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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
Signs of Business Prosperity.

An observant gentleman says he can always
tell when young man IN business has reached
the poirt of stability and permanence by
glanCing at his stock in trade his manner OF
doing business, and more than all by noticing
if he has commenced 10 advertise.
when man, recently settled III business
who has commenced quietly and with no noise
or effort to secure customers and establish
trade, finds that he has friends enough If he
will only summon them to show their friend
ship, he proceeds at once to issue his call in
the shape of an advertisement, and by keeping
all the trade he secures and adding to it from
week to week, he makes his success a matter
beyond question. Our Observant friend says,
on the other hand, that he had noticed in many
cases when a business man ceases entirely to
advertise, this action precedes a decline and
often failure in business. There is no ques
tIonng the fact that advertisements constitute
a good barometer Of the state of trade in any
community. Times.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
Not n Modern Romance.

PoGAMA-My dear, l multi 60 out on bust
ness again tonight
REGINA--My dear, you didn't find it neces
sary to 60 away from me on business alnos,
every night before we were married.
Pho, my dear, but my business then was
10 marry you.
R-And you enjoyed my company then?
as l am now, my dear
R.-Well, you're candid enough, at any
rate.
P-I am, my dear; let us be honest with
each other. You see we've talked each other
out You know me all through and l know
you
Rand home is dull place, l suppose.
And Pm not as interesting as before you mar.
RED me.
P.-You put the case disagreeaby PLAIN,
my dear There's no need of serving up the
truth tnw in that fashion. But that's the size
OF it when you take the trimmings off.
R.-Very well, my dear, I'm going out, too
may be out till two a. m; possibly till three.
P-Where-where are you gong, my dear
RIO see person on business.
PA person, a man or woman. But it's
woman, of course. And why so late?
R.-lts person, my dear. And it's bust
ness. Business is business, you know.
P-But a respectable woman has no bust
HISS W NC out Wall q pCloou ~ suSu Ill iloui
Above all, a wife.
Rand why wife any less than hus.
band, my dear?
P-Because-becauS it amt the thing,
you know A mans business keeps him out
late. At least some mems business does. Mine
does.
Rand henceforth mine does, my dear.
Sauce for the gander Is sauce for the goose,
my dear. Pm going to see something OF life.
Home is dull. You're right, my dear. You
were interesting before | married you, But
now we know each other all Though, you
know. Come, let's be honest with each other.
Sauce for the gander ought to be the goose's
sauce, hadn't it, my dear? Sauce piquante.
Good bye. Pm off for greener fields and pas
lures newer
Pho you don't my dear.
R-Yes, | do.
P.-You 90 out of that door and you don't
come in again, my dear.
RI don't want to, my dear
P.-What!
RI don't want to, my DEAR I've got a
thousand dollars of my own and If your door
is locked when | return | shall hire door of
nay own and lock you out, my dear. Sauce
for the gander Is sauce for the goose
P-O come, now, my dear, this Is all non
sense. You won't do any such thing. Come,
be sensible, now.
RI am sensible my dear. In fact, I've
Just got possession Of my senses, Us MIR. Fresh
says. can do 1t and l will. You know me
well enough for that, don't you, my dear?
P.-My dear, | think won't go out tonight.
R.--Neither Will |, my dear
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
Our supply of Money.

Controller Knox Of the treasury department,
estimated that on the 1st of May, 1881, there
was in the country S520000,000 of gold and
IS172,OOO,OOO of silver coin, making an aggre.
gate of 5000 100000 of metallic money. Since
that date there has been no gold exported, but
the stock on hand has been increased from va
riOus sources The products of the mines Is
about $3,000,O00 per month, which from four
months from May to September adds $4,000
600 to the stock on hand. Since then there
have been 10000 emigrants landed IN this
country, and, allowing an average of 800 to
each, they have brought over SIT 100000. The
imports of gold to the 1st of September since
the lst OF May have been about 100000,
making at this time an aggregate Of gold in
the country of about 5000, 900, 900, and a total
of metallic money in this country of $1400O0,-
1000
The total Of metallic and paper money in
the country is estimated at not less than 81, =
500, 100000 an increase in the last four years of
nearly forty per cent
The London Economist, one of the standard
authorities in financial matters declares that
there is now an unllquidated balance of nearly
or quite S100,O00000 IN Europe due to the
United States, and against which this country
may draw at any time. This means that, IN
addition to the current balance due this cOun.
try on the export made Of this year, there Is an
overdue balance of $10O,000,0O0 standing to
our credit IN Europe. The receipts of gold
for this years trade having hardly begun, and
in fact 1t is contended in some quarters that
the shipments already made are on account of
the old balance, in which case the probabili-
ties are that this years dram Of gold from Eu-
rope will exceed even that of last year. The
Bank OF England, with view of checking the
export of gold, raised the rate of discount from
'2l5 to 3 per cent. and later to per cent, and
the Bank of Germany to ) per cent There Is
a struggle in Europe to Keep what gold they
have, and it is possible, should the breadstuils
export of 1881 be any way great in bulk, at
the advanced prices the balance due to this
country Will be very great, and will nccessi-
tate the shipment hithcr Of American bonds
and stocks
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08

Moderation is the name of a new quarterly
paper started in New York by the business
mems society for the encouragement of mod
Grafton in drinking. Its platform is as follows
LIST. Put off drinking until business is over
letters written; books balanced; sales made
safe closed; reputation as a business man
saved.
I'd. When you drink, take beer, ale Or high,
wIne-nothing stronger
Sd. Don't treat or receive a treat in bar
rooms. This ridiculous custom Is fast be
coming questionable among gentlemen. II
is done in no other country. Why not treat
to new hat, a PAIR of shoes, a paper collar, or
baby wrapper? Buy your own drink.
Barroom treating is a sin. 1t is the foun-
datlon of drunkenness. 1t may do for loafers
but not for you.
The society claims that prohibition and to-
tai abstinence have failed TO reduce the sum
total of drunkenness, and they propose to see
what they can do in their way IN the cause OF
temperance
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
An Ex-Governor In jail.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3-Franklin j. Moses,
formerly governor of South Carolina, was
locked up IN the police headquarters this even
ing, on the charge of swindling VIM. l.. Hall, a
retired otelkeeper. Hall was swlndled out
Of $500 in June last by Pin White, conf.
dence man. White was arrested. Two days
later, Moses called on Hall, and introducing
himself as q lawyer by the name of Hassans
according to the story told, offered to give
Hall information by which the money could
be recovered He SAID Whites wife boarded
with his mother, and had in her trunk dia-
monds and other property worth the amount
taken from Hall. His plan was to go to Jetier.
son market with his law partner" and pro-
cure a search warrant from Justice Morgan.
With this process, property of Whites could
be seizod, and they could be forced to settle
ment. The contiding MAJOR Hall fell into the
trap, agreed to everything, and handed Moses
$50 Just as Moses was about to leave, he
called the ma or aside and asked Hall if he
was Precursor. Major Hall said he was
and Moses gripped him. Then he said, insln-
uatingly, Major, now that we know eachoth
er as brothers, let me have 50 more" The mon
ley was added to the $50, and he disappeared,
only TO return as a detected swndlcr Moses
looks very gray and shabby White was at.
forwards convicted and sent to prison tor five
years. To-day Mrs. Hall saw Moses and in
formed Police Inspector Byrdes. Moses was
arrested this evening. At police headquarters
he expressed a desire to settle the matter by
paying Hall S25, but both Mr. and Mrs, Hall
said they were determined to prosecute him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
The Man With the Umbrella,

Why 1t is that the public do not look kindly
upon man carrying an umbrella on hot day
is mystery yet to be solved; but the fact is
they do not and that not one man IN hun.
bred has the moral courage to carry one.
Been raining down your way?"
NO, sir"
"Gong to-"
"No sir.n
"Then you carry the umbrella to keep the
flies otl?'
"Yes, SIR"
"Wel that's good plan, and all soft men
ought to practice it,"
The next man had a grin on his face as he
called out:
whats that for?"
"To keep the sun Off"
"What do you want to keep the sun off for ~
might get sunstruck."
suppose you did?'
Suppose you mind your business, sir"
The next one presumed upon his long friend
ship to halt the man with the umbrella and
whisper:
"Pretty sharp work IN you, old fellow-keep
the bulge toward your creditors and they can't
see your
Other men told HIM that wearing poultice
on his head would dispense with the umbrella
and others SAID If he was afraid Of his ears be
ing tanned he should fasten tan on each side
of his hat. Not one single man took him by
the hand and encouraged him, and when he
reached the post office he was so discouraged
that he lowered his shade and used it to punch
the ribs OF boy who had begun to sing:
"He's a fat-he's Teller,
And he Tugs an old umbrellar."
Detroit Free Press.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08

character and very popular among his ascot.
ates Coroner Williams, OF Batavia, was sent
for at an early hour, and held IN inquest which
resulted IN verdict charging Thomas Oleson
with murder. Ole Olcson aud Louis Wester
have also been bound over to wait the action
of the grand jury, which meets at Geneva to
morrow. So frequent has bloodshedding be.
come in this section during the last few years,
and so pOwerless does the law seem to be, that
public Indignation at this last murder of an
inoilensive young man has run very high
The jail has been surrounded by a crowd of
angry men all day, numbering at times two or
three hundred. While there was no general
movement to invoke the AID of Judge Lynch,
many threats were made, and the authorities
thought 1t would be better not 10 let the young
murderer pass the night here, and about
o'clock this afternoon he was taken from his
cell, slipped into Carriage and driven swift
ly to the county Jail at Geneva,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
The Cow Tree.

among the many curious phenomena
which presented themselves to me in the
course of my travels" says Humboldt, II con
TESS there were few by which my Imagination
was so powerfully affected rs by the COW tree
On the parched side of rock on the noun
t.lns of Venezuela grows tree with dry and
leathery foliage, Its large woody roots scarcely
penetrating into the ground. For several
months in the year its leaves are not moisten.
ed by a shower; its branches look as il they
were dead and withered; but when the trunk
is bored a bland and nOu1shing milk flows
from it.
1t is at sunrise that the vegetable fountain
flows most freely. At that time the blacks and
natives are seen coming from all parts provl-
ded with large bowls to receive the milk,
which grows yellow and thickens at ITS sur.
face; some empty their vessels on the spot,
while others carry theirs to their children.
One imagInes he sees the family OF shepherd
who is distributing the milk of his flock"
+ -. -
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
Spread the Good News,

As a family medicine and tonic, there is no
remedy at present giving such universal salts
faction, and eifectiDg so many astonishing cures,
as Electric Bitters Our druggists report a
lively demand for them, at times beng unable
to supply the many calls All Bilious Attacks,
stomach, Liver and Kidney Complaints, Dia.
betes and Gravel, readily yield to their curative
qualities. Sold by f. Y. Griggs, at fifty cents a
hottie ~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
81 don't believe in these secreI societies, 4"

81 don't believe In these secret societies, ="
said one lady to another That's very sin
gular," replied the other. "Your husband Is
a Forester, knight of Pythias and a knight
of Honor and you will have at least $4,000
when he dies" But what good does all this
do me-" was the fearful response, "when he
never dles!" And the poor creature burst in.
10 tears
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08


AURORA, ILL.,, Oct. 2.-This city has been
the scene of another unprovoked murder.
Shortly before midnight last night three young
Swedes named Thomas OlesoD, Ole Oleson,
brothers, and LOUIS Wester, who had been
drinking and playing pool in various saloons
down town during the evening, started up
Main street. near the Congregational church
The Olesons, Wester being on the other side
of the street, met party Of young gentlemen
who were on their way home from a serena
ding tour. The latter party had stopped to
talk with couple of friends, whom they had
Just met, and were singing and making merry
among themselves when the OlesOnS came
along. Some goOdnatured remarks were pass
ed between the Sweedes and the other party
about the singing, and Otto Freese, one OF the
serenaders, laid his hand in friendly way
on the shoulder of Thomas Oleson, when the
latter suddenly drew knife and stabbed
Freese in the throat severing the branches of
several arteries, and infiicting wound from
which the young man bled TO death before he
could be removed from the place where he
was struck. The murderer and his brother
as soon as the fatal blow had been given, ran
off up Main street, but in a short time Ole re-
turned to the scene of the murder, and he and
Wester, who had in the meantime come up
were there arrested. Thomas OlcsOn could
not be found last night, but Marshal Sem
mers discovered him at his clearinghouse
this morning and Immediately placed him in
the city lookup. He Is only about ID years
old and processes not TO know anything in re-
gard to the murder. The Oleson brothers and
Wester have been employed at the tile works
just east of the city. Young Freese was about
20 years old, the son Of n respectable German
citizen, and young man of irreproschable
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
PHYSICAL Suffering.

No one can realize, except by personal expert
ence, the anguish of mind and body endured by
sufferers from dyspepsia, indigestion, constipa-
ton, and other diseases Of the stomach. Bur
dock Blood Bitters are o positive cure for this
direst OF all diseases. Price 81, trial size 1Oc
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08

"Dld you get that girls picture, Brown
You remember you sand you were bound to
have It," well, not exactly" replied Brown
~ asked her for it and she gave me her mega
tlve."-Boston Transcript.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
DANGLING In TIE AIR,
Wife Murder in Ohio.


BELLEFoNTAINE, o. Oct. lon the Lewis
town and Bellefontaine turnpike, eight miles
from Bellefontalne, occurred yesterday after
noon one of the most horrible affairs that has
ever blackened the history of this country
Jacob Whitmore, farmer about % years OF
age, was married on the 18th Of July to Orre
Short, IA years of age, the daughter of wild
ow. Yesterday afternoon Whitmore took his
girl-wife out into the woods to gather hickory
nuts, accompanied by her little brother and
sister. Whitmore soon returned, and was fol
lowed In short time by his wife, who was
suffering from horrible cramps accompanied
by spasms. A physician was summoned, bu
she died about midnight IN terrible agony. Al
first. the poor girl denied that anything was
wrong with Ter, butwhen she found that death
could not be arrested, she confessed that hel
husband had compelled her to take white
powder, threatening to cut her throat if she
refused Whltmore is a country youth, and
told the Times correspondent tonight, when
interviewed IN Jail, that his wife killed herself
HIS preliminary examination takes place or
Monday, and if the evidence is strong against
him he may be lynched, as occurred here few
years ago in the notorious Shell case, the PEG
pie being terribly incensed.
At the inquest on Saturday it was testified that
Whtmore bought strychnine two weeks ago
that he said a few days ago that his wife should
not be alive in week. The little brother Of
the girlwlfe testified in his childish way, con.
firmIng his sisters statement that Jake made
her swallow the poison cor he would cut her
throat" A piece of paper was also found in
the woods with strychnine adhering TO it,
where the villain had forced her to take it.
The sheriff has carried the prisoner to an ad
joining county to escape the mob which he
had been notified would hang Whitmore to,
night. The town is filing up rapidly with
excited men and neighbors Of the girl to as
sist IN the hanging, but they have come on a
frultess errand.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08

Good.lookng women are generally weaker
and less capable of getting along than plain
ones By watching the horse-car conductors,
we have observed that a pretty girl requires
twice as much assistance to get on a car as
does homely one.--Boston Post.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
BUDGET OF FUN.

A faceti0us young man called certain te
male institute "Vennor weather prediction
because II contains SO many Mlsses-Nor
rtstcpn U6rdld.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
Thanks.

Thomas Howard, Bradford, Pa, writes; en-.
close money for Spring Blossom, as | said would
if it cured me; my Dyspepsia has vanished with
all its symptoms. Many thanks; | shall never
be without it in the house.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08

Said Sabbath school teacher to one OF her
little girls in the class Whats the mean.
ing Of good tdings?" They're the things
hung over the backs of nice rocking chairs,
ma'am,' replied the tiveyear-old.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
RE:WARD!

We authorized by the County U la Sale IN the state
Of Illinois, to pay Xiv" Thousand Dollars for III,
and conviction of the party parties who made ht
to destroy the records OF said county
the night Of october 81. 1880
or, we are authorized to pay one Thousand Dol
lars for Information thar viii lead 10 TIE arrest and
vctiOn Of the parties guilty Of the crime above referred TO-
Tho committee reserve the ug1t 10 lccGe All questions
conflict arising ont Of the foregoing offers
Communications may be- addressed Ia
H. {. LEWIS, Chair. Deer Park. H.;
\. G. MClN IRE. Mendoza. III
NELS NELSON. ~. Danway, H.;
J. i. POOl, tarlyIli". III;
Com. OF the Board II supervisors OF satd county
Ottawa, H., Dec 10th 1850 .
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
Farm for Sale.

The Southwest Quarter OF Section Twenty Ave Township
Thirtyfour North Of lsange Three In the Town OF Dayton
containing one hundred and sixty acres.
Also the Southwest Quarter OF Section Thirtyhye In
Township Thirty three North. OF Range Four in the Town
OF Fall River.
For of sale and other Information enquire She
office of LELAND GILBERT, r the Opera House Block.
Ottawa. Illinois. juui
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The largest livery owner in Maine uses Ken.
dsll's Spawn Cure with the best success.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-08
The Arkansas Train Robbers,

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct. LIN an interview
with the Times correspondent Gov. Churchill
SAID, this evening, that the question as to the
identity of the three train robbers now in Jail
st Hope had been settled. Two of them con
fessed their guilt, and the evidence against the
third is overwhelming. The governor said
further that Especial court would meet at once
and try them, and each would probably receive
a term of twenty years In the state prison
The captors are anxious to claim the $4,000
reward offered, and are urging immediate trial
and conviction, SO that their claim to the mo-
ney can be adjusted and paid. AS many pas
sengers as can be reached who were on the
plundered train will PROBABLY be summoned
as witnesses
The palm for ingenuity in the use of dyna
mite for private murder must, for the present
be conceded to the assassins of Mr. ARIA, a
merchant of Bucaramauga, in the state of San
tandar, one of the United States of Colombia
They put the explosive in the lock of his store
door, and when he turned the key the door and
its owner were blown to pieces. There is
something extraordinary In the rapidity with
which the mania has spread this year for using
dynamite in the place OF gunpowder; and
there is something still more striking in the
general disposition to use it IN some queer
startling, or wholly novel way.