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The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19
THE FALL ELECTIONS.

Although nearly two weeks have elapsed
since the November election, the returns in
New York, In spite of every county in the
state being In telegraph communication with
the capitol, come in So slowly that both par
ties still claim theI success of the larger end
Of their respective tickets. The latest guess
on that state we have seen was on Monday
their whole state ticket except treasurer by
majorltes ranging from 5000 to $4,000. On the
same day the Herald independently thinks the
republican state ticket except Husted) may
be elected by a majority not ranging higher
than from 500 to 5000 intlmating that the re-
turns we're kept back in the larger distant re.
publican counties to be suitably doctored to
produce that result, and also affirming that
the democrats lost their state ticket solely
through their dlssenslons IN New York and
Brooklyn, where they fell 10000 short of their
large majority.
In Massachusetts the majority for Long,
the Republican candidate for governor is H..
600 less than the majority cast last year for
Garfield. In Connecticut the contest was
for part of the State Senate and the
whole of the lower House. Last year the Re.
publicans elected majority OF IS IN the
House. This year they have majority Of 30.
The democrats lost Pennsylvania only by
the grossest mismanagement. Only q state
treasurer was TO be chosen. Wolfe, promi.
nent and popular Republican, revolted az ainst
the Cameronian Ring nominee, and ran as an
independent candidate for Treasurer. He re-
ceived large vote, and If the Democrats had
adhered to their own candidate the latter
would have been elected. But they voted for
Wolfe by thousands, and thus made breach
In their own ranks just wide enough for tho
slippery Cameronisn to squeeze through.
In Minnesota the Republican majority this
year falls off about 10000 In comparison with
that given TO Garfield. In Wisconsin Gar
fields majority was fraction under $4,000.
Now the Republicans have barely been able
TO pluck their candidate for Governor as 3
brand from the burning The elections Ia
Colorado and Kansas were for local offices,
ana had no general significance.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19
IS IT A REVOLUTION,

Everybody knows-or ought to know-tha,
pure water is composed of two highly inism.
mable gases, hydrogen and oxygen, and that
chemists can easily convert water into these
elemental gases and thus make it burn like
powder. The trouble heretofore has beenthat
the process OF this disintegration has been so
tedious and expensive as to be of little prscti.
cal value, and one great aim of scientific re.
search has been the discovery of a new process
not liable to such objection. The importance
OF such discovery is readily understood. 1t
would go far 10 solve the problem how to ,ave
our timber from destruction by dlspen,ing
with Its use as fuel; it would for the same rea.
son put strong check upon II not entirely
stop delving into the earth after coal; and !.
would radically change the structure OF the
steam engine and thus revolutionize the indus.
trial enterprises of the world.
Now exactly this discovery of a new, cheap
and easy process to divide water into its gases
Is announced to have been made and reduced
to successful, practical test. 1t ia known as
the Holland hydrogen process and involves the
ready "dislntegration Of water and the H.era-
ton of its hydrogen by the nsptha process A
number of experiments have been made with
alocomotive on the Brooklyn, Coney Island
and Flaibush railroad, near New York dty,
with results 1t is stated, startling to the public.
The New York press has INDUCED In full and
lsuda,ory accounts Of these experiments, and
claim that the invention admits Of no doubt
whatever. The comparative cost of running
the locomotive by coal or water fuel Is cs,inat
ed al 10 cents Tor naphtha, where the expcrdi.
'uie Tor wood and coal would be $40. 1t isau-
thori,ively stated that the expense for running
a coal locomotive varies from 10 to o5 cent?
mile according to locality, while by the nsw
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19
MALONE.

The editor OF the Burean County RepuJiica,
puts on his schoolmasters cap and thus ex
pounds to an inquiring subscriber what i.
meant by Virginia readjuster:
Previous to the war, the state of Virginia
which then embraced what Is now known as
West Virginia was deeply In debt. This deb
with interest has grown to formidable proper
tions, and the Malone party insist that Wes,
virginia ought to pay her share of il. To this
END the Riddleberger bill provides for the
gradual payment of $20,OOO,00O of the debt by
the issue OF new bonds bearing three per cent
interest; and let West Virginia pay the bal
ance, some fifteen millions. This the Malone
party believe to be no more than fair and hon.
orable; and hence the name Readjusters.
We are fearful if Subscriber accepts this
explanation he Will be slightly deceived. First
ly, it is not true that West Virginia refuses to
pay her portion OF the debt but she sent com.
missioners to Richmond within two years to
settle on her proportion, but no settlement
could be had because through the Malone
movement no agreement could be arrived at
as to the amount Of the debt Secondly, it is
not true that the Readjusters propose to paw
honorably even 100000 of the $50, 900, 900
of the Virginia debt, for the Rlddlebe-ger bill,
by which the Readjusters stand, proposes, in
addition to reduction of the interest on the
bonds to 8 per cent, TO tax them at their face
value aad to refuse to receive the interest cou.
pons in payment for taxes. And thirdly, Ma.
hone has not an honest thought In regard to
paying any part OF the debt but Is an open
and avowed repudiator, as well of the Virginia
debt as of the national debt. Less than three
years ago, In public address in Richmond,
he said
As to the full and final payment or liquida
ton of the present enormous national debt, he
that knows the American people and their ut.
ter deficiency in the high qualities of truth
and integrity knows that such an expectation
is but an idiots dream. For ourselves we
shall rejoice when the crash comes. II is a
debt contracted IN the prosecution of an infam.
Gus and unnecessary war.
This is the sort of man our Princeton co.
temporary commends as an honorable man
and whom the present republican national ad.
mlnistration has endorsed and allied itself with
by placing at his disposal the government
offices In Virginia to help him carry her state
elections
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

steerage. Six persons were enveloped IN flames
and burned to ashes-fve soldiers and one pas.
senger. Five other persons left the steamer in
small boat, and have not been seen or heard
of since.
In France, on Monday, Gambetta announced
to President Grevy his formation of new cab
met as follows: Gambetta president of the
council and minister of foreign AFFAIRS Cazot
minister of justice; Waldeck Rousseau.
minister of the interior; Paul Bert,
minister of public instruction; Rouvier,
minister of commerce; Cochery, minister
of posts and telegraphs; Allan large,
minister of finance; Compenon, minister of
war; Goujeard, minister OF marine; Profit,
minister of fine arts; Devils, minister of agri.
culture; Rainal, minister of works.
President Grevy as haccepted the new MN.
lstry.
The session of the new German Reichstag
was opened at Berlin by a speech from the
throne on Wednesday, in reference to which
the general remark is made that Bismarck is
evidently determined TO force the fighting.
Tee chancellor and his party have not conceal.
ed their extreme disappointment at the result
of the elections; they were substantially de.
feated at the polls. But the speech of the EN-.
peror at the opening OF the reichstag shows
that Bismarck has abandoned no scheme CT
his, and has not even postponed the consdera.
tion Of any of them. The reichstag must make
an abject surrender Of itself, or it must resist
the chancelor-that is, the emperor. 1t Will
be interesting to see what the result is.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19
FOREIGN.

Attention In Ireland seems to be mainly
drawn to the operation of the land courts.
Reports from all quarters indicate rather
extraordinary eagerness on the part of farm
ers to appear before that tribunal. Up to
Wednesday evening over 10000 applications
had been filed for re-adJustment of rents, and
then, for the present, the gates were shut down.
At Downpatrick, the commission, in deciding
sixteen cases on the Martin and Cornwall es.
states, made malerial reductions of rent, rents
of 80 8. and 90 being reduced to lis. and 13 8.
On many old hereditary estates, where rents
have not been raised in a number of years,
the commission made reduction of 25 per
cent. and the landlords declared 1t was no bet
ter ithan cont1scation. The Monaghan COM
mission made reduction of from 10 to 20 per
cent. in every case. No case has yet been re-
ported in which tenant establishing plaus-
ible claim has failed to obtain large reduc-
ton in rent.
The stories telegrsphed to America that the
tenants almost unanimously refuse to pay rent
is pronounced by Dublin dispatch to be un.
true; but many tenants, where league agents
still exercise pressure, refuse and "boycot
ting" in such places still exists. Such a case
occurred In Castle island, Kerry, where farm
er named GAVIN was dragged from his bed by
an armed gang and questioned. Gavin ack-
nowledged having paid his rent, whereupon he
was fired at five times, and severely wounded.
Meantime the large reductions In rent made
by the subcommissions are causing an outcry
on the part of the landlords and demand for
government compensation.
An explosion occurred on Wednesday on the
Steamer Solway, which was towed into King
ston harbor that night caused by the bursting
of a barrel of naphtha oil, which ran along
the deck and caught fire at the stove In the
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

For the past SIX weeks the roads In this por
ton OF Illinois have been almost impossible
FOR mud, and an embargo has been laid on
trade. Farmers could not get to market to
take advantage of the high prices, and as there
has been decline IN prices, they have lost
thousands OF dollars. This would not have
happened, had the farmers had one good road
10 reach their market ttown-Peoria Freeman
NJ OF which Is just as good gospel around
Ottawa as Peoria, and furnishes another tell.
" argument in favor of the movement the
EEE TRADER has been trying to work up,
looking 10 the adoption in Illinois of the OHIO
gravel roal system.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

While the highly respectable company Of
Chicago citizens who had accompanied Mayor
Harrison to welcome the German Yorktown
guests, were surprised to hear him address
them in faultless, classic German, no doub,
their surprise was still greater week or two
later, to hear him address the French York
town guests, on their arrival in Chicago, in as
fautless French. Besides his numerous other
requirements, the versatile mayor of Chicago
seems to be an accomplished Polyglot.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19
OUR CLUBBING

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
With the efollowingpublcatio furnishing both
at the prices named, postage prepaid. The
offer-open to old subscribers or new at any
post office IN the county-ls the CHEAPEST
AVER MADE IN this county;
FREB TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. q 05
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Tribune. 265
sREB TRADER and Chicago Weekly Inter
Ocean ................... 285
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Journal. 2 65
FREE TRADER and st. Louis Republican. ..... 265
FREE TRADER and st. Louis Globe Democrat. 265
TREE TRADER and N Y. Weekly HeraM.... $50
FREE TRADER and american Aariculturist. $50
FRBs TRADER and Prairie Farmer. ......... 800
FREE TRADER and either OF Harper's publ
3REs TRADER and Scribner. r................. 4.75
fRRE TRADER and Godeys Ladies Book. 800
FREE TRADER and Psychological Journal. 800
FREE TRADER and ST. Nicholas. ............ $50
FREE TRADER and Desoresrs MoNthly ...... 3.75
EnE1 TRADER and Littelps Living Age...... S.25
FREE TRADER and Western Rural. ........... 800
FREE TRADER and Moo-e's Rural Neto Yorker $50
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

One among many other gratifying results Of
che late German election IS the annlhilation Of
The antiJewish faction. 1t is rumored thai
since public opinion has declared itself 30 un
mistakably with regard to the Jew batting
which pastor Stoecker began, the militant di
vine will lose his position of Court Preacher
The people of Germany have declared with q
good deal of emphasis that the day of religious
persecution, of whatever sort and under what
ever name, Is past
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

A late dispatch from Corslcana Texas,
states that night train on the International
and Great Northern Railroad ran into con.
vict gang at Riverside, killing % of them and
wounding large number. The convicts had
been hired out to q contractor on the railroad
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

II Lincoln leaves the cabinet IT will no, be
on account OF any disagreement with Arthur
but because he can't get along with Gen. Sher
man. The latter rlatly ignored Lincoln's order
that no report of officers in his department,
should be published before being submitted to
him, and gave his report to the press on his
own responsibility. To Lincoln's complaint,
Sherman snaps his fingers and asks him wha,
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

The health officer Of Washln gton City com
plans ofthe exaggerated reports sent abroad
about malaria In that city, intimatlng that the
word is used as the fashionable gloss for dis
ease which would be more readily recognized
by its common name 'jim jams"
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

The Appletons in New York have thrown
up their connection with the North american
Reoie~, being unwilling though they never
had had any control over Its contents, to lei
their imprint 60 out with publication con.
tainlug 4G pages of scurrility and blssphemy
against religion, to which an opportunity had
been refused to reply.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

The thermometer stood 10 degrees above &c
70 Monday morning.-Diron Sun.
What sort of hyperborean region have you
out there anyhow! Dixon lies but trlHe
north of Ottawa and but forty miles away, ye,
the lowest thermometer we have had here thus
far was about 20 above zero.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

A national tariff convention met in Chicago
this week attended by about two hundred
Representative" men from all parts of the
country. Dan Voorhees, was not one of them,
but there was: scarcely less surprise than If the
tall sycamore" had appeared when x-Gover-
nor Bullock Of Georgia took his seat In the
body and was made temporary chairman. 1t
is explained, however, that Gov b. has lately
become interested IN some heavy cotton facto
rles in Georgia, which may account for his
training In the company Of the honorable 60
vernment bounty beggars. The convention
did good deal OF talking but its resolutions
are hardly creditable to body said to have
embraced 30 much ability. The substance of
them IS the essentially false statement that the
protective policy had provided the revenue to
subdue the ribellion,and demlnishcd the public
debt, and also turned the balance of trade in
our favor. The truth is, that the only revenue
from customs provided by the tariff came
from its tariff for revenue" and anti Iprotec.
ton feature; while the balance Of trade in our
favor was caused solely by the Unexpectedly
loi SC CApOlt VI Ou uCCOuut vi SuOEt
crops in Europe. The convention, however,
did allow itself to be shamed into sort of half
way expression in favor of the government do
ing something to arrest the present disgraceful
decline of our merchant marine, by resolving
that maritime property should be exempted
from municipal and local taxation, because
that wouldn't hurt the "monopolists," but
hands must be kept off the enormous exactions
Of the national tariff which have depopulated
our ship yards. The grotesque lamentatlon of
one of the speakers over the ruined trade and
manufactures of England on account of her
free trade policy, is answered by one little CO.
lumn Of figures in last Saturdays London
Tines showing that the trade of England has
increased more than that of the United States
in the last ten years, and that Americans lose
$s0OOO,OOO year through being compelled to
employ foreign bottoms to do their foreign
trade.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

The sudden rise of the river last Sunday and
Monday caused some serious losses at and
near La Sale. One dealer in wood. lumber
&c, had 200 cords of wood and large pile ol
shingles carried of, and it is estimated thai
100000 bushels of unhusked corn on the bot
toms between La Sale and Utica will prove q
total lOas
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

Wasn't 1t a little queer that William Pur.
cell, the democratic candidate for secretary OF
state at the late election in New York, was vo
ted against because he was catholic, while
Gen. Carr, the republican candidate, ran far
ahead of his ticket because he was catholic :!
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

Chicago was sorely disappointed in its ex.
pectations of having hanging bee this week,
Judge Dickey having granted supersedeas
IN the case of John Keenan, who had been SEN
fenced to be hanged yesterday. Its shame
that city which averages at least forty cold
blooded murders year can't have even as
much as one hanging bee year.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

AT this date last year the rivers were frozen
solid at Ottawa and Ice men had commenced
cutting on the canal.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-11-19

Nothing In half century has pierced Mo.
hammedan superstition and bigotry 30 deeply
and painfully as the recent occupation Of
Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-23
ALI ONE PRICE.

A young residing in Keene Kissed his sweetheart behind a large screen He made too much noise
 And was heard by some boys Who informed the girls pa,-which was mean
 Cotton is king, and corn is aching most of the time, too.
 An empty headed man with a gold headed cane represents the unfitness of things.-N. o. Picayee'1e.
 traveller in Germany speaks of certain kind of sausage, the like of which never was seen in the earth of Bologna in the heavens Cambridge Tribune.
 "Oh, give me anything made of beans, " exclaimed Boston man taken sick In the West, when asked what he would have to eat They obeyed his request. They gave him castor oil.-PAiladeLpltia Chronicle.
 Philadelphia girl, upon being remon- strated with for refusing an honest and in dustrious young man, exclaimed ''It's no use arguing, ma. His nose is so flat that l I'm sure he must snore. ."--IhilGdekphi Chronicle.
 Jemina refused him, so he went home to his mother and said, ''Mother, she's refused me I've come home to die!" ''Well, Bill, " said his mother. Eff she were the only girl to I've got to say I made big dish of that desert you like SO much, so I'd advise. you not to die until after dinnerl" After dinner Bill concluded that it would be mistake to die abruptly. Philadelphia Sun.
 Lovers quarrel-A lover in Derry town ship, who had gone West to make a home for his Birdie wrote to her: 'Tye got the finest quarter section of land I ever put my foot down on." Birdie" wrote back Suppose you buy anothor quarter section, John, so you can have lawn around your foot.n John made & home, but Birdie" was never mistress of it.-Aount Pteasa7at Pa Neans.
 A gentleman in the New York Swamp met a rather uncertain" acquaintance the other day, when the latter said: 'I'm little short, and would like to ask you conun- drum in mental arithmetic" Proceed" '" said the gentleman. ssWell,'' said the ssshort' man, suppose you had $1O in your pocket, and should ask you for $5, how much would remain ?" '"Cen dollars,' was the prompt answer.-Shoe md Leother Re- porter,
Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-23
SauraaI allo Courier.

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 HARRINGTON S CO.,, No. 400 State Street, Courier Ruilding:
 JOHN B. CARRINaToN. EDWARD T. CARRINeToH. JOHN B. oARRINeroN, JR.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-23
os.r,cb uun,in. in Patagonia.

From Lady Florence Dixie's sAcross Patagonia. T
 Forming & circle is the method by which the Indians nearly always obtain game It IS formed by lighting fires round large area of ground, into which the different hunters ride from all sides. A complete circle of blazing fires is thus obtained, and any game found therein is pretty sure to become the prey of the dogs as no ostrich or guanaco will face g fire. Wherever they turn they see before them column of smoke, or are met by dogs and horsemen. Escape becomes almost inn possible, and it is not long before they grow bewildered and are captured. In anticipation of hard days work on the morrow, we here upon broke up our council Of war, and turned in at an earlier hour than usual.
 Next morning, the horses being all ready, we lost no time in springing into the snddle, leav- ing Storer to take charge of the camp. For about half an hour we followed Gregorio and the Chilian along 6 line of broken hillocks, after which, calling halt, we sent forward GuiIlaumie and LAria to commence the first and most distant proceedings of the circle. They departed at brisk canter, and it was not long before several rising columns of smoke testified that they were already busily engaged. The next to compose the center circle were my husband Francois and Mir. B., shortly after supported on the right by the Chilian and my brother Immediately on their left Gregorio and myself commenced operations, and soon 8 distant circle of fires might be seen springing quickly up from all points. could not help being greatly inn pressed by the novel sight now before me. From the high plain we were on could look over miles and miles of untrodden desert land, where countless herds of guanaco were roaming in peaceful, lazy ease.
 In the distance lowered the peaks of the Andes, wrapped in their cloak of mystery, lonely and unexplored The huge columns of smoke and the lurid flames of the circle fires lent wild appearance to the thrilling scene, to which the frightened knots of guam acos, which were hnrrying to escape from the circle, and the eager, galloping horses lent additional active animation. For some time Gregorio and I rode slowly and silently l on our way, when sudden, unexpected