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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28

Closing saloons on sunday may work well
IN civilized communities, but only leads to
greater devltry at Springfield. A Mondays
dispatch says
Another Sunday has passed with the Spring.
field saloons closed. Thousands of people,
the saloon-keepers, their patrons, etc. repaired
to Lincoln park, near a brewery, and there
put III the day drinking beer. Stands
were placed in different parts Of the park and
wagons were kept running TO supply the de.
mand. More Of the beverage was consumed
by Springfield citizens men, women and chi.
dren, to-day than in any other twenty,four
hours for number of years. The park was
thronged by boys of all ages who had free &C.
cess. Late this afternoon the beer began to
work and a general fight ensued, during the
progress of which Harry Carruthers shot Rob.
ert Bierbaun, woundIng him severely. The
scenes that followed were very exciting. The
drunken mob tore boards from the fences and
demolished things generally. The sheriff
his deputies, and members of the police force,
were called into action, but 1t was some time
before any degree of order could be secured
The town Is full of drunken men tonight
The proprietor Of the brewery ana the stock.
holders Of the Citizens Street railway, which
runs thereto, reaped large profit. These IN.
terests have no reason to complain of the
mayors orders in regard to closing the saloons
on Sunday and smile again while the temper.
ance alliance people and the city pastors are
doing all they can to strengthen the backbone
of the mayor. AS q result the saloon keepers
will every Sunday pool their issues, receive a
stock of beer from the brewery, and within
the shadow Of Lincoln's monument deal it
out to thirsty souls.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28

The condition of the American money
market was never better than at this time. The
aggregates are about as follows: Gold $500,
000OOO silver $195 100000; national green.
back notes 1856, 9S4, 500; national bank notes
S322, ,l61; gold and silver certificates and
fractional currency sl6,5OO0O0; grand total
81, 440 1874, 161. No wonder Secretary Window
is meeting with such unparalleled success in
refundIng our and 6 per cent. bonds at 3l9
per cent. interest.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28

"Let us play we were married" said little
Edith, land | will bring my dolly and say,
See baby, papa" Yes" replied Johnny,
"and will say, Don't bother me now, want
20 look through the paper"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28

ave remember one evening"" says writer
IN the London Spectator, IAN Englishman ex-
pressing, more forcibly than politely, his alb
horrence of the Japanese custom Of eating raw
fish, IN the presence Of Mr.. 1wakura, the son
of the japanese Minister, and then resident at
Ballot College, Oxford. Expressions of dis.
gust were being huently uttered, when Iva
kura interrupted the speaker: "By the by
what shall we have for supper? Wouldn't
you like a few oysters' l don't eat them my.
self, but The rest was lost IN laughter
at the keenness of the repartce."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28

The Cheyelier lie Due, who has achieved d
sort Of fame in the last few years as head OF
the agricultural bureau at Washington, among
other hobbies has been experimenting at the
government expense in tea raising in Georgia
He succeeded so far as TO be able, a few weeks
ago, to send some fifty boxes of his tea to mar.
ket by way Of bringing Its quality to the test
Of commercial availability. The New York
experts pronounce It too weak for commerce,
from 20 to 30 cents per pound. The variety
grown by lie Due are the black India teas,
which are only used for mixing with the more
expensive teas. lie Due expects that over 500
600 lis. will be produced this year IN Georgia.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28

Old style--"Youre liar, slr!' Knives, ar
gumentum ad boweum, funeral. New form
YOU'RE liar, sir!" "ln the opinion of the
distinguished gentleman from Virginia, Ten
nessee or Kentucky, as the case may may be
that may possibly be so. In the opinion Of
one, however, very much better able to judge
and in the light of facts and the gentleman
antecedents, the gentleman is mistaken. He
has probably been misinformed. The gentle
man means well, but his vision Is limited ~
Senator's Vade Mecum.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28

They were talking literature when she re.
marked: "How admire Hogg! His tender
lines fairly bristle with good points" 81 am
partial to Bacon" SAID he, land consider
Hogg boar" Did you ever study the me.
'.rical rythm of Hoggs feet?" she asked yes
but do not think he has so much wisdom In
terlarded as IN Bacon's prose" And then
they sat down IN one chair, and he held her
A,kenslde-M Narration Independent.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28

The people OF New Hampshire town are so
lazy that when the wife of minister
who had just settled in that town asked +
prominent citizen If the inhabitants generally
respected the Sabbath and reirained from busl-
ness, he replied: "Confound it, ma'am, they
don't do enough work in the whole week to
break the Sabbath, If it was all done on that
ioy "-Er
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28

Poor OF ANIMAL LIFE IN OTHER PLAN.
ETs.-Two interesting problems which have
long perpeXed the scientific world appear to-
have been at last definitely solved by the emf
nent geologist, Dr. Hahn. These questions
are first, whether or not celestial bodies, other
than the earth, belonging to our solar system
are inhabited 10y animate beings, and, secondly
whether the meteoriC stones from time to time
cast upon the surface of this globe cmanatc
from incaudescent comets or from volcanic
planets That they at no time formed part
Of the earth itself has been conCluslvely de-
monstrated.
DR., Hahn has recently completed Il series of
Investigations upon some of the huge meteorIC
stones that fell from the skies in Hungary
during the summer Of 1864 Thin lamln1 Of
these mysterious bodies, subjected to eXamin-
alton under powerful microscope have been
found to contain Coralline and spongeous for.
nations and to reveal unmistakable traces of
the lower forms of vegetation. All the organ.
isms, animal and vegetable, discovered by DR..
Hahn in the delicate stone shavlngs he has
thus dealt with indicate the condition of their
parent world to be one Of what Is technically
termed primary formation But the pres.
ence of water in that world is proved by the
fact that the tiny petrfied creatures revealed
to the socalled subaqueous classes of animals
They could not have existed in comets, at least
if the assumption be correct that these are in
Estate Of active combustion. LoR90n Tac
graph
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28

A SUNBURy man stepped off the train AT
Pottsville few days ago, and meeting an old
acquaintance, greeted him thus: Hello, old
fellow, what are you doing here? thought
you were dead" "Oh, no." replied the Potts
VILE man, II am not dead, and have not even
been sick" "Well, that's queer" replied the
aunburan. II think paid an assessment on
you about two months ago, and from that OF
course supposed you were dead Williams
port Banner.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28

PEAcHEs.-They will be abundant in Geor.
ga though they may be trifie too far of to
do Us any good. A Georgia paper says:
Peachesi Why, they are a sight worth see
ing in south Georgia. Never before within
the memory of the Oldest inhabitants were
there so many on the trees, or so healthy look.
ing. At least two-thirds of them should be
beaten of to save the trees and secure good
fruit
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28

The LAW or AvERAaE.--ShrcwdC Clerk with
Al eye to his perccatage): Take an accident
insurance ticket, sir," Passenger nervously)
what fory" Clerk: "Well, sir, nothing as
gone wrong 'twIXt this and London for the
last fourteen months, and by haverages, the
next smash on the hup line is hover due exact
ly six weeks and three days." Old gent forks
out with alacrity.-Punch
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28
NeW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FARM FOR SALE.

One Of the finest and most desira-
BILE farms in La Sale Co.; the Clark
Farm, IL miles south of Ottawa.
Apply to NJ. ID. CLARK, or l.. n.
WATERMAN. 20
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28

A New York Times man, while examining
himself at rural table, thoughtlessly asked
for salad oil, and after having explained what
he meant, he heard the attendant say to her
companions THAT fellow eats grease on his
i&uis."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28
BUDGET OF FUN.

A married woman said to her husband
"You have never taken me to the cemetery
"No, DEAR" replied he, that is n pleasure
have yet in anticipation"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28
The Forgetfulness Of People.

The Ann Arbor professor, Who to avoid .he
wind when taking snuff turned around, but for.
got to turn back and walked six miles into the
country, WAS no more forgetful than those hav.
ing the cstarrh, who forget to use Halls Catarrh
Cure. For sale everywhere ct IS cents per bot
tie. Sold BY Forbes 4 LorriauX.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28
The New Laddy-da
Il playlthe piano."

do you playlthe pano?"
mo, don't play the piano, but my sister
Hannah who is IN Savannah, she plays the
piano IN most charming manner"
"Aw--Havc banana s"-Ne,c York Star
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28
THE wonES's HOSPITAL
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

81 Collage Grore Arc. cAl-a0o. III
charitable institution incorporated Sept t-t. is5ii anc
devoted exclusively the treatment Of the dssAes and &C
eiden peculiar Provided with fni corps o;
competent For admission. crcplas
FURTHER information. etc address DE- ElkAsoRA srAL
LARD. Re@idcnt Pfy~lcfan bov0
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-28
1851.
FURNITURE

Anticipating the recent advance prices al the Factories snS
Expecting still further rise the subs rbers hied their
with probably the selected stock
Furniture before offered for Hae In la sale county sna
which they sell for the sSy days cid hare
PAM prices and trust to luck thereafter.
Those ,cishing 10 buywoLh Do ueIl 10 cdU early.
Ottawa Feb !. 1890 PETER RUSSELL b SON
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-04-30

~ Advertisers residing the Eastern United States can
for Greenbacks United states
Postage Stamps they wish to pay and their
cards will be inserted above table, for the time PAID or
n Business Cards when PREPAID YEAR, are
these rates. which are for transient
ad = yertisements when paid charged quarterly.
copies Of the ADvERTIs Ten Gents when charged
Fifteen Cents; by the dozen. one Dollar
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29
WIT AND WISDOM.

Styles in false teeth don't change
much.
The neatest thing in silks-pretty
women.
Fire out, and no coal to replenish
it, is CRATE sorrow.
"A boy can pull four times more
weight in boys on sled than he can
wood from the back yard.
"A fall in wheat goes against the
grain of a Spectator who has bought
for rise. -LoWeU Courier.
The letter GU is like many men.
1t is first in everything, but ends in
smoke.-Boston Transcript.
Hens favor sobriety. They gen.
orally quit laying when the gg-nog
season approaches.-M O. Hcaya1ne.
"A gun is loaded with powder; a
table is loaded with the delicacies of
the season. Both go of, and both kill.
Philadelphia Item.
81 Why is sleepless cat bound to
be very destructive?'' because, you
see, a sleepless cat is bound to NEW till
late. '-GdlUeston NeWs.
"A man was arrested in New York
the other day with a coffin under his
arm, which he was trying to sell for
ten cents. The man wanted two biers
worse than one cofiin.-NorristoD7 Her
aid. -.
If you don't believe it try the ex-
pertinent. That is, that man who
knows how cold it is by the thermom-
eter makes more fuss over it and feels
colder than one who has paid no atten-
ton to it.-Detroit Free Press.
Son to his fond father, who has
asked him where he is in his class now:
'Oh, pa, I've got much better place
than had last quarter" ''Indeed?
Well. where are you?''i 'I'm four
teenth." Fourteenth, you little lazy
bones! You were eighth last term. Do
you call that better placer" Eyes,
sir; it's nearer the stove. "-French Pa
ger H..
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A MOST terrible accident to an express
train took place on the New York, Lake
Erie & Western Railroad, at an early hour
on the morning of the I'D, at Tioga Center,
near Oswego, N. Y. Thebreaking of an axle
on the locomotive while going at
. high rate of speed caused con-
cussiOn which wrecked the entire train
with the exception of the rear sleepers,
which fortunately became uncoupled and so
were saved from destruction. The postal
car, next to the locomotive, turned COM
plctely over, the combustible material with
which it was filed caught fire from the
overturned lamps, and the whole
car was soon in flames. There were four
postal clerks at work in the car, whose escape
was cut off by the locked doors and they were
literally roasted to death. They were Daniel
ii. Seybolt, of Mount Hope, N. Y; Joseph
Reidenger, Of -Elmira, N. Y; George w.
Ingraham, of Bipgkamton, N. Y, and Henry
Ii. Fox, of New York. III. c.. Brewet, ex-
press messenger, met o similar fate by the
burning OF the express-car. A number of
passengers and employees were injured by
the conclusion, but none it was thought
fatally.
DIR. RUDOLPH SCHARLACH and his
son Herman, of Mexico, Mo-, were both run
down and almost instantly killed by train
while walking along the Chicago e Alton
track on their way home to dinner on Sun
day, the sd. They had just stepped from
one track to avoid a train coming toward
them, when another train backed down I'M
perceived from the opposite direction, crush
ing them beneath its wheels. The Doctor
was 80 years old and his son had just
reached II.
DANIEL BLAKE, second clerk of the
steamer Annie p. Silver, was shot and in
stantly killed OH the I'D, by an insane pas
senger named Kirk Merch, as the boat was
nearing New Madrid. Merch got on at Mem
phis and bought ticket to New Madrid.
He became very sick soon after getting on
board and was given the best attention. Just
before reaching New Madrid he rushed out
on deck with his valise in one hand and a re-
volver in the other, and insisted that
he had been carried past his destination.
Meeting Blake he first fired at him, the bail
striking him in the forehead; he then aimed
ut the pilot, but Captain Silver seized the
maniac and after n desperate struggle dis
armed him. In the scufile the revolver was
tain's fingers and grazing the pilots head.
Merch is a farmer and resides near New
Madrid, where he has the reputation OF be-
ing an industrious and quiet citizen. The
murdered man was about 26 years old and n
resident Of st. Louis.
The Senate was not in session on the
22d. The House devoted the day to consid-
Grafton OF bills on the private calendar.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29
The Secret Of Good Manners.

The secret of good manners is to for
get ones own self altogether. The
people of really tine breeding are the
ones who never think of themselves. but
only of the pleasure they can give to
others. No adornment of beauty, or
learning, or accomplishments, goes SO
far in its power to attract as the one gift
of sympathy.
In all French history no woman had
a stronger fascination for whoever came
within her reach than Madame
Recamier. She was called beautiful;
but her portraits prove that her beauty
was not to be compared with that of
many less charming women. And when
every attraction of person had long
since passed away, and.sbe was an old,
old woman. her sway over the hearts of
others was as powerful as ever. What
was her secretPi .. .a
1t was this one thing solely-her
genuine and unaffected interest in the
good and ill fortunes of her friends.
Authors came and read her their books;
painters came to her with their pictures;
statesmen with their projects. She,
herself, wrote no books, painted no
pictures, had no projects. She was
sweet, simply and unconsciously, as a
rose is sweet. She really cared for the
happiness and success of others, and
they felt the genuineness of her sympa-
thy. 1t surrounded her with an i'm
mortal charm. .,is.-4e,!E -rv-f
Let any girl try Madame Recamier's
experiment. Let her go into society
thinking nothing of The admiration
she may win; but everything of the hap
piness she can confer. 1t matters little
whether her face is beautiful. or her
toilette costly Before the end of three
months she will be happy girl herself;
for the world likes sunshine and sympa-
thy, and turns to them as the flowers
bask in sun of June YOUTHS Com
pdasi0n. 100 -n
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29
A TOtal.Abstinence Face.

Charity may be a virtue, but when
aiming to be good in this direction it is
proper to see that your generosity is
applied to deserving objects. A Hart
ford gentleman, who is charitably dis
posed, has been imposed upon SO many
times he is now very cautious to whom
he gives. But this morning man poor
ly clad. with features pinched by cold,
called at our friend store and asked
for something to eat. The merchant
was about to send him to the right about
with savage "No." when a something
about the mans face made him think
that this one was possibly deser,. az of
charity. So he questioned him and drew
out what appeared to be a tolerably
straight story of misfortune, resulting
in the loss of work, and thus compelI-
ing him to beg.
"Do you drink" asked the mer-
chant.
"No, sir!'' answered the other, lit
tie Indignantly. do 1 look like it?''
The merchant was compelled to in
wardly admit that his pale face did not
look like the phiz of a drinking man.
But" continued the merchant, 81
suppose you would prefer a tenpence to
a good warm breakfast?'
"No, sir" replied the beggar; 81
would rather have the breakfast"
This seemingly honest answer threw
him off his guard, and he handed him
quarter, telling him to go and get
breakfast.
"Thank you," said the fellow, as he
carefully laid away the coin in an in
side pocket to his coat ''Now, there
be men mean enough to take money
from 4 gentleman like you and then 60
off and peddle it out for rum. But |
1 amt that kind of chap. Not much.
Good day, sir"
This little speech aroused the mer-
chant suspicious, and he told one of
his clerks to shadow him and see
where he brought up. He turned the
first corner, and there met n COM
panion. and, as the clerk was following
on behind, he heard the following dia-
logue:
swell, old rooster, what did you
getp'
.Not cent. How did you make
out ?''
"Oh, l got a quarter. My total alb
stinence face did the business. Your
rum face spoils you for Il first-class
beggar. But come along in here and
get a drink" and the clerk saw them
slide into a saloon, and when he went
back and reported, the merchant was
convinced he had been sold again. If
that tota!-abstinence face shows up in
that particular store again, there will
bc music at the toe of the merchants
boot Hartford (Conn.) Times.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29
What viii Become Of Them.

In about six weeks nothing will be
left of Mr.. Hayes Administration but
its bad name in history. Several 9TH
-erwise respectable individuals have
held places in the Hayes Cabinet, but
the aroma of the original Fraud will
hang around them long after tho Cabi-
net has gone to pieces. By peculiar
dispensa:ion of Justice, this Administra-
ton will be remembered only because
it was fundamentally thing to be de-
spised. 1t has done nothing to entitIe
it to remembrance. With the excep-
ton of some scandals in two or three of
the departments, scandals which seem
small in comparison with those of
Grants terms, the Hayes Administra-
ton has been a harmless enough con-
Germ. .s.....- ..
Thatinstinct of self-preservation which
is common to the politician without a
future and the marine rat hurried Mr..
Richard w. Thompson out of the ship
three months before it goes down.
Erring Brother Key, and Mr.. McCrary,
the lawyer who wrote treatise on
the law of elections. had already been
provided for. What is to become of the
rest?
Mr.. William M. Evarts, we suppose,
will resume the practice of the law in
this town, where his ability as an advo-
cate is well known. In the summer
months he will repair to the shadow of
Ascutney Mountain, where he cultivates
a farm There is no present reason to
believe that Mr.. Evarts expects to be-
come President in 1885.
MIR. John Sherman will return to his
old seat in the Senate. He is useful
member of that body. We should be
sorry to see him devoting his undivided
energies to the affairs of the First Ma
tional Bank of New York.
The Hon. Alexander Ramsey of Min
nesota, who holds the martial honors
which Mr.. McCrary relinquished, will,
no doubt, return to Minnesota and OBJ
security.
General Charles Devens, who blem-
ished an excellent reputation by con-
senting to take office under Hayes, wi
find moral benefit in contemplating the
Bunker Hill monument and bordering
on those principles of free popular
Government which it typifies. Cen
eral Devens is an eloquent orator on
occasions. He has more than once IA
vored the Bunker Hill monument with
his rhetoric. He should be content for
some years to sit in silence before the
tall shaft.
What shall be said of the future of
Carl Schurz? That is something which
no man will attempt to predict. The
first breeze may blow the Flying Dutch
man into the nearest port, or it may
watt him far away into unknown seas.
N. y. Sun.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Powdered chalk added to glue
strengthens it. F
The strength of one horse is equiv
alent to that of five men.
The British stationery office turns
out five tons of waste paper daily.
"A draft horse can draw L Compounds
% miles day, weight of carriage in
Guided.
The humidity of the atmosphere is
greater above forests than over nom
wooded grounds.
Coal gas is not explosive, except
when mixed with known proportion of
common air.
| Over one thousand printing presses
have been shipped from Philadelphia
to France since the Centennial.
In a horse mill horse moves at
the rate of three feet in a second. The
diameter of the track should not eless
than rs feet.
The stamp duty of six cents per
pack was paid on 1,094.S23 packs of
playing-cards in England last year,
amounting to $65,
Engineering has succeeded in put
ting into steam only about one-tenth of
heat realized in the furnace of the boiler;
the remaining nine-tenths are lost.
st. Louis has nearly tripled its
grain shipments down the Mississippi
River, the amount rising from about
5000, 900 bushels last year to 15, 600. 900
bushels now.
The difference bewteen the highest
speed attainable by an ocean steamer at
sea in good weather and the rate OBJ
tail.ed during gale is the measure of
the vessels strength.
Mr.. Frederick Sansome has sue
coded in producing a good hydraulic
cement from blast furnace Stag by mix
ing it with an additional quantity of lime
and calcimining mass.
Alcohol and acetic acid, says j.
Bechamp, are constant and necessary
products of putrefaction. He has dis
covered alcohol also in small quantities
in normal and sound animal tissues.
The estimate of horsepower in
machinery is $4,000 pounds, avoirdupois,
raised through the space of one foot in
height in one minute; but as a horse
power can exert that force but six hours
day, one machinery horsepower is
equivalent to that of four horses.