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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-25
A Word Of Caution

As Is usually the case where an article of
true merit has attained a world wide repu-
tation by its wonderful results, as the cele-
brated Electric Bitters haye done, certain I'M
principled parties have endeayored to initiate
them, and expect to induce an unsuspecting
public to purchase their fraudulent wares.
Ask your druggist for the genuine Electric
Bitters, that are guaranteed to cure. aud take
no Others. Sold by T. Y. Griggsat 50 cts. 3
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-25

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fBeni. F. johnson in indianapolis Journal
NV fiddle Well, kind o keep her handy,
don't ynu know
Though AIT s. much inclined to tromp the
sui',s, and switch the bow
As was bc;ore the timber of my elbows got
so try,
And my fingers was more limber-like and ca
perish aud spry;
Vii can pinnk and PUNK and pink
And time her mp and play
And Jest lean back and laugh and wink
At every rainy day!
Ny playin's only middlin'-tunes I picked up
when boy
The kindo sorto' fddlin' that the folks calls
"cp,hagpy;"
@The Old Fat CAL and 4Rye Straw" and "My
Siilyors On the Sea-"
Is the oil cuwtiliions | saw" when the chice
il loft to me;
And ~ PUNK and plonk and pink,
And roZum-up my bow,
And play the tunes that makes you thlnk
The devils i'll your toe.
was allus romancin', do-less boy, to tell tho
trnth
A fiddlin and dancin and wastin' of my
youth,
And acin' and a cuttin' up all sorts o silly
prauks,
That wasn't worth a button of anybody's
thanks
Bui ro'y Tell me when used to pink
And pin',k and punk and play,
Nv music seemed 20 lave the kink
q driyi1' cares away.
That show th here old tiddle's won my hoarts
ondurin' love!
From the ~t'In,;s acrost her middle to the
screc him keys above
From her "4rern," over bridge and to the rib.
bon round her throat,
She's wooin', cooin pigeon singin' @Loye
me" every note!
And 80 pat her neck, and pink
Her strings viii! loving hands,
And listnin clos't, | sometimes think
She sort o underestimate
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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND g. PACIFIC R'Y

reason
,andt tn
Of roadb Pacific
Decorah-posten., 1882-07-26

teit, blep ueuie meb mig. uaen efter at bun bdpOe OF
rettet bette 1efament. Sporom Strioen oreie6e fig, ct
10 M lioeaplDiat. Oet npe Ieffament % ben npe Mr'
ping, en- meset fiern SlRstntus, pare Vt99e ttlfteoe Der
/ Suist, % iea par fnrpis til Afrete, oa bette fofbare
aftfpffe blep iapuet. 5rsfeu @orbett troebe fulot cq
fat, at ies bapbe rapfet bet, o. uiloe lite laoe Aa cper
bspiis ON Oct Wcplafte, fisnt bet 10 life funoe bare
upttet mig bet Winbfte at pare ysftoDelfe al bette
pa peroilsie Document. Seq tOs tmiblertib bort ber'
fra. 9a ie9 bapbe uO9et 8ienpfab til @onsOS Sebrtf'
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ben funpe fomme paa Sppr efter benS Sfiuleteber %
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aruno par naturliepis Oniet ON at a~ootsisre min
l1fplbiebeb for 5rsfsn GOrbett, % ies lepebe ct iuaal
5aab berom, lise inbtil benbes Dso bsrspeDs mtg bette.
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ncsst Ieftamente, pilbe iea natutlispis life laoe ben
mig at Sfiabnen tilbubte @%ulsontna eaa ~ubenpttet ben,
% perfor bar ies bolDt GarmObp itabist 4anbe, lise
tpen leg fOm BERTH.
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forte sr ~isrunben filenoe. Wen oa Der 10 sipes 5olf.
icnl aierHe bile pips 9eGeb ON gIt. Ral ies ~tiltsis, at
Waioren bar taaet I'm MtReo fra Seren, % at ban nu
er Oberft Wilttien o. ifaro meo at ubbanne Hs til
ct Sbeal al en- enaslf Serremano o. at ct Yarlaments.
msblsm for ct 4anboifrtft. Oa Disfe StIlinaer ere
albelss ufOreaeliae meo en- sammel YeberiUenbs Veien,
Os oa min Ssftsr 5rsbas epist saasbe arp ftaoist
lisaer bam ~paafnbs, bar ies Ell lumf Wistanfe ON, at
ban a9ter meo ct Sla9 at raabe Bob paa be omtalte
ulemper peb at formaa bsnoe til at tase SrrdwOob -
o bets Serre Seforeie. Def 6aaber iea lbstminbfe.
Gr Der faa Wers? 50. Den lille iorte Yrinbs.
Tom oesrarre pitt life er blepen %ipnoerlis Omuenbt. frs
enbnu nOIle Waaneosr paa bet DnfsliQte GnSlanb
Os bep oereftsr ifslss fin eaen inofenoise anmOo ing
iammen msb nosle RisaOnersr ienbt fra eipsrpoOl TIL
tass til fit iOlriss 5soelanb - os toa Congo meo fig
Decorah-posten., 1882-07-26

s en- sammsl Srs tubes fslssnb,
Heeept mob 8iat: Gag ct 1srfla'
be, lom tilbgrsr Ell balptreDfnDstp
ueaarts SOmfru, Der albris bar noe:
ret Bet QUITE at foranbre I'm Stil'
ling, Uaff bet / en- Rrli9 Wsaers
Dam, tor bet paa en- Yr9ffes Saf
lom life er barelua, fflf bet til er
Doctor, for buem insen Spa er bsb
let Dit Napn berpaa meo en- Yen
Der tilbsrer en- NbUofat, iom albril
bar beoraset en- Silent, leg bet pa1
bet r9rfbrubne Ste6, % Du e.
belbreDet".
Decorah-posten., 1882-07-26
0n 2ptfe for Jarmere o.
&aaubperfere.

2uiinber at Dollars fan ipares, bpis
man bruser fanb Sornuft oe taser bar,
paa fin % fin 5amilies 6elbreb. 81
@alben | uoroen, bar man en- mat OF
bIeg aniigtsfarDe. elenbis Appetit, fsIe,
fig neoOaaet os | bet Dele taeet aftrof
tet. tsp oa lite ct eneite DisbIif, mer
saa Iise ben 90 fisb en- SLATE at benn,
oibunberIise Electric Bitters, iom albrit
laar Sell, os bet for ben ubetpbelia,
Yris so Gents.
Selses Dos q. =. Weiier, Oeeorab
% aue Druastter | 9anbet. IN
Decorah-posten., 1882-07-26

vi lmI9rer os msb. at ui alsr, at
bet CT | Ssres essn Sntsrssis. at tom me
IND % unoerisse port &~lebfSopla9.
Tor Oe fisbsr. - Oet toitsr os Snt,t
at banole m.b &%IebsSuarsr /; oct fore
ger lite Dor Sci, % heller lite 9sn.
nln9erne til bore SanbtIsbslitnte.
vi fisher Vii for &Ontaut, % fisher
oerfor ii! Dc laDsite Yriisr. vi leIaer
Nlt for Rantant, % 8. bar bsrtor
lite at betaIe for. bDao ri tabsr paa
dead Beats.
8Ore Yriisr er mertsbe meb tbbeIi.
ae BAL. lao Sc oil lite faa opgip.t 2
fUrifieat8e Nrtier, Sc oil bsa.r
lite iaa "SaObbp" litth.tfOr bel lib.
9uis Sc iammenlisnsr Yriisr oa 80,
nitst al De &Ieoer. Sc fisbsr bos os,
msb bpao man fisbsr Dos Nnbre. ffaI
Oe fffsrt fnbs, at Sc bar truffst bet
bebits St,b.
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100000 Bottles
2lttefer.
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mig itor Sisneit, UNDER 2 Oars lana
pariat Wapeouos. Oet er ben bebft,
Webiein. i,s ~nos,ninoe bar brust. os
je9 anbefaIer ben til Iibenos W.omenz
ueiter. Charlotte Nuilon
Decorah-posten., 1882-07-26

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Wts. y. Gate.

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eIart Sobnions Snbiun BLOB irup,
% ben eloros ubm9rtet Birtniu9.
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Decorah-posten., 1882-07-26

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YotpiQ. Mlamatee 80. Soma.

YUUUIUt WIuuIultt VU. SUIUu.
Or. elart Sobnions 5ubian Blob.
Sirup bar i.a funo,t at uere Ct for.
trinIiat Wiocel mob eolit. Seq leo
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men fbsn isa ~bsspnbte at BRUCE oenue
Sirnp. fsIts i,8 lite Sm.rten langsrs.
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Decorah-posten., 1882-07-26

8ilberts Citation, SlOrb SO. Sonia.
5ubian Blso Gimp fra Or. Glurt
5obnion bar hslbr,oet mig far pou.o.
pine. bporfor lea onbefai.r Den til mine
Iloenbt Weomennelter.
Decorah-posten., 1882-07-26

&lGoer for Sult,r % unse Wenb,
| ole StsrreIlsr % &palit,tsr. SfaI
De fisbe kloosr for O.rss 8ut, oa
itaar DC Sem islp i 4pist. bpis Sc
9aar port Siore forbi
G. N. Goddard.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-10-07
News Topics.

Two Toronto clippers were 50 and
10, with the forty years seniority be-
longing to the woman.
A young Virginian has invented a
machine called the ''lung destroyer. "
1t turns out $50 cigarettes minute.
An Italian organ grinder, enraged
by bad business, smashed his organ
with an axe at Springfield, Ohio, and
made bonfire of the pieces.
The National Dress Society of
Great Britain offers prize OF $50 for
''the design of female garment
combining ease, elegance, comfort,
ana health" The "divided skirt !"
has been condemned.
The Australian cricket team is
said to have netted $4,000 in hard
cash during their successful tour in
England. The cricketers OF this
country may conjecture from this
what is awaiting them.
VIM. II. Vanderbilt is about to
build two more palaces on Fifth av-
enue, New York, as dwellings for
the families of his two daughters,
Mrs. DR.. Webb and Mrs. McTwom-
bley. They will cost about 500, 900.
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State of West Virginia,
Executive Department.
WHEELNa. Angu.L 8. -.

WHEELING. August %. 1882
10 the CoHtn11SSt0ner8 OF Elec.
ton IN the seUeraI Counties OF
HE Qotn If IZoot II MAJ,
''''9 y COZ " 3e'S'"
WHEREAS, vacancy exists in the office
Of JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT
OF APPEALS Of this State, for the term
ofsaid Office ending on the 3lst day Of
December, 1894, by reason Of the resiena-
ton, 10 take effect on the lst day Of June,
1881 Of the Hon G P 4 Moore, one Of
the Judges thereof and incumbent Of said
term
And whereas, more than two years
VIII elapse from the time Of the resigna-
lion Of the Hon. c. p Y. Moore, Judge as
aforesaid to the end of the term for
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ENTERTAINMENT OF ALL
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RECREATION, AMUSEMENT AND
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Correspondence with the leading stock
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We promise to have the best Fair, and
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Five railroads will bring everybody
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SUCCESS ASSURED TROH IHB START !
NOTICE.

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nissio4er Of accounts, for adjudication,
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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-11-05

would he easier than at Albany Congress generally
means to do right, and Is glad Of good way out OF
difnculty II brought to It's attention, A great mass
Of private bills should be settled by reference to the
Court OF claims or some other permanent tribunal
The committees to deal with the residuum should he
organized substantially as suggested above. The
clerk should be no snecurSt, but expert In eeis-
lation, permanently engaged. The sessions should
be regular, open, and publicly announced the agents
or parliamentary attorneys approved as to compe-
teucy aud character, and liable to dlsbarment for
cause, and there should be permanent record to
prevent the same taking up the time OF the COM
mitee and again with the same result each
time. report, whether favorable untaycrable,
should, like the Judgment OF court, he set aside
only Tor cause. This would produce rapid Sitting
OF the honest, prma facc claims from the mass OF
the fraudulent and desperate Just as Parliamentary
bar would single out the trustworthy practitioners
from the "strlkers" and scrubs that intcst the
Capitol. Republicans are fond Of saying that the
National - Government is always superior to that
OF the states. II they would Introduce few OF the
reforms that they ought while they hold the power,
1t might he more nearly true,
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-11-05
How the white Men of tho Northwest
secure their Coveted Indian Brides.

Among the Northwestern tribes of Indians
innocence Is as marked among the girls rs their
color. Educated In the faith that She ordained
TO work, she trains herself to hard labor and at six
teen years OF age Is sturdy and strong brave against
fatigue, and perfect housewife, She may not pos
soss New England notions OF cleanliness, but she
takes not little pride in her personal appearance,
and In the arrangement Of her lodge she displays
some crude Ideas OF taste and certain amount of
neatness, III she marrles white man she makes
Him good wifo as long as she lives with him, Her
home Is her sole comfort afd his comfort her sole
ambition. She thinks Of him ana foi him, and
makes II her study TO please him and makes him re-
spoct and love her. She recognizes In him one Of
superior race, and by her dignity aud devotion
deaIs herself TO him aud struggles to make him
happy. At the agencies Of the upper frontier thou
sands " men are employed, and II IL not an cXagge
alton to say that the majority Of thom have Indian
wives aud live happily.
The aspiring bridegroom must bc well known In
tho ttibo before he can hope To win wfc her pcO-
pie want 10 thoroughly understand him, and know IL
he can support not only her but all OF her relatives
In the event VI pinch Hc must he q warm hearted
man, with q temper warranted to keep IN any do
nestle climax, and ho must have good lodge, and
ut least half dozen horses. II he he, and have Ill
these, he can a-wOOng go. Then selecting lady,
he makes application TO the mother, ana at u council
the price Is hNed upon II tho girl is especially
pretty the mother viii demand gun, two horscg,
and lot OF provisions, blankets, aud cloth, A gun
Is valued ut $50 and he must furnish tho material to
bring the amount up to from 500 to $3.50. Thon he
tries to beat the dame down, and II he succeeds he
knows there Is some for her letting the girl
The courtshp Is left entirely to the mother. Nom
frgv1 giur.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-11-05
A Novel wolfram.

Siberian wolves are caught in various
ways sometimes by poisoned bait aud again by traps
One OF the commOnest kinds OF traps IN use Is large
circular pen, surrounded by high wooden fence.
outside OF this fence IL another similar one perhaps
two or three feet distant from the first aud running
entirely around It, In the centre OF the pen s placed
live deor or pig. In the outer fence Is small open.
yonienty and seductlyey open. The wolf scents the
live bait In the Contre of the pen, and after vainy
endeavOrng to leap the protecting barrier and
get ut II, finds the door standng open and ut once
enters in The passage between the lnner and outer
fence is Wide enough to allow him to move ahead
comfortably but " too narrow to admit of Ills turn
Ing about. once In, lie must keep going straight
ahead, and very naturally thinking that In this diIec-
tlon Hes his prey, he presses on, licking his chops
In anticipation OF rich feast. Having completed
the circle OF his pen ho arrives at his starting point
and nds his further progress completely barred by the
door which still stands open when he entered.
Pushing against ts he shuts II close In order get
by aud has cfrcctunly made himself prisoner Then
the crafty huntsnan who has all the tlme been con-
celed Within shoots spears the animal from the
top OF the fence draws his carcass Within SO as TO
save 1t, AMI opens tho outer door again ns to well
come the next visitor. When wolves arc plenty, two
men or more IN Of these pens have very busy time
Tor number OF days, and arc scarcely able to
slaughter or skin the animals rs fast aS they would
Ike to rush In unCOnSClOlSly to their DEATH II not
unfrcquently happens that the are kept In these
pens for number of day" at time, being unable to
get out on account Of 1. wolves which surround
them, and would tear them to pieces tho mo-
mont they made their appearance. The only
thlng Tor the men to do under such circumstances Is
TO consider themselves In state Of siege, and TO
keep on trapping and slaughtcrng until the animals
starved out and disappointed abandon their position
and skurry off to another part ur the country BOS-
ton Commercial Builpfiu.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-11-05

THR New York EceuiHg Post, in comment
Ing on the proposition 10 establish Parliamentary
bar a Albany In order 10 Tepess the worst excesses
OF "lObbying ~ there, uses Washington To point
moral II not TO adOrn a tale, IN a manner decidedly
the reverse Of complimentary. II remarks that the
worst evils OF lobbying generally exist IA regard to
what are known as "pryato bills, - Ia which no
public Interest Is felt aud that Congress has the
most scope In this direction because there are no re-
straint5 IN the Constitution upon private leglsa-
uOn, such exist In all the States. COngruss Itself
has imposed none that private bin goes through
IN the same manner, n not by the same methods,
as public one. The only restraint ls the physical
imp0ssbiiy Of passing Onetenth Of the private bills
that come up ia the course Of session. aud, as may
bo imagined, this does not that the most On-
ost aud mertOrlous VIII DO selected for passage.
There Is no effective publicity, no watching OF tho
Interests Of the Government aud the public except
such as Congressman may choose to bestow, aud. IN
short no more methOdIthan there Is iu our chaotic
Clyll Service. The POst further says:
Lobbyist Is merely an attorney who appears be.
fore the legislative court called committee, for or
against private Uill and II the products OfloObyug-
l. g., private bs-aro 10 DO reformed, tho FIRST
thing 10 be asceraned Is how the Judicial part Of tile
work is dOn0. II we can Imagine court Of Justice
ia which the Judges were changed every year; In
which there was no regularly organized bar, but
where any class, including crlnlnaS could practice;
where the sessions we're not held regularly, but as the
pleasure OF judges withouIany notice 10 lgants
except such they chose 10 give; where there was
nothing 10 Proyenta Judge from sitting In case Va
which he was Interested aud where rules Of law and
evidence were not binding and there was not even
any obligation 20 keep a record Of the proceedings
we should hardly expect the d5ClsOns Of such court
10 be generally pure or the bar praccng before II to
be very decent body, Yet this Is not an unfair
picture Of legislative committee, and II shows con-
elusYoly In What direction reform ought 10 DO un-
derAkeD. what Is needed Is tho Introduction, AS far
as may be, OF judicial methods. This has been done
IN England, aud, ~ q certain extent, ia Massachu-
setts and while Il cannot Of itself make the LeglslG-
tuIe At Albany suddenly wise aud good, II would un-
qussiiOnAbly take away one opportunity for corrup-
tion,
IN the city Of Washington reform 10 this direction
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-11-05

An extraordinary revelation of detective
methods in this city is made by the testi-
mony of Detective George Miller before the
Police Court in the Payne case last Thurs
day. He is receiving handsome salary on
the force, of which one-half is paid by the
United States, yet for the last three months
or more, by a course of cond uct which we
hesitate to qualify, be has been devoting his
time and energies to battling the United
States in an important prosecution, and has
been in the avOwed service, and presumably
in the pay, of the defendants. Suspecting
the defendant, Payne, in the latter part of
August, instead of discharging his sworn
duty in the premises he takes him to the
house of Mr.. Robert g. Ingersoll and makes
no report either to his immediate superiors
or to the Department of Justice. " He has
more confidence in Colonel Ingersoll than
lie has in some other people, The
natural deduction is that he had better be
left entirely to the care of Mr.. lngersOll.
Miller certainly cannot pretend that he
thinks himself independent of the Depart
ment of Justice, for he very well remembers
that on the requisition of that Department
he was sent into the State of Indiasa at the
last election on the alleged business Of
"spottng voters from tn. District, and
there formed those close affiliations with
Stephen W. Dorsey which seem to have
lasted only too faithfully ever since. We
leave it to the authorities of the United
States and the District of Columbia to Judge
how much such a man is deserving OF
further confidence and pay on their part.