERSEY.

BRIDGEPORT, and all points on Housatonic
~ and NauEatuck Railroads Fare ST. Steamer Bridgeport
leaves daily Sundays excepted at ll3O
aud bridegroom III % IN,
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TRoY BOATS-CITIzENs' LINE.

New talace steamers SARATOGA and CITY OF TROY
leavt daily except saturay NJ p NJ from Pier ~ ~ RI
f,i az Leroy st sure with morning trains for al
roins North apd West. ntat.rOoms aud through tickets
a. adds gii Broadway N. Y. and COuTtst, brooklyn
Free transfer from Brooklyn 0y Erie Annex Boats.
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Excursions.
BEACH.

RRINHI BEAUH,
- Via LONG ISLAND RAILROAD,
from Thirty fourth Street Ferry and Hunters Point
Leave EAST 34THSI DAILY, 9l6 10, II a. n II noon,
l. 2, 3. f. O. g. T. & 9, 10 p. m. - 49,. - - - -
Leave BRIGHTON BEACH, DAILY, Sl6, 1880 ll;20 a.
m 1928 l5 225, 800 42j, 525, 625 7:25 s:25. 925,
1925 aud 1895 p.
Fare frou Hunters Point, Round Trip, 80 cents.
5. SPENCER. General superintendent
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~
~ Trans leave for Red Bank Long Branch Ocean Grove
&C. at ., 7:45, 9. ll:45 n. m. $3.50, 4, D. u p.
Pullman Duwngro Cars attached 10 the $3.50 and
Stages connect at Mattawan station 10 and from KEYPORT
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NEW LINE LINE TO BOSTON,

steamers
"CITN OF LAWRENCE" and FALMOUTH"
from Picr 30 North River az daily, sunday excepted
Tickets ana slaieTOns be obtained AZ the Office of the
Company, No. 2i7 Broadway, OF Canast Freight
taken for all points at lowest rates. For further information
lrinIi ~ ~ N-ILlIlI l.nr
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
Mistakes in Teaching the Young
Ideas,

Ex- Chancellor Winchell, Of the
New York University, in his address
before the late annual convention of
the Dolta, Kappa Epsilon fraternity
In New York, turned the lights on
some evils of teaching, as follows !:
"But the secondary and lower schools
are affected with disorders not caught
from the contagion of the college.
Oh, how many devices have the
schools to shut out knowledge from q
boys mind. At the time when every
active power 10 ready to spring forth
and seize the living truth we try to
satisfy him with syntax, and list of
names from Siberia. have known
two dreadful years wasted on course
Of mental arithmetic; and yet the
people wore amiable enough to allow
the principal Of the school 70 run at
large. That was fifteen years ago,
and believe he is still forfeitipg his
liberty by repetitiNns. of the came
crime. All children like to see pic
tures, and to make pictures; but in
stead of fostering this useful instinct,
. picture on the slate is as horrifying
to Miss Nancy or Mr.. Petrifact as the
name Of science is to our mediavaliz-
ed theologian. When a boy is aching
to take = locomotive to pieces we set
him to dissecting verb. Let him graf
ify his curiosity; let him entertain
himself with chemical reagents: give
him means to make telephone or a
steam engine; allow him to drive
nails and q Jack plane give him q mi
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
Bankrupt Nations.
From the New York Times.

Tum tue NEW IOIk 1lueS.
The discredit in which of late years
foreign loans have been held in Eng
land had the effect of making invest.
ors place their capital in bank, gas,
water, insurance and railway stocks.
Foreign Investments were thrown
overheard and home securities were
purchased. The consequence was
that competition ran up the prices OF
all such English home securities. A
reaction was sure to come, and seems
to be settling in to-day in England
with some severity. The disaster of
the City Of Glasgow bank, with its
unlimited liability clause, has caused
. heavy decline In all bank shares.
As il is possible that the British pub
lie may again return to foreign in
vestments, the English stock exchange
commission has published some of the
facts in regard to these outside loans
which are quite interesting. Should
there be return Of peace on the con.
tinent, Russia, Austria and Turkey,
it is quite certain, will be extensive
borrowers. The total amount Of mon
ey raised in London for foreign states
during the last half-century has been
something like f6l4, 600, 600. OF this
fl57, O,00O, or 26 per cent, is in en-
tire default. The bankrupt states are
Turkey, Peru, Mexico, venezuela,
Honduras, Costa Rica, Paraguay, the
confederate states, Uruguay, Greece,
Bolivia, Ecuador, San Domingo,
Guatemala and Liberia. The loans
+, ~. rtfal n n e .,l< n ~ n,,uS+o c17s mn
600. or 30 per cent. Spain owes fl0O,-
100000. That country has 80 lost
credit that the chances Of her paving
her loan are on about par with Tur.
key. The Egyptian loan is in better
replte just now, and it is believed
that the khedive will keep his en-
gagements. The loans, then, In en-
tire or partial default amount to
f3s2, 600. 600, or "a per cent of the to-
tai raised,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
The Demand for 'sEiggers. "
Frem the Washinoton ster.

If there is one thing more than an.
other that the average Congressman
wants in preparing his speeches 1t Ia
"iggers." There seems to be q pecu-
liar sort of fascination about s'figgers.' .
Every year the Treasury officials are
called upon and called upon again By
Senators and Representatives for q
"few statistics" and "offleial figgers.' y
The calls OF members have already
commenced, and Judging from the
number Of them there are gong to be
a good many orations the coming ses-
sion on national banks," "the silver
dollar" and the general condition of
the country" When a Congressman
cannot ora,e on anything else he seiz.
es the opportunity offered by "a gen.
eral debate" to get OF something on
the condition of the country" To
do THE properly he must have Zig
gers," aud to the Treasury he goes TO
get them. The principal calls for sta
,istics seem to be made on Treasurer
Gilfilisn aud Comptroller Knox.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
REPORT OF the SECRETARY OF
THE TREASURY.

The Secretary of the Treasury In
his annual report states that the re-
ceipts for the last fiscal year were
$257, ,763, $3.50; the total ordinary ex-
penditures, $236, 1864, ,326.sO. The total
receipts, actual and estimated, for the
current fiscal year are placed at $685.
100000; total expenditures, $24o, ,10O,-
600. The total exports of the year
were 1894, ,s65, ,766. including sl4,156,-
498 Of foreign merchandise. The Inn
ports were only s437 ,05l ,532, making
the balance of trade in favor of this
country, s257, ,sl4,234. AS compared
with last year, the importations were
$l4, I'll ,594 less, and the expectations
s92, 800, $40 greater. The report adds:
With one or two unimportant ex-
ceptions, the United States stands
alone among the commercial nations
of the globe with respect to the excess
of exports over imports.
The increase In our exports consist
ed mainly Of breadstuffs, provisions,
agricultural implements, iron and
manufactures Of iron, copper and
manufactures of copper, manufactures
of cotton, leather and manufactures
of leather, and petroleum.
The expectation Of the manufactur
ed articles referred to, increased from
s34 ,287 ,4S6 In 1868, to $37, ,250, 1872 in
1878.
Many highly-wrought products OF
American manufacture, previously
exported in very small quantities, or
not at all, now find profitable marketf
In foreign countries, and certain os
these commodities are now being ex-
ported to countries from which, a few
years ago, they were largely imported
into the United States.
Many branches Of industry are now
feeling the quickening influences Of q
foreign demand, and the possibility
of successfully competing in the mar
kets of the world with some of our
older commercial and manufacturing
rivals Is a source Of the highest Ell.
couragement and Of confidence In the
future.
OF the exports of domestic mer-
chandise during the year the products
of agriculture comprised n per cent,
and exceeded the entire value of our
imports Of all classes of merchandise
from foreign countries.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11

Grant county, KY, has officers who
are too cowardly or too corrupt to en-.
force the laws; therefore Frank Tur-
ner, although he had killed four men,
was still at liberty. Nobody dared to
quarrel with him, and in order to get
an antagonist, he sought out Peter
Judd, who had recently fought with
the desperado's brother. Turner call
ed Judd out of his house and demand
ed an apology. Judd instantly prom
ised to apologize. Turner was disap.
pointed with this easy victory, and
demanded Judd to apologize on his
ing, give q pretext for bloodshed.
Judd submissively got down on his
knees. Then Turner stabbed him to
death. The officers did not arrest
Turner even then, but q mob hanged
him.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
Who Heaven is For.
Old 81 in the Atlau.a Constitution.


"Bredderin, mT 'sper;ence is dat il
ain't de perfessin of iigicn, but de
'casional practice of it dat makes a
man 'ceptable up yender. When yer
gits ter de golden gate an Peter looks
yer right in de eyes and yer shows
him yer long creed and says, pompus
like, dat yer 'longed to a big church,
de 'possle n shake his head an say,
dat amt 'nuf ter git yer through.
But eff yer takes sll yer bills under
yer arm, yer grocer bills, and yer
rent bills, AN he looks 'em over an
finds 'em all receipted. he'll say, yer
titles clear an unlock de gate IAN
let yer pitch yer voice for de angols'
song. But 'taint no uee to trabble
long dat narrer path 'less yer carry,
folded up in yer creed, a good rec
'mendation from yer creditors. Heb
in ain's no place fur man who has to
dodge round corner fur fear oh
meetin' some one who'll ask fur la,
little bill dat nebber was paid"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
How It 10 Used In the London
"Tlmos" oomposing Rooms.
From the London World

i
The state Of expectation in which
the public mind shows itself to be
held with reference to the so-called
"divisibility" Of the electric light by
Mr.. Edison, 10 somewhat surprising
seeing that all the time this divisibil.
ity is fat dccompli in England, and
may be witnessed and tested any
night Of the week Ut the Times print
Ing Office. Armed with an order for
that purpose went there the other
evening, and this Is what I saw -
From gas light wo merged srddenly
into what seemed q food Of daylight
which came from six small lamps
placed at intervals round . large
rcom,in which compositors and others
were busy at work. These lamps
were suspended 20 10 to be raised and
lowered at will. In compliance with
the wisE ofone of the gentlemen pres
ent, one Of these lights, selected at
haphazard, was turned out by means
of u tap, and II remained out without
the slightest perceptible increase In
the volume oflight In the other lamps.
Then another light at q distance was
treated in q similar manner, and with
Laliks, resnIt. These two were
then relit by . turn OF the
tap the reverse way and turn
ed on full power Then one was
slightly lowered 80 as to give about
. third Of its full light as with ordin-
ary gas, In short We found here .
useful and agreeable light, which can
be moderated and arranged to suit
circumstances. This IL the Rapleff
light. am no electrician, and shall
not attempt to give . technical des-
cription Of the apparatus employed.
but It seems to possess great simpli-
city. N. Rapleff says he can burn
ten lights In one circuit; that his car
bons will burn ten hours; that they
can easily be renewed, and without
extinguishing the lights. He further
estimates that its comparative cost
with gas as less than third. Hisstate-
ments may be taken for what they
are worth but, judging from what I
actually saw in the Times Office, l
should say the sooner gas sharehoid-
ers begin to "hedge" by investing in
electric light shares the better.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
We clip the following comments
upon the message from the Courier.

WE clip the following comments
upon the message from the Courier.
Journal:
The negro is getting fairly along in
the eiSouth. Nobody will dispute the
Presidents solicitude In his behalf;
but he should leave the result to take
care Of itself. His reference to South
Carolina and Louisiana IL irrelevant
and far-fetched. Why did he not in.
clude Massachusetts, where General
Butler and his friends say that the
bulldozing was shameless and univer.
sal? All this talk about Southern In.
timidation is partisan rubbish, un.
worthy to 60 in q public document
In STOPPING to 1t the President pan.
ders to a low, vulgar and hypocritical
spirit Of intermeddling, which ts al
war with the negro's true interest.
We hope the chivalrons Wattersor
will neither divest himself of his un'
DER garment nor march on Washing
ton with his once-promised one hun
dred thousand men, on account o
what the President has seen at to say
about Southern diabolism.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
THE souTHERM ELECTION
FRAUDS.
The following is the text of Senator
Blaine's bill regarding the recent elec.

The following is the text of Senator
Blaine's bill regarding the recent elec.
tions:
Resolred, That the Judiciary Com
mittee be instructed to inquire and
report to the Senate whether at the
recent elections the constitutional
rights of American citizens were vio-
lated in any of the states of the Union;
whether the right of suffrage of citi-
zens of the United States, or of any
class of such citizens, was denied or
abridged by the action of the election
officers of any state in refusing to re-
ceive their votes, In failing to count
them, or In receiving and counting
fraudulent ballots in pursuance of q
conspiracy to make the lawful votes
of such citizens of mono effect, and
whether such citizens were prevented
from exercising the elective franchise,
or forced to use it against their wish
es, by violence, or threats, or hostile
demonstrations of armed men, or 9TH
er organizations, or by any other un-
lawful means or practice.
RESOLVED, That the Judiciary Com.
mittee be further instructed to In.
quire and report whether 1t is within
the competency Of Congress to pro-
vide by additional legislation for a
more perfect security Of the right OF
suffrage to citizens Of the United
States In all the states Of the Union.
Res0lved, That In the prosecution
Of these inquiries the Judiciary COM
mittee shall have the right to send
for persons and papers.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
A Revolution Indeed.

FROM the LItue hock lArk.l Gazeue.
During slavery owned
one Of the blacklist as well 40 meanest
negro men In Southern Arkansas. He
was known in the neighborhood as
Grow Sam. l used to thrash Sam
about twice q week. Steal! He'd
steal from himself, and then deny It.
Well, when tho war came ON he was
one Of the first to turn against me.
He went into the army, and served
till the surrender. After peace was
made I moved over into an adjoining
county, and went to work trying to
repair my broken fortune. One day
q negro that had working for me
knocked down ono Of my horses,
which 80 enraged me that strnck
him several times with my cane. He
went away and returned with q con-
stable, who summoned me to appear
next day before magistrAAe. Om-
GERS were not so numerQ then AZ
now, and the magistrat office wal
several miles away. Wa cir, when
I got there who should ] see on ths
bench but Rd Grow He ~,
1Nnad gw :. ,sssu an 49,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11

Republican Journals are generally
expressing themselves as fairly satis-
fed with the Presidents message.
We notice, however, that the Chica-
60 Tribune is quite cool In whatever
Of commentator 1t deals In. This is
a little remarkable since the Tribune
has stood at the head of the metropol.
itan journals that sustained the Presi-
,dentia! Southern policy In the West.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
OTTUMWA. IOWA. DECEMBER l1.-1S7S.

was opened, and old Sam, giving mt
. searching look, remarked:
"Pears that I've seed you sf0re."
"Look here, SAM" I said, Il DOM
like to be mixed up this way. Try to
settle this affair without malice"
"De law is gwine to hab its direck
course" said Sam. "Things hab kim
der changed since we was in business
together, but de principle Of de mig
ger hsvn't revoluted. Dis nigger is
% big rascal as / use to be, 90 Mars
John I'll discharge you, finging de
black ape in de cost"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
The New York EcononaisG and Dr.,
Goods Reporter Of Nov. 30th, says:

TtJE Nouv vorlr Ehos,o,S,sef <,,,r3 n,.,
GooJ, Bennv.Jer ~ Nnv % aoth Gov sovs. >
ySyS;io - -. - - Ass. so' o
,,. nl.e .aele y . general Dusiness
uepleS.ou ~ I.,e.s,N .nIousnUus tne wollu, y =
shay has.yans ~ novo euas ~ .u.s county
sne,t. tnele are .ne sure anulcaIlons oi y !
.saa.ny .Na1sy aau PgIlnanent IeVleAl Ol
e,,or e,nue r1asa m.cns. nslssSss s .nMM were
~. ~ sas sansfoe aIe auulus HiHIons 70
ene,S ene wealth. VI tne People. ADunuant
crvPs y. corn anu c9tI0n are JUST DeinG
a.ueleu, Peace auu plenty are Win
a.,,;r,, III Unr oolueIs ~ an1 s,, tne year now SO
swn.,y passing VIII De .e!nelnDere0
aa m oetns .ne uAvlulng iIne Detween
sne egPlesslOn Vi tne PAST ~, anu tne
n9peiu,ness ny pyee oI tne iu1uIe. Ine assur,
~ ~ ly.ufn thu oI specle payments MIL aod
W .le Goili.usnce anu staDilIty OF
oel,Ilaa oe IN lI:n. alaiIs' . aiso DecOne one
VI .l.e ShleL dsencies ~ PLoihgting q
hnewst tSa ,sst as, aaceiv,.y ~ .raue ;During
saie s.m pas' ave years Ins0lvencies ana
;al.uIes -. n,', a. nave Deen more Lleq than
,,ai..a ~ any pa p.neI a county, Ine oecllne IN
vi sniuI. osasIna ,laS @ a.so ueen MOie eAt1e me-
a'l ao,'a ul..Soss 1aye s5vsle,y sIneaea rom
= ~ eoanelclal Lanaun anu nnahclai crlsls, ana
VI eIe E eUElsequence y thaI we nave rgaGn-
Jahr;a 10 sy,o a,nosna eocn amu noM, WIN aa .lie
QoDrlS ClG8rcU aW8Vs C0efo Is a Cno0f.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
Looking for a Real Nice Girl.

"Yes" observed . friend the other
evening, "she certainly is very high
ly cultivated. She is very stylish,
plays well, sings well, talks we'll,
dances we'll, and rides well, and sue
ceeds admirably in private theatric.
als. In fact he added, "she is just
the kind of girl you'd like one of your
friends to marry"
"Then you wouldn't care to marry
herr" suggested Causeur. .'By NO
means, my dear fellow. What I'm
looking for ia real nice girl."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Treasurer
Hillhouse received an order from
Secretary Sherman yesterday direct
ing him to stop issuing gold certifi-
cries at once. The purchasers Of gold
will hereafter be obliged to cart away
the coin In bulk, unless they can make
terms with holders Of $25, 900, 900 Of
gold certificates now outstanding.
The Secretary's action is a surprise,
and Is interpreted as a clap to those
who have recently been seeking to
keep up the premium on gold.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11

The Hon. Alex. H. Stephens, on
the 4th inst, while ascending the
stone steps leading to the House, on
crutches, slipped and fell, causing q
painful wrench Of the knee, which
will probably conflne him to his room
for some time.