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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13
DINFIgIn. Malne. Oct. 20. IS

DR.. Il. !. KENDALL Il Co - GeutS: Please lind
inclos,d - cents for revised edition ~ yOr horse
hook | have ,Itd your KrriaIrs Spawn Cure
for curb, aud " has done all YOU claim for ". By
using one half bottle u entirely cured the lame
ness and removed the bunch.
Yours truly. FRANK STANLEY.
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LabOrers IN Ireland earn IS cents per week
-Four weeks earnings here will pay for tick e
from Liverpool to Ottawa, If bought Of Or. j. o
Harris
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Dom Forget 1t.

We sell dry goods, and lots Of them, too, n G
lions and hosiery in endless variety Of both En-
glish, German and French looms.
MAHEa Bros
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The horse plague still continues prevalent both
In the city and in the county surrounding, and
many animals have died from the disease
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Paste This In Your Hat,

Halls Catarrh Cure never falls to cure. +. j.
Cheney IL Co.. sole proprietors and mannfactnr.
ers For sale by Forbes & LorrIauy ut rs cents
pgr hottie.
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Frank Cowles is on hand at the hardware de.
partment at j. T. Porter's and If you want any
thing in the line Of shelf goods or stores, as
everybody knows, Frank will tell you exactly
what to buy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

For wal. paper and window shades go to Os'
man & Hapemsn's. They have the finest as
sortmen. in the county.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13
Wanted,

Boy, what as the horsep 1t needs Kendall
epavn Cure. See their advertisement.
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The Fair meeting announced for Thursday fz
zled as most expected. The attendants were two
reporters, the secretary and president
Not drum was heard
Not funeral note"
though the latter would seem acceptable and ap.
pi opriatc.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

Itave light two seated democrat buggy, II
good order, which will sell cheap for cash.
VIM. T. JEssuP
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Why do Maher Bros. sell so many ladies' and
chi!dreD's shoes? Because they sell the Cass
shoe, it is the best made and everybody that has
bought them will come again. Sold only by Ma.
her Bros.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

See the Magee Champion Furnace, for soft Goa
at Manley, Jordan & Cowles'.
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No Matter What Happens,

You may rest assured that you arc safe In being
speedily cured by Thomas Electric Oil in all
cases Of rheumatism, neuralgia, toothachc, etc.
One trial only is necessary TO prove its efficacy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

Fiue new pianos and organs TO rent at Mrs
Brower's store. Also some second hand instru.
ments. When new instruments are rented the
rent applied on the price II purchased. This /,
an easy way 10 get piano or organ
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

Nervous irriiaiioss aud general debility have
a remedy In Dr. Trask's Magnetic Ointment.
For piles and sll Inflammation II beats anything.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13
The Casaaay Sulky Piow.

This famous implement presents features In
It's history unparalleled In the annals OF the pillow
trade. Ten years ago /. was an uncertain erperi
,,ent; to-day 1t IL In use on ha,f million farms.
Over 1--we hundred men, three. quarters OF NIL
lion dollars, and Immense buildings aud machin.
cry are constantly engaged In its manufacture.
It name has become household word among
farmers OF twenty states. and its superiority
kno.r1eiged BY number OF weak limitations Of its
shape aad material, fathered by the same plow.
makers who, one short decade back, sneerinply
pronounced 1t fraud and q failure" In dura.
blitv, lightncss Of draft, ease OF management,
r,nge aud quality OF work, economy in repairs,
and all that goes to make up perfect general
purpose" pillow It retains the same degree OF su.
pcrlority which has made 1t tie most successful
pillow OF the age.
Rrry plo,o ts soId under rigid warranty, and VIC
known practical farmers OF this vicinity 10 the
svme purport as the following:
OTTAWA. H. June 20. 1881.
Oliver Chilled Plop Works South Bend, Ind:
GENTLEMEN-rhrre Ia no discount on the Cas-.
aday Sulky Pillow; don't see how 1t could be I'm
proved. My son Grant, lG years Of age, plowed
with II all through this spring, using two 3.year
old cults and pony. They worked every day
through the season, and stood it better than my
large team on the II inch pillow, and came out
~ the close OF The work In good condition In
winding up the last day my son p'owed with his
Casadav Ave acres without worrying his team
NV father, IS years Of aye, plUwed ground"
with ita thing he had never expected would he
done so perfectly in his day. No power Is needed
to overcome friction of Landslide, as there Is
none.
consider the Casaday Sulky the best pillow
made. john s. CLAYTON.
Mr.. Clayton says II you will make gang"
which shall be IA complete as the Casaday Sulky
he will take the frat one you make.
For further Testimonials and prices cali on
Manley, Jordan {: Cnw'es, Ottawa, III.
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For the Odd Fellows Picnic at Streator OF
Thursday next the G. B. & Q. road will sell re
turn tickets for 10 cents, and tickets will be sold
for the IL. 30 train of that day.
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A new stock OF fine bound books, suitable for
wedding and other present, just received at Os.
man s. Hapeman's.
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Subscriptions received for all the principal
newspapers and periodicals in the United States
at Osme & llApeman's.
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Don't Die in The House.

Ask druggists for Rough on Rats 1t clears
GU; rats, mice, bed-bugs, reaches, vermin, flies,
ants, Insects. l6c per box
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Dec line of Man,

Impotence NJ mind, limb, or vital function
nervous weakness sexual debility, Sc, cured by
Wells Health Remover. ST. AT druggists De
pot Max Kneussl.
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To bny farm. Call on or address George W.
Lamb, Ottawa, His.
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All improved for 1881. All are invited to call
and see them.
Also a splendid line Of cooking stoves and
ranges In great variety Of styles and prices.
Remember, We ,con't b. undersold on anything
We handle. Very respectfully,
BooTH & KENDALL.
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90 Years.

Twenty years' experience In putting up pre-
scriptions. FORBES 4 LoRRAUX.
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Read Our Guarantee STUDY Our Compass.

the OLDEST ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE, STATE
Salesman allowed to deviate any Guarantee.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

he cheapest widow shades in Ottawa may be
found at Osman & 1apeman's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

Prang's birthday cards, new and original de.
signs, at Osusn s. Hspeman's.
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lAxEs.-On an assessment Of about q. $50 900

VtVd"H 8 IHht5 50 TAT a. uturu TTUtn VIII DC:
1ItS 80. ubO
District school. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 20 600
or the latter s. 900 20 TO pay bonds and inter-
est reducing the debt for the build ny to $40 OOO
The state, county, town and road taxes are still
10 be reported.
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Cloths, cassimcrvs, jeans and cottunades ar,
All included in our big sale. Come and see fol
yourselves. SCoTr Bios Il Co.
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SENACnWINE.

The trouble at Senachwine Lake, giving guests
reason to complain Of bad smells, &C., at the
grounds lies in our friend Grubbs, who, like
other men in this world, enjoys collecting the
fees paid by guests for boats, provisions, &C.. but
is decldedly arerse to the labor Of keeping the
grpunds in order. Mr. Grubbs doesn't like work,
evidently; otherwise he would prepare recep.
tarle for the large amount Of oiial the campers
necessarily produce If Mr., Grubbs would keep
up the good record of the lake, and have II fit
fo' the increasing crowd Of guests who would
Whit the place, it Is imperative that he look lit.
tie mere after the sanitary condition of the prop
cry he controls, or his business is ruined.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-13

Ladies' suits and linen ulsters at great bar
gain te close them out. SCoTT Bros. & Co.
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Elm the Times is getting Disguised with the
administration! Let it be hoped our temperance
co.cips. Of the RcpuJicoH, who so roundly
abush the last mayor and council, but has been
Mayf Young's only supporter In Ottawa, will
ioiR b, too, pretty soon. Thus far in 1881 we
haycl't heard a word from them on the Sunday
salohs. And yet. But the Mayor wants the
bride opened, and that's a thought vast enough
to coler q multitude OF sins.
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Az Mike Looney. of Ottawa, one OF the most
efieilnt officials In that board and tn, cop,peer
of AZ. g. w. w. Blake, wac 10 this city, &C.
la iiHe D,tnoerat.
Bke has left town for few dayei
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STOVES
IN AN ERICA

For burning hard coal, now ou exhibition at
Booth * Kendalrs. They are the
"SPlRNnID,"
"GANLANp,"
"DiAMoNp,"
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MASONIC.
Regular communication, Of Occidental Lodge No. 10 A.
r. a A. NJ, first and third Mondays of each month. Solo.
mon Dec,n, ". NJ Jas. McMannus. 3. W; Lothrop Per.
kns. j. W II. G. Wash. Treas: A. N Hoffman. Sec
Regular conventions Of Shahbona Chapter No 81 r. A.
NJ. arst and third wednes lays Of each month VIM L.
Miiligsn II p; Samuel J. Chapman. X. fnstus Harre s.
henry c. Wash. Treas A. N. Hoffman, Sec.
Regular Concl.ves of Ottawa Commindcry No 10 K T..
second and fourth Thursdays Of each month c. D. Trim
ble 4. e.: g. ". Macarthur. GenerassimO: f. ". smith.
Capt Genl; III. c. Nash. Trcas; A. Hoffman, Recorder
lInIIDNrING DADEP EnYelones and W,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-26

perfect harmony. When, therefore, she
died, many years before him, his nature was
shaken to its foundations. Thenceforward
the cynicisms of it found undue scope,
for the great restraining influence was
gone out of his life His account of this
sweet and suficing partner is very pathetic
and interesting. His reverence for her is
touching and tender, and his remembrances
of her are mournfully eloquent. He was
happy in possessing the love of such woman,
and doubly unhappy in losing her. To many
readers this part of the book will appear the
most interesting. To others the sketches of
Lord Jeffrey and Edward Irving will seem
specially amusing. OF many of his contem-
poraries who have become famous Carlyle
thought very little, and he has put down
what he thought in a very plain way. Some
of his remarks and judgments can be any
thing but agreeable to living relatives of dis
tinguished authors and others. 1t is singular
that Mr.. Froude should have allowed few
of these criticisms to go to the press. For
example, Carlyle speaks with positive con-
tempt of Charles Lamb, and broadly init
mates that in his latter years he was
drunken dotard. His views of celebrities,
however, are nearly always startling from
their originality. and amusing from their
quaintness, and there is no doubt that this
volume of "reminiscences will serve to whet
the public appetite for the biography which
is TO follow in due course
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-26
THE DISSATISFIED coLoNIsTs.

1t is said that the British colonists in
South Africa are deeply Disguised with the
decision of Mr.. Gladstone to make terms
with the Beers, and that they are going
about pretending to be ashamed of being
Englishmen. These people are very silly.
What was discreditable to their country in
this business was the making war upon the
Beers at all /; not the resolution to recede
from an untenable position. There are,
however, always people who think that
when country has entered upon bad war,
it is bound to go on with it, and that any
amount of oppression is more excusable
than frank atonement for governmental
errors. If the English cannot maintain
their African colonies without doing IL
justice to innocent people, then it is clear
that they ought not to maintain their
colonies. 1t is not necessary to any useful
purpose that they should keep up these
ofrshoots, but it is indispensable to the
progress of civilization that great nations
should learn to do justice to weak ones, and
that power should never be exercised to
bolster vicious policies. Mr.. Gladstone's
proposal to make terms with the Beers is
one of the few really wise and broad cpl
sodes of his monotonously unfortunate ad-
ministration, and we trust that he may
adhere to the resolution no matter how the
Cape Colonists fret and complain.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-26

i" business boom which arose simultane-
ously with resumption has been constantly
tending toward imitation of values and over
production in many kinds of manufactures,
but neither manufactures nor commerce
show signs of collapse. The predictions of
an early financial crisis are based largely
upon the strong tendency toward CONSOLE
dation manifested by transportation and
telegraph companies. 1t is also claimed
that the railroad properties of the country
have been bonded for every cent of value
they represent, and that upon this their
incomes have been bonded, and from the
proceeds of this device for anticipating
their values dividends have been declared.
All this may be accepted as condition
precedent to general break in the share
market, but the prosperity of the
country does not depend upon the
state of the stock market. Bust
ness in that line represents merely
the transactions incident to change of
ownership of property. The property,
whatever it may be, remains as produc-
tive under one ownership as another.
Even, however, admitting the liability OF
a financial crash in the great monetary
centers of the country, the interest of the
Pacific States in the event remains remote.
California has not reflected the financial
vicissitudes of the East. We did not suf-
fer with the Atlantic States in the pro-
found depths of depression obtaining from
1872 to 1878, and on the other hand we
have not felt sensibly the {" business boom"
which, arising in 1879, has gathered aug
menting force almost to the present time.
In fact our period of greatest depression
has been coincident with that of greatest
initiation at the East Our Communistic
Constitution has worked us much i'll, and
has yet large reserves of latent power for
future mischief But the absence of all
sympathetic response to the monetary and
commercial conditions of the East proves
quite conclusively the existence of separate
and independent causes controlling the
business affairs of the two extremes of the
country. The Pacific States and Terrto-
ries, therefore, constitute an Independent
commercial empire, and our prosperity
will be due to our own industry, energy
and enterprise, and our universities will be
chargeable to our own errors rather than
to any controlling influence exerted by
any given condition existing at the East.
The crisis SO confidently predicted as now
impending can therefore possess for us
only a secondary interest.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-26
TIE STORY OF THE BOGUS DIPLOMAS

1t seems that DR." Buchanan, the
arch-rogue who was not long ago hunted
down at Philadelphia, and who devised a
sham suicide as a means of escaping from
his pursuers, has at last resolved to con-
TESS everything, finding himself finally
caught. And his confession certainly APP
pears to promise well for the breaking-up
of the abominable system OF fraud Of
which he has been the brains SO many years.
For he has revealed the names Of twenty
five bogus medical colleges, and of several
thousands of men who have purchased the
sham diplomas OF these institutions, to-
gether with much other information which,
if properly employed, ought to put an end
t. these murderous frauds. 1t is hardly
possible to believe Buchanan's assertion that
there are now not less than $4,000 bogus
medical practitioners in the United States
and Europe together, and this statement is
chiefly incredible for the reason that if it
was true it would leave very little room
for genuine practitioners. No doubt quacks
are far too numerous, but we are In
clined to think that Buchanan has been
romancing in order to add Importance to
his confession. If what he says is really
true, it is evident that we need radical
legislation on this subject.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-26
sHUFELDr AND THE cHIEEsE NAVY.

1t is announced that Commodore Shu
feldt has undertaken to assume control OF
the Chinese Navy, and it is stated that
this officer was selected for the position be-
cause China desired to keep clear of COM
plications between England and Russia.
This is rather a complimentary explanation,
but it is not the only one possible. Thus
it might be suggested that an American
naval officer was chosen because the navy
of the United States more closely resem-
bled that of China in general ineficiency
than that OF any other power. Our naval Of
fcers may further be said to represent
placid fossilism which approximates very
nearly to the conservatism of that of the
Chinese. They have no navy, and neither
have we. They know nothing of modern
inventions in naval warfare, and neither do
we. American naval science is little in
advance Of that of CHINA, and therefore
Commodore Shufeldt ought to be able to
bring on the Celestials gradually but
surely to the point at which his own ex-
perience stops. AS. however, the United
States have never built a naval vessel ca
pable of encountering any one of hun
dred or so European ironclads, and as there
is no naval artillery in our possession COM
petent to effect anything, it would seem
that Commodore Shufeldt must first teach
himself the later improvements in naval
warfare before he can instruct the Chinese.
His theoretical knowledge may be very
considerable, but for such position as he
has taken practical knowledge is required.
Ii the Chinese are satisfied, however, we
need not find fault with the situation. 1t
is, after all, their interests which are con-
cerned, and if they are afraid to follow
the Japanese in adopting radical reforms,
no doubt they have done wisely in coming
to a country which does not possess
navy for instruction in the most modern
naval inventions. It is to be hoped that
the gallant Commodore will not make his
new employers believe that the Monitor
and Merrimac afford the best models ex-
Eant for ironclads, but beyond this it does
not matter much what he does.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-26
"a PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES. /"

1t appears from the statements OF the
New York journals that the nomination OF
Robertson for Collector of that port cannot
be regarded as in the interest of civil serv-
ice reform at all. In fact it is expressly
asserted that it is an open reputation of
that theory by President Garfield, and that
it indicates purpose on his part to reward
all who helped him at Chicago either d.
rectly or indirectly. Robertson broke the
New York delegation on that occasion, re-
voting against Conkling, and hence, it is
said, his reward. If this is really the case
it is clear that this nomination, though
blow at Conkling, is not step in advance.
In fact it is alleged that it merely signifies
determination on the part of Blaine to
revenge himself on his old enemy. 1t is
therefore no wonder that the EUening Post,
a staunch champion of political reform, de-
clines to hail this step as having any sig
nifcance of that kind, and merely remarks
that it is not good way to secure har-
"mony IN the party" The present indica-
tions are that both the New York Senator'S
will fight the nomination with all their
might, though the State Senate of New
York has somewhat embarrassed them by
indorsing Robertson's nomination unani.
mously. The presumption no doubt is that
President Garfield knows what he is doing,
and that he would not invite conflict
with Conkling unless he was assured of
victory in the end. If however this VIC
tory is to produce nothing more useful than
the substitution of one Boss for another, we
fail to see any cause for congratulation in
regard to il.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-26
THE NICE FIRE.

The burning of the Italian Opera House
at Nice was horrible affair. There are
very few continental theaters which are
constructed with much regard to the safety
of the audience in case of fire but that is
not surprising, for there are very few thea
tiers or public buildings anywhere which
possess sufficient means of egress. And it
must be considered, further, that when
panic seizes vast assemblage, even the
widest passages and Railways may be
choked by their blind and sudden rush.
Such crowds lose all faculty of reasoning.
They tear and trample and push without
the least regard to consequences. They
become mere beasts, reckless of everything
but their own safety and far too much
dazed to know how to secure that. When
a crowd once loses control OF itself, it is
impossible to guide it, and this was what
happened at Nice. The same thing has
occurred hundred times, and perhaps in
such moment of frenzy it would be i'm
possible to prevent great loss of life under
any circumstances. The real remedy is to
check the stampede at the beginning, and
thus give time for the frightened people to
reflect. Then they may be got to proceed
nationally, and unless a fire is very swift
indeed they may be all saved.