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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-16
He Wanted Some Hard Questions,

There is an odd old fellow in Mont
rose, Pennsylvania, who is somewhat
addicted to rotations; and when he takes
them at all, he ''potates' rather freely.
Once, on II Saturday, he had become
considerably inebriatcd. Sunday found
him us mellow as Saturday left him; and.
in addition to the stock of whisky
in him, he felt desire to visit the sanct-
uary. So to the "meetin' house he
went. Parson B, u worthy old
dominic, was instructing Il Bible class.
Old Charley walked in, and sat down
quite demurely inapew He listened very
attentively to the questions and answers
for few minutes; but, being anxious
to show his knowledge of "Scriptur"
and doctrine. he stood up, leaning on
the front of the pew with both hands.
"Parshon -, said he, task me
some o them hard ques-shuns."
Uncle Charles" said the dominic,
with q solemn face, and in a drawing
tone, don't you know that you are in
the bonds of sin and the depths of mi
quity"
"Yes il, and the gall of bitterness, too
Ask me another ques-shun"'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-16
Getting Even With Blumenthal.

Mr.. Isaacs and Mr.. Blumenthal kept
rival clothing stores on the Bowery,
within few doors of each other MIR.
Isaacs was always to be found with his
head out of the door soliciting custom
from the verdant passer-by. Mr.. Blu
menthal objected to this shoddy man
ner of doing business, having found
that the watchful lsaacs had captured
several of his customers, and one day
he went up to Mr.. lsaacs and said:
'Look here, Mr.. lsaacs, Wy don't you
keep your ugly face inside? You might
peter get jackass to stand py de door.
He would pc big Improvement. "
IVY" said lsaacs, Il did try dot vonce,
und all de people us dey pass Ply say to
him: Good day, Mr.. Blumenthal; ! see
you've moved"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-16

was live business man, ready for any
speculation. from buying a yearling colt
to u crop OF hops or barley, and that his
life was busy one and Mt times full of
hard work, disappointment, hard roads;
but with all of his hurry and excitement
he was kind to his mother, and we loved
him just little, and when, after few
minutes talk about business, he said
"You must excuse me; l must go in the
depot and see if my mother wants any
thing" we felt like taking his fat red
hand and kissing it, Oh! the love of
the mother is the same in any language,
and it is good in all languages.-Bur-
Rngton HaWkeye.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-16

The Detroit Free Press says: IAN
Iowa paper has supplied a long-fel'
want by giving to the public an obituary
notice that bears apon its face the stamp
of honesty. 1t says: He gained his
riches by loaning money and handling
notes and mortgages, had Statewide
name for his litigation in various coun
ties and in the Supreme Courts, was
grasping and heartless in his transac
tons, became divorced from his wife anc
died without friend"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-16
The Prettiest Woman in Paris.

The prettiest woman in Paris has re-
turned to Paris, says Lucy Hooper's
Letter. Anybody who has ever seen the
fair and famous Madame Bernadaki,
the celebrated Russian beauty. will
know at once who mean without any
further description. saw her in her
box at the opera the other night, look
ing the very type of perfect, if soul
less loveliness. In feature she resem-
bles greatly the portraits OF Madame
Recamier. The eyes are of deep love-
ly blue, the nose aquiline, the mouth
small and shaped like Cupid's bow.
The exquisitely shaped head is set to
perfection on the white, rounded throat,
and the shoulders in mold and in color
ing would put to shame the most artis-
tic form that ever was scul ptured in mar
BILE. II her face were only expressive it
would be divine. In her superb toilette
of white satin the other night she was
simply dazzling. She does not altogeth-
err understand how to set off her own
marvellous beauty. She breaks the
lines of her exquisite form by wearing
great masses of flowers on her Corsagc,
and she mars the outline of her shape
ly head by similar additions to her colt
fure. 1t is said that she will be next
season one of the queens of Partisan So
ciety. Some cncumbrances which had
weighed on her husbands estates will
be removed. and he will come into the
possession of vast wealth, which, joined
to his wifes personal charms, will fully
suffice to secure the position of the pair
in the beau monde. hope that some
one of the great portrait painters of the
day will, during the coming season, i'm
mortalize on canvas the face and form
of this flesh and blood Venus.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-16

Mistake rs to identify had very un-
pleasant results for Madame Gainaud in
Paris lately. One Martin, separated from
his wife, mistook Madame Gainaud for
her, and when she fled for refuge from
him into shop shot at and badly wound
ed her-for revolvers seem now rs COM
mon in Paris as in Leadville-and then
tried to kill himself. When the real wife
her resemblance to Madame
Gainaud was astounding.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-16

An opera house on wheels is the latest
dramatic novelty. and company with
headquarters at Kansas City has been
organized to build and manage it. II
Is TO consist OF eight railway cars, which
can he expanded by ingenious mechan-
Ism into capacious structure, with
auditorium and stage complete, and. is
designed Tor the benefit of communities
which 1t" nnt possess facilities for the
production of plays. 1t will run from
p 500 g." p.;ce on the railroads, and car
~ - na".c track upon which it can
'a' '",d ol nd transformed into o
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-16
Mothers Love.

Mothers Love,
We were at railroad junction one
night last week waiting few hours for
train, in the wating-room, in the only
rocking-chair, trying to talk brown
eyed boy to sleep, who talks great deal
when he wants to keep awake. Present.
ly n freight train arrived, and beauti-
full little old woman came in, escorted
by n great big German, and they talked
in German. he giving her evidently lots
of information about the route she was
going, and telling her about her tickets
and her baggage check, and occasional
ly patting her on the arm. At first our
United States baby, who did not under
stand German, was tickled to hear them
talk, and he "snickered' at the peculiar
sound OF the language that was being
spoken. The great big man put his
hand up to the good old lady's cheek.
and said something encouraging, and
great big tear came to her eye, and she
looked as happy as queen. The little
brown eyes of the boy opened pretty
big, and his face sobered down from its
laugh. and he said: Papa, it is his
motherm We knew it was. but how
should 4-year-old sleepy baby. that
couldn't understand German, tell that
the lady was the big mans mother, and
we asked him how no knew, and he said:
20, the big man was so kind to her."
The big man hustled out, we gave the
rocking-chair to the little old mother,
and presently the man came in with a
baggageman, and to him he spoke Eng
fish. He said This is my mother,
and she does not speak English. She is
going to Iowa, and have got to go back
on the next train, but want you to at
tend to her baggage, and see her on the
right car, the rear car, with good seat
near the center. and tell the conductor
she's my mother. And here is dollar
for you, and will do rs much for your
mother some time" The baggageman
grasped the dollar with one hand and
grasped the big mans hand with the
other and looked ut the little German
with an expression that showed that he
had n mother, too. aud we almost know
the old lady was well treated. Then we
put the sleeping mind-reader on abench
and went out on the platform and got
acquainted with the big German, and he
talked of horse-tfading, buying and
selling and everything that showed he
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-16

A man advertised for Il "helpmate,
who shall be Il companion of my heart,
my head, my lot" A candidate for tho
situation wrote: II don't care to know
anything about your head and heart, but
how bic is your lot?"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-16

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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-16

Several electro-motors have been in
troduced into the French collieries
where they have given satisfaction to
all the golfers except the mules. The
mules kicked
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-16
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-12-15
NO. 206.
The Lady of the Lake.

In all the making of holiday books nothing
coming within the popular reach has been
achieved in this or any past season so exquisite
in form and character as the new holiday
edition Of Scots II adv Of the Lake" Just
brought out by ]. r. Osgood Co. II IL not
so large ~ to be cumbrous; not so overloaded
with gilt and decoration ~ to frighten the
posssssor from its enjoyment, and not 90
costly as to keep il beyond the means of the
ordinary presentation book buyer. And yet
it is chastely and elegantly bound. and sp-
peals at once and strongly to the eye of the
lover of beautiful books. Had the publishers
searched the fields OF English literature even
more thoroughly than they did in choice Of
fitting subject for holiday illustration
they could have hit upon noth-
ing which would have better suited
the popular taste. or which would have
offered more delightful opportunities for IL
lustration. Every foot Of the Scottish High
lands is full of romance; every crag and lake
and mountain has its own particular tale Of
blood or chivalry or love to give il interest,
and that interest has been ten times intensi-
fled by the magic pen of Scott in his novels
and poems. Best of all these, and dear to
the heart of every reader with the slightest
tinge Of romance in his composition, 10 "The
Lady of the Lake poem which for certain
fascinating qualities has not its equal 10
English literature. Its characters, though
evolved from the fertile brain Of the poet, have
yet a stronger reality than most of these whose
deeds are written in actual history. Thousands
of pilgrims every year pour through the noun
,ains and glens of Scotland, who 20 there for
no other purpose than TO visit the scenes des-
cribed in the story, and who would as soon
think Of doubling the existence Of the crags
themselves as that they were once haunted
by Roderck Dhu and his band, or pressed by
the light feet of the maiden of the fairy isle.
The 100 illustrations of the volume represent
the finest work yet achieved in the art of
engraving in America. Mr.. Anthony visited
the Highlands for the specific purpose
of making drawings for the work
and every landscape in ito pages was
sketched by him upon the spot. Among the
artists who have contributed drawings are A.
b. Frost, Harry Fem, +. II. Garrett. F. T.
Merrill, Mary Hallock Foot, j. ID. Wood
ward, l.. s. Ipsen. F. b. Schell, Granville
Perkins, +. II. Hayden, and J. Appleton
Brown. We can call to mind no other holi-
day work with whose preparations so many
noted names in art have been identified, or
one which appeals more strongly TO the book
buying public. New holiday edition. l20
pictures. Price Sc 90. Published by James
II. Osgood & CO., Boston.
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Personal.

Mrs. Langtry, it is reported, gets 800 for
her signature to puff for a face powder.
General Stoneman is the first soldier ever
elected governor Of California.
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin is expected to be in
Washington New Years day.
Roscoe Conkling failed to call on the Pres
ident during his recent visit in Washington,
and all the gossips are wondering why.
David Davis says he is tired of public life
and will withdraw at the end of the present
term.
Gamhetta has received from an Englishman
an off,r of 50 800 for the pistol bullet which
he the other day had the i'll luck to shoot into
his own arm.
Judge Peters and wife left Bangor on the
Maine Central road Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Peters went to Boston and Judge Peters
to Richmond, where he is to act as referee in
an important case with Z. ID. Lockwood OF
Providence.
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DaiIp krnnebr1 3ournaI.
How Long Is II Profitable to Keep
Cow for the Dairy?

As regards this question there cannot
be any fixed rule. Some cows are never
profitable. some grow more and more so
ill six or seven or ten years old. and there
have been cases where cow was nearly
rs good at fifteen years as at any period
If her existence; but such are very rare.
A cow is never better for beef after she
has once passed her period of growth.
There is undoubtedly considerable depre-
citation between six and ten years, but
il is more marked after that. In some
cases valuable breeders have been kept
long ailer their usefulness for milk had
been passed and their carcass for beef
were valueless. Sometimes mixer
is so valuable, even in age, that
her carcass is comparatively Of no
account anyway. The drift Of the period
seems to be toward the use Of exclusively
dairy cows, with little or no reference TO
their ultimate beeting value. 1t is not
always safe prophesying in regard to the
outcome of "booms," but 1t looks very
much as if the "boom" in purely milk and
butter stock was carrying it beyond the
reach Of the common run of dairymen. and
that as consequence the breed which
makes both milk and beef would before
long come to the front in force. The de-
mand for more meat and less low grade
cheese. all adds force to the movement.
When that comes it will probably follow
that few cows will be kept beyond their
eighth year. and advantages will result.
Beef raising with dairying has much to
commend it over either alone. in all the
ordinary farming districts.
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General News.

James Wilson of Albany, dealer in wool
and sheepskins, has failed with Liabilities OF
SlSO,OOO.
There were 35 deaths from dphtheria in
Philadelphia the past week, and l55 new
cases.
1t is stated that there were | 900 applicants
for positions on Governor Cleveland's staff.
The staff contains IL members.
News from the Soudan Is to the effect that
the False Prophet has been repulsed and
that Khartoum is safe.
John J. Kennedy was sentenced to two
years in the New York State Prison Tuesday
for stealing a pair Of gloves worth one dollar.
A powerful sugar lobby will be at WASH
ington this winter to say and do sweet things
for congressman who haven't made up their
minds on the tariff question.
Minneapolis has in two years had an in.
crease of about 200 in its population, and
the value If its new buildings erected is esti-
mated xt Sl4, ,O00. 600.
A sneak thief lived six months In Chicago at
the cost TO the public library Of thousands Of
dollars. He stole rare books and sold them
for a fraction of their worth.
Twelve hours after child had been pro.
nounced dead by doctor at Nesbannock,
Mercer county, Penn, it commenced to cry,
and at latest accounts was recovering.
The new iron and steel bridge on the
Mexican Pacific extension fell on Tuesday,
while over a hundred workmen were engaged
on it. 1t is said that seven we're killed, and
many wounded.
Adam Forepaueh, the Snowman. 10 on trial
before United States Judge Gresham, at Fort
Wayne, Ind, for libel upon Millie Christine
the double-headed lady. The alleged libel
consists in Forepaugh having styled her a
'monstrosiiy.'' She asks $4,000 damages
An Indiana man was recently aroused from
bed BY the loud ringing Of his telephone
~birh was connected with his store. He
vent down there and found it in possession o.
party of burglars whom he drove off with
his pistol. They had blown open his safe
the explosion causing his telephone to ring.
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She Loved Whist.

The wife of Bishop Beadon loved whist so
well that when the prelste told one Of his
clergy if he was able to cit up half the night
playing whist at the Bath Rooms he must be
we'll enough to do duty at home, the invalided
one silenced him with, my Lord, Mrs.
Beadon would tell you that late whist acts ~
tonic or restorative TO dyspeptic people
with weak nerves" The Bishops better half
would have sympathized with Goldsmith's
old lady, who, lying sick unto death, played
cards with the curate to pass the time away,
and, after winning all his money, had just
proposed TO play for her funeral charges when
she expired -Chambers' Journal
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During the Late War
The Government made its Best Arms at
Springfield, Mass.-What Or. David
Clark, Inspector U. S. Al mory
There Recommends.

Your reporter found lnsps ctor Clark at his ONCE
on the Armory grounds busily examining "receiv-
ers" for the regulation army rifles However. he
willing 10 say word for the merits Of health
and streangh restoraiives 10 prove the merits Of
implements OF death. He said "My business keeps
me closely confined to the A,mory and in doors. As
u result, I've suffered consdei ably from indigestion
and billiousness, but lind that DIR Kennedy 5 FAV.
ORlrE REMEDY is most excellent medicine for
these complaints. l most cordially recommend it.
for I am acquainted with its worth. DIR. kennsd,'s
FAvORlTE REMEDY is used great deal by the
machinists in the U. 5. Armory here"
While FAvORITE REMEDY is specific in Kid.
ney and Bladder diseases, II is equally valuable in
cases Of Bilious Disorders and Constipation of the
Bowels Try II. Your druggist has il. and its cost
is only one dollar bottle. The lucky man 10 he
who puts this advice in practice. Don't forget the
name and address, DIR. David Kennedy, Rondout,
N. Y. The Doctor would have i, understood that
while he is engaged in the introduction of his med
icine. FAVORITE REMEDY, he still oontinses the
practice Of his prof ssion, but confines him eli
eu,ively to Office practice. lie treats all diseases
and performs all the minor and capital operations
of surgery.
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William Penn's Pension.

The hereditary pensions to the heirs of the
Duke of Schomberg, which Thackeray ridi-
culed in his ballad Of the Battle Of Lime.
rick and amounting to 1854, still appear in
that portion Of the list which may be termed
a collection Of ''curiosities." The heirs and
representatives of the founder Of the Quaker
City, Mr.. Penn, still receive the pension Of
$4,000 per annum granted them by Parlia-
ment "forever." The Earl of Kinnoul re.
ceives a pension Of f1 .620 a., on account Of
certain "4t per cent duties," in addition to
hereditary pension granted to one of his
ancestors by King Charles H. Chambers
Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-12-15

The old method of milking IN yards and
fields. wherever the cows might be found.
is largely abandoned by Intelligent and
enterprising dairymen. 1t is better to start
right. Always put the COW in the sianchion
before beginning to milk her. 1t is bet
ter for the COW, better for the mixer, and
money in the pocket of the owner. As a
rule, it is best to get along If possible
without lettering or in any way hamper
ing cow; but it is b. tier to tie her legs
than to attempt by any violent means to
subdue fractions or vicious animal which
shows determination TO kick. A plain
strap with a ring at one end and snap al
the other put around both legs above the
gambrel joint is the simplest and best
(etter
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ned. Riaae. ..a Curea.

W. E. Huesiis. Of Emporia. Kansas, says
that his wife had been sick nearly seven years
and for the Last tour months bed ridden. She
has been treated by q number Of physicians
and only grew worse. Her attention was
called 10 DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis.
covery" and "Favorite Prescription" which
she commenced using. In one week she
could sit up, and in thres weeks could walk
abeak By draggists. dsel3fAw1wlp
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DAILY AND WEEKLY.

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Spring it enriches the blood
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Summer it gives tone to the
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