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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-18

sea; and to our right the "San BernardOs, -
whose loftiest peak reaches over IL, 900 feet IN
to Cloudland; while before US In the dim out
lined distance loom the plumed peaks Of the
"Dragoons.' OF all sights Of mountain gran
deur this is one of the most sublime; and
while scanning their hoary outlines one feels
as though he was gazing on something not on
this earth, but IN the great beyond.
1t is in this range of mountains that the
most glorious
on our continent are witnessed. Writers OF
foreign travels tell us of the glorious sunsets
IN Italy and the Alps, OF the beauty of Italian
skies and all that sort of thing seen in foreign
lands; but all that IL abroad and, as Pope
says,
lis distance lends enc .1s to the view
|, is not necessary TO go to Italy to see beau
tiful skies of blue, nor TO the alps to behold
sunsets OF glorious splendor; tor we have IN
our own land skies Just as blue and translu-
cent as ever shone DER Sunny Italy, sunsets
Just as grand and glorious as ever beamed on
Alpine heights, and scenery the like of which
is nowhere else beneath the broad canopy Of
heaven. To-day beheld one of the grandest
sunsets ever saw and indeed seldom did the
eye of man gaze on anything more splendid.
The day was warm and the vaulted dome
seemed transparent. AS we journeyed along
Old Sol gradually approached the mountain
tops, upon whose snowcapped peaks rested a
cloud so shaped that it might be called mir.
aculous omen IN the superstihous days of old.
For u time the sun shone brilliantly upon II,
and as Sol sank lower and lower behind the
rents such dazzling profasion Of arrowlike
sreaks Of almost every imaginable color, pro.
ducing a sight so grand and sublime that ev,
cry passenger in the car sat spell bound for al
time, and then with one general impulse ex.
claimed "How beautiful" But the glorious
efiulgence did not last long. The soul of eve.
ming soon passed away. As the sun sank the
colors fleu, the mountains became ghastly, the
light faded slowly, and then the life of day
ebbed slowly away like dying human beng
watched it TIL the last lingering spark had
vanished, for had never Witnessed anything
more grand or beautiful before; and was only
awakened from the reverie which | had drop
ped into by the stentoran voice of California
brakesman shouting in my ear, LAS Angeles"
| (hc city of the angels3 Of which l will tell
| i'm nv next J. d. H.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-18
WASHINGTON, D, c., March I, I

LtytSHhtob W i-OOuy-nuSStce itutt""" 'V''-
ceptions-Debt Reduction.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March Z, 1882
This congress was evidently not preordalned
to tinker the tariff or reform the revenue laws
and, If the American people want anything
done, they will have to elect congress, two
years hence, pledged to do that work. and
what Is important, make that congress keep
its pledge. This is not easy to do, for, the
moment congress comes to Washington, 1t nc
sucks the rich malaria of the capital. This is
metaphor, but its representative is no longer
entirely under the influence OF his constitu
ency or the sentiment that elected him, but
under the influence of the lobby. The lobby
Is hydra devll-fish sphinx, and bass
1t has a variety Of shapes and costumes, and
its methods are bribery, witchcraft and cor.
ruptlon. do not say that every congressman
will succumb to one or all Of these methods,
but sufficient number will succumb to give
the lobby the balance of power in our national
legislature During the last ten years public
attention has been much diverted by partisan
politics and etfete issues, and this diversion
has enabled the lobby to entwine its endless
coils like the mighty serpent which, IN the
VISION crushed the universe together. If the
lobby had but one head and one lust II would
be more dangerous than 1t Is; but, like politi.
cal parties, it is somewha. rent by divisions
and Is often forced to pool It's issues in or.
der to approach its ends
The most important questions when con-
gress assembled we're the revision of the tariff
and reduction of taxes. The first question
has been indefinitely postponed or buried in a
committee. 1t is safe to say that the present
congress Will not change the internal revenue
laws. Meanwhile, the national Indebtedness
Is being reduced at the rate of nearly $780,.
OOO,O 900 per year, and, if this rate OF reduction
is kept up but little Of the debt will remain
ten year hence.
The most gigantic scheme recently proposed
by the lobby is transcontinental railroad, to
be subsldised by extensive land grants IN the
interest OF the Land Langue The protested
object of the movers of this scheme Is to build
a road that monopollsts cannot gobble, and
one that is to be run In the interests of the
people and not of capitalists. The idea is
good; pity that it Is and can only be an idea
Capt. Eads, who opened the choked mouth
of the Mississippi to commerce, and built iron
clads during the war in less time than 1t takes
country obbler to make pair of shoes, Is
still urging his plan of ship railway across
the continent through Southern Mexico. The
plan looks too big for human accomplishment
but that is the way every big thing has looked
until it has been accomplished. If Captain
Eads can muster more powerful lobby than
the present transcontinental railroad magnates
who are opposed to all competing plans,
whether by Panama or Southern Mexico, we
may yet live to see the dry land navigation OF
a ship on wheels.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-18

CAUGHT
Twas at party last July,
One moonlit, fiower-scented eve;
The lancers finished, tall Miss Di
With starry fingers touched my sleeve.
She led me TO q corner soon,
And in curtains dimpled fold,
Her album, delicate maroon,
With dainty arabesques of gold.
She handed me with lyric laugh,
Which did my soul In bliss immerse;
And said: ''Pd like your autograph,
And-if you will, a little verse"
Her eyes 10 mine did softly speak
! wrote sonnet on the spot;
Abiding 10 her hair and cheek,
And, likewise, the forgetme-not
Der pictured fan saw her look.
And wrote OF her aesthetic sense;
Then handed her her worshipped book
She bowed with queenly Difference.
And then the creature, iairer form.
Drew closer, with q smile as sweet
As anything-my cheek grew warm
Ny heart, think, began 20 beat
She read the compliments paid,
And then proclaimed, In pettish tones
why, that's the very verse You made
The other day for Nelly JONES'
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WORTHY of Praise.

As a rule We do not recommend Patent Medi
ciues, but when we know OF one thas really is q
public benefactor, and does positively cure, then
we consider il our duty to impart that informa.
ton 10 ALL Electric Bitters are truly most val.
liable medicine, and will surely cure Biiousness,
Fever and Ague, Stomach Liver and Kidney
Complaints, even where all other remedies tail.
We know whereof we speak, and can freely re-
them to all.-Erch. Sold st fifty cents
q bottle, by z. Y. Griggs. 90
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BuckIen's Arnica Salve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptons, and positively cures Piles tits guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money re
funded. Price g cents per box. For sale by E
Y. Griggs.
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are whtewashed and present clean appear.
ance, while others are the very embodiment OF
the filth of the greaser. There are few gen
uine Spanish houses to be seen, built in quad.
rangular form, with garden plats In the cen.
ter With the depot and railroad buildings, a
church and sisters school, is all there Is of
Yuma. The fort stands on an eminence on
the opposite side, in California, and is reached
! by bridge that spans the Colorado al this
point The fort is merely entertainments OF
sand thrown up, inside which Is a kind of a
semi-Spanish row OF buildings, with Hindoo
or Chinese style of roof to keep out the sun
only, as IT never rams here. Near the old
town Is an Indian village of the old Yuma
tribes, and it Is safe to say that one-half of
them come TO town daily-some of them blan-
keted and others half nude, men ana women.
boys and girls alike. What a "clrcus" such
scene would be around the court house square
in Ottawa any day of the week, but especially
Saturday? No doubt but 1t would be shock
to the nervous sensibilities OF most of our PEG
pie but the pilgrim that has ventured TO this
region Is well used to such scenes. Here to-
day witnessed the assembling of conglom.
Grafton Of individuals that were some artist TO
produce It on canvas his fortune would be in
its exhibition. There were halfnaked Indians,
heather Chinese, primitive Mexicans, Italians
from Cork, Germans, Jews Gentiles and Pa
gans, and many that were nothing at all-who
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Washington Letter.

Legislation by Lobdy-Hassice RaiIrodd Con
ceptions-Debt Reduction.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-10-18
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

TO be disposed of under the hammer
"A carpet-tack.
1t is not always the flower of the
family that furnishes the bread.
A cynical old bachelor says that
"lovers are like armies; they get along
well enough till the engagement be-
gins"
"There," she said, waving her mar
riage certificate in the air, "there is the
flag of our union p'-PhjIadelphiG
Chronicle.
A race between a carrier pigeon and
man kicked by mule would be very
close if the pigeon had half a mile the
start.-1eras SVtingS.
Lightning killed bull in central
Ohio the other day. ID is getting
bolder every day and may tackle mules
With impunity.-Toledo american.
A stamp like boy: tbs said ninety
millions ofpostage stamps are annually
sold in this country and all Of them
. have to be licked before they will do
their duty.-PicGy1tne.
A stock breeder in New Mexico has
a horse pasture Of sixteen square
miles all fenced in. 1t must worry
Il man to have TO run all over the lot
in the wet grass to catch a horse to
drive downtown after half gallon Of
coal oil.-Cheek.
Mamma what makes angels?'
asked little boy who had been read
ing of the heavenly inhabitants. The
mother glanced out into the orchard,
and with warning look, solemnly re-
piled; Unripe fruit, my dear. ."-Ne10
York Commercial.
A man may be right in the bosom of
his family, sitting down to big meal,
knowing that he is rich and all right
in every way; yet will the sight of a
telegraph messenger make him as
nervous as a well-fed dog is made
when he secs boy pick up stone
and throw it in the opposite direction
Puck.
A woman in France slept seventy
three days in one inning-and when
she awoke and learned that her hus-
band had been taking his meals at
restaurant during all the time, instead
of getting out of bed at daylight and
going to market, she was so mad that
she declared she wouldn't go to sleep
again as long as she liyed.-NorriStoe0ls
HeTdld.
Some men have tact. Said the BRIDE
groom, who didn't wish either to Of
fend his bride or die of internal dis
turbance: my dear, this bread looks
delicious; but it is the first you have
ever made l cannot think Of eating
it, but will preserve it to show to our
children in after years as a sample of
their mothers skill and deftness."-
Boston Post.
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A Reasonable Rennnst.

He had never told his love, their ac-
quaintance had been very short one,
and when suddenly he had placed her
arms about his neck and imprinted a
kiss upon her rosebud mouth, she was
naturally startled.
"Sir," she said, "this is insufIerable." 4"
Forgive me, he cried. IL was mad
to act thus. l beseech you, pardon mep
"No, l can never forgive you, never.
You nave forfeited my friendship. You
must leave me at once and forever"
Vainly he plead; she was obdurate.
So glaring an offense could not be con-
dOned.
And so he said he would go. His
whole life would be embittered, for he
felt that her image could never be eff
faced from his heart.
Il will 60" he said, sadly, "but be-
fore / leave there is one boon that /
would ask. 1 feel that am not un-
reasonable in desiring and expecting
that you viii grant this one little final
favor"
"What is it?" she asked, gently,
touched by his emotion.
Wont you please take your arm
from around my neck Saturday
NightS
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Then and Now.

did not know thee then "a mow,
For life was in its vernal Mavi
And mid the beauty, bloom ansl' I'm
4, careless, ran a devious way,
Nor paused to learn thy hidden worth,
Thy beaIning eyes and placid brow
= saw, but not the depths Within
did not know thee then as know.
An Simmer glados and autumn groves,
= and by the margin of tho streams,
often met thee fair as morn,
AS still thou comest to my dreams,
And oft deemed thee fair MS those
Sweet saints TO whom rapt pilgrims bow;
But, oh, thy wealth of truth and love
l did not know thee then as now.
saw that thou, serene rs light,
Didst with mild glory iill the air
iii all things round thee seemed 80 bright,
And friendship smitod more best and fair.
All winged mute homage to thy worth,
Yet I--insensate that twas thou
Didst wake the Joy so sweet and calm
did not know thee then as know.
But memory, now that thou art gone,
Oft brings thy meek, ethereal shade,
And still see new beauties dawn,
Which in thy cline can never fade.
No clouds dwolt on the summer hills
Nor sober thoughts on my young brow;
could not sec the gold refined;
Idid not know thee then as now.
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Supplies for Old Sol.

a writer in the Kansas City ReoietO
says: The effect Of cometary precipita-
ton on the sun cannot be detected
on the earth except by the most pow
erful instruments. What is the sun?
1t is a colossal ball $4,000 miles in di-
ameter, whose mighty mass is 33l, ,654
times greater than that of the earth.
What is comet falling into this awful
furnace? Nothing but as one tirebrand
in the conhagration Of Chicago. Ex-
plosions are always taking place on the
race of the sun, causing greater up
heayal than the doWnrush of a dozen
comets. Can cometary collision ON the
sun injurc many Indeed, such impact
serves to keep him alive. The sun
does not radate too much heat now,
and astronomers are agreed that part
of the present supply is kept up by
cosmical bOmbardment. We are flung
away in some nook of the universe
chained TO an expiring world--a home
that is already suffering encroachments
of polar ice. We exist only by the heat
of the sun. The real danger lies not in
cometary doWnmsh, but in the fear
that not enough meteors and comets
will gravitate into solar fires The
longer comets can strike the sun the
longer man can inhabit the earth.
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Poor Humanity in London.

Many sad sight is to be seen in Lon
don, but few are more melancholy than
the spectacle of those poor, broken
down creatures who are hired to saun-
ter in the cutters of our great metropo-
lis with advertisement boards on their
backs. Their hopeless, famished faces,
their listless gait, their tattered gar
ments, often drenched with rain, and
the thought Of the precious pittance
which hungry child or two may be
waiting at home to share, are too much
for sober contemplation; and more dis
tressing than all, perhaps, is the look of
shame about these poor wretches. OF
course, they are glad enough to earn a
shilling in this way; and yet-especially
on cold, raw, rainy day-it does seem
an outrage almost for one man to put
another to such uses. But when these
poor wretcheS are forced to wear ridic-
ulous costumes, then we have no doubt
about the outrage at all. Here, too,
the sandwich man" has no choice; he
has to conform to the demands and il
lustrate the humorous invention of his
employers if he does not wish to starve
and does not like to steal. In this
case, also, he is glad enough to
earn a shilling; but though there can be
no doubt about that, yet should we be
delighted to see the man admonished
who adds to the humiliations of failure,
friendlessness and Poverty by making
guys Of these poor strollers. 1t is
done, however. Here we see a row of
them, with tall eXtinguisher caps on
their heads there another, rugged with
pigtails, like Chinamen, and all looking
so piteously ashamed. AS for that,
however, we all know where the shame.
the disgrace Of the thing really lies, and
deep disgrace il is.-St. James GQzette.
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cause Of his mutilation. Since that
fatal day she had suffered the torments
of the lost she had kissed the hand a
hundred times a day; had twenty
thousand masses said for his repose /:
prayers in every church and convent in
the universe that o new hand might
grow. She loved Lord Fergus adored
him but his mutilation inspired her
with repugnance and horror absolutely
unconquerable She would die of it,
but she could never be his wife.
Lord Fergus listened attentively
He slowly raised his hand, gazed at the
princess as if he would read her soul,
and said:
But you love me. And if my 4land
had not been amputated you would not
have loved me-"
The princess made a gesture which
signiGed assent.
And if my hand were not cut off,
you would render me happyP"
The princess aSsented.
"Will you swear it?"
al swear it,"
upon my lost hand"
"Upon your lost hand" responded
the weeping princess.
every WELL" said Lord Fergus,
solemnly; "dry your tears, and be
happy. God has answered your prayers,
and performed a miracle. Beholdw
And throwing out his right arm, as
a swimmer makes stroke, Lord Fer
gus thrust from his sleeve a hand full
of life and vigor.
4
They were sitting in boat upon the
Lake of Como, and as they drifted were
enjoying the light breezes perfumed
with the sweet scents of jasmine, vio-
let, and orange blossom. As they idly
lloated they were talking about their
courtship. Lord Fergus, with ador-
able fatuity, explained howhe had won
her.
"The hand 1 sent you, my love-"
said he, 81 purchased from thrifty
nurse in the hospital at Beane; a skill
full embalmer prepared it for me. The
rest you know"
The princess looked at him, and
struck him on the lips with a rose she
bore in her hand.
False, false % cried she. GLOW
could an unsophisticated woman re-
sist such a diabolical ruse? But you
remember our first meeting?"
eyes"
"When 1 had the neuralgia
"Yes."
The princess laughed merrily as she
exposed two rows Of perfect pearly
teeth. "Wen, my love, l never had the
neuralgia in my ylife.-A2gonaut.
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The Evening Trains.

Whett er rainfall OF the showing
Hasiens daylight swiftly by,
Or slow twilight, still and shadowy,
Sets her lights along the sky,
Cut across the 1nystic's waters
Lying cold, and darlt, and deep,
Evening trains, with precious burdens,
Slow, like bright professions creep.
Far behind are din and tumult,
Doubt, anxiety and fear;
Past the rivers silent flowing
There are rest, and peace, and cheer,
Precious freights are hearts of loving
Nearing lights and smiles of home,
Where with faith that knows no doubling
Tired feet, ioy-winged, may come.
Homes are waiting, high and lowly;
Onward still the bright trains move;
Oh, it's we'll, halls rich in splendor
May not richest be in love.
Homeward going, heavenward going,
Friends pass onward one by one,
When the day is calmly shining
Through nights shades, at set of sun.
Through the daises we may follow,
Through the SHOWS with pleading hands,
We may only watch them going
Der deaths stream to heavenly lands-
Yet for us the way seems brighter;
Light CLEANS o'er the mystic tide
When beyond its silent flowing
They have reached the restful side.
Boston Transcript.
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SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

The reason why the thermometer
does not always accord with the COM
parative discomfort of hot weather is
owing to a variation of moisture in
the air. While the human body is all
the time giving off perspiration, either
sensible or insensible, this evaporation
will go on more rapidly when the air
contains but little moisture than when
it contains great deal. Evaporation
is cooling when it has no obstruction !;
but when it is obstructed by moist air,
the reverse effect is produced, and a
temperature Of eighty degrees is quite
as oppressive as that of ninety when
the air is dry.
Dust mixed with air is found to be,
under certain conditions, a dangerous
explosive. Thus, if a large log of
wood were ignited, it might be a week
before it would be entirely consumed /;
split up into cord wood, and piled up
loosely, it would, perhaps, burn in less
than an hour cut into. shavings and
allow strong wind to throw them intk
the air-or in any way keep the chips
comparatively well separated from each
other-and the log would perhaps be
consumed in two or three minutes; but
if ground up into fine dust or powder,
and blown in such manner that each
particle is surrounded by air, it would
burn in less than a second.
The first screw boats ever built in
America, and so far as the engineer
knows, the first iron hulls, were the
Anthracite and the Black Diamond,
constructed on the plans Of Captain
Ericsson, and employed in carrying
coal through the Delaware and Raritan
canal The first sea-going propeller
built in America was the frigate
Princeton, also after Captain Ericsson's
designs, but under the superintendent
of Captain Stockton. This vessel was
a full-rigged ship, and it was the in
teG$ion to use steam only as occasion
might require as an aid to the sails.
| But Ericsson did not make the first
propeller. 1t was first used by an
American some forty years ago ].
One of the most interesting computa-
tions which have engaged the attention
Of scientists is that relating to the
amount of force impaired to the earth
by the suns heat. According to some
Of the French Investigations there is
received in one MINUTE enough heat to
raise the temperature of five and one
half cubic miles of water one degree
centigrade. Comparing this with the
work done by given amount of heat,
as utilized in steam engine, it would
appear that the heat sent to the earth in
the suns rays during the space Of one
minute is equal to the accomplishment
of as much work as would be done by
1000 steam engines of 100 horse
power each, Working continuously for
the space of 1000 years. BY far the
larger part of this heat force expends
itself upon the earth in actual work,
only small portion of it being radiated
into space. Necessarily, the result thus
accOmplished-such as the mainte-
nance of the temperature of the earth,
ocean and atmosphere, the stimulating
of animal and vegetable life, etc.-must
be the equivalent of the power retained
by our globe; but vast amount remains
for still.