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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-20
This descrip,ion aptlv applies to the present

This description aptly applies to the presen
time If the ancient order is not in realit,
lost, 1t Is surely in peril, from the fact tina
fraud has triumphed over the will OF the PEG
pie and may continue to do so. And 1t Is pro
posed to still further violate the ancient order
hy the inauguration Of the third.term policy
That, together with the strong government
which Is spoken of as necessarily connected
with the third.lerm policy, SIMPLY means peri
Ia the ancient order of things. But the an
cicnt order is not really lost, for the oracle
says further on
columbia shall again
Rise and fairer be than then
But before that time, and while yet the an
Gent order is deemed lost, under the nine
tenth and before the twentieth president, TN,
line occurs:
ale who was shall be no more"
What do these words mean? Not that the
succession of presidents shall cease, for, rs be
fore quoted,
Columbia shall, again
Rise and farer be than then
He who was" can apply only to an eX.presI
dent If there was no eXpresdent in the field
the language could have no meaning as APP
plicable to the present time and the approach
ing campaign But it becomes significant
when we see the man answering SO fifty to the
simple description, He who was that it is
not even necessary to name him.
But why should the oracle refer to one rs.
prant to the presidency more than to another
Something Of a precedent Is found for this. 1t
refers to the aspirations and failures Of the
third Adams:
"Where rat the sire shall sit the son,
But not the sons SON"
Moreover, the line ale who was shall be no
more" has logical bearing on what follows
after as pointing out the means by which the
perls threatening the ancient order" are
avertcd, and the prosperity afterwards spoken
of is brought about. Taken in the simplest
and most obvious meaning and IN the connec,
ton in which they stand, those words of the
oracle, "lIe who was shall be no more" make
1t impossible for an OK president to succeed
Mr.. Hayes Louis Republican.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-20

According to the Ne,c England Farmer, the
best New England Johnnycake" is made in
this wise: Take one quart of bu,termilk, one
teaeup of flour, twothirds of a cup of molasSes,
a little salt, one teaspoonful of Saleraius. one
well.bcaten egg; then stir IN Indian meal. hut
be sure and not put in too much; leave 1t thin,
so thin that 1t will almost run. Bake in TIN
in any oven, and tolerahiy quick. If 1t is not
firstrate and light. 1t will be becauseyo make
il too thick with Indian meal. Some prefer it
without the molasses.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-20

ma CY STATION F.EN Pocket Diaries
P,togr.nh Albums, Fine Pocket Books, God Pent
Pocket knives Playing Csrd-. Crlohsge Boards, Game
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-20

We buried her one April day beside her
mother at sweet West Land, and returned to
our lonely home. Everywhere I turned
missed my little playmate. 1t seemed to me
that the stroke was almost too heavy for a SEN
ed by loving friends must have SUNK under
tins new burden.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-20
A New Kind of Watch Case.

sec !.
L, - WEEK In your own lnwn, and ns capi-
I'm tai rsked You give the business a
III trial without expense. The best Orpurtu-
nity ever offered for those win. 10 work
- II Yen should Try nothing else until you
kyvE for yourself what You can do n the busi-
an ness we offer. No room 10 explain here
"vIvy You can devote all your time or only your
~ ~ ~ snare uine To- the business and make great
every hour work. " omen make AS much
a. mon send for spetsl private and particulars
wic. we mail free IS Outt free Don't complain of hard
times while you have such chance. Address II. HAL
iETT A Co Portlai d, Maine. sept
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-20
Written for the Free Trader.
LOCUST VALLEY;
By DIR. STEINWAY.
THE END.
MONEY Is POWER.


"Or ever the silver cord be loosed or the
GOLDEN bowl be broken, or the pitcher be brok-
en- at the fountain. or the wheel be broken at
the cistern." 1t came at ast-the unbidden
guest-glidng stealthiIy up to my sweet sis
,er's couch, 1t wound its invisible cords closely
around her tender heart, and she was fading,
whitening beneath the ICY touch. But the
spirit could not he cowed In the very face
of death our little pilgrim looked up and
broke out IN glad song:
Drivers to the ocean run,
Nor stay IN all their course;
Fire, ascending, seeks the sun;
Both speed then to their source.
$50 a soul that's born OF God,
Pants to view his glorious face;
Upward tends to his abode
To rest in his embrace.
Cease We pilgrims cease to mourn,
Press onward to the prize;
Soon our Savior will return
Triumphant in the skies.
'"lhen we'll join the heavenly train,
Welcomed to partake the bliss
Fly from sorrow, care and pain.
To realms Of endless bliss"
Then she whispered, softly;
'Hush, my babe, lie still and slumbcr,
Holy angels guard thy bed;
Heavenly blessings without number
Gently falling on thy head"
Our father leaned over her--a sigh and she
was in heaven. He turned about and said
quietly:
"Shc has gone to join her mother in the
spirit land" and he went to his room and
closed the door.
Our grief, so long subdued now broke forth
In a long, loud wall but it was insufficient
TO awake the SAUNDERS of the peaceful dead.
Peaceful, did | say? yes, angelic dead. o.!
she looked so sweet and qulet-no rackng
pain or anguish, she was resting at last
no more plalntive cries, no more tossing upon
the pillow, no more means of angulsh-all
was peace, gentleness and rest.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-20

GOLD PENS, Zen Holders. ana Pencil Cases ~ g
laiity, 81 Osn an Hspemsn's west OF Court House.
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nR. II. w. w his, (Deutcher ooctOr,) late Physi
~ and Surgeon TO the ST. Louis Female HOSPITAL
Office Steiels Clothing Store, Main and Ia Sail
streets. Residence sUath bluff at Mrs Renzs apa6
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Professional GarDs.

\ II. TR OR, Attorney at Law. Office -yer
,. Osman x Hapenans Book store, OTTAWA iii dccIS
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w HUSHN ELL, Attorney at Law, Ottawa. Ill
w VIII practice IN any OF the courts in this state
Close attention paid to collections. Conveyance carefully
made and Abstracts prepared with &c Notary public
Once west OF Court House. Janl,7g
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-20
TENNESSEE.

Brownsville States and Bee; Hatch
lie river is on a big rise. The Ida
Stockton passed up the river last Fri
day. She has a capacity Of carrying
400 bales.
The governor has pardoned Booker
Flippin, convicted at the February
terra, 1879, of the Fayette county cir
cult court, of voluntary manslaughter
and sentenced to nine years in the
~penitentiary. The pardon is to take
effect four years and a half from the
dateo Of sentence.
MurfreesborO Free Press. Every
week witnesses the departure Of some
of our colored population for Mis.is
sippi or Arkansas.
all sorts of combinations are being
suggested to unite the different par
ties in the legislature.
Nashville American, 18th. Rif
teen Mormons passed through the
city, yesterday afternoon, en- route for
Utah. They were to be Joined at
HUNTINGDON, lest night, by sixty more.
All were poor people, and barely able
to pay their way to Salt Lake City.
Knoxville Tribune: DR.. j. G. NJ.
Ramsey, Tennessee's venerable his
torian, has offered his resignation as
president Of the Tennessee Historical
society. His advanced age aud grad
ually falling health prevents his de.
voting himself actively to the dutic9
of the Office. We hope that the hon.
ored and respected annalist will yet
be wieh US many years.
SOmerville Falcon. We had brought
ia our Office, a day or so ago, a list Of
the names of thirteen white meu in
No. 2 who voted the republican ticket.
list of dfty-tWo white dem
who stayed away from the poll.
on election day. This is the way-tha'
such a handsome majority was rolled
up against the democratic ticket on
The ID o. November.
Brownsville can boast Of as many
secret orders as any town in Tennessee.
franklin Reyiewaud Journal: Mem.
Ders Of the Tennessee legislature elect
ire now kept pretty busy reading let
ters from and entertaining visitors in
The interest Of candidates for the va
positions to be filed by that
body.
The Hon. D. D. Bell, Of Union City,
s a son Of the late Hon, John Bell
He Is a member of the incoming legis
He is q brother-in-law Of Col.
the present secretary Of state,
and a very able lawyer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-20
O~ONFIDExCE z
A Bold Game on she Memphis
and Charleston Railroad.

The Hartsville Independent of the
18th, says:
Last week the train on the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad was GO
ing from Chattanooga toward Mem
phis. A man named Joseph Haeberle,
with his wife and FIVE children, from
charlottesville, Va, who was going to
Duvall's Bluff, Ark, was accosted BY
a passenger who rode a long way, and
worked himself into the confidence OF
MIR. Haeberle, aud found out where
he was going, his business, ETC., and
told him be was going to Devalis
Bluff, too, and vas very friendly, and
told him he was shipping goods there
per express, and as the train stopped
at Decatur twenty inmates, the con.
federlte came into the car aud repre-.
sentod himself to be an express agent,
come to collect freight ola few hun.
dred dollars of the pretended mer-
chant, who counted out two or three
hundred, but did not have enough to
pay the bill, and then rendered a
$1,000 government bond (which proved
to be a couuterfeit). The express
agent said it was good, but he could
not pay the difference and the pre-
MUM, so the pretended merchant
asked his new-made friend how much
money he had. He told him about
800 or $500. lie got him to lot him
have it, and he would let him have
the bond as security till he fixed it
all right with him, as he was
going on to the same place with
him. The farmer went into the
water closet with him, and let him
have $40. The robber them told
him to hold his seat till he stepped
out to pay the express agent, and he
would be back in a minute or two,
but of course he never came back,
and the last your correspondent knew,
who was on the train as far as Cher
okee, Mr.. Farmer was still holding
the seat, and, unconscious that he was
a ruined man, robbed Of all the
money he had, and a wife crying, /
suppose, at the loss of the money, OF
that she had such a soft husband. !
don't know which-perhaps both.
The bOld was a very poor counter
felt $1,000 7 per cent gold, with cou-
Mons attached, but had no signatures
whatever on the bond.
A similar trick was again played on
the train below Decatur coming north,
but a smaller amount obtained. The
mar playing this game is represented
to be about thirty five years old, about
FIVE feet eleven inches tall, with red
hair and whiskers; and it is to be
hoped that he and his confederate
may be captured and turned over to
a vigilance committee to try their
cases before Judpe Lynch
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-20
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic allays irritation
The Commercial Future Of the
South and Southwest.
Jaekson Renorler.l

jackson Reporter.l
"A writer in Bradstreet's draws a
worry Interesting and striking picture
OF the strides which lave been~made
by. the western states upon the i'm.
pulse of railway development. He
shows that these states, operating
more than forty thousand miles of
railroad, and upon which they last
year CLEARED net profits of nearly
ninety-thTee millions Of dollars. have
in a few years sprung into their pres
emit splendid condition Of prosperity
and power solely through the agency
OF their abundant and perfectly ap-
pointed system Of transportation.
Before they inaugurated in earnest
the building up of that system their
fortunes were stagnant. Their indus
tries languished for want Of markets.
immigration had ceased and progress
was unknown. TIE people merely
existed. Their crops rotted in the
fields or we're SO heavily taxed en- route
to the markets as to represent no profit
to the producer. With the era of
railWays-not simply trunk lines, but
networks Of feeders and tributaries
with which Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
are literally enyeloped-with that era
came the tremendous awakening and
that process Of growth aud expansion
and development which stands TODAY
without parallel and history, tho won.
dor Of the civilized world. Immigra,
lion poured in by a thousand ~eeaeeless
streams, the forests aud the -ra;r;o.
changed as if hv magic into em;I;nS
neiusi factories, workshops, towns and
cities started up in the night. as Il
we're, 10 the brief space Of thirty
years the assessed values Of these ten
states have advanced from 5000 900 GOO
TO $500 00, O00-more than 500 Der
cent Of increased
Thus is recorded tho material pro.
gress aud prosperity Of the west under
the magic influence Of the railway, and
there Is something in it from which
the people ofouf country should profit.
II these states have grown so power.
ful, influential and prosperous through
the medium OF a well ordered system
Of railroads, whyshould not the south
and southwest grow greater and even
more powerful through the same 10.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-20

gramme, the FIRST pushed out and hit
him a belt owe the nose with a blank
ct. The terrified snim-l stood on his
hind legs for a mom,ut and then
struck a course northwest by north
WITH great celebrity. The interested
SPECTATORS beheld the fearless captain
sitting unmoved, though the buggy
bent and careened before the breeze.
then with a triumphant smile they
saw him heave out the anchor with a
merry "Yo, heave, no r The grapnel
dragged for a few moments in the
t~reacherous sands Of the road. then
caught in a rock. Capt. Cornwell rose
into the air like a bird on the wing, and
sailed majestically forward, alighting
on his ear. The horse stood on his
head for a second, and then resumed
his onward course at the rate of at
least seventy miles an hour. and. amid
a frightlul crashing. ripping, tearing.
aud smashing, all the wagon vanished
into thin air, except a piece of the
mizzen axle, to which the anchor had
been fastened.
Captain Cornwell can't precisely
understand why, when the tackle held.
be wasn't able to ride out the gale, but
is not discouraged and will repeat the
experiment as soon as he has had a
new buggy upon lines Of his own de
signing. Life insurance canvassers
are bearing down upon him from all
quarters, and the liyeliest interest is
manifested in the neighborhood. We
wish the gallant captain all success.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-20
Reeds GitEdgo Tonic prevents malaria
Hnu fhe Jews Recame Rich.

Moncure D. Conway's Lecture.l
Because the Jews had no society or
home they accumulated great wealth.
and were supposed to get it direct
from the devil. The idea that they
are avaricious is not true, for Europe
is full of institutions for people of all
races founded by rich Jews, They
had no country to be patriotic about,
and, therefore, they reserved their
means to purchase their old Judean
home and establish a ~theoeracy. Shy
locks usury was religious, his being
forbidden to go into business COMPEL
ing him to obtain a living by trading
in money. Balsac says that the Jews
in France made the best tax
gatherers, and potentates always
procured money from them.
So the Jews have always
es -eemed the upper classes and hated
the populace, because the common
people ridiculed them. They always
follow the strongest government, and
fear the people; hence it happens that
to-day, in Syria, their old home, only
10000 of them dwell, while in Rou
mania, where they are mObbed every
week, they number 100000, and in
Russia 1000, 900. The Jews have
always been wanderers. They have
acquired wealth and knowledge, but
exert no ethical influence. They con
tribute great thinkers, poets and phil
osophers, but no sculptors or painters
Despite the liberality of their think
ing they rarely leave their religion for
any other. 1t has not been necessary,
for their religion has developed equal
~ with Others. The Talmud is rich
with utterances similar to the sermon
on the mount, and from that book the
infant Jesus probably got his inspira-
ton at his mothers knee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-20

Journal Of Commerce.
Three men of wealth meeting, not
long since. in New York, the CONVEX
sation turned upon their wives. In
stead of finding fault with women in
general, and their wives in general,
each one obeyed the wise mans ad-
vice, and gave honor unto his wife, -
Il tell you what it u.s." said one Of
the men, they may say what they
please about the uselessness of mod
ern women, but my wife has done her
share in securing our success in life.
Everybody knows that her family was
a~ristocratic and exclusive, and all
that, and when | married her she had
never done a days work in her life;
but when W. & Co. failed, and | had
to commence at the foot of the hill
again, she discharged the servan,s
and chose a neat little cottage. and
did her own housekeeping until l was
better off,"
And my WIFE said a second,
was an only daughter, carressed and
netted to death. and everybody said,
Well, if he will marry a doll like
that, he'll make the greatest mistake
of his life; but when | came home
the first year of marriage, sick with
the fever, she nursed me back to
health, and l never knew her to mur-
mur because | thought we couldn't
afford any better style or more luxu-
ries."
well, gentlemen" chimed in a
third, II married a smart. healthy,
pretty girl, but she was a regular blue
stocking. She adored Tennyson, dotted
on Byron, read Emerson, and named
the first baby Ralph Waldo Emerson
and the second Maud; but | tell you
what it is" and the speakers eyes
grew su~spiciously moist, when we
laid little Maud in her last bed at
Auburn, my poor wife had no remem-
branee of neglect or stinted mOtherly
care, and the little dresses that still
lie in the locked drawer were al
made by her own hands"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-20
ROAD REFORM DEMANDED.
Practical and Neutrality-suspicious.
on the Subject.

GERMANTOWN, TENN. Nov. 10, go.
EDITOR LEDGER-0ne Of the great.
est drawbacks to our section Of cOun-
try here in West Tennessee is the
abOminable condition Of our roads,
public and private.
If their condition is not improved,
and they continue to be neglected, as
they will, if our present system is not
abolished, we will have to resort to
the old packhorse system of the Pic,
neers, when this country was an un-
tracked wilderness. 1t is worse than
an idle dream to expect any material
advancement in the price of farming
lands in the country, or of real estate
in the towns and villages till this great
evil is remedied. The trouble is not
confined to any particular lOcalitysbut
is general and widespread.
During summer and early fall we
manage to get along with moderate
loads, but at the expense Of consider
able injury to teams and vehicles. In
the winter and early spring, after the
continuous aud soaking rains, we gem
orally have followed hard freezes and
deep thaws, often repeated, nothing
but the drrest necessity will force a
man to attempt any hauling.
We have no stone here 10 macad-
amiEe or main thoroughfares. as in
Middle and East Tennessee, but we
certainly can snd should construct
improved and more substantial dirt
roads-using gravel, which abounds
in some localities, for the worst
places. Here is a question for our
next legislature-one Of deeper con-
cern to the good citizens of Tennes.
see than who shall be the next United
States senator. / do hope the land
owners, especially, and all good citi
Eens generally, will agitatc this ques.
ton, and so press it upon the con-
sideration ofour next legislature, that
they will not dare to return to their
constituents without having tx,
hausted every means to bring about
this much needed reform. The old
system Of overseers and hands will
have to DO abandoned, and a special
road tax upon land and polls will
have to be levied and che public roads
built and repaired by contract, unde
the supervision Of commissioner ap,
pointed by tho county court
AaRIooLA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-20

strumentslity? We have a more pro-
ductive soil. a more quaobls and pro-
pitious climate, aud a much larger
territory with millions Of acres Of vir-
gin soil that has never been touched
by the pillow and upon which the
woodman' S az has never given a sound.
These lands are stretched by noun
tains and hills as rich or richer in
mineral and productive capacity than
those Of the northwest. The ore is
pronounced superior, on account Of its
purity, and wherever Developments
have been made it is found to be mex
haustible.
As we have the territory, the soil
and the climate, together with this
vast mineral wealth, there is no reason
except it be for a want of agricultu-
raj energy and thrift, why our country
should not become the food producing
and mineral furnishing section of the
union.
All our country needs is well directed
system Of emigration to reclaim the
waste lands, open up and develop the
vast mineral resources Of the south
west, which will create a greater de-
mand for transportation, and this will
be followed by an intelligent network
OF railroads, in connection with our
steamboat navigation. Then we will
see manufactures springing into OK
lstence all over the country and the
era will be marked by general pros
perity. The millions Of dollars paid
annually to eastern manufacturers by
the south aud southwest would remain
among US and We would no longer be
"hewers OfwOod and drawers OF water"
to support a protected system Of man
ufactures. Facilities for moving our
products to the seaboard are increas-
ing every day and will continue to do
so in proportion to the efforts Of our
people to develop the country and
supply demand.
Let our people give less attention
to politics aud devote themselves
strictly to the material interest and
development Of the various resources
Of the country, and in less than a
quarter of a century towns and cities
will be reared on our waste lands, and
every running stream will be made
joyous with the sound Ofmachinery;
there will be a happy, independent
and prosperous people, aud starving
millions in foreign countries will be
fed by the fruits Of our thrift and in
dustry. The tide Ofcommerce will be
turned from the east to the southwest,
fraternal feeling in a measure re-
stored aud existing envies and jealous
les will be converted into a generous
rivalry.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-20

fora the meeting Of the legislature. l
do MOI know exactly what the law is
on this point. l remember, however.
that both the republican and demo-
cratic national committees were very
anxious to have every candidate for
elector, about whose eligibility there
could be question, resign before the
election. Now, if they could resign
Just as well after the election. and be-
fore they met in the electoral college,
first Wednesday in December, and
thus cure their disabilities as electors,
why the anxiety on the part Of the
republicans and democrats to have
the disabilities removed before the
election in November? In Ohio sew
eral republicans cured their disabili.
ties before the election, or gave way to
those who had no disabilities. In our
state, Col, Neal resigned his seat as
speaker Of the senate, and as a mem
Der Of that body, before the election,
in order to make himself eligible as an
elector. TEMPUs,