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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-07-10

SURF ,or spawn spln curb calous snrnlns swcilss
gals and all engagements OF the Joints or lls
II will completely remove hone spawn without ssSris
or causing sor, Il also good for man Ms for beast
and il used full strength all times of the year WIN per
feet safety A which are knowing 10 Is person
who suffered is years with hipon ameness and was per
maneutly cured two years with hendas Spawn Nuu
Remember clam II will cure bone spawn anu COM
nlp plv rem ne bunCh without hltstCrllS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-07-10
A Mothers Grief.

The pride Of mother, the life and JOY Of a
home, and her children, hence her grief when
sickness enters and takes them away. Take
warning, then, that you are running terrible
risk, II they have a Cough, Group or Whooping
Cough, which lead to Consumption, II you do
not attend to II at once. SIIILOHS CONSUME
TON CURE is guaranteed 70 cure them. Price
10 cts, 30 cts and slO0. For Lame Back, Side or
Chest, use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price ~ cts.
Sold by 4. Y. Griggs, Ottawa, Ills.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-07-10
,,pptyc REPAYMENT.

Our facilities for doing all kinds Of JOB work IN ,'
se Of the art are not surpassed in this 'ect"h anu
We respectfully solicit those wishing anything o"e III Wv.
nine II. call BY the judicious ana hers' ufe %
printer ink many mans fortune has neeh "I'e anu
deld ia still open. Try II. a..
Orders by mail promptly ATTENDED, TO-
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Statement Made Under Oath.

To whom May ConCcrn;-In the year ls5 treated WIN
Kendall SPAWN Cure n bone spawn OF several mouths
growth nearly half rs large NJ hens egg ana cohetF
stopped the aineuess and removed the enlargement nav
wurk the horse since very hard ana ne never mas
been lame could any difference N NE NJ 81
SpAWIS CIIjtE r. a. GAINES.
Enosburgh Falls, VI. Feb y. 1879. 80, -,
Sworn and subscribed % before me ms %2ih 9 Oh reo
mary n 1879 JOHN G.. JENNIE
'"'' - 80 Justice of the Peace.
Send address for Illustrated Circular, which We thhk
gives nnstye prsoi of IFS virtues No remedy has ever
with such unqualified success, TO our ho"e"s' "'
beast = well rs man. - 49, ,,.,.-.,..,..
Price 81 per bottle six bottles for s. ALL DRUGGISTS
have II get IL for you or II VIII be sent IL Any u's
y" '''' DR. Il. }. Kendall CO,
EnoshUrgh Falls Nerm@nt.
Sold in Ottawa by Forbes & Gehring. apr!V
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-08

THE LONDON CORRESPONDENT OF the Austca,
Rerte,o writing OF ballad concerts In England.
says: more than ninety per centum OF the sbal-
lade' OF the day are, however, drug on the
market; and more than half Of them do not nav
the prime cost OF printing, which ia. at the
lowest price In this country, about seven to
ten dollars for engraving and printing the
nrst two hundred and dirty copies. Ballad
Dy sullivan and Cowen are pretty certain
10 pay their way, but few of them do
more. The music publisher, indeed depends
for his success mainly on surprises A an
instance OF this, none can be better than that
OF the song Nancy Lee AT the tina
stephen Adams or, to give him his right
name, the well known concert singer, Mr.. Nav
brick, wrote this song, he was In Compare
lively straitened circumstances. He went to
MI. John BoOSey and offered to sell it outright
for ffty dollars, but the publisher declined. AL
last seeing the anxiety OF the composer, he
tocularly suggested that he should publish the
sol at half profits, and he drew out a contract
70 this effect To the supreme establishment of
every one, and especially OF the publisher and
composer, Mr.. John BooSey had, six months
aIter the issue OF Nancy Lee paid Mr.. May
prick checks for I'VE thousand dollars for his
t na,l snare OF the profits. The melody was
No m,aroled oy thousands OF barit0nes In fashinna-
ano otner drawing rooms 1t went into pam
ouada, ~ II was ground out by barrel organs,
nru !. was WniStled by street bcyS The NET
pp runSs Oh mat song are estimated TO have prO
Is son properly" N-''11 uoA"''' "no ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-08
A Case of Poetic Justice.

When you took second look at him you
could see sort OF grimness about him which
convinced you that whatever he undertook to
90 ne would accomplish or break his back in
trying. About noon yesterday, when the rain
fell fastest, he appeared on Woodward avenue
u ..a an OLD umbrella worth the price of its
shedder in a doorway and took position In
another not far away. In about two minutes
along came citizen with his left eye watching
for just such chance and he hawked on that
umbrella with chuckle of deepest satisfaction.
He didn't walt around there for the owner to
appear, and he didn't care copper whether it
belonged TO sister of charity or an overgrown
oondholder: AS he started of the grim man
followed. The umbrella-hooker had walk OF
half mile to reach his residence and the grim
man was close at his heels all the way. AS the
him, and quietly remarked
II want you to do me favor"
a "A m yesM , never give anything to tramps"
Il want you take that umbrella back to the
doorway from which you stole it,"
This Is UMBRELLA and dli Nv, Why is this yourse"
wen, you see, couldn't do that but guess
1t has been worth quarter to me-"
"Will you take it back?" asked the man with
the iron jaw.
how?" ' ~'o
zone hundred dollars!"
and That's nat ;, good joke I'll give you so cents
"f you don't bout face and take that UNI.
brella back to that Identical doorway, IN mop
you into every puddle Of water between this
and the corner, and when let up on you your
wife won't be able to find button to Identity
you by!'
Thus quietly remarked the grim man as he
unbuttOned his OvercOat and displayed chest
like bass drum. He had the strength of an
OK and there was an "I-meanit!" look In each
eye.
"say. I don't want any quarrel with you,'
observed the citizen. stake your umbrella and
couple of dollars"
"Say three"
"NO, sir!"
"Say flve!"
"The price, y said the grim man. twill be one
hundred straight dollars, and you must take the
Hnm,n Ia back. II stand here in the rain five
minutes 1o,"er I shall charge one dollar per
The citizen headed to, downtown: BE was too
mad to raise the old suaete..a, OUT carried 1t
under his arm, while the srta inan Kept close
reached and the umbrella replaced, the citizen
was about to turn away, but the other placed a
hand on his revolver and said:
stranger, You are q good walker, and you
have performed your share of the contract ia
my entire satisfaction. In the future it viii be
Lar way, or take your walks between showers
You can now finish your excursion!n
BUTTONS Our OF HooFsL-It is understood that
Massachusetts, parties have taken p0eaeesion of
q large three-story brick building In BreSlau. I.
J., and are putting In machinery for the manu-
principal material the h0ofs of animais om m ma
dissolved, mixed with ether subStanceS and
pressed Into mouldS, from which they come 4
superior article, susceptible OF high 6n1sh and
polish. 1t Is said that A. T. Stewart g. 60 have
agreed 70 taxe az taey can maks.-NY. sun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-08
Mark Twain on Blue Jaws.

-
Mr. mark TWa1ns" two volumes of European
travel, entitled THE Tramp Abroad" contain
his estimate of the blue jay. With his we'll
santS b pTocy of modesty the author pre-
Jim" Baker, California miner: ''There's more
TO blue jay than any other creature. He has
got more moods and more different kinds of
feelings than other creature; and mind you,
whatever blue jay feel he can into language
AND no mere commonplace language, either
put, rafting, out,and- out book falkland brist-
ing with metaphor, tOO-juSt briStlng! And
as lot command OF language-why you never
see blue jay get stuck for a word. No man
ever did: They just boil out of him! And an
other thing, I've noticed a good deal, and there's
no bird or cow, or anything that uses as good
grammar as blue jay. You may say cat uses
good grammar. We'll. a cat does-but you let cat
get excited, once; you let cat get to pulling fur
with another cat on shed, nights, and you'll
hear grammar that will give you the Iockiaw.
Ignorant people think it's the noise which fight
Ing cats make that is so aggravating, but it
ami SO, lts the slckenfng grammar they use.
NOW I'VE never heard Jay use bad grammar
but very seldom; and when they do they are as
ashamed as human; they shut right down and
leave.
You may call jay bird. Well, so he is, in
measure-because he's got feathers on him,
and don't belong to no church, perhaps; but
be-. And I'll tell you for why. A Jays gifts
and instincts and feelings and interests cover
Ihe S Hns ground Jay hasn't got any more
jay win steal, a jay viii deceive, jay win be-
tray; and four times out of five jay will
go back on his solemnest promise. The
sacredness OF an obligation Is a thing which
you can't cram into no blue-jay's head.
Now, on top OF all this, there's an
gentleman In the mines. You think cat
can swear. Well, cat can; but you give blue
jay subject that calls for his reserve powers.
and where Is your cat? Don't talk to mel
know too much about this thing. And there's
yet another thing: in the one little particular
OF scolding-just good, clean, out-ando out scold-
lngMa blue Jay can lay over anything, human
or divine. Yes, sir, jay is everything that
man Is: jay can cry, jay can laugh, a jay
can ; reel shame jay can reason and plan and
discuss, a jay likes gossip and scandal, a jay has
an ass just as we'll as you do-maybe better
II Jay amt human, he'd better take In his
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go copies one year SEQ.
THE STAR FOR 1880.

The present year promises to be one Of the
most interesting and eventful of the century
1t will witness early in the summer the meet
ing of the National Conventions OF the two
great political parties and the nomination of
candidates for the contest In the following No
vember. The impending campaign promises,
therefore, to be one Of the most spirited In our
history, and THE STAR with its increased facil-
tiles, will print all OF the news Of the day on
which it is issued. 1t has direct wire from its
news room to the Western Union Telegraph Of
flee In New York city, from which wires radiate
to all parts OF the globe, and is therefore ena-
bled to secure the latest news by its own opera
or from every quarter up to within a few mo-
ments of going to press. 1t is the only evening
paper south of Philadelphia which receives ex-
clusively the Associated Press dispatches
AS a newspaper THE STAR being the organ
OF no man, no clique and no interest, Will pre-
sent the fullest and the fairest picture it can
mss .c 6f each days passing history In the city
the District, the country and the world. 1t will
aim hereafter, as heretofore, at accuracy hrstof
all things In all that it publishes The circqla,
ton now is larger than at any former period in
the twenty-eight years OF its existence, exceed
ing Is, 600 copies In its regular, bona fide edi-
ion, without any extra effort or squirt In the
news market
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS-DAILY STAR
Served by carriers In the city, 10 cents week
or "A cents month. By mail 50 cents q
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uAl. MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS MUST BIZ PAID IN
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paia for. Specimen copies fcrpished gratis
go u 5000 =. ------ .vyes - r-
"A SCHEDULE OF ADVERTISING
PRICES VIA be sent to any address on app1iea-
ton, and In the cities OF Georgetown and WASH
ington- representative OF the counting room
will call, on application, to write ADVERTISE
ments and explain rates. No canvassers are
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Address. In al cases 49,. -5s- -.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-08

are of q statistical turn OF mind. YOU NAV care s
to know that ''Seen Mira Langtry?n WAS nt.
tered 900 times; "Mra Wheelerss mere. 99S and
"Ah, Miss Carter Wood-prstty gyurl!5 4s7
timeS.-W httehaU Repteto.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-08
Ar.kan.saw or Arkansas.

The true pronunciation of the name of our
Its Importance requires. A Joint committee
nom the eclectic and historical societies have
had the matter under consideration, and will
report at the May meeting OF the latter. While
centing. the middle syllable and sounding the
1nal $, has the sanction of some polite usage, it
Is understood that the committees are largely
and decidedly In favor of the original pronun-
citation given by the French, and will report
the pronunciation as nearly correct which Is In
use by the mass Of old citizens, giving the Ital-
Ian SOUND OF In each syllable; the final silent
tables. The only objection to what is called the
vulgar pronunciation is that the final sa'c is
too bread. 1t should be sd, with the SOUND OF a
In father. 1t Is to be hoped that some settled
pronunciation will be established, which leXi-
cographers may intelligently adopt-a thing
which has never yet been done.-Litue Rock
fA1h) Gazette,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-08
4 PLUG OF TOBACCO.
Why an Old Texan Became Discou.
ISOLATE and Made His Will.

tFort Worth (Texas) Advanced
one day last month when trade was dull
grocery clerk procured piece OF sole leather
from shoemaker painted it black and laid IL
aside for future use. Within few days an old
chap from back in the country camein and In
Quired for plug OF chewing tobacco The piece
OF sole leather was tied up paid for. and the
purchaser started for home At the end of the
sixth day he returned, looking downcast and
detected, and walking into the store he inquired
for the clerk.
Member that terbacker got here the other
day?r
Ives. SIR"
We'll, was that a new brandt"
eyes,
Regular plug terbacker was 1t"
"YeS."
'Well, then, it's me. Its right here In my
jaws" sadly replied the old man. 81 knowed
was getten purity Old but | was alluS handy on
6it'in' plug. never seed plug afore this one
that couldn't tear to pieces at a chaw. sot
my teeth on this one and bit and pulled and
twisted like dog at a root and I've Kept biting
and pulling for six days and thar she am now
the same as the day you sold her to me-"
Seems to be good plug" remarked the
CLERK, as be Smelt OF the counterfeit
"She'S all right; it's me that's falling" ex-
claimed the old man. pass me out some fine
cut and I'll go home and deed the farm to the
boys and get ready for the grave myself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-08

BEST NJ y BUTTER per lb........ 30
Prime NEW CHEESE, per lb.............. Is
can SWISS CONDENSED MILK ........... is
lbs. Best ITALIAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. so
Pint Bottle VIRGIN OLIVE OIL............. so
MAGNIFICENT IMPERIAL TEA. unequaIed
elsewhere. so
Abs. GREEN COFFEE. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as
1 bushel GOOD POTATOES ............ 40
u-lb.) Bars BABBITT'S N. Y. CITY SOAP :. so
8 cans g. & W. CORN so
STEAM COOKED WHEAT. OATS AND BARLEY.
CALIFORNIA BRANDY.
GEO. A. O'HARE,
12l3 9TH st. n.w.,
ap29 Between NJ and N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-08

ENCOURAGE HO M e MANUFAC.
IL TURES,
AND HELP TO BUILD UP THE DISTRICT.
Our Flour is made at home.
BUY OUR NEW SOUTH.
1t is as nice as any patent -four in the market:
also. our Hungarian Patent Process Flour
For sale by all the leading Grocers.
Wholesale Depot
w. HI. TENNEY q SONS.
CAPITOL MILLS,
ap30-tM21 Georgetown, D. O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-08

ou'd, we are convinced. prove fortune to the
inventor, and carry the name OF the lucky occu-
LIST far and wide,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-08
1SSOTuE NEWSPAPERS 1880
OF THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE EVENING STAR
THE WEEKLY STAR.
WASHINGTON, DC.

The EVENING STAR, ION Saturdays double
sheet or eight page paper Of flfty-six columns,
the size OF the New York dailies), is everywhere
recognized as the leading newspaper of Wash
1ngton. With two exceptions only, it has the
largest circulation OF any daily paper published
south OF Neao York, AND MORE THAN DOUBLE
THAT OF ANY OTHER PAPER IN THE CITY.
Every issue Of THE STAR is carefully reld
not only by the citizens of Washington and l.
jacent cities, but by the throngs Of stra1 ge 8
constantly visiting the National Capital on
business or for pleasure, {and who consti ut,,
in very large degree, the purchasing pc, vi r
ton OF every State and Territory In the Union)
thus making it for most purposes
THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN THE
UNITED STATES.
Its influence as an agent OF publicity has in
deed practically no limit within the boundaries
of the country. The best evidence of this is the
number of new advertisements it printed in the
year 1879, which reached 20, 636, averaging
from LOO to 1900 per month in the busy
season.! These figures include only the sub
ject OF the advertisement, and not any change
OF the matter, which, In some instances, is made
daily, and, although new advertisement In
fact, Is not counted but once instead of 80 pup
lication dates. The advertising books are open
to the inspection Of advertisers to verify this
statement, or an affidavit of its truthfulness
Will be submitted.
THE WEEKLY STAR.-This is double or
etght-page sheet, containing flfty-six columns
OF fresh News Literary and Agricultural matter
every week, and Is pronounced by competent
Judges one of THE CHEAPEST AND BEST
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ments to those who wish to get up subscribers
clubs for the WEEKLY STAR, we make the
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s copies one gear for $500, and one
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one copy to the getter-ssp Of the
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the same time, and all go to the same post Office.
subscriptions in all cases-whether single or In
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-08
FAMILY SUPPLIES.

EXCURSIONISTS,
FISHING PARTIES
TRAVELLERS AND OTHERS.
Fresh arrival of Imported and Domestic Goods
(Corned. lunch.
BEEF. Roast. HAM Boneless, with Jelly
Westphalia.
TURKEY IBoneless in Jelly.
AND Beneless in Truffies.
CHICKEN. lPotted.
SOUPS-Ten Varieties.
ROLLED TONGUE, HAM SAUSAGE, GURRlED
OYSTERS. BAKED MACCARONI.
PICKED LAMB TONGUES, PICKLED OYS-
TIERS, PICKED SHRIMP, PICKLED
uo,,> WALNUTS.
TRAVELLING BASKETS.
NO charge for packing and delivering goods to
any part Of the city.
b. w. REEDS SONS.
my5 12l8 + street NV.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-25
PRESCRIPTION AND RATIONALIsM.

In our Geographic columns to-day a dis
patch from Rome states that the Jesuits retir-
ing before the proscriptive measures lately
adopted by the French government are turn
Ing their steps toward the United States.
Only a few short years ago the despotlc ruler
of France was hailed as "Eldest son Of the
church, To-day the priests of that church
turn their backs upon France-Frsnce pa
excellence the stronghold of Catholicism in
the pasL-to find asylum in the United States,
the country in which the %rationalistic tendel-
cies of the age, if not most loudly proclaimed
and noisily debated, are most widely accepted
Of the people. Of rationalism. this much at
least can be said in its favor: Not only is it
tolerant, not only is everything approaching
prosecutions, or even prescription, entirely
outside its scheme, but it is void of all
fear Of any persecution OF prescription
which might possibly be brought to
bear against it. Having no creed, no ssarti-
clss of belief to be brought into real or fam
cied disrepute through the discovery of any
new truth, it is content from day to day to
work IN the light of unaided human reason in
attempting a solution OF the complex prob
lens encountered III this life. In this meth
cd of procedure a newly discovered truth. in
stead of doing violence to any preconceived
doctrine or creed adopted as a rule of colt
duct. as a guide through life to the realm of
mystery beyond-a new truth instead of be-
ing thus received, Is welcomed as the
improved implement is welcomed by
the artisan whose labor it lighteus, accelerates.
1t is considered as a new lustre impaired to
the light in whose rays investigation had pre-
viously been conducted. Then. with this
increased light, if it be that the doctrines pre-
vious.y accepted as true, are found to be out
of perspective with the order of nature; if it be
found that they do not harmonize with the
additional truth thus discovered, this new
truth is not on that account rejected and its
advocacy branded AS impious. In pla &c OF
this rejection of what is new there is a rear
ransement of what is old. Opinions and be.
liefs formerly entertained are either altogeth.
rejected, or else modified, rear anced
50 as TO be brought into harmony
with what has been proved to be
true. and with his mental horizon
widened by the introduction of new fact.
placed at his command the Investigators re
ceptivo mind is prepared further to receive
anything claiming to be The truth, and t,
examine into those claims and decide upol
them strictly according to their merits. Thus
it is hat discussion, argument, investigation
instead of being summed are always ceurted
sought for by the rationalistic school. Over
the entire field of thought, reason is claimed
to extend its domain-rsason is claimed a
the supreme arbiter IN deciding the dispute,
, positions taken in any portion of that field