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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-24

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Eachpackage contains DR.. Sanford's Improved lnhal.
Ing Tube and full directions for In all cases Price,
and dealers the United States and Canadas
WEEKS POTTER. General Agents and Wholesale
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CITY Property for Sale.

The Lots situated the Of La Sale and Lafayette
streets opposite the Washington Park described as the VIZ
and Lot II. Block S. States Addition to OTTAWA
This property situated in the central part of the city ne
the business portion OF IT. and will be sold at bargain
desirable for investment For particulars Inquire OF
II EAMES Esq, National City Bank, or w =. CODDlMt,
Canal Collector. ImaylO-tf) ALBERT +. DoW.
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Observations made during the last six years
under trees and not far from the edge of for.
est and also in the PLAIN remote from trees,
lead TO the following conclusions:
First-Forests increase the quantity of
meteoric waters which fall on the ground, and
thus favor the growth of springs and OF under,
ground waters.
Second-In u forest region the ground re-
celves as much and more water under cover OF
the trees than the uncovered ground of regions
with little or no wood.
Third-The cover of the trees of forest
dlminishes to a large degree the evaporation
of the water received by the ground, and thus
contributes to the maintenance of the mois-
ture of the latter, and to the regularity of the
flow of the water sources.
Fourth-The temperature in forest is much
less unequal than IN the open, although, on
the whole, it may be a little lower; but the
minima are there constantly higher and the
maxima lower than in regions not covered with
wood.
These observations have been made in the
neighborhood of Nancy, and by the pupils of
the School of Forestry OF that city, under the
direction of NJ. Matthew, sub-director of the
school. On the other hand, NJ. Fautrat, when
Sub Inspector of Forests at Senlis made dur
ing four wears, but on a different method, OBJ
servations on forestial meteorology which full.
ly and completely corroborate in certain re.
spects those of NJ. Matthew. The laws which
seem to follow from the figures given by N.
Fautra., rs well as an inspection of the curves
which graphically represent them, are as fol
lows:
Flrst-It rains more abundanty, under iden
teal circumstances, over forests than over non
wooded ground, and most abundantly over for
ests with trees in green condition.
Second-The degree of saturation of the air
by moisture is greater above forests than over
non wooded grounds, and much greater over
masses of Pinus Syicestri than over masses OF
eaved species.
Thlrd-The LEAKAGE and branches of leafed
trees intercept one-third, and those of the res
inous trees the half Of the rain water, which
afterwards returns to the atmosphere by evap-
Grafton On the other hand, these same leaves
and branches restrain the evaporation of the
water, which reaches the ground, and that
evaporation is nearly four times less under
mass of leafed forest than in the open, and two
and one-third times only under amass Of pines
Fcurth-The laws of the change of tempera-
ture out of an under wood are similar to those
which result from the observations of M. Ma
THEA
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goes to q clairvoyant to have her fortune told
But the article reaches higher plane In descrip
tive passages like this, about Paul and Virginia
kiss: "Aha, that kiss--thst long, low, langush
ing, llmpid, liquid, lingering kiss! 1t was th
calm, holy ccstatc outbreathng OF two fond ant
trusting hearts, an interRingling OF two gentle
souls sanctiied by love, communion OF the In
tangible by tangible means, a blending OF cartf
with heaven, in which the latter had nantes
Twas such kiss as Troilus
stealing by night into the Trojan camp, nigh
fain have breathed on Crcssida's maiden lips, Il
the melody OF the joyful nightingale that sang
love and in the sheen Oft the round red moon ane
the stars that see, but never tell.'
A souL.LONGING.
-"Oh, give me, Mary" said young Fred,
The while the maid was slyly laughing;
He said no more, so great his dread
OF the fair damsel's merry chatting.
He stroked his infantile moustachc,
While Mary tenderly was signing;
Again he made the venture rash
"Oh dearest Mary, am dying
'For WHAT" she asked, with sembled fear,
Her foolish heart now madly heating;
"Oh," stammered Fred, "I'm dying dear,
To taste those peanuts You are eating"
~. y Sun.
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SAnF0RD'S RADICAL CURE

MAY safely claim to be one ofthe few popular reme-
NJ dies receiving the approval of
who In private not only freely recommend 1t but use
u In their families In preference to any Of the prepsra
uons usually prescribed by physicians.
You arc aware. said distinguish city physician.
that my OBLIGATIONS TO the Mass Medical Society are
Radical CpTe but since RECEIVED 50: much relief from
remedies have privately advised Its USE and presume
have sent to your store no less than hundred OF
my patients for It,"
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| 1t is favorite and Gcorgetown's business men
are wide.awake is amply testified by its advertis.
ing columns, more numerous than Of any week.
ly received at this Office; and the paper is worthy
NJ II all
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The time Is passed when people question the
utility Of Phrenology and men are new apply
ing Its principles TO an extent that 10 hardly sP
preciated, both In self-culture, and In their deal
ings with others.
The Phrsnologiesl Journal Of New York u the
only periodical devoted 70 the subject, and II In
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Attu advertisements.
IMPo RTANT LETTER
From q Distinguished Physician.

NO single disease has entailed suffering has
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Catarrh The sense OF smell taste OF sight OF ar
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force and breaks up the most robust OF constitutions.
clans impotently assaulted by Quacks and charlatans,
those suffering from 1t have little hope to be relieved
popular treatment Of this terrible disease by remedies
petent and trustworthy. The new and hitherto unricd
method adopted by Dr. Sanford in the preparation OF
his RADICAL CURE has won my he arty approval. be-
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fall because strikes at the root OF the disease viz
the dcidtfed blood. while II heals the liberated mem.
brane by direct application to the nasal passages lie
action Ia based on certain nxed rules and unless the
vital forces are too far exhausted must in the great
majority OF cases, effect cure.
GEO. BEARD, NJ. D.
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UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION,

CENTLEMEN,I-w We have sold SANroRps RADICAL
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that we never sold simar preparation that gave such
plant yet.
We are not in tho habit Of recommending patent
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Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Drugs. Books and
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legaI.
CHASE FOWLER,

EINAL SETTLEMENT MOTTO E.-Es
T.Ts OF DANIEL H. PRICE. DEcEAsED.-NOtice 10
hereby given all persons Interested in said estate ths
ne undersigned Administrator OF the Of said Dan
lei D. Price, deceased. will sppear before the County
Cont of the county La Sale and OF illinois, az the
County Court House in ottawa said county, Monday
the sixteenth day OF February A. 1880 for the purpose
OF rendering of his proceedings in the sdmns
trstion Of said estate for the hns settlement.
Dated At Ottawa this sth day Of January lsa
JOHN SNYDER.
ATTEST: p. w SrocKsLRGER Administrator.
Clerk County Court. Ia Sale Co. III. isnlO-Sw
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-15

When he slept she would a''e,
steal around 70 mo o'he' 0o''' "a'
speak cheering words 10 inc poor SUI
ferers' They are somebody's e'o'n
ers or lovers she thought "aho per
haPs some woman loves ,a., eaoI QUO o.
them ~ dearly az love '''ch'e'
The men grew 70 love "'' a"e
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-15

nUAKER BITTERg, further suT
u ply just received and selling ct
CHA11fAN'D DGU0 0TO64.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-15
WHOLE NO 1884
Forms OF Lightning.

The different forms Of lightning are
thus described by the Christian Union
A flash OF Lightning IL q very large
spark of electricity just the same
thiug that one sees given by on elec-
tric machine 10 lecture on natural
philosophy, the only difference being
that the best machines will not give
spark mole than a yard long, while
some aashes Of lightning have been
estimated TO DO several miles IN
length.
According TO their appearance, yari'
Gus names have been given to these
sparks in the sky, though In reality
all the several kinds are one and the
same thing.
On a warm summer evening, one
often sees the clouds on the horizon
lit up with brilliant g.ows Of lightning
unaccompanied by any sound OF
thunder.
To this appearance the name OF
"heat lightning" has been given, aud
the warm weather is often assigned as
its cause. In point Of fact, the heat
lightning is only that Of thunder
shower 10 far of that, while the OBJ.
server can see the fash, no sound OF
thunder reaches him, and the inter
vcning clouds veil and reflect the flash
till it becomes glow instead OF the
sharp streak usually seen.
Where the fash, starting from one
point, branches out and divides into
several parts, it has received the name
OF "forked lightning This is usually
seen when tho discharge is near the
observer.
Single flashes bearing a zigzag or
crinkled aspect are denominated,
"chain or zigzag lightning" probably
from their resemblance 10 chain
thrown loosely on the ground.
Again, when several discharges oc-
cur from about the same place at the
same time, and aie screened by rain
or clouds so as to light up the heavens
with a broad bright glow, the title OF
"slltct lightning" is applied.
These four comprise all the common
forms. There Is, however, one rare
manifestation called ''ball Lightning"
In this phenomenon, a small globe or
ball Of apparent fire very slowly rolls
along the ground, and after time
suddenly explodes, scattering destruc-
ton around.
There are but few instances OF this
on record, and no very satisfactory
explanation has ever accounted for
this curious appearance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-15
Pure Amid lmpurlty.

I once stepped upon wharf and
made my way toward a vessel in
which was TO make voyage OF sew
eral hundred miles but, 10 what a
sight She was q collier, and the
coal was just now being cmptied by
men who were so covered with dust
that filed the air, that they seemed as
black as the coal itself.
What n prospect tor voyage OF
comfort; everything blackened with
coal dust 40 that nothing could be
touched without soillng the hands.
Deck, ropes, railing, everything was
alike-black, black, black -blacker
blacker, blacker; from stem to stern
all was blackness and dirt. The little
pet dog, that lived on board aud was
said to be white was very far from
white now aud the hope that / could
escape the general contamination it l
went on board seemed impossible,
And yet l did go on board and passed
the voyage in cleanliness and COM
fort, Notwithstanding I was on board
such a collier as have described.
Do you ask me how this could be
possible after what I have said !
| answer I took up my berth with the
captain. On that dirty ship the cap
tain had delightful departments neat
cosy, we'll furnished and, above ALL
scrupulously clean, despite the dirt
outside. Here was white linen upon
the beds, and clean covers upon
the tables; easy chairs, sofa, rich
carpets, mirrors, and pictures upon
the walls. Sitting there chatting with
the captain. or reading from some
choice book in bis library, it seemed
impossible there could be SO much dirt
all around. True, the only way to
escape it was to stay with the captain.
But no change came upon the ship
itself Soon the coal was all empted
out, the voyage commenced, and the
hands put to work cleaning the vessel.
Brooms, buckets and water were free
ly used at the captains order, and be.
fore long the dirt was gone. The
cleanness of the cabin had spread all
over the ship and she was clean as a
pleasure boat. Then we could roam
from stem to steam at will, for all was
clean.
This is polluted world we are in
from stem to stern it is impure. 1t is
80 unclean, taat we sre commanded
not 10 touch the uucleau thing. The
very air is full of the flying unclean
hess; so that, if we but cross her
decks, we are in danger of breathing
its impurities into our souls. But
even in this unclean world we can
be pure. Stay with the Captain all
is pure where he is. As He is so are
we in this world. We have the invi-
ton, too, "Abide with me-"
By and by the Captain will purify
the ship, and all shall be pure.-lE.
Stubs, in Cristian Standard.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-15
A Comical story Of u Norman Wife


There is comic as we'll as a pa
thetic side to Mormon polygamy.-
Among the Mormon women at Utah
was one who accepted in full the faith
of the polygamic revelation. She had
found in polygamy an ample compen-
sation in the supposed right OF the
first wife to choose her husbands sue.
ceeding wives. This was her argu.
ment IF the first wife selects the
other wives, it has the effect OF show.
ing them that the husband thinks
much of her judgment, and is willing
to abide by it, and that they will have
to do the sane. This is, of course, as
it should be. But if she lets her hus-
band choose his own wife, he is al
most certain to take a fancy to some
one whom the first wife does not like
at all, and. consequently, her authority
is undermined. The first wife ought
to keep all the power in her own
hands" The sequel Of this lady's
story is extremely ludicrous. After
she had chosen two other wives for
her husband, he was so perverse as to
choose fourth for himself, the fourth
being not at all to her liking, as she
herself admitted. This is her own
account of the matter: 81 tell you,
said I, "Im quite disgusted with you;
a man with three wives-and me one
of them-to go talking twaddle to a
chattering hussy like that, with her
cats eyes and red hair" "Golden
hair, my DEAR" he said "Charlotte's
hair is golden" II say red ! it's
straight, staring red-as red as red
can be-" told him; aud then we had
regular fight over it. / don't mean
that we came to blows, but we had
some hot words, and he went out and
left US two alone. Then that young
hussy was impudent, and I don't know
how it was, but somehow when We
left of our conversation, found some
of Cbarlotte's red hair between my
fingers, and there she said iaseesnt
ly, holding out quite a good-si1ed tatt
of auburn hair, ''there I put it to you,
Sister Stenhouse, is that red, or 10 1t
not p .H
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WOODSTOCK VT. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. lb 1880,
NINE yAMiLy.

Dimbled seheeks mit eyes on plus.
Mout, like Id vas moisd mit dew
uhd leeiie teeth shust peekin droo--
Dots der baby,
Curly he'd. and full OF glee,
DIowsers all oudt at der knee
He vas peen blayin' horse, you sec
Dots leetle Otto,
Won hundred seeIty In der shade,
Der oder day When she vas weighed
She beats me soon vas afraid
Dots my Gretchen,
Darefooted head, und pooty stoudt.
Nit crooked legs dot viii bend oudt,
Fond or his bier und sauer kraut--
Dot me himself,
Won sehmall young baby, full OF fun,
Won leedle pright.eyed, roguish son,
Won frau to greet When work vas done
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Days and months and years slipped
by, and still the dread war-cloud ell
wrapped the land. Ruth had not
seen Richie since the day he marched
away in his bright new uniform, look
ing so handsome and brave. She had
horne up through it all, for his sake ;
and, as he waved his hat and passed
from her sight, he caught her smile
and carried 1t away with him.
But when he was gone! She could
never rightly remember how the first
few days went BY. That terrible
home.sick ness for him was worse than
death. But at last she had reused
herself TO comfort her parents. She
must be both Richie and Rath to
them now.
The bright days OF their lives came
with his letters. He had passed un-
harmed through many hard fought
battles. He had risen from the rank
of private to that Of captain. How
proud Ruth was of him!
The war will soon lie over,' he
wrote, hopefully. i dc not want to
take furlough while I have health
and strength, for every man is needed
at his post. And then the partings
would all have to be said over again.
Ruth and her parents saw the wis
dom of his words, and only prayed
more earnestly, it possible, that their
boy might be spared to them.
twas summer again. Just such a
day as that On which Richie had lef'
them. Ruth had gone to town fol
the morning paper. At the post.of.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-15
RUTH AND RICHARD.
ny CLARA sRwiIALL.

Mother, father, l must gol a com
pany Of volunteers leave town mex
week. Ed, Merton and ! put ou
names down together. ] knew yo'
would not hinder me-
GO my sou, and God bless you,
said tho old man. Il have been ex
pcc!ing it. Your grandfather fought
and blcd in the Revolution; and yol
have his spirit as we'll as his looks.
And what do you say, mother
The fire Of patriotism In tho younl
mans eye sottened into tenderness a
he turned towards her.
MY boyl my boy she exclaimed
clasping him to her heart. How Cur
I glveyou upl And yet your coun
try's voice is Gods voice aud It H'
called could not keep you"
The hardest part was yet 10 come
to tell Ruth.
1t was no ordinary love these tw'
bore each other. In oil their short
happy life they had never been separ
ated, Together. they had roamed th'
fields and woods through the Ions
summer days. Side by side they sa
in school, and side by side they stoot
up 10 recite. II one failed, so woult
the other. But that was n rare occur
renee: for the twins always heade(
their classes, and were considered b,
their mates more impossible than th'
Alps.
The setting sun was touching with
mellow light the wide doors OF th'
gray old barn, as Richard paused t
gaze upon the dear, familiar Landscape
that would SO soon be to him only
memory.
A slight noise from the hay lof
aroused him,
who can be up there 7 he thought
Ruth has gone TO spend the day will
Aunt Roxy, and / am to 60 for he
this evening. So it cant be her
I've mind to investigates" and h'
spraug nimbly up the ladder, ant
jumped oft from its top into a pile o
fragrant hay.
Away over in one corner Of the loft
lighted by tiny diamondshaped win
dow, RICHES work,-was what h
and Ruth called their sanctum. NJ
one ever thought OF filling it will
hay, however much the room wa
needed.
The sound seemed to colne from
that direction. Who could it be
Not any one belonging to the farm
for they knew the spot was sacred t.
the twins.
Wading through drifts OF sweet
smelling clover, Richie came upo'
tho intruder,-a young girl lynn
PROSTATE, with her face covered b,
her hands and hidden in the hay
The same sound be had heard agai
fell upon his ears, "A low moan, g.
full Of anguish and despair that
almost made his heart cease beating.
'Ruthie, Ruthie darling, what j
the matter?' he cried, sprlnging fol-
ward and raising the bowed head
w hat has happened?
She looked up at him in a daze
sort Of way, then threw her am
about his neck, sobbing and clingin
to him passiopately.
% Richie, Richie, it is not true
They were only saying it to trigbte
me. Tell ME it is not true!
What is not true, Richie
That you are going to the war;
'Who told you so!'
Lena Allen. i met her in tow
aud she said you and her cousin Et
ward had enlisted together. l le
her standing on the sidewalk aud ra
all the way home, and came up her'
Oh, tell me it is not true!'
}, sAnd if IL ia true, Richief